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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
3
Weather hot and dry. Local notes mention oil well fading hopes and NRC politics. Community updates include residents moving, new cars, and school remodeling as prosperity returns.
Rev T A Phillips of Lordsburg spoke on Prohibition and against repealing the Eighteenth Amendment to a large audience in the Middle Animas School house. He used statistics to support his facts. Accompanying him were Rev L Wright and wife Mrs Phillips Mr and Mrs Joe Wood and Mr and Mrs Hindman and daughter Mary Dee. Wright preaches at the Community Church each Friday at 8. The Union Sunday School is thriving with strong attendance each Lord's Day. An invitation is extended for all to attend.
A speech notes that infant mortality in New Mexico remained high and outlines how small state spending, specifically seventy cents per $100, saves babies. The speaker argues public health, especially nurses, is a purchasable investment to save lives, citing 1930 and 1932 rates and the value of prevention over economy.
State of New Mexico Hidalgo County to whom it may concern all interested in the estate of Mitchell G. McDonald deceased Last will and testament filed for probate in Lordsburg Probate Court to appear September 11 1933 at 10 00 AM before Judge E C Payne Witness Claude E Wood Hidalgo County Clerk First published August 11 last published September 1 1933.
Department of the Interior Lands Office in Las Cruces announces James A. Thompson Jr. of Red Rock has filed for three year proof on homestead entries 036196 and 038522 for portions of sections 12 and 13 in Township 17 S Range 20 W. Lordburg New Mexico will host the proving before U S Commissioner Willard E Holt on September 16 1933 with listed witnesses including A V Broun Jessie E Tompson John Matthews and Lyndall Croom. W B May Register. First published August 11 last September 8.
Notice that William Dee Gibson of Animas New Mexico made a homestead entry on September 25 1928 for All of Section 27 Township 9 South Range with entry number 0328 indicating a land claim in the specified township and range.
George O McMullen of Duncan Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish a land claim in New Mexico. Proof to be presented before Willard Holt U S Commissioner Lordsburg on September 15 1943. Signers J W Scott E J McCarty Arch Fulcher Lewis Dean all of Duncan Ariz. V El May Register.
United States Land Office at Las Cruces New Mexico announces Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company applied under the 1931 act to select land parcels in multiple sections and townships. Protests or objections must be filed at the Las Cruces office by the dates listed, with V. B. May as Register.
The Arizona and New Mexico ICO Railway Company and Southern Pacific Company lessee filed July 25, 1935 with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC a joint application for a certificate that abandonment of the Lordsburg Hachita Branch between Hachita and Oil Siding about 37.6 miles in Hidalgo and Grant Counties New Mexico is permitted by public convenience and necessity. Publication dates Aug 11 and Aug 25.
Willard E Holt US Commissioner at Lordsburg New Mexico will hold a hearing on September 1 1931 John Hoggett and H L Boyer from Animas New Mexico are listed along with W H Walter and W H Adams V B May Register. Publication dates July 2 and August 25.
The Lordsburg Board of Education District No 1 will receive bids for the transportation of school children until noon August 26, 1933. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Mrs Jenne Gass, Sec. Published July 28 last published August 18.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office reports Joseph W Gibson of Animas New Mexico filed intent to make final land claim for Lot 1 2 3 4 WHE% Ws Section 12 Township 1S Range 21 W New Mexico Principal Meridian before J N Sanford Commissioner at Cloverdate New Mexico on August 25 1934 Claimant lists witnesses J M Culp Henry Taylor Homes Maddox G W Gibson all of Animas New Mexico first published July 21 last published August 18
U S S Land Office Las Cruces announces that Pres ton D Hight of Rodeo New Mexico must appear before U S Commissioner Wilard Holt at Lorde burg on August 25 1933 to prove up land claimed in October 1931 for Section 3 Township 21 West Range 21 West N M P Meridian. Readers named Hoggett and Shugart of Rodeo New Mexico are listed as witnesses or claimants.
The State of New Mexico filed Indemnity School Land Selection List No. 9733 Serial No. 048056 for land SW Sec. 147 268 R17 in Las Cruces New Mexico. Public protest period open for adverse claimants or mineral characterization protests with first publication July 21 and final publication August 18 1933.
Mia Alita Harmon of Separ New Mexico filed notice to make 3 year proof to establish its claim to the land described under the 1928 home stead entry No 0479 in NANW E Sec 13 WANE Sec 24 Township 23 S Range 15 W NM Principal Meridian before B D Pennington US Commissioner at Deming New Mexico on September 1 1933. George J Jerrell Mrs George Jerrell S C Wilkes Frank Hill all of Separ New Mexico witnessed filing. V B May Register.
Floyd C Horner of Animas New Mexico filed notice of intention to make a three year proof to establish a claim to land described as several fractional sections in Township 28 South Range 21 West N M P Meridian. The entry number is 042755 dated November 2 19 and covers SANE half SE percent NW etc. The notice details the land positions SE 23 and 24 and the surrounding quarter sections.
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