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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1910
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate and proprietor C Thompson are identified in a postal transmission entry for Hillsboro Sierra County New Mexico. The text on the page references mailing and newspaper publication practices and includes disjointed remnants of a notice.
The piece notes Taft and Diaz offering peace to insurgent subjects while reflecting on price drops and a proposed constitution. It questions the lack of guaranteed honest elections and urges voters to read the constitution before deciding. Democrats and progressive Republicans in Dona Ana County denounce the machine-made charter, signaling a broader regional clash.
In Denver a murder trial sparked a critique of the jury system by Judge Shattuck who called parts of it a disgrace to a free people. The text also notes political power and corporate opposition to measures as evidence of pernicious influence rather than public harm.
The article notes a proposed constitution proposing a $6 009 pay rate and $5 000 tax. says nineteen states pay governors less. It cites a Louisiana court ruling by Judge A J Murs in Shreveport in the case of Grace Hunter versus J K Norman Oil City La, where a stolen kiss from a widow was valued at $600 and Hunter sought $2 000.
The article warns that near unrestricted rates and county administrations free to tax property until politicians are satisfied would place business and non politically connected property owners in a precarious and potentially dangerous position.
A proposed state constitution clause exempts plowed land from increasing taxable value. It seems aimed at preventing large land grants from being classified as agricultural land due to cultivation, while not aiding small farmers.
The passage questions the persistency with which machine organs and machine politicians label the initiative referendum and recall as vicious measures. It argues that recalling an untrustworthy employee mirrors the same standard applied to the public, highlighting a critique of political power and accountability.
Fragmentary text urges recalling and discharging public servants for incompetence or dishonesty, likening action to removing unfit clerks. The garbled lines reference accountability and the duty to remove officials when failing.
Epward D Titmannn writes from Hillsboro New Mexico explaining his no vote on the constitution and the rationale for signing it. He argues signing was attestary not approval and credits Democratic influence for its features while urging voters to study the document before acting.
Rafael Barela and Cesario Sanchez were executed at the Florence penitentiary last Friday for killing Gregorio Conejo in Bellmont. Conejo was stabbed twenty times and robbed of about 500.00 in gold. The report links Barela to Joe Barela of the area and notes a daughter, Valentina Madrid, serving a life term in New Mexico for poisoning her husband. Mr and Mrs McCorkle left for Engle and the Elephant Butte dam. A. G. Vieg spent a couple days
Inspecting the Wicks mine and greeting old friends, a party left this morning for Texas City. Rube Pankey, the South Seco stock man, was in town. Mrs. W. M. Armer and her daughter Edith came down from Kingston yesterday. Jas Drummond and Billy Kaiser were visitors earlier in the week.
Notice of sale under a 1910 district court judgment against Ready Key Reduction Company. The sheriff will auction at the Ready Pay Mill near Hillsboro three mining claims Scandia Unicorn Gold Star with extensive mining equipment and improvements listed, to satisfy $37,765.46 plus interest and costs. Sale set for January 14, 1911 at 10 a.m. in Las Animas Mining District Las Animas. Foreclosure includes property, buildings, rails, machinery, tools, and mining equipment.
The plaintiff seeks dissolution of the marriage and divorce from the raid defendant along with further relief. The defendant is notified to appear and answer by November 26, 1910, or judgment by default will be entered. Attorney H. A. Wolford, post office address Hillboro New, is listed. Issued as of October 7 10. Newcomb, Clerk.
Louiaa Armijo of Shandon New Mexico files intention to complete Final Five Year Proof for Homestead Entry 01728 in Section 27 Township 5 West Range 5 West to establish claim. Before Andrew Kelley Probate Clerk Hillsboro November 21 1910 witnesses Pedro Trojilio Donacieno Medina Otero Julie Moral Las Palomas. First pub October 14 1910.
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