The following is a recap of local events for this time period throughout history.
After more than a year of rising gas prices, New Mexicans can let out a short sigh of relief on the possibility that prices are stabilizing. Gas prices around the state, while still high, have already begun to stabilize, according to AAA New Mexico. However, in the Farmington area, prices still seem to be heading up, up, up. Since May, gas prices in Farmington have risen 14 cents to an average of $1.70 per gallon, up from $1.57 last year. … Farmington has the second most expensive gasoline in the state after Santa Fe at $1.76. Las Cruces is the cheapest, averaging $1.50 per gallon. Between May and June, Farmington motorists were the victims of the largest gas hike in the state. Regular unleaded gasoline jumped 8.97 percent, according to AAA New Mexico.
The Daily Times
Marijuana valued at about $16,500 that has been confiscated by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office in the last two years went up in smoke at the Aztec City Dump Wednesday afternoon after it was doused with gasoline by Lt. Bob Miller. Also carrying out the destruction of the 63 pounds of marijuana and other contraband, including amphetamines and barbiturates, were Sheriff Doug Brown and Sgt. Troy Bible. The marijuana and other narcotics collected as evidence resulted in 27 arrests and convictions, according to Bible.
The Daily Times
Aztec Firemen were called to the Aztec Hotel Monday to extinguish a fire in a bedroom. Reports are that a couple of guys who had stayed too long on the end of a bottle had caught the bedding on fire. The quick work of the firemen had everything under control before much damage was done. Deputy Sheriff Mims Lane gave one of the boys a new bed in the county jail.
Aztec Independent Review
The Erdman well on the Red Mesa structure section 23-33-12 has been unable to move its frozen string of casing and the last report is they have determined to drill on down thru the water until a seat can be had for another string of casing that will shut out the salt water and then run a new string of casing and go on down inside it to the Dakota sand which will not be much over a hundred feet.
Farmington Times-Hustler
Friday night at the church the Presbyterian Aid will give a program and “Dollar Social” when the members tell their experience in earning a dollar for the Society. Admittance is 10 cents, refreshments at usual price if desired. All invited.
Aztec Independent
G.W. McCoy, J.M. Kinsley and George Allen looked over the fine orchard of Mr. McCoy last week and cut open a large number of small apples to see if worms infested the fruit. Not a single worm was found and Mr. McCoy is vastly pleased with the condition and size of his apple crop. He should harvest 10,000 boxes of good apples unless bad luck prevents. The arsenate of lead has fixed the worms. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Lead arsenate is an odorless, white inorganic chemical compound that was widely used as a broad-spectrum agricultural insecticide from the late 1890s through the mid-1900s. It was eventually banned because both of its core components are highly toxic to humans.)
Farmington Times-Hustler
This Week in Local History is compiled by Debi Tracy Olsen, local journalist and volunteer at the Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village. The stories are pulled from newspaper archives and are reprinted as they appeared, errors and all.