Mining Camps in New Mexico See Rich Silver Find Near Lordsburg
Reports from Lordsburg area detail ongoing shaft work by multiple firms including Cooperative Mining and Bonney Mae. A rich native silver vein was discovered at five feet depth on Cooperative property, estimated value around 1200 dollars per ton of ore, while the 85 Mining Co plans a $75,000 steam plant under El Paso engineer J W Crowdus. Occupations include shaft sinking toward 11-foot level and extensive repairs at Bonney Mae with 4 tons daily from Last Chance mill.
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Boston-Hecla
Lordsburg
Jim Johnson
Bonney Mae
Co-operative Mining Company i
Last Chance
85 Mining Company
Atlas
Chalmers
J. W Crowdus
E M
el Paso
Lordsburg Liberal
Cooperative Mining Company
Culmar
Hay
Leo
Nolan
George Ray
Alamogordo marble quarry to ship to contractors nationwide
Otero reports men blasting Alamogordo marble at the quarries for shipment to contractors across the United States. Danley Bros garage adds a cement sidewalk and plans a 300 gallon gasoline tank. The Southern Chemical company from El Paso ships cement to Valmont to build cement links for soda lake handling and plans refining at the soda lakes with a large payroll and railroad shipments. The lakes span 2000 to 3000 acres in the Tularosa basin.
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Alamogordo
United States
Danley Bros
Alajmogorda News
Southern Chemical Company
el Paso
Valmont
Tularosa Basin
Lea County Progressive Citizens Known For Farming Activity
Two Lea county residents Mr and Mrs Lewis Lowe living thirty miles northwest of Lovington are highlighted as progressive citizens. Mrs Lowe began threshing and has 100 chicks. A surveying crew works in the area while hens lay eggs since January first. The Ames farm near the Mescalero Indian reservation is mentioned along with a dandy garden and a trip to the Weisdorfer place.
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Iriah
Lea County
Lewis Lowe
Lovington
Lowe
Paul Anderson
Ge Ames
Weisdorfer
Local farming outlook amid weather warm up
The article notes rain in Levy locality and warm weather boosting crops. Potatoes and corn are growing fast while threshed farms report busy activity. Farmers prepare for wheat harvest as mud recedes, with many fields being plowed discing and planted.
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Ofington
Levy
Park at Gallup grows as amusement center expansion unfolds
Work on a five acre Gallup park progresses with a 200 by 20 foot pool, reinforced concrete exterior, eight foot fence, and a 125 foot diameter pavilion to host dances and roller skating. A merry go round and Ferris wheel are planned with a $25,000 pavilion. The Mikado star Ichiji Hirano, 63, committed suicide at the Belmont Hotel, Gallup, by hanging himself in a cellar after securing a cord to a lard can.
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GOW
Bartlett
Gallup Amusement Co
Pastime Amusement Company
Gallup
Ichiji Hirano
Belmont Hotel
Nas
Duke Feld
Duke Pool
Lowa Park
O-Tex
Telephone business faces unsustainable revenue shortfall
No business institution can operate indefinitely with revenues unable to cover expenses, and the telephone industry presently confronts this exact dilemma, signaling a looming financial strain and potential service impact if earnings do not improve.
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United States
Quay County Cattle Feed Program Amid Broad Farm News
Quay County Commissioner Quay indicates strong grass growth and plans to raise feed for cattle that survived winter well. House News reports robberies at the Fausnacht home in Tucumcari yielding silver, dimes, gold, and currency. County Agent Yates pushes county wide Farm Bureau planning with a May meeting in Tucumcari. Robert Morrison reports livestock losses above half his herd due to weather, while warmer conditions boost stock and crop prospects. Glenrio residents engage in gardening and Victory Bond sales as the region sees favorable conditions for farming this spring.
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Big Cro
FW. Nations
Ima
E Fausnacht
Tucumcari
Garret
BM. Yates
Quay County
May Jid
Counery
Robert Morrison
Curry
Local Property Transfers and Construction Movements
Roosevelts C M Taylor bought the D W Jones residence in Portales for 175 dollars. J J Lane hauls building material from Thomson Letton Lumber yard and builds a large cement tank at Ranger Lake ranch. Ham McDonald buys one third of McDonald Ison grocery stock and plans to move into a new building by Myron with hardware line added. D K Suffey to move to Portales in a five room dwelling near the school. Rio Grande floods threaten Sandoval county lowlands as Indians and locals build levees around Santa Fe.
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J. J. Lane
Thomson-Letton Lumber Yard
Hey
Ranger Lake
Elida Enterprise
Ham McDonald
McDonald & Ison A
Ing
Myron
Portales News
D. K. Suffey
Elida
Portales
Rio Grande
Sandovel
Santa al
Sierra Fishing Out Golden Nugget at Snake Mine
The Finance Exploration and Development Corporation of America will install three six horsepower engines at the Snake mine. J. M. Nichols shows silver lead ore from vanadium properties north of town. A prospector named Lewis locates a placer claim in Snake Gulch and finds a satisfactory golden nugget pace. The Hillsboro Advocate notes past liberal yield from this gulch.
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Snake Mine
Finance Exploration & Development Corporation of America
J. M. Nichols
Lewis
Snake Gulch
Hillsboro
Mountainair Reorganizes Commercial Club and Hotel News
Mountainair boosts reorganize the Mountainair Commercial Club with Dr. C J Amble as president and T V Ludlow as vice president plus officers. Val Verde Hotel to open about June with D E Snider of Fort Smith as manager. Reports note losses from a SOCORRO fire and livestock impacts. New plantings planned as E Pace and others begin corn, with several parcels purchased and grazing improving. The Hanlon Mercantile Store was robbed of guns shoes jewelry and clothing last week with no suspects found.
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Mountainair Boosters
Mountainair Commercial Club
C.J. Amble
T. V. Ludlow
J. G. Dawson
C E, Bigelow
Mountainair Independent
Val Verde
D. E. Snider
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Expe
Socorro
Snider
Freargtts
Hester Killingeworth
Cedarvale
Taveras Spacea
Estancia Herald
Hanlon Mercantile
Willard Recor
Ideal Farm Creekside Irrigation and Losses at Baldwin Farm
A Des Moines Swastika item reports farm losses near Mountainair with water supply disrupted by a coal chute fire, damaging a home and weakening irrigation. It notes crops like wheat oats corn and vegetables and fruit at Cross Ranch, including large apple crops. A Clayton meeting outlines paving plans for Des Moines streets. S C Moody sold 320 acres to W D Drury for 4000 dollars and F Branson traded 40 acres near Des Moines for 17 acres within city limits.
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W. A. Baldwin
Mountainair
Folsom
Cross Ranch
Des Moines
Clayton
Rotary Club
S. C. Moody
W. D. Drury
F. Branson
L. A. Barr
Scrubbing Floors Not a Soldier’s Duty, Says Seattle Paper
The Seattle Post Intelligencer argues against American soldiers in Paris performing housekeeping tasks for Col House. It contends the U S uniform should symbolize valor and service, not scrub duties, and urges soldiers be treated as soldiers, not private individuals doing hotel chores.
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Col
House
Richard Seelye Jones
Paris
Post-Intelligencer
Argonne
Hotel Crillon
United States Army
Col. House
Army
Navy
Suppho
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
He Is Just Away Poem With Cheerful Farewell
A short poem reassures that a missing man is not dead but away in an unknown land. It imagines a cheery smile and a wave as he wanders, leaving loved ones to dream of his fair fate. The verses frame absence as peaceful departure rather than loss.
Woman Without Her Man Would Be a Savage
A bachelor, invited by a church ladies aid for an entertainment, was humorously assigned the topic Woman: Without Her Man Would Be a Savage, a line credited to the Christian Herald. The mishap sparked laughter as the subject was supplied by the organizers rather than chosen by the speaker.
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Bachelor
Christian Herald
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NEW Mexico News Review
Hidalgo
Otero
Ture Mere
Vhey
Roy-Span
Lea
Levy Farmere
Happy
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
House News
Glenrio
Victory Bond
Victory Gardens
Glenrio Tribune
Roosevelt
C. M. Taylor
D. W. Jones
Sandoval
Sierra
Torrance
G. W. Bond and
Bro. Mer. Co
E. Pace
C. Coulson
Mountain View
Glenn Green
J. C. Rodgers
Alfred Seaton
Futui
Shirley Milbourn
J. ‘. Curry
McIntosh
George Huffine
W. S. Huffine
France
Jay
Crillon
Burkburnett Oil
Burkburnett Field
Burkburnett. Field
Burkburnett
Atwan
Tun
Montgomery County
Kansas
O Tex Production CO
Frank Staplin
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Ata
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