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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate announces its publication details with proprietor C Thompson and mailing designation as a second class matter at Hillsboro Post Office in Sierra County New Mexico.
Engle correspondent reports on the Victoria Chief Copper Mining and Smelting company in the Caballos, noting a 50 foot tunnel with copper veins and $100,000 already spent on the property plus extensive road work. Manager Weston, an experienced engineer, is expanding development, with plans for a smelter and potential Santa Fe railway link. The camp features a company store and a well-equipped operation under foreman Grimes and book-keeper Jake West.
In Silver City last Monday Deputy Sheriff Chas Smith was killed by J. J. Malloy during a confrontation after Malloy, who had wounded a neighbor earlier, took refuge in a house. Smith entered to arrest him and was fatally shot, the bullet severing the pulmonary artery. Malloy then shot Smith again as he lay dying.
Martin Amundoza, a Florida mines miner, shot his sweetheart Concha Mendoza after she rejected him and became engaged to another. The bullet pierced her left side and exited above the right elbow, killing her within an hour at Gag. Amundoza was arrested at the Florida mines and held for grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Judge Chapman.
Globe Mascot reports ten women active in the Globe mining district challenging male miners. They are praised for precise, honest work and steady pay, while husbands allegedly shield them from premises for glory. A worker mocks a woman owner who writes peculiar letters about vein measurements.
The Limestone County Texas area recorded extreme heat with temperatures rising sharply in the sun. Residents report stifling conditions and discomfort as the heat intensified through the afternoon and into the evening.
The article details mass exposure with three miles by two miles of area affected. It notes widespread prostration and animal fatalities, plus a claim of a fourteen year old boy injured by buckshot and later reported dead. Additional items include medical ads and a theft case where Charles W. Clark surrendered to Las Vegas authorities for stealing $300.
An old ad proclaims Cheatham’s Chill Tonic cures chills for any one case, tested by time with a money back guarantee. Sold at the Post Office Drag Store with a cheerful refund if it fails.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt compares parrots to an African explorer’s adventures. It notes exotic birds are seen as delicate by some, yet their perceived toughness stems from human association and the stories published about them.
Antonio Majalca of Hillsboro New Mexico has filed intent to make final proof for Homestead Entry N 28 dated Sept 10 160%. The proof will be before J M Webster Probate Clerk Hillsboro NM on Bapt 10 1907. Witnesses T J Ross Robinson Chaves Tabacio Padilla Ray Grayson. Everest Van Parten Register.
On June 11 1907 Tease J May of Hillsboro Sierra County Territory of New Mexico filed to appropriate public waters from Trujillo Creek by diversions for irrigation and domestic use. The Territorial Engineer will consider the application August 14 1907 objections must be filed by that date. Vernon L Sunuyan Territorial Engineer. First pub July 26 1907 4w
Statement of condition for Sierra County Bank of Hillsboro New Mexico as of July 2 1907 totals assets including resources loans and discounts real estate furniture and fixtures and due from banks with liabilities capital stock surplus and deposits detail sworn by cashier W H Bucher and notary Leo H Crews. First National Bank Engle New Mexico presents balance sheet as of May 20 1907 with reserves loans and discounts bonds to secure deposits premiums and other assets liabilities and capital sworn by J A Reed cashier.
Notice to W S Nowland and heirs and all claimants under or through him that the undersigned has expended 100.00 for improvements on the Independence and Yellowstone mining claims in Sierra County New Mexico to hold a fuel premix under section 2824 Revised Statutes. If within ninety days after publication you fail to contribute your share of the expenditure and costs, the interest of W S Nowland and heirs will be forfeited to the undersigned per Section 2h Maunus Benamy First pals Feb 22 1967.
The under signer reports spending 100.00 for 1906 labor and improvements on the Independence and Yellowstone mining claims in the Las Animas Mining District Sierra County New Mexico to hold the premises under Section 2524 Revised Statutes. Within ninety days after publication, A J Hirsch and heirs must define expenditures as co owners plus publication costs or forfeit interest to the undersigned Mauritz Brooen of First Palace May 10 1907.
Expiricion Tafoya probate judge of Sierra County Cuchillo New Mexico has filed notice of intent to make final commutation proof to establish entry 4001 dated April 1 1906 for the NE3 BW NW4 SEX in Section 28 Township 12S Range 5 W before J M Webster Probate Clerk Hillsboro New Mexico on August
A public land claim notice records continuous residence and cultivation claims for Aloys Preisser Francisco Apoduca Felipe Tafoya Serafin Gonzales and Evoene Van Pariun in Hilissoro Cuchillo and Cochilie New Mexico with theRegister listed and first publication June 28 1907.
The Comptroller of the Currency issues a formal notice approving The First National Bank of Engle to commence banking in Engle Village Sierra County New Mexico. Deputy Comptroller Thomas B. Kane signs with the official seal on April 27 1907. First publication May 1907.
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