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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
3
Breeze of news from Lovington covers Hamp Eaves and Roswell ranch moves, telegraph dispatch work, vacations, and church offerings. Local trades include wool sales at 25 cents a pound, a big Seminole versus Lovington baseball game, and upcoming wild west events.
A community page recalls a year of sales at Lovington Pharmacy urging customers to settle accounts by monthly deadlines. It also reports Rev Dr Givens revival in Plainview, hardware moves in Lovington, weather hopes for rain, and local happenings including sales of bulls, travel notes, and positions at Lovington Mercantile Co.
Mrs. and F G Shepard and son Chester visited Tatum to bring Mood Smith family. J W Janes and Dean Allen built a merchant residence in Plainview. Ranching activity expands with T ranch and Montgomery Thompson outfits. Several residents reported ill or traveling to Missouri and Iowa. Law and abstract office opened by Greene and Howard in Lovington. San Angelo prospectors and new home constructions noted.
Notice from the Land Office at Iow, New Mexico 1916 announces a public sale of a land tract under Sec 2455 B.S. The minimum bid is $1.75 per acre with a bid opening at 10 a.m. on August 4 1916. The tract includes the SW quarter of Sec 17 T Two 798 Rho N.M. and the sale will be conducted by Emmett Patton Register. Claimants must file their claims before the sale.
This week’s report notes K. Lovington as top head of Seminole on business. Asa Morton departed Friday for his home visit. Cattle ranges remain fat for beef on the plains despite scant rain, with some grass shortages causing unease.
Mr A Jackson plans to leave for Roswell on Saturday morning where he will go to Myre. We hope she will recover soon. Lovington instruments are expected Friday evening and then listen for sounds. The old musicians will likely perform with some pleasant tunes at a modest price.
A humorous piece by Walt Mason rails at outside suppliers and calls Kerksmith & Rickshaw to support local trade. It contrasts community boosters with strangers who ship goods from far away and neglect town upkeep, urging residents to buy locally.
Fragmented OCR text lists multiple individuals and places such as Bell Nengante JE Cathey-WupAli M. Werver M. Henderson Gee Cromb Pil Curne and Amarilo Texas with several initials and misread words making coherent event details difficult to determine. Names Louis Haydon Miss Burdell Poston and Paliss Ver Ace appear amid unsure phrases.
Notice states Alex acted Cece of Plainview filed to prove up a claim on land in the SW west quarter and MWI-4 Sco Ze Two. Before U.S. Commissioner L. Hibbats in Plainview NM on July 1 19te. Witnesses James J. Bordeaux Charlie A. Smith Stanbro Nolte Bass Robert W. Smith.
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