San Juan County NM Archives History - Businesses .....Aztec 1912
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AZTEC. Pop 700. San Juan county. The county seat on the D & R G R R 35 miles s
of Durango Colo. It is in the center of the famous San Juan fruit section having
1,000 acres of bearing orchard and 5,000 acres of young orchard not yet in
bearing. It is also in the center of the largest area of irrigated land in the
county the Citizens Ditch now being completed with an acreage of 7,000 the Inca
Canal partly constructed with an acreage of 25,000 and the Hammond Canal partly
constructed with an acreage of 12,000 all of the above being tributary to Aztec.
All kinds of farm produce as well as fruits are raised. Aztec is a live
up-to-date business town never had a boom has not grown faster than the
surounding country is on a firm business basis and will double in population as
the lands under the new ditches are settled up. Has no large bonded indebtedness
and thus has low taxes. Nearly all the business buildings are of brick
construction and permanent. Aztec has the brightest future of all the San Juan
towns. Has Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, 2 large school houses,
a sanitarium that would do justice to a city of 5,000 population, a bank, a
brick hotel, a library, an electric light plant, a flour mill and a commercial
club. A water works system is to be constructed this year. Two weekly newspapers
the Index and the Democrat (all home print) are published. Altitude 5,560 feet.
Exp Globe. Tel W U. 
Mrs Lucy Waring P M. 

Alturian Public Library.
AMERICAN HOTEL, JOS F RAY Propr. (See p 152.) 
Aztec Commercial Club, C R Beers sec. 
Aztec Drug Co (McDurham D Taylor, Sherman R Coon). 
Aztec Flour Mill, W Goff Black mngr. 
Aztec Irrigation Co, W G Black mngr. 
Aztec Light & Power Co (W Goff Black). 
Aztec Orchards Co. 
Aztec Sanitarium, T J West phys in charge.
Aztec Undertaking Co, Geo W Leeper mngr.
Bailey C S Co (Chas S and Cora L Bailey), whol produce. 
Bell Mrs Jennie, ladies furnishings. 
Black W Goff, real est.
Blancett Mrs M, restaurant. 
Blitzkie & McGee (Claude B Blitzkie, Wm McGee), blksmiths. 
Bloomfield Irrigation District, P O Pilon, pres; D F Bruington, sec. 
Bloomfield Orchard Co, J A Rice pres. 
Brewer Truman P, blksmith. 
Bruington Geo F, lawyer. 
Citizens Bank The (capital $37,000), W H Williams, pres; T A Pierce, cashr. 
Crandall Fred D, nursery. 
Current & Barnhart (Ray G Current, Wm H Barnhart), barbers. 
Dalton Ella C, conf. 
Deering Mrs Eva, restaurant. 
Durango Planing Mill & Lumber Co, F T Hillstrom mngr. 
Eden Canal, Land & Power Co, W Goff Black mngr. 
Gibson Lumber & Coal Co, Clarence R Beers mngr. 
Grauel Louis E, tailor. 
Green's Opera House, Jno T Green propr. 
Hamilton Andr L, r r, exp and tel agt. 
Hart & Dunning (Alex Hart, Harry L Dunning), transfer. 
Hart & King (Alex Hart, J C King), livery. 
Hildebrand Riley, real est. 
Hillstrom Frank T, grocer. 
Howard Robt H, dentist. 
Howe-Ridenour Mercantile Co (Sherman S Howe, Richd S and Jno F Ridenour),
    dry goods. 
JACKSON ROBERT M, EDITOR SAN Juan Democrat. (See adv.)
Jackson Roy M, real est.
Keel Mrs J, restaurant.
Lanier Mrs S, restaurant.
McClure Adolphus B, civ eng.
McRee Wm R, drugs.
Maddox Steel Box Press Co, Thos P Maddox mngr.
Martin & Edwards (E A Martin, A M Edwards), lawyers.
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co, A R Tatman mngr.
Northwestern Abstract & Agency Co, Fred Bunker pres; T A Pierce, sec and treas.
Orchard Irrigation District, C S Cameron director.
Owen Ole, grocer.
Palmer Wm A, lawyer.
Pierce Thos A, ins.
Randall Jno M, gen store.
RAY JOS F, PROPR AMERICAN Hotel. (See adv.)
SAN JUAN COUNTY INDEX, Edwin P Wilson Editor and Publisher. 
SAN JUAN DEMOCRAT, R M Jackson Editor. (See p 151.) 
Schaefer Wm R, undertaker. 
Shiles H D, r r, exp and tel agt.
STEELE W D & SOX (CHAS H AND Lee), Hay, Grain, Seeds, Poultry and eggs.
    (See adv.)
Stone Mrs Alma, restaurant.
Taylor McDurham D, phys.
Thomas Bros (Andr J and J Dixon), hardware.
Thomas Jno M, gen store.
Townsend Fred B, grocer.
Townsend Fred W, meats.
Uptegrove Bros (Thos J and Clarence), bakers.
Waring Edmund C, conf.
Wattles Hubert S, civ eng.
West Thos J, phys.
WHITEHEAD EDW S, ATTORNEY at Law. (See adv.)
Willhoite G S, county surveyor.
Williams W E & Son (Wm E and Vance M), gen store.
WILSON EDWIN P, EDITOR AND Publisher San Juan County Index. (See adv.) 
Wood Jas F, harness.


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POLK'S NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
PICTORIAL STATE GAZETTEER
AND
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
FIRST STATEHOOD EDITION
1912-1913
VOLUME NO. 1
R L. POLK & CO., PUBLISHERS
MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS ST. PAUL, MINN.
PUBLISH ALSO GAZETTEERS OF
TEXAS, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, UTAH, IDAHO,
OREGON, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, WEST VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA, IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI,
ALABAMA, OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI,  KENTUCKY, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN,
INDIANA, MICHIGAN, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, NEVADA,
CALIFORNIA.


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