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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
5
The report notes rungs down to 275 feet with cross cutting next week, signaling valuable ore at 400 feet. It cites stock sales strong and ample funds. Grat County potatoes flourish with a 14 ounce specimen and high purity. Lordsburg cattle expansion and El Dorado mining group sales are outlined, plus a Browns-Wiggins-Weldon lead-silver strike with daily ore output and a California smelter contract.
The Wilson Company will reconstruct the Roy elevator destroyed by last summer’s fire. The new structure will mirror the old building but be more fireproof. Fred Brown acquires 920 acres from William and Jess Davenport, who gain ownership of the Roy Garage with strong earnings, while Brown will farm over 400 acres of beans and plant 500 acres of wheat this fall. The Davenport brothers enter the growing garage business with a fine, well equipped operation and solid finances.
John W. Clark owner of the Deming Roller Mills has installed new machinery and will grind new flour next week. Tassell jewelry store is undergoing many improvements and stock is being increased in anticipation of business from Camp Cody.
Quay buys 300000 acres, Trigg brothers stockmen of Channing Texas. Nave purchases Bell ranch acreage to own most stock this winter. Cauble brings 250 head from Garden City with 300 more en route to Osburn pasture near Lane. New garage opens in Nava Visa with Andy Howell and N R Pitel in charge. farm news notes sale of 10 acre Loyd ranch for $ six and a quarter cash.
The Office of the Commissioner of Public Lands in Santa Fe announces a public sale for described land tracts on September 5. Bids start at five dollars per acre, with a 17 805 64 acres total and improvements valued at 2250 dollars. Purchasers face contract payments, interest, and potential bid rejection rights. Sale date October 1, 1917.
Public notice in Lea County announces a state land sale under the 1939 act and shows the process by the State Land Office. Exhibits feature broom factories and peat grass brooms with demonstrations planned in Lew Sterner and nearby towns, seeking to promote peat grass as a longer lasting broom material.
The Guadalupe Red Cross gets concession for refreshment stands at the big event in the last week of August in Tucumc. Half the funds go to Red Cross work. Also noted is the Charge d Mercantile Company and Nard Mercantile Company plans to open a Mountainair store after purchasing the old McCoy building. They will add a 125 by 150 foot warehouse on the track and a bean elevator with Humphries of Vaughn managing the building contracts.
San Juan community notes Extension worker Miss Blanche Bailey asks county women to stop Red Cross and other work to assist in saving the valley's first crop, helping with fruit gathering and canning. Mentions bank construction, defense council support, and a cowboy show success in Vaughn. Public land sale details follow with bidding terms and contract conditions.
State notices announce public sale of Valencia and Roosevelt County tracts by the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands. Listings detail tract numbers, sections, acres, improvements, timber value, and sale terms with bids due at specified times in 1917.
Notice lists public auction of tracts in Union County under the State Lands Commission. It details sale date, location at the Court House, bidding terms, payment fractions, improvements on land, and conditions for contract execution and forfeiture. Also includes certification of incorporation for The Santa Fe Realty Company and related corporate filing notes.
The Santa Fe Realty Company stockholders hold a meeting with stockholders present to discuss amendments, with James A. Mantle acting president and Lorin Cotlina as secretary. The notice details ongoing corporate actions, certification of records, and procedural items for the session to be held in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
The Willard Mercantile Company has purchased the W. M. McCoy and Co. property including the warehouse and the Mountainair Trading Company stock. Tony Stanton heads the new venture which will operate retail and wholesale with a full line of general merchandise.
Deming merchants Jack Averill and W E Campbell acquire the Colum bus Garage to run a repair shop and auto supply center. Work resumes on an Anderson ranch oil test well near town reaching 700 feet with signs of a strong producing well. cattle inspector Jack Smyer passes 470 head to Corralitos Cattle Co for Aden pasture. Deming postmaster plans a new army post office building, 40 by 90 feet, frame construction.
Ray mond Tial, theatrical manager, will seat over 2000 in a new theatre and has leased a hotel and rooming house for performers. Telegraph operator Redd of Denver, agent for Western Union, met with local manager J E Applegate to absorb the anticipated large business from the camp.
The first Mosquero wheat sold to the Son Company elevator for two dollars and twenty cents per bushel, graded over sixty one pounds per bushel and yielding over seven and a half bushels per acre. John R. Wilson of Solano buys Delaney Blacksmith shop to establish a modern machine shop and garage for Mesa motorists while Geo Sallee plows on the Homgatt tract. Miss Bessie Wood plans fall wheat planting. Goodman Mercantile of Roy ships another carload of Mosquera wool. wool brings fifty to sixty cents per pound and boosts local sentiment among sheepmen and wheat farmers alike.
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