State Bank Bldg Undergoing Complete Renovation for Barber Shop
The old State Bank building once partly occupied by the Railroad and Bank Barber Shop is owned by W. P. Birchfield. It is being remodeled inside and out with new floors stucco and updated fixtures. Brown and Morris barber will occupy the front room and a rear beauty parlor will be added. Dr RF Ravens dental unit to occupy another room by January first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pe Brown
Morris Barber
Parbner
RF. Ravens
Birchfield
Modern store plans for H Small after bakery fire
H Small, owner of a building site occupied by the bakery and Bion Cafe, plans to clear wreckage and start a modern two story building. He travels to El Paso late this week to finalize plans for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Small
Bion
Dings. R. Small
el Paso
Potato Shipments From Duncan Valley Rise At Market
Potatoes are shipped from Duncan Valley regularly with over thirty cars already sent to markets. It is expected that about forty more cars will depart this season, with roughly ten moved by truck to nearby markets. Prices remain good for valley potatoes.
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Duncan Valley
He Valley
Water Department to Install Deep Well Pump
Lordsburg Water Department announces a four day project starting Monday July 29 to install a new deep well pump. Patrons are asked to water lawns and gardens July 26 27 and 28 to cover the four days of work. Superintendent Ss. FP. Corbell thanks residents for cooperation.
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Water Department
Lordsburg Water Department
Corbell
Utter Visits City To Check Steeple Rock Mining Interests
Geo H Utter of Long Beach California was a weekend visitor in the city attending to mining interests in the Steeple Rock district.
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Geo. H. Utter
Long Beach
Calif
Steeple Rock
Mormons Observe Pioneer Day in Duncan Valley
The Mormons of the Duncan Valley observed Pioneer’s Day on Wednesday July 24 conducting all day programs at Virden and Franklin. Activities began at 10 o clock with exercises and a community lunch at noon followed by afternoon sports for all ages.
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Duncan Valley
Virden
Franklin
New Type Cardinal Ship Lands at Lordsburg Airport
Pilot W C Benton piloted a new Cardinal ship from St. Louis Cargo’s factory and praised the Lordsburg field. He complimented Set Johnson on the fine field and nearby hotels, noting pilots like to stop at the Lordsburg airport while viewing snapshots of famed fliers.
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W. C. Benton
St. Louis
Set. Johnson
Lordsburg
Mr. Benton
Johnson from Monte Vista Sets Longstanding Chiricahua Lookout Record
A Monte Vista lookout in the Chiricahua mountains enters his eleventh year at the post on June 30, celebrating a long service career with the U.S. Forest Service. The 50 plus year old guard, stationed at a wild country lookout, has weathered lightning strikes and keeps watch over山 wildlife including wildcats lions coyotes deer and bear. Off duty he runs a small nearby ranch and visits Lordsburg with his son daughter and Tom Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A T. Johnson
Monte Ista
Chiricahua Mountains
U.S. Forest Service
Johnson
Monte Vista
Mexico
Tucson Star
Tom Gibson
Lordsburg
Largest apportionment to New Mexico common schools
Santa Fe July 22 The largest distribution to New Mexico common schools is under way by State School Superintendent Atanasio Montoya and State School Auditor Carl Comstock. The coming school year will receive 11.48 per pupil with total funds reaching 1 3 254, an increase of 136177 20 over last year and money expected to be available early in August.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Atanasio Montoya
Carl Comstock
Marriage Licenses Granted in Arizona Couples
July 17 Robert Nowlin of Los Angeles and Hazel Correll of Dun can Arizona. July 17 Harold Lovell and Aileen Hughes Romley both of Phoenix. July 20 Sam Downs and Emily Blanchard both of Bisbee. July 21 H N Phorer and Sarah Kathryn Belker both of Phoenix.
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Robert Nowlin
Los Angeles
Hazel Correll
Duncan
Arizona
Harold Lovell
Phoenix
Ariz
Aileen Hughes Romley
Sam Downs
Bisbee
Emily Blanchard
H. N. Phorer
Phoenix Arizona
Sarah Kathryn Belker
Heavy coats in Frisco as passengers crowd station
Margaret Holt writes from San Francisco that she wears a heavy coat each night. A bag was stolen on arrival amid a crowd of red caps but was later recovered. Mary Elizabeth Kelly and Lorsbure Deming say they had a cool and glorious time.
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San Francisco
Margaret Holt
Red Caps
Mary Elizabeth Kelly
Lorsbure Deming
Rain Deluge Sweeps Silver City with 2.42 Inch Saturday
A heavy rain shower soaked Silver City Saturday afternoon with 2.42 inches reported. Local showers continued into Saturday evening and into the night.
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Silver City
Hollen Hotel Owner Sees City Visitor
Hollen Hotel owner H. Hollen Sr. was in the city at the start of the week to review business, en route from Cincinnati to Los Angeles for an indefinite stay. Former Lordsburg resident, founder and longtime operator of the Holen Hotel, remains a well patronized local establishment.
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H. Hollen, Sr
Cily
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Hollen
Lordsburg
23 Banks in South Closed
Atlanta reporting 23 Florida banks failed in two weeks amid summer downturn. Fifteen southern Florida banks closed yesterday after five Birmingham Alabama banks failed last month, two of which later reopened. Grand jury probes into Birmingham closures. Deaths of two bank officials linked to closures sparked sensational reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Florida
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Highway Commissioner Visits Our Live Town
State highway commissioner J. A. Mahoney and banker J. Carney with District Engineer Bam Pf Paulton visited Wednesday to inspect the town. Mahoney discussed street paving with local residents and urged prompt action on improvements.
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J. A. Mahoney
Lordsburg
Son-Ie Law
J. Carney
Laws
Distriel
Bam Pf Paulton
Mahoney
State taxes queried as burden on inheritance tax
W Hawley of the United States Congress asks Governor Dillon of New Mexico for complete information on state inheritance taxes. Hawley notes the joint committee on internal revenue taxation will cover the subject thoroughly to assess the burden on citizens from both state and federal estates taxes. Dillon promises to provide the data and mentions support for abolishing the state tax in his first message to the legislature.
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Banta Pe
New Mexico
Dillon
W. ©. Hawley
Joint
Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
United States Congress
Hawley
Rex Kipp May Be Champion Tennis Star
Rex Kipp may enter the contest to win the tennis singles championship of Mexico. He has been featured as tennis champion of the City of Monterey against Ballido and Ban Liles Potosi. Officials of the A and HK back him for the national championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Kipp
Mex Kipp
Governor receives repowmt on slot machines
Governor KR Dillon Priday received a telegram from District Attorney W. B. Walton of Silver City stating no slot machines have operated in Grant, Doña Ana, or Hidalgo counties for years. Peace officers are to prohibit trade slot machines and sheriffs report ban in isolated cases.
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Santa FE
Dillon Priday
W. B. Walton
Silver City
Grant
Duna
Hidalgo
Warner S O S Calls From Lordsburg Route
Nat Gammon received an SOS from twelve miles west of Lordsburg Tuesday evening. Warner and George A Floyd, assistant manager of Hotel Constance Pasadena, were traveling toward Chicago when Warner stopped at the old road. The incident highlights dangers of running a motor with an empty tank.
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Lordsburg
Nat Gammon
Warner
George A. Floyd
Constance
Pasadena
Mr. Floyd
Chicago
HW. Warner
Non Advertisers Pay Bill Of Progressive Merchant
The article explains how non advertising merchants effectively fund competitors by covering their advertising costs through reduced profits. It argues that customers shift spending to advertisers, leaving non advertisers to bear the expense via lower margins. The piece uses a hypothetical Jones family and notes the cycle where the non advertising merchant pays for the advertising while paying the same regular price for goods.
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Pelilors
Jones
Bind Nstead
Epiendtang
Lis
Bluff
Calif. News
Mrs Wright and Daughter Visit Douglas Arizona
Mrs Mary Wright and her daughter Mine Gertrude Wright are visiting in Douglas Arizona for a week. They plan local sightseeing and family gatherings with friends in the area.
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Mary Wright
Mine Gertrude
Douglas, Ariz
Hia Week
Lordsburg Mining District and Virginia District Overview
Lordsburg New Mexico area lies on the Southwestern border near Arizona and Mexico with a population around two thousand. The district includes copper gold and silver prospects with oxides sulfides and carbonates and shipping values up to 40 dollars per ton. Major mines share the Master Lode Vein System and include the Miser's Chest Bonney-Pacific Nellie Grey Eldorado Anita Copper and Calumet and Arizona Mining Company with extensive railroad and electric infrastructure supporting mining operations.
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Hidalgo County
New Mexico
Arizona
Mexico
Lordsburg
Stern Pacific Railway System
Custom Smelter
el Paso
Texas
Custom Smelters
Douglas
Custom
Bisbee
Chamber of Commerce
Lordsburg Liberal
Western Union Telegraph
American Telephone and Telegraph
Bell Telephone
First National Bank
Texas- Louisiana Power Co
Love South
Iway
Southern Pacific Railway
Calumet and Arizona Mining Co
Anita Copper Co
Shakespeare
Virginia
Ariz
Bonney-Pacific Copper Co
Nellie Grey
Eldorado
Anita Copper Company
Phoenix Group
Atwood
Lordsburg Area Mines Promise Growth in Copper and Silver
In Hidalgo County New Mexico the Valedon and Master Lode Vein Byelem deposits near Lordsburg yield about sixteen million dollars in copper gold silver and other ores and now produce around one million dollars annually with rising production. Nearby Pyramid district mines Venus Viola Last Chance Robert J. Lee Nellie Bly have produced about one million dollars in copper and silver and are economically situated for future mining as demand remains strong.
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Valedon
Jerry Boyle
Waldo Group
Byelem
Pyramid District
Lordsburg
venus—Viola
Last Chance
Robert J. Lee
Nellie Bly
Prominent El Paso Jurist Visits Lordsburg on Weekend
Judge P. A. Price of the El Paso Matridistrict court, accompanied by M. C. Edwards and J. H. Williamson, visited Lordsburg after a Grand Canyon trip and hills outing. They praised Lordsburg’s future prospects and noted Price may be elevated to the New Mexico Supreme Court by Governor Dan Moody amid the court’s enlargement.
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P. A. Price
el Paso
M. C. Edward
J. HW. Williamson
Paes City
Dan Moody
Supreme Court
New Mexico
Spanish American Scouts To Carlsbad Caverns
Beout Executive G. D. Walter visited town to line up Boy Scout Troop No 2 for a trip to Carlsbad Caverns. The group will meet Central and Fierro boys in Deming next Wednesday morning and depart from there. Troop 1 members who returned recently praise the trip as great and exceeding expectations. Deming Troops plan to depart August 4 with Scouts joining from Troop 2.
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Beout
G. D. Walter
Carlsbad
Central
Fierro
Deming
Weneaday
Bitumulse Highways Practiced by Visiting Engineers
Construction engineer Hom P. Fulton district engineer G. B. Morgan and Luna county engineer with Messrs McKesson and Hvana representatives of Bitumneal Co were here Saturday enroute to Douglas to inspect cheaper bitumen highway paving.
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KE. HW
Wail
Hom P. Fulton
G. B. Morgan
Luna County
Messrs McKesson
Hvana
Bitumneal Co
Douglas
Lordsburghi
Doheny Forecloses on Falls Ranch in New Mexico
In Alamogordo New Mexico on July 20 attorneys for Edward L. Doheny filed mortgage foreclosure papers to satisfy a December 20 1928 note for 124000 at 6 percent tied to the Tres Kitos ranch transfer. The suit cites ranches wells tanks and the Fall home with Erma Fall and Mark Thompson signing for the Tres Kitos Cattle and Land company and Albert B Fall endorsing to Doheny. The Tres Kitos firm has three days to respond.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Tres Kitos
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Edward L. Doheny
Doheny
Tres Kitos Cattle and Land Company
Fall Home
Mra. Fall
Tres Kitos Company
Erma Fall
Cattle and Land Company
Mark Thompson
BE. L. Doheny
Tres Ritos Cattle and Land Company
Bisbee Ball Player Now Aviator
Ralph EF Morrison formerly with the Bisbee team that played Lorsburg flew a Swallow plane Wednesday morning with co pilot Howard Firebaugh of Santa Cruz. Morrison now operates his flying headquarters in Santa Cruz.
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Ralph EF. Morrison
Bisbee
Lorsburg
Swallow
Howard Firebaugh
Santa Cruz
Morrison
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Chiricahuas
Hollen Hotel
Rex Kipp
Lordsburg Mining Region
Dist
Hidalgo County, N.M
By J. A. Laster
Carlsbad Caverns
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