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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate issue from Hillsboro New Mexico dated Friday August 27 1915 presents the newspaper’s masthead noting proprietor W C Thompson and postal transmission details. It proclaims impartial devotion to Sierra County and the state, conveying a period voice and local mission.
Thirteen teams haul lumber to the fite Grande for road work as Lake Valley hosts a Masonic Lodge delegation from Hillsboro. Grandmother Coffelt visits relatives in the area while Mrs. Adame recovers in Fort Worth. Today is a gala day with visitors traveling by road. Live SLCs ship cattle, aiming for 1,700 head but falling short. prices for yearlings rise from five to six dollars to about thirty.
A party exploring two miles northwest of Kingston found an outcrop along a fifty by six foot exposed vein above ground. Assays suggest one ounce per ton gold, with vein described as quartz porphyry. Further development could yield higher returns as vein appears promising and mineral content includes iron with trace pyrines.
Reports from El Paso Herald indicate ongoing tests on a gold bearing vein and cut cap with deeper development contingent on results. The saw ranch sale saw a bid of 32000 with 10000 paid down to A Mortill of Engle, amid weather delays and resttered rains in the Pecos section.
Hillsboro hears proposals for an Autobobile road linking the Mimbres region with Hillsboro. El Paso Automobile Club backs the project with Sierra County and Forest Service support. County commissioners may take up the plan at October meeting as scenery along the route is praised. Henry Avant, a Peors rancher based in El Paso, reportedly considers leaving the Peors country.
New York City public schools serve nearly 780000 children and spur a plan to provide wholesome cracker lunches in a single attractive package. The idea recalls earlier cracker topics linked to German bloc politics and features paper boxes with mermaid filling, a red apple or plums, and a mother’s care. Sales were reported at Clennings for a penny-barter weekly.
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