Former Sierra Countyitem Makes Good Raising Fruit and Alfalfa
Jim Reay son of Robert Reay formerly of Kingston New Mexico builds a farming life near Portal Arizona in San Simon valley. His five acre orchard yields about 42 dollars weekly for several months with apples peaches and plums praised as richer than California fruit. Seven acres of alfalfa produce one and a half tons per acre with five cuttings yearly at Paradise mining camp, eight miles away, for twenty five dollars per ton. He owns a large adobe barn and a comfortable adobe home under development with water piped to needed spots.
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Roleo, N. M
el Paso Herald
Jim Reay
Robert Reay
Kingston, N. M
Portal
Arizona
James Reay' Y
Pi Portal
San Simon Valley
Reay
Paradise
Otero Optic Founding and Decline Mentioned in Frontier Chronicle
The passage recalls R. A. Kistler starting the Otero Optic in 1878 after bringing second hand type from Trinidad. Lute Wilcox notes the press sparked a publishing boom for Otero in Colfax County as the railroad reached Las Vegas, followed by decline as the town faded and the Optic was moved to Las Vegas by Bill Barnes.
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Las Vegas
Otero
Prairie Dogs
Raton and
Springer
A. T. & Santa Fe
New Mexico
Colfax County
Russell A. Kistler
Trinidad
Jakey
Roumania
Stero
Que Cay
Optic
Bill Barnes
How they Exterminate Hoppers in Kansas
In Ford county Kansas a farmer tells a tale of using poisoned bran mixed with whiskey as a ploy to rid fields of grasshoppers. The story describes grasshoppers fighting each other, a rooster being driven off, and the farmer planning to repeat the whiskey trick for future invasions.
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Kansas
Dodge City
Ford County
John Green to Fly Again at Chattanooga G A R Reunion
The Grand Army Entertainment Committee in Chattanooga closed a contract with John Green to make three flights during the G A R reunion on September 15 to 20. Green, famed as a birdman, previously set a record in Carcus Flyer No 1 over Lookout Mountain. He will also fly a hydroplane in Flyer No 2 on the Tennessee River, the first such flight by a southern aviator, and will drop dollar bills to spectators during the aerial display.
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Chattanooga
Grand Army Entertainment Committee
Johnny Green
Cardus
Green
Lookout Mountain
Tepneesse River
G. A. R. Reunion
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Sierra County Bank
Hillsboro, Ny
Sierra County
Kerber
J. B. Herndon
Vicg-Pres
M. Gillespie
Gashier
Hillsboro
H. A. Wolford
R. C. Church
Main Street
James R. Waddill
3Rd Judicial District
Bonham& Reeer
Las Cruces
Percha Lodge
C. F
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Max L. Kabler
N. G
E. A. Srlen
C. W. West
Eatin
Frank I, Given, M. C
Office Post Office Drug Store
Hillssore
X, M
Meyers
Remington Eley
Remington
Froof
Blans
Union Saloon
ADN Cigars
Pstaquio Caravial
Billsborg
Oms
Armijo Building
Railroad Ave
Supreme Courts of
Texas
ELFE
Obaca
John E. Smith
W. S. Cooper
Councellor
Lay
Albuquerque
New Mex
Bernalillo
Valencia
Socorro
Sierra
Deilin
General Contractor
Tom Murphy
Sierra Countyitem
Er. Reay
California
R. A. Kistler
Lute Wilcox
Frontier Days
Denver Field & Farm
John Green
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