Gold Dust mining boom fuels vast New Mexico prospecting surge
Rich placer discoveries in Sierra county spur rapid consolidations by four major groups led by B H Mason interests and associates. California and Tennessee capital push large scale operations with drag lines, pipelines, and new reservoirs unlocking water supply for gravel washing on the Gold Dust placers along Animas creek and Turkey gulch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M
New Mexico
Pacific Coast
Sierra County
Animas Range
Rio Grande River
Animas Creek
Perch Creek
B. H. Mason
Gold Dust Placers Company
Animas and
Black Peaks
B. C. Olney
Rochester
N. Y
Snider Ketchup
Wrigley
Chicago
Turkey Gulch
Cleveland
Dutch Gulch
Neal Sullivan
Samuel Hidalgo
Salvador Solis
Itn Gola Run Gulch
Dolph Hill
McGaughey Hill
California
Tennessee
Lost Creek
New Star Group
Magee pleads not guilty in Las Vegas manslaughter case
Albuquerque editor Carl C. Magee pleads not guilty at arraignment for the August slaying of John B. Lasseter in Las Vegas New Mexico. Trial likely not before June as district judge sets June 8 for the case after defense seeks an early term amid tax fund concerns. Lasseter, a bystander, was fatally shot during an argument with former District Judge David J. Leahy, a political foe, in a local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
John B. Lasseter
L. E B. Armijo
Magee
Lasseter
Massee
David J. Leahy
New Camp Established by Olney Wrigley Group Near Gold Dust
Walter C. Hanson assists as manager with Benjamin Boreger and Otto Lingenfelter among the leaders. A new placer venture north of Gold Dust is backed by New York and Chicago money, with major holdings acquired on Gold Dust mesa and priority water rights on Percha creek. Engineering teams report favorable findings, and plans include a 180 foot dam and pumping tanks on Percha creek, funded at over 250000 dollars with electric line to Take Valley station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Hanson
Benjamin Boreger
Otto Lingenfelter
Memphis, Tenn
B. C. Olney
New York Canners, Inc
New York
Chicago
Wrigley
Chicase
Olney Placer Company
Olney and
Percha Creek
Wick's Gulch
Rilo Grande
Frank W. Snyder
Canada
Carlsbad
N. M
Mesa
Tully
San Francisco
Seecur
C. A. Carrara
Julius Sanchez
Southwest
Shannon Copper Company
Metcalf
Ariz
Detroit Copper Company
Morenci
Phelps-Dodge Company
Miami
Mid-West ON and Refining Company
Casper
Wyo
Olney-Wrigley Group
Perchs Creek
Henry
Box Canyon
Conlson
Albuquerque Mailing Christmas Parcels Earlier This Year
Postmaster Berthold Spitz notes Christmas parcels mailed earlier than usual in Albuquerque. He cites no definite cause besides workers observing the holiday. The rush continues, with 21 extra clerks and four more trucks added, and the Romero building on Central Avenue used as a post office annex.
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Albuquerque
Berthold Spitz
Romero
Central Avenue
Post Office
Las Cruces Growth Highlights Mesilla Valley Mission
Las Cruces New Mexico details the Mesilla valley farms stretching from El Paso limits over fifty miles. The piece notes abundant crops, nine month growing seasons, and a thriving city with schools churches and new construction. It mentions Mechem and Hunt homes as showplaces and forecasts 1926 progress.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Lmits
el Paso
Elephant Butte
Mesilla Valley
Dona Ana
Mesilla
Loretto Academy
Presbyterian
Las Cruces Avenue
Baptists
West Griggs Street
South Alameda
New
Progressive Christian Church
North Alameda
Edwin Mechem
Hunt
Slemp Stricken By Ptomaine Poisoning In Florida
Bascom Slemp former secretary to President Coolidge was confined to his hotel room in Jacksonville Florida after an attack of ptomaine poisoning. Doctors reported his condition not alarming and expected a full recovery in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slemp
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Bascom Slemp
President Coolidge
Mason Hotel
Roswell Plans 1926 Grid Wars With Four Southwest Schools
Roswell high coach J. D. Shinkle negotiates with El Paso Albuquerque Amarillo and Lubbock authorities to schedule 1926 games. Amarillo and Lubbock to visit Roswell. if Albuquerque and El Paso join, Roswell would travel next year and again in 1927. Local business backing backs expanded four school schedule. historic Roswell El Paso meetings rare with 7 0 and 13 7 scores noted.
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Roswell
N. M
J. D. Shinkle
el Paso
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Lubbock
Shinkle
Board of Athletic Control
Southwest High School
Tigers
Movie photographer begins long journey to Alaska
Merl Lavoy a motion picture photographer leaves Seward for Point Barrow to film old whaling days scenes. He travels by dog team across Nunanu Nenana Anana Alma Kobuk Kotzebue Point Hope over 2000 miles with relays on treacherous trails. He aims to reach Nome then proceed to Los Angeles.
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Seward
Alaska
Merl Lavoy
Point Barrow
Nenana
Anana
Alma
Kobuk
Kotzebue
Point Hope
Lavoy
Nome
Bering Sea
Los Angeles
Cotton consumption in November totals 543 thousand lint bales
The census bureau reports November cotton consumption at 543 098 bales of lint and 65 966 of linters, compared with October 543 679 lint and 75 750 linters, and November last year 195 182 lint and 52 554 linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Court Upholds German Treasury Note Holders Rights
The U S Supreme Court ruled in a 25 case decision that American holders of prewar German treasury notes may satisfy claims from seized German funds, denying priority to the U S government for recovery against Germany. Justice Holmes ordered immediate effect of the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Carey Elected Captain Of Cornell Varsity 1926 Team
Emerson Carey Jr of Hutchinson Kansas, right guard on the Cornell varsity football team, and western junior golf champion, was elected captain of the 1926 squad today in Ithaca New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Ithaca
N. Y
Emerson Carey, Jr
Hutchinson
Kansas
Cornell
Prescott Man Nabbbed Here on Arizona Charge
H. W. Baker charged with embezzlement in Prescott, Arizona, was arrested by Sheriff Felipe Zamora and Deputy Ross Salazar on Santa Fe train No. 2. He is held in the county jail after refusing extradition, with wife and two daughters at a local hotel. The arrest followed a telegraphic warrant from FP. G. Weill, Prescott sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Baker
Prescott
Arizona
Felipe Zamora
Ross Salazar
Santa Fe
Baker
FP. G. Weill
Zamora
Weill
Extradition Not Waived in Arizona Embezzlement Case
An arrest had been made and an Arizona officer was told that Baker would not waive extradition. No details were available Monday night about the embezzlement charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Baker
Major General Harry L. Rogers Dies in Philadelphia
Major General Harry L. Rogers retired chief quartermaster in the American expeditionary forces died in his Philadelphia apartment late Saturday night. He had been in service for a long time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Philadelphia
Harry L. Rogers
Wershing
American Expeditionary Forces
How Doctors Treat Colds and Flu
Physicians and druggists now recommend Cal otabs a purified calomel tablet to break up a cold or short the flu. One or two tablets at bedtime with water cleanse the system without salts or nausea, with no interference with eating. Next morning the cold vanishes and appetite returns. a family package with directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
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HELE
Gold Dust District
Horlick
Peete
Amenican Tellernone and
Texcorapa Company
Bell System
H. Blair-Smith
Maisel
First &T
Alvarade Hote
the Morning Journal
G. EB. Cor
2Nd Street
Sifth Avenue
Cor
47Th Street
Broadway
42Nd Street
Grand Central Depot
N. E& Cor
Bisth Ave
Gimberns
San Miguel Co
Santa Claus
Richardson
Meilla Valley
Aswell
Butt’s Drug Stores
U.3
East Silver
Mulberry
Yale
Raabe & Mauger’s
Telephone
Alan Hipenkerchief
A. R. Aherenstreit K. of P. Bldg
Albuquerque, N.M
Arizona Charge
Tony
Phome
Roy
Otenng
U. S
Korber’s China Store
North Second Street
J. Korber & Company
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