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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-19

farming but is doubtless above the
average for this place,
1t might be of interest to know that
our rainfall of 11.46 inches for 1905
was equivalent to 9,S79 barrels or
1866 tons for each acre of land
Cenough weight to furnish loads for
43 of our standard gauge cars.) The
rain that fell on a single section was
6, 1922, $50 barrels or 829, 1924 tons When
we. come to consider that our riF fall
is Only one-third OF that Of the worlds
average and the sun furnishes the
power to Jump that great quantity
of water into the air we get some idea
of the big job "Old Sol" has on his
hands. Still he labors on 800 days
out of year for the Just and unjust,
the unionist and the non-unionist, and
hasn't shown any signs of adopting
the closed shop system.
Prof King in his work Oh irrigation
gives the following figures, based on
experiments, as the amount of water
absorbed by different plants to pro-
duce one pound of dry product, Dent
corn, 800 lbs. flint corn, 233; barley,
392i oats, s52; field peas, Ar pota
toes, 492i and rye, 1853.
Assuming that the amount of dry
matter in the tops of a potato crop
will equal that of the tubers, the
water falling on one acre of our ground
in 1905 would have been sufficient to
produce over 5000 bushels of spuds
If some system of culture could have
been used that would have conserved
and made available for the use of the
plant but one twentieth of the moist
urc chat fell it would have been
enough to have produced crop Just
twice ~ large az New Mexico g year
| ~ average, how much moisture could
ne coD:'iNtV ~ another question, ana
we know there is a vast difference be-
tween theory and actual resl,Its, yet
The subject is enc worthy of consider
able thought.
Il the farmer could use moisture and
the elements that are available as
economically as most manufacturers
use the raw materials brought to the
factories, practically all tile land west
Of the ono hundredth meridian could
he made to wave with fields of golden
grain However; farming Is a vastly
deeper scientific proposition, and yet
Ta Enow MANY who think the farmer
doesn't require much brains.
W. A. BAIIINGER.
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purpose of investigating the charges
in relation to alleged misconduct on
the part of Miss Leta Hays, do here
by certify that after full and careful
inquiry by means of all possible Wit
nesses and other evidence, we Ghd
that the said voting lady i1 innocent
and clear of any immoral conduct.
Z. s. WHITEHEAD,
T, j. ARRiEaTdN, =
A. T. DueTIN, 81.
", e fASIUE 80
b.j CaAte.
The following letter received by
the president of the Pennington
school board assists In throwing some
light on the subject, 1t contained 4
clipping from the Denver Post which
told ofthe affair here, and reads as
follows:
To President School Board
Pennington, New Mex.
Dear Siri-The same ebcapade hap.
pened In Bueba Vista, Chaffee Co.,
when l., Il, Arisden was principal ot
the school at that point, He wasg giy.
en- a very short time to lenve town, for
the same reason too familiar with
the older girls. Is there no law to
protect the people FROM such Il fiend
in human guise9 His wife In not to
blame frt his buBstliuesS,
lhp v,hn knnNYs him Wall
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FRUITLAND.
BY JOHN r. YOUNG.

THE EXODUS FROM NAUVOO.
How dear to my heart are the scenes
of my childhoodj
How love to cherish and con them
DER;
The cottage, the temple, the river
and Wildwood
All sweetly rememberedj though
seen no more.
With malice to nonei
With charity to all,
! turn the wheels of memory back to
the home of my childhood
TO the beautiful city Of Nauvoo,
1t Is in the month of February 1876,
The sun is shining brightly, yet the
air is keen and cutting. The wheels
of the wagon ring as we drive over
the frozen snow, In our home from
early informing all had been hurry and
hustle Two wagons had been
brought Up in front of OUR house and
my father and two other men who
were stfangers to me were carrying
out things and packing them into the
wagons. Ny mother looked pale and
when ! asked her 'What is the mat
teri" she took me in her arms and
kissed ME and said we were going to
leave our home and would never see
it again Just then SOME other teams
came slong and one of the brethren
called out to my father I'd be sltre to
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Criminal Libel the Charge.

Last week The Index attempted to
hew to the line of truth in the Hays
Amsten affair at Farmihgton, This
week it bell ewes a correction is due
and hereby makes it. From the lips
Of Homer Hays, the fhther of the
young lady in the case, recital of
The facts Leading up to tha gun play
of a week ago Thursday Is as follows
" ye 'q-q' - ,l,- An'e1a. D.
shown his interest in Miss Hays and
had gradually come to exert certain
influence over her. He accused her
of improper conduct with her own un-
Gle, and n McNioolls boy and told her
if she would sign the papers he had
prepared he would not tell her father,
but upon her prevailing upon her un-
Gle to leave Pennington, the papers
would be returned to her to destroy.
The unsophisticated girl signed the
two paperr, remarking to the cur,
Amsden' that she was signing lie.
The young uncle left Pennington at
the girl'e request and Amsden refused
to give ZIP the papers, The worried
condition of his daughter finally
aroused Mr.. Hays and he demanded
of her the cause. She told OF the
lies she had signed ITO prevent blood
she'd" as Amsden put it, Mr.. Hays
then started for down town, telling
his daughter that lie would soon set
tie the matter She ran out another
way and got TO Amsden's store first,
saying, 'Mr. Amsden, YOU must come
to our house at once, and bring those
papers you have and two other men
with YOU" To this the brute had
just returned negative answar, when
Homer Hays entered and the grtl,
play followed 1t is better tbpt Ans,
den was not killed, for then the name
of Leita Hays would have probably
carried a stain, while her father de.
clares she will be vindicated of al
wrong before the courts of this coun.
ty. Mr.. Hays has retained Judge
Granville Pendleton of Aztec to heir
the case Of criminal libel against
Amsden, who will be arrested at once
All the facts in the case will come out
at the trial and the character of Leita
Hays will undoubtedly be indicated
The following is a report that com.
mittee at Pennington brought in after
an investigation
Farmingson, N. NJ. Jan, 3, 1906,
We, the committee selected for the
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put out the fire. and hurry. up as it
was getting late. e..
In Il few minf7es Mother aid the
children were hNcd tenderly into the
wagon. Father Isprang 10 the front
seat, turned his lace TO the west and
his back to our Some that had taken
seven years OF Serifoe and toll to
build. At the IIer there were three
Hat boats or scOlfi, and mothers with
pale faces huddled their little ones
close to them, willie the husband and
father quietly s,t resolutely rolled
the wagons ontc3t 3tne boats, and with
poles pushed frdS the shore out onto
the bosom of ~ mighty river. No
farewell greetiItA were uttered; no
word was spok3 Each man knew
his duty and enc dEgetically performed
it. They wereYnot hirelings, these
men of strong tame and muscular
arms, and theirs was no light task to
guide those mvFild scows through
drifting ice 80 bss that mile wide
river, and today las | recall the scene
and the names o. some of those brave
men, Thomas G.pver, warren Snow,
William and Lig5 Potter and Charles
Shumway, I-ci s-uet help but. hken
them to the brir menwho faced ice
and cold on ClAistmas night when
the invincible VI lashington led them
across the DelavE ETe to do battle with
their country's les. Inspired 81 God
they knew no felr, s6'these brave men
and noble womel exiles for righteous.
ness sake, left liei1' homes in the
dead of winter IN faith seeking a
better home, bU where they knew
not, =.
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BLOOMFIELD.
By W. ~ RALLINGEE.

bN " u. BALLlNGEk
Somewhat like March weather to-
day Sunday
Sam Smith will attend to business
IN Aztec Monday.
Sam Smith returned from trip to
tho Pennington country Friday.
School has been started at the Ham
uond school house, with Miss Martin
teacher.
Frank Townsend and Frank McKin-
ney attended lodge at Aztec Saturday
evening.
A dance was given at Green's school
house Friday evening, Attendance
reported good
Weather report for last week
Maximum temperature, As; minimum,
3; greatest daily range, 80; least 90,
Fred LeClerc will deliver some fine
| dressed porkers to the Aztec market
Monday. Products of San Juan beets
and corn.
Last week seems to have been a
general time for house clean
ing and the washing of dirty linen in
public, The atmosphere should be
clearer for a while now,
Permission to have a hop at the
Hammond school house was refused
on grounds of interference with
school Guess the conduct at some
OF the late dances was below par,
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The Democrat editof talks about
the effects of whiskey. wac whiskey
that CAUSED the maudlin, idiotic ac-
count of tie Thompson-Stansel shoot
ing the following morning, an account
that diSgusted Hterb one and even
made Stansel slGk, 1t was whiskey
that taueed the man at tie helm to
try and determine the tase in advance
of the toiirtsi and It ia #hishes that
nerves the editor to The point OF abus-
ing people. And this mofhing's sheet
is an abiett apology Tor The past two
days. 1t now concedes the right of
the courts to determine the real facts
regarding the Shooting and by a dozen
squibs tries to niake amends for In
sultltig lts readers-Durango Herald,
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pride Of the Rockies" Flour,

Ihe best made IN Colorado, per
Hundred weight 32.75 at
Macleod e. TowNsrND's.
M,ss Wilma NJ. Henseyj who spent
last SINNER in this county is now in
Santa Fe, the guest of Judge and
Mrs. A, j. Abbott, From Santa Fe
Mics Heneey viii go to the City Of
Mexico for a visit Miss Hensey was
dlso Il guest at tie reception rendered
by Judge and Mrs. John r. McFie
to Judge William u, Pope and bride
of Athens, TIA
rAFpv uc.-0n iiec 30, i&o5, one
foan dow and calf. Brand XII on
calf, left side on cow W-B on right
side. Marked dfbt and under slope
To right on COW and over slope 10 left.
Viii be sold IN ten days irom date of
thie notice Unless owner payo pound
age and fsittove5 auinials,
i. t dtEaM
San -. iaaa
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At the regular meeting Of The bcard
Of county commissioners Of Otero county
the other day, board Of horticultural
commissioners Tor that ruuniy was
created by the appointment uf ihe
following rhetiiber5 10 servo as such
board f. r. CadwalIauer, Mountain
Park Eli Knight, Tularosa, ard h
Huse La Luz. The need OF such a
board has been felt throughout the
country for sonic tilhel as there are
numurbus fruit raisors who neglect to
take any steps whutertt In lighting
codIug moth aud similar insect pests
much to the detrment Of their ncigt
bors. The hewly created boatd has full
power tu act in such csseb.
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San Juan County Weather for 1905.

The mean annuql temperature at
this station for 1905 was 81 degrees
the warmest month being August with
mean temperature of 1852 degrees
The coldest month was December,
with mean temperature of u de-
grees. The maximum temperature of
the year was 81 degrees which occur
red on six different dates; the frat
on June 2d and the last OF August ".
The minimum temperature of the year
occurred on December so, when zero
was recorded, although the mercury
stood one-third of degree above that
point so the zero mark wac not actual
ly reached during the whole year
The greatest daily range, or ohangs
in twenty-four hours, was 5S degrees
on October 18th this being the greatest
range recorded in New Mexico for De-
tober. The least range of the year
was 5 degrees on January 18th.
Precipitation for the year was 1l.46
inches. April being the wettest
month with 9.07 inches and October
the dryest without a dropto its credit
The greatest in twenty -four hours was
O.s0 inches on November 27th. The
number of days with .0l or more inches
of precipitation, 81. The total snow
fall was 1890 inches. We had 50 days
with snow or the ground but the
ground was covered only i've days;
the balance Of the time the snow lay
in spots.
Clear days, 1872 partly cloudy, l41i
cloudy u, According 70 the weather
Bureau rules a day with the sky more
than -tenths obscured is co'inted
cloudy day
The last killing frost of thu spring
occurred on May 18th, the first one OF
the fall OF September 18TH. IS
these dates particularly mark 'he
growing season for corn beans, mel
bns and other teilder plHnth we may
say the growing season for tender
plants lasted 103 days,
A light frost occurred on May "
but the conditions were such that II
lid not iniirG the teuderest of plants.
the dates of the last killing frost
in the .pring and the 6rst killing frost
Of th, tall ata doubtless the most im-
purtant front Il farm standpoint as
the, marx, tile bo;ndries of the most
important growing season. The cN-
tremes havs n greater influence on
farm affairs than have the mean tenn.
pcraturee. For instance, a zero tent
pcrature might prove fatal to a plant
that could thrive where the minimum
WAS but 10. above zero, although the
yearly temperature might he rs low
or lower than at the former place
Soil moisture and vigor of plants
have much to do with determining
how much cold d plant Gan stand In
still there il Il fatal minimum for al
elasses df PLANTS The fatal minimum
Tor cucumbers, etc. is doubtless
about ~ degrees, The killing frost
of the year both occurred az tempefa
lures of ~ degrees, but, th6 frost o
May %, with a temperature OF 33 de
grtcs; because Of other conditions d'c
hot inlm'e plants
me lack Of extremes in the chniaG,
III sdli tIaii totnty MAY be Judged b,
lie sact that snow lay on the grounc
"a days during the year but only COT
Sod the ground fer five days.
tho yearly ralntalt of about IL Inch
60 wauld be sufficient to matufe
e. Rf6e ~ Fhe Hampben aysteu Of drl
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We notice that in the preparation
for planting over on the western slope
the eoming spring that the planters
are calculating to put in more of the
Jonathan than any other variety OF
apple. The Jonathan is all right on
heavy adobe soils but does not seem
TO do 30 we'll on rocky, gravelly or
sandy land, as under these circum-
stances the fruit does not attain
suitable size to make the beat showing.
While Winesaps are still popular and
were planted quite extensively
twelve or fifteen years ago when less
was known Of them 1t ia now under
stood by tiiost growers that they over
bear so prolifically as to render them
underslzed and this not only discounts
the fruit on the market but requires
lust 80 much more handling in the
picking, grading and packing. 1t
requires too much tlme 10 InroW OUT
the wormy ones and culls. The Ben
Davis which is good enough locker
to fool most people OF the market,
can be handled for half the cost, The
Stayman is by all odds more profitable
than the old-time Winesapi The Bell
flower, Crimes Goldenl Utters Red
and Maiden Blush arc fancy things
for those who have the time and
inclination to fool with theri but they
are scarcely up to the commercial
requirements Of Modern Jlries and we
can grow better ttlng3i-Field and
Farm.
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257, ,364.Og $57, ,364.09

I,T,A, Pierce, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear the
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief
r. A. PIERCE, Cashier.
Attest r, A. PIERCE,
f. BUNKER,
II. D, ABRAMS,
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Marshall Field, tht great merchant,
died Mt his Nav York home on Tues
day of this week.
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@. H, Tigges and Carl Tigges of
Hillrosei Uolui, came in Friday to look
fos homie location
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Teachers Examination.

An examination for teachers thifd
grade certificates viii be held in
Farmington on Saturday, Jan. 27I
G. d. SMITH;
UohnAy Sdberintendtnt
Ladie$' Goats
A. less than cost at
MAcIEbp T. rdwNeESh's
II r, Henry, Aztec, buys Hides.
Highest price for each
Assessor Hendricks loaded out a car
Of wheat front &c |dar Hill tc Durango
list wesk,
Linn Page w9s an Index caller
Saturday, from h Fe large ranch down
the river. MI. Hage has 4 hne 6f-
thard, doGfortabl le boihe and as flhe
level land al ther = Is In the tbiinty.
What more ccr'd ntcrtsl need7
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If your clothes do not fit VIC refund
your money, That is OUR guarantee
BAILEY & HOWE.
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Sou get no cheap publications with
The tpdeS its werth thS pftee alone,
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tdncatiOn al Meeting.

The program fof the next r1eeting
Of the Sen Juan County Educational
association to be held Gt the court
house, Aztec, January 20, is as follows
AFTERNOON aEssidN,
"Eche of the Territorial Teether5' Az
soclationh jsupt, q. D. Smith
Paper--'Primary Geography" ..."
........... Miss Dollie Jarrett
Discdsslon ......, Mrs. Ida Mattin,
Paper-"Reniamin 1'tanklin'i .....
............",P Prof II, f. THOMAS.
Papet-" Reading for intermediate
Grades'' ..... Miss Jessie Sullivan.
EVENING sBssioN
A Trio In Education-rte pareht
.u;..ua,.... Rev. NJ. +. fiiheld.
The Pupil.u."."......f.E E. jesstip.
Tile Teacher ,.....,., Asa Martin.
Eecitc,idn t..... ole tifeld
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CITIZENS. BANK STATEMENT.

Condensed stRtement.of the condi-.
ton of The Citizens Bank of Aztec,
New Mexico, at close Of business Dec
80, 1905, as made to the Territorial
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Loans j.. .S2B, 54.l4 Capital ss.,
Due from Stock. .S16,OOo.oO
Banks.,. 25,655.A Earngr. sOo.N
+ ,.rnlU,no~--- 4 ---l5esupsS,tsS-.
and Fixt. 1,O77.12 Subject
Cash. 49,. e,so7.ea TO ehok sS,Oig.Ss
Ger, des
mand.. l,99s,5i
Ger time 1,462. Is
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Horticultural bOari.

One who knows him well
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|kRD AND ROOMS

lRN1SHED ROOM, EXCEL
choice location. 4t3 East
GSS7
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STORE ROOM WITH BASEMENT. $50
West Cd So. fl433
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SEE STOWE s PALMER AID. PACE 2.

WHY PAY HIGH RENTALS WHEN
you can buy an attractive modern cot
tage OF 6 rms. IN choice location on Sth
East? The following terms; $500 cash and
S25 per mo. Apply TO owners, 3. Rich Il
Son, 2l7 So. Main. e215l
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HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS, EN- SUITE:
bath, electric light, $12 and up. 237
West 1st South. dl9T3
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FINANCIAL

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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY?


BUY NOW.
Good S-room brick house. partly mod
ern: trees, lawn and flowing we'll In
southeast part OF the city. Lot 75xl36
feet to alley. $500 on terms to suit you.
Fine fiat proposition on e. Fourth
South street, near courthouse. Lot, 4lax
ls5 feet with good 7-room modern brick
house The house is so arranged that II
can be added onto and made into a fiat.
$4,000 on terms to suit you,
Fine building lot. 50xl65 feet, on East
side, in one of the finest residence parts
of the city, only S2500.
Fl Choice buildings lots IN all parts OF the
city, on terms 10 suit you
HOFFMAN BROS,
62 West Second South Street
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-. LICENSES.

nd Matilda Honglund'
Zone !ets d rs Salt Lake and Anna
- Ia sp'SSi Matilda olsen both
rtsn Fox and Anna T.
q sa1t and Magdalene Berger.
- !, :, ,,erman and Johanna
9iip.th proth OF Salt Lake:
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AUCTION SALES

,5o mn WORTH OF JAPANESE ART
goods, must be sold at auction. daiiy
nm nnd 7 pm. from now Oh until
Christmas. 66 So. Main 81 Ell
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DIED

@~--~
in Salt Lake CITY. , pe-
,aas l1 Feiicle G. T3rghetti.
lsSv1 ssS,v,1peral cortege will leave . e
funeral chapel at l:3V
~ December 2S. for st.
q where services Will be
'interment Calvary ceme-
Invited. "a ,o,,
c,ty. December 20, 1906.
L..sr e''3 Hazel B., daughter of
.nd Martha Heslington
, years, 8 months and ~
: sservices, Saturday, at 8
a funeral chapel OF JOS.
south West Temple
are invited 10 attend.
I'm this city, December
a Lundstrom, in his 9th
and Mrs. A, ". Lund-
4, |,serylces will be held from
|s.rrfuary chapel, 4S South
|1ovdav. December %. at 2
~ city cemetery.
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AN ORDINANCE.

An ordinance confirming the assessment
upon the property on all streets within tho
district bounded on the north by the north
line OF Fifth South street: on the east by the
west line OF East Temple street, on the south
by tho center line Of Ninth South street. and
on the west by the west line OF Second West
street, in sewer district No 2, for the con-
struction OF sewers,
BE IL ordained by the City Council OF Sail
Lake City, Utah:
Section l. That the assessment list madJ
by the City Treasurer as corrected. approved
aud completed by the Board Of Equalization
uud Rcview. heretofore duly appointed by tho
City Council for that purpose, of the property
nbntting on tho north side OF Fifth South
street between Wost Temple and Second
West streets, on the south side of Filth South
street between East Temple and Second West
streets; both sides OF Sixth South street
between East Tomple and SECOND West
STREETS. on both sides of Seventh South
streets between East Temple and Second
West streets; On tho north sido OF Eighth
South street between East Temple and Sec
ond West streets; :hc south side of Eighth
South street bctwcen East Temple and WeS.
Temple streets; on the north side OF Ninth
South street between East Temple nnd Sec.
oId West streets; on both sides oi Second
West street between Fifth South and Ninth
South streets; on both sides OF First West
street between Fifth South and Ninth South
street; on both sides OF Wost Temple street,
Fifth South and Ninth South streets; on
both eidos OF Washington street between
Eighth South and Ninth South streets; and
on both sides of Jefferson street between
Eighth South and Ninth South streets. in
sowor district No. 2. OF Salt Lsko City, for
the purpose OF constructing sewers upon said
portions OF said streets Is hereby confirmed,
and the assessments mode and returned IN
said completed lists nre hereby confirmed.
Section q This ordinance shall take effect
upon approval.
Passed by tho City Council OF salt Lake
City, Utah, November 10Th, 1906, aud ro-
ferred to the Mayor for his approval.
J. B. MOREroN, City Recorder.
Approved this Goth day of November. 1905,
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FURN. ROOM IN MODERN HOUSE.
Apply 67 st. References, f6I5
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THREE 5-ROOM MOD. FLAT. CORNER
Third So. and Third East. fl4tI