Hidalgo County Eyes Road Bond Amendment for Federal Aid
Highway officials Leslie Gillett and E L Pandy met Hidalgo County Commissioners to discuss road building and amendment No 11 44 to the water constitution. They outlined local budget gaps and urged a September 20 vote to secure federal aid and state matching funds for highway projects including Scorn No 54 Rodeo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie A. Giltt
E. L. Pandy
Hidalgo County
Foster and Hows
Reynolds
Warnel
Wells
New Mexico
Gullett
Gillett
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Lordsburg Man Boasts Frugal Life and Health Claim
A Lordsburg resident proclaims a thrifty daily life of 28 cents, claiming hard work and perfect health. The item, appearing in the El Paso Herald, casts the subject as a possible soldier and notes the self description amid local chatter.
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Lordsburg
Paso Herald
D A Taylor Portrait as U S Marshal of Texas
A photo in the El Paso Times shows D. A. Taylor now serving as U. S. Marshal of Texas. The caption notes he resembles his Lordsburg days from about twenty years ago, with only slight gray hair and continued youth in appearance.
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el Paso Times
D. A. Taylor
U. Marshal of
Lordsburg Bears Fall as Fort Bayard Wins Big
Lordsburg suffered a rare loss as Fort Bayard swept the game. Red McMeans pitched well with one run and two walks in six innings while Kelly allowed two runs in relief. Lordsburg’s lineup featured OBrien Diaz Egon Kerr Deck Marsalis Chevis Smith and McMeans with Banks Austin batting for McMeans in the ninth. Final score Lordsburg four Fort Bayard four.
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Lordsburg
Bear Cats
Fort Bayard
Red McMeans
Kelly
Wade
O'Brien
Diaz
Egon
Kerr
Deck
Marsalis
Chevis
Smith
McMeans
Banks Austin
Deck Kelly
Patterson
Another Transcontinental Highway for Lordsburg
Dr.8 M Johnson, a national good roads advocate, arrives in El Paso to assess Lee Highway routes through the Southwest to California. He leads the Lee Highway association and aims to rival the Lincoln Highway with a southern transcontinental route reaching Washington Virginia Tennessee to Chattanooga and Memphis, with alternatives via Musselshell or Nashville toward El Paso.
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8. M. Johnson
el Paso
Houston
Calfornia
Dr. Johnson
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ruidoso
CG. H. Lestr
Southern National Highway Association
Southern National
Bankhead Association
Hot Springs
Ark
Johnson
Lee Highway Association
Lincoln
Northern Association
Washington
C. H. Houston
Herbert
New Orleans
Animas Endures Record Flood Devastating Local Hotels
Monday morning Animas faced its worst flood in history. A sudden wall of water formed a mile-wide lake along the south tracks, surrounding Burns hotel and trapping Mrs Wright’s hotel behind floodwater. Cotton seed cake and feed in nearby warehouse were damaged while stores on higher ground remained dry.
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Animas
E. W. Webb
Will Wright
Wright Hotel
New Methodist Church Foundation Rapidly Advances
Under the building committee and Jack Heathter in charge, progress on the new Methodist Church advances with the foundation wall up to the first floor expected to be finished tonight. The article notes all current bills will be paid this week but funds are exhausted for next week. Pledges to the church building fund remain unpaid and must be fulfilled.
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Jack Heathter
New Methodist Church
Star Theatre Week and Blue Bell Mine Prospects
Sunday July 31 features The Blizzard and Aubrey's Comedy. Aug 1 Empty Gun comes with Comedy and News. Aug 2 Hell's Hinges by Win Hart. Aug 3 Peggy Rebels. Aug 4 Dancing Fool with Wallace Reid. Aug 6 Diamond Queen plus Comedy. Blue Bell mine ore shipments hailed as promising. experts foresee a large future for the property.
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Aubrey
Hart
Wallace Reid
Farewell Banco Party For Soldiers Bound For Fort Logan
Misses Cecelia and Arabella Jones host a farewell banco at their home tonight honoring the boys leaving Saturday for the Citizens Training Camp at Fort Logan near Denver.
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Cecelia
Arabella Jones
Banco
Citizens
Fort Logan
Denver
Truth Show Us a Town with Low Taxes
The Artesia American warns that a town with a low tax rate risks decline and stagnation, urging readers to consider how fiscal policy affects vitality and long term prosperity.
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Artesia American
Johnson reports long road trip aiding El Paso travelers
Dr. Johnson and his son Herrick V. Johnson completed a caravan route from Hot Springs Arkansas through Durant Plainview Roswell Alamogordo to El Paso. The 140 mile segment from White Mountain inn to El Paso was in good condition and 84 miles from Alamogordo took four hours. Johnson notes a federal aid road bill likely to pass in August proposing 109 million dollars a year for two years to support state road construction along the Bankhead highway corridor to El Paso.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Durant
Okla
Plainview
Texas
Roswell
Alamogordo
New Mexico
el Paso
White Syndicate Eyes Last Chance Mine Expansion
Lordsburg district hosts engineers and magnates led by J. G. Nicholas Missou Hines and J. H. White as they inspect the Last Chance silver mine. Attendees plan cautious, prudent development with noted oil and hotel interests backing the venture. Nicholas vows frequent visits. White’s judgment praised by Hines and others.
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Lordsburg
White
Missou" Hines
Williams
Crites
Nicholas
Hnes
Natonally
Missouri
Hines
J. G. Nicholas
Denver
Matt Cheatnut
M. E
Mr. Hines
Mr. Nicholas
Cautons
White Syndicate
Savoy
Wm. (Missou) Hines
BE. T. Williams Oil Co
Texas
Oklahoma
Wyoming
B. T. Wiliams
Joe Crites
J. H. White
Last Chance
Midat
Engineer Chesnut
Engineer White
Butter Krust Bread Gains Fans at Home and Abroad
Harry Wacker’s Lordsburg Bakery makes Butter Krust Bread popular locally and for Tyrone and railroad workers. A Tucson railroad man praised its taste as he took loaves westward, noting it is preferred over others. Merit wins.
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Harry Wacker
Lordsburg Bakery
Tyrone
Tucson
Albuquerque Paying Case Opinion Upholds Paving Project
Judge H A Ryan of Silver City wrote the supreme court opinion in the Albuquerque paying case. The court affirmed the district court ruling in favor of the New Mexico Construction Company and the city of Albuquerque. Plaintiffs Ellis and other taxpayers sought to stop Tijeras road bitulithic paving and remove a cloud on title from the special assessment. Chief Justice Roberta and Justice Reynolds concurred.
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Santa Fe
N. M
H. A. Ryan
Silver City
Supreme Court
Albuquerque
District Court
New Mexico Construction Company
George ¥. Ellis
Tijeras Road
Roberta
Reynolds
Elks Initiate Nine at Silver City Lodge No 443
The regular meeting of Silver City Lodge No 443 B P D Elks initiated nine candidates: Herman Lindauer Walter Clark Samuel B E Allen James T Harmon Eugene Montague Lords burg Walter J Wilson Ross A Hartwell T J Patten John McHorie. A brief post ceremony program and lunch followed. An airplane attracted attention this morning as it flew very low startling pigeons. Barbara Evert of Houghton arrived as a guest of Mr and Mrs L Scherer at Silver Heights and will visit the Grand Canyon.
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Silver City
B. P. D. Elks
Herman Lindauer
Walter Clark
Deming
Samuel BE. Allen
James T. Harmon
Eugene Montague
Lordsburg
Walter J. Wilson
Ross A. Hartwell
T. J. Patten
John McHorie
Fort Bayard
Michigan
Barbara Evert
Houghton
Rich assays from Volcano mine show high silver yields
J. W. Bible and T. C. McSherry report assays from the Volcano mine and adjacent properties operated by C. W. Mitchell and associates. General samples yield 94.40 to 568 ounces of silver per ton, with some specimens over 1000 ounces, from an ore breast ten feet wide. The Wyman shaft returns 844 to 154 ounces per ton and a fissure vein runs 9 000 feet.
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J. W. Bible
Silver City
Volcano
C. W. Mitchell and
Wyman
McSherry
P. J. Fairly Plans New Tenement Houses on Corner
P. J. Fairly will build a large tenement on the corner of 6th and South streets. The project includes seven well finished rooms and all modern conveniences. Frank Hindman of Pyramid City supervises the construction.
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P. J. Fairly
Frank Hindman
Birthday Celebration for Pasil Puller
Pasil Puller celebrated his seventh birthday on Monday with a party filled with games, punch, and cake. Guests included Thelma Taber Eleanor Fuller Hazel Bureh Mary Louise Foley Donna Gee Louise Fisher Grace Conner Harold Taylor Marshall Fuller Marion Fisher Glenn Adams AL Conner Junior Chase and Warren Fuller.
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Pasil Puller
Thelma Taber
Eleanor Fuller
Hazel Bureh
Mary Louise Foley
Donna Gee
Louise Fisher
Grace Conner
Harold Taylor
Marshall Fuller
Marion Fisher
Glenn Adams
al, Conner
Junior Chase
Warren Fuller
Ross Opens Store in Second District
County Commissioner Robert Bob Ross opens a small general store between the 6 Mine and Shakespeare. He adds a mile with every bill of goods, a gesture locals say helps customers.
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Robert
Bob
Ross
Shakespeare
Local Newsnote on Patients At Lordsburg Hospital
Mrs Tassie Hardin of San Antonio Texas recovers well from an operation. Mrs W C Watson returns home. Mrs Wameldorf of Tucson visits for a minor operation and improves. Mrs Turner and baby Turner of Bowie progress finely. Mrs Oscar Cockron of Bowie improves. Mrs Cauthen of Duncan here for medical treatment.
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Tassie Hardin
San Antonio Texas
Wameldorf
Tucson
Mrs. Cauthen
Duncan
Judge Marsalis Weddings and Local Hiring News
Seferina Mendena and Isabella Arrambula wed on July 20 as reported. Paul B. Williams of Animas begins work as warehouse man for Lordsburg Mercantile Co and moves into a Small apartment near the Methodist church.
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Seferina Mendena
Isabella Arrambula
Paul B. Williams
Animas
Lordsburg Mercantile Co
Optimistic outlook from mining engineer Porteus tour
James P. Porteus reports a buoyant mood among mine owners about future metals especially copper. He notes Germany buying copper cash while England and France remain steady buyers on credit and midwest business conditions improving amid manufacturing and finance optimism.
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James P. Porteus
Chicago
East
Germany
England
France
Middle West
Porteus
Lordsburg
Louisburge
New Mexico
California
OFF TO TRAINING CAMP FOR FORT LOGAN CAMP
Under Major General Dickman eight youths chosen from applicants begin Citizens military training at Fort Logan near Denver on August first. The eight selected are Dennis Vance Bartlett Robert McArthur Briel Percy Brown Jesse Calvin Conner Howald Achison Egan Orran James Fairly Marvin Alexander Fuller James Thomas Wells. A. A. Gray substitutes when Brown cannot go. Each boy has a baggage poster and lapel badge and will receive 6 cents for transportation with all camp expenses paid.
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Dickman
Eihth
Citizens
Fort Logan
Denver
Dennis Vance Bartlett
Robert McArthur Briel
Percy Brown
Jesse Calvin Conner
Howald Achison Egan
Orran James Fairly
Marvin Alexander Fuller
James Thomas Wells
W P Hill Opens Grocery and Meat Market Across the Tracks
W P Hill opened a new grocery and meat market on Saturday in a rebuilt building that formerly housed the Co Operative store. The shop features clean stock and low overhead expenses. The Hill family also occupies living quarters in the rear of the premises.
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W. P. Hill
Co-Operative
Former Lordsburg Miner Becomes U S Marshal of Texas
D A Walker formerly treasurer of the American Consolidated Copper Co. of Lordsburg is named U S Marshal of Texas. The company ran the Atwood and Misers Chest mines with Major Randall as mine superintendent.
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D. A. Walker
American Consolidated Copper Co
Lordsburg
U. S. Marshal of Texas
Atwood
Randall Beng
Silver and Manganese Mines For Sale In Cuba
The New Mexico Mining Exchange in Lordsburg offers a Cuba silver property yielding YO0 ounces per ton and a manganese property for sale at a favorable price. Interested buyers should contact The Exchange, Box D, Lordsburg, NM.
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Cuba
New Mexico
Lordsburg
the Exchange
N. M
Miss Turner Honored At Danco Party And Roast
Miss Mary Jane Turner of Central was honored by Mrs Helen Chase with a danco party at her home Saturday night and a weiner roast in the country on Sunday.
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Mary Jane Turner
Central
Helen Chase
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FT. Bayard Boys
Star Theatre Program
Blue Dell
Blue Bell
R. R. Ryan
ELKS
Pidgeons
Lordsburg Hospital
Oscar Cockron
Bowie
Judge Marsalis
J. P. Porteus
U. S
Miss Turner
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