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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
3
The notice lists subscription terms and advertising rates, including one year for 66.0.2 and six months. Local write ups cost 20 cents per line per insertion with 19 cents per line for locals and other rates per inch.
Local residents report trips and arrivals including H A Wolford visiting Eagle and Harold Moffett returning from New York. Other news covers El Paso cattle plans, mining interests in Las Cruces and Hermosa, parcel post rate changes, hunting licenses due, and Asa Johnson encountering three mountain lions near the Animas headwaters.
The piece notes Kingston's mining strength in the Black Range district despite Mexico’s troubles. It argues capital will shift away from Mexico for a period and highlights Kingston's historic silver output as a benchmark of safety and opportunity.
The Franklin group of mines Bullion Superior and Franklin produced huge ore and could pay again if operated. Bonanza Hill camps show high grade silver deposits with many ore dumps awaiting capital. Owners favored high trade ore, leaving tons of ore on dumps ready for concentration or lixiviation to pay profits.
A festive gathering in Chloride featured children reciting pieces and Santa telling stories. Hazel Reilley George Reiley and Miss Douon Yaple aided with gifts. Treasury crews advance assessment work and shaft sinking while the Silver Monument resumes soon. A dance on the 25th pleased attendees and a cold night on the 27th saw 8 above zero as snow melts and roads stay muddy. A New Year’s ball is planned for January 1.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promotes Gall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Catarrh Cure as a proven prescription by leading physicians, combining tonics and blood purifiers to target the disease.
Fragmentary ad copy promotes a free testimonial from Cheney and Uo proprietors Poted O Sola by Draggige. Mentions price 5c and Hal's Family Pita for constipation. Unclear product names and spellings indicate an advert from a period newspaper.
The United States Land Office in Las Cruces New Mexico announces Cony T Brown of Socorro New Mexico has filed for a United States patent to the London Group of Mines comprising the London and Moonlight Lodes in the Black Range No 2 Mining District Sierra County New Mexico Section 13 Township 1ay Range 9 West unsurveyed Mineral Survey No 3626 with the boundaried surface description and adjoining claims listed in the official plat and field notes. The total net area of Moonlight Lode and London Lode are given with exclusions and conflicts noted, and the notice is dated December 29 1918 by Register Jose Gonzales First Pub Nec. 26-18.
Wees Ellett offers first class general run of lumber at 22 dollars per unit and second class at 14 dollars at mill. Lumber delivered if requested with extra delivery charge. Kingston NM.
The notice outlines hunting seasons and limits for species including deer, wild turkey, quail, doves, ducks and trout. It lists prohibited taking of elk, mountain sheep, mountain goat, beaver, ptarmigan, and several game birds until 1917. Licenses include a general license for residents and a big game and birds license for non residents.
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