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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
3
Sierra County Advocate lists Thomson proprietor details and announces official power related to Sierra County. The item notes burscription rates in a brief public notice like a business update within the local paper.
Dr W G Copp visits for a few days. Braley leases H A Ringer I T ranch. Jobo Lannon from Globe visits his father Thos Lannon. Mr and Mrs C P Johnson leave for El Paso for a few days. Mrs J N A Connor attends to moving interests here. Miss Addie Titus from Silver City visits Mrs J A Anderson and daughters. J W Stuck recovering from pneumonia at Placera. E H Bickford and J B Nelson from Lake Valley visit Hillsboro. Mrs W C O Kendall hosts Mesdames Hall Anderson Burke McVeigh and Long. Mohair clipping underway. mohair crop excellent. Mail service to Lake Valley improves after Santa Fe action. Ben Kinsey leases Virginian mine at Kingston. five hundred sacks of ore on dump. Heavy rain breaks drought last Monday into Tuesday. Sierra Browns beat Leather Heads 24 to 13. next Sunday Browns vs Hasbeens. Sam Hidalgo released on $500 bond. Marcos Garcia jailed awaiting bond. Sheriff Tafoya notes Marcos remains jailed but busy doing work.
Notice to subscribers urges prompt payment or names to be dropped under post office rules. Community mentions include crime pursuit results, Mills Hall aliases, and Ranger Dudley arrest near Douglas. Local ads promote cures for skin trouble and winter illnesses while referencing Cananea stock rumors and a Rio Grande bridge proposal for El Paso readers.
Mrs. Frank Williams Mrs. F A Calhoun and Miss Minnie James of Chloride visited Sunday. The public school will observe Flag Day February 12 with exercises. A 8 by 5 flag will be unfurled. Washington Birthday festivities open February 21 with a masquerade ball. A barbecue on the 22nd features a burro race between B T Cox and China Hearn followed by a cow pony race. A 25 a side match race no horses barred and a boy burro race wind up the events.
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