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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate published by W C Thompson is entered at Hillsboro in Sierra County New Mexico for transmission through the mail as second class matter.
Sierra County Advocate dedicates issue to impartial reporting on forest and territorial affairs in Sierra County and the New Mexico Territory, emphasizing civic issues, local business, and community notices with a steady period voice.
The postmastership issue stirs local aspirants as Paul Given returns to the A. and M College. Assessor M. L. Kabler and County Commissioner F. M. Bojorgauez attend a Santa Fe meeting with fellow assessors and county officials from the state to discuss salary questions. KR. W. Falgham finished assessment work and showed he can still sling type. he plans to leave for Mesilla Park soon.
The 1912 Sunday School collections totaled 24.52 while expenditures for lesson leaves janitor and related items reached 25.02 leaving no funds for a Christmas tree. Last year the tree cost almost 30 with labor. Merchants donated ruta and candy this year enabling 56 sacks of goodies for 25 or so attendees with every child and sibling receiving one.
The report records Kingston at 3 degrees below zero and nine degrees below zero on a morning in 1913. Snow reached ten inches, halting the mail and traffic. Miss Edith Armer returns to uns Cruces for school. Tip Top tunnel work resumes with expected development on the property. Southern Cross mine lessees sink a shaft in the tunnel as N S Finch pursues a crosscut at Overlook mine for 1913.
Socorro New Mexico reports the idle Billings smelter of 1905 has been purchased by C. T. Brown. It will be dismantled with damp reprocessed metal to be re melted and shipped to El Paso and other points. Several parties have negotiated for additional terms.
The passage describes a long term parchage of a property believed to be rich in minerals. It notes that Mr. Brown finally acquired the property and may profit from it, while the transaction would inject a considerable sum of money into circulation in Socorro and vicinity.
Silver City trappers Hank Hotchkiss and Dumas Coleman praised as top in the west. Demand for skunk skins rises as Paris fashion boosts fur markets. A $1,000 offer for 1,000 cas ed skins must be filled within two months. Marketing window is November to January. Skunk oil fetches $3.50 a gallon and is claimed to cure ailments and baldness.
A notice from the Sierra County Appellate Office reminds readers that the office has published required notices for three decades and offers to handle future notices efficiently and at a reasonable cost.
The text describes New Mexico air revitalizing and renewing worn lungs within six months, recalling the Santa Fe trail once linking civilization. It notes modern access via the Santa Fe railroad and tourists visiting eating houses, absorbing the state's soil products and fostering a growing affection for New Mexico despite its harsh history.
To Our Subscribers warns that due to new postal regulations newspapers must stop sending copies to accounts over twelve months in arrears unless postage at one cent per copy is paid. The paper states this is unavoidable and will continue until debts are settled.
Notice notices public land claimants in Las Cruces and Hillsboro New Mexico. Francisco Porora and Cesaria Miranda file intent to prove up five year homestead claims, with witnesses listed for Monticello and Hermosa areas. Proceedings held before Andrew Kelley and Clark, with dates in August and September 1912.
Land Office notice to William Cox of Hillsboro New Mexico that he filed to make final five year proof for Homestead Entry 4727 GUE 108 NWMSWY Sec 28 NESEY Sec 27 township 17S Range 7W NM Meridian. Hearing before Andrew Kelley County Clerk Hillsboro August 26 1912 with witnesses Neil Sullivan Donasiane Padilla and WW Steppardy. Publication date July 24 1912.
Special Master A H Wolford gives notice of sale under a foreclosure decree in the Seventh Judicial District Court, Sierra County. The property at Lac Alomas Hot Springs, described with Lot 8, lies in Township 18 South Range 4 West, with a road right of way, will be sold August 17 at 1 PM at the Hillsboro courthouse to satisfy a judgment of $2,440 principal plus $244 attorney fees, costs, and 12 percent interest.
Co-owners H A Wolford and Mitchel Gray state they spent $100 yearly 1908 1909 1910 and 1911 on the Grand View Lode Mining Claim in Grant County New Mexico. If C T Barr and Mary McA Beaver do not pay their share within ninety days of publication the claim will vest in Wolford as per the statute.
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