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Sierra County Advocate

Location

Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1909

Page

3

Thompson Proprietor Sparks Friday Note in Sierra County Advocate

The Sierra County Advocate dated Friday December 3, 1909 lists Thompson as proprietor in this brief local note.

County Officers and Officials List Incomplete

A partial roll of county officers includes commissioners in multiple districts, a chairman, an assessor, sheriff, superintendent of schools, probate judge and clerk, and treasurer. Several names appear garbled or incomplete, preventing full attribution.

F. M. Bojoranes J. M. Webster W.G. Prujilley Andrew Kelley Will M. Robins M. L. Kahler W. C. Kendall Jas P. Parker Se Souls Frangcino Montoya

Local news notes from Hillsboro area include movers and mining activity

Gage offers lumber for sale as Christmas nears while residents move, recover from illness, and miners expand work. Chris Schale and family relocate from TV ranch. Grace Dawson recovers from typhoid fever. Other items report tax due, a baby born, and varied local happenings from the Bonanza and Wicks mines to court hearings and visiting residents.

Gage Chris Schale Grace Dawson

Two Local Obituary and Courtroom Notes from Deming Area

A mixed set of items reports lodge officer nominations at Percha No 9 I C C F births and deaths registration prompts, social gossip and a fatal double shooting at Fairview. It notes Ed Armer injuring his foot, mining and assessment news, a birthday dinner for Sheriff Kendall, and a warning against gossip linked to two men shot dead.

Percha Lodge No. 9 Chas W. West Jon Longbottom V.G Plessons A. Sulen J. B. Nelson Lake Valley Ina Nelson Florence and Fannie Goddard el Paso E. H. Bickford Hillsboro Black Range Courtland Arizona Baylis L McKinney Haylis Wa. F. Hall Statehood Mines Company Gutter Morgan Cutter W. C. Kendall Kendall R. W. Fulghum Jay Barnes W. O. Thompson Florence Sanders T. H. Byrne

Two Fairview Citizens Die in Pistol Duel

Two Fairview men, James B. Taylor and Isaac Futch, shot each other to death in a revolver duel on Thanksgiving night near Fairview sixty miles north of Hills Antaile. The feud arose from a denied wedding invitation and evolved from a minor social slight into a fatal conflict. Taylor, longtime Sierra County resident and foreman at the United States Treasury mine in Chloride, was widely respected. Futch, formerly foreman at the Winston cattle ranch, was also esteemed by acquaintances.

Taylor Justice of the Peace W. D. Reilly Sierra County Mr. Taylor Fairview U. S. Treasury Chloride Wm. Reeves Kingston Alice Laughlin Tis Paara Isaac Fatch Putch Bertha Sephien James B. Taylors Isaac Futch Albuquerque Journal Hillsboro James B. Taylor Hills- Antaile Futch Mrs. Taylor United States Treasury Futeh Winston Cattle Ranch

Also Mentioned on This Page

Advocate Thompson H. A. Wofford Socorro Robert Reay Mike Moffitt Bonanza John Bright Bigelow Wicks Pres Benson Flagg John Iines H. A. Ringer Hermosa Walter Sanders Janario Chavez Richard R. Archer W. S. Ashby Clarence Meyers Carpenter H. A. Wolford A.B. Page Iowa Mr. Page R. M. Barfoot Edward Charlie Nelson Grant County Charlie N. A. N. Ranch John Gardner Engle Las Palomas J. W. Robins Mesilla Park George Bullard Robins Kelley Larsia Seates Ron Department of the Interior U.S. Land Office Las Croces N. M Abran N. Chavez Monticello Township Range New Mexico Principal Meridian Clark Hillstoro N.M Francisco Warau Juan Baca Moon Florencio Ribera Elisio Noanez Jon Gonzales Ganthers T. C. Long New Mexico General Merchandise Keller, Miller & Co Lake Valley and Hillsboro, New Mexico The Testimonion Remington Arms CO Ilion NIV Broadway Eva C. Disinger Jewelry Percha J.G. Dawson N.G C.W West W. G BE. A. Salen J.C. Memmons Herald South West E, Teaford Engleman Stor WM. Paymens
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