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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate published in Hillsboro New Mexico by Thompson announces itsPost Office entry and mailing status as second class. The note appears in the Friday June 9 1905 issue with standard publisher information and mailing details.
Industrial Advertiser urges overhaul of U S mining laws to reduce litigation and clouded titles. Calls for Mexico style absolute title within granted patent lines and emphasizes mining as a prioritized industry.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that the Japanese public favors gravely serious works over light fiction. The Imperial library at Tokio reports more than forty percent of borrowings are scientific and historical, with emphasis on engineering, medicine, languages, and war related studies.
Saturday from New York. Work on the dyke progresses rapidly under Mr. D Disinger. When finished the town will be safe from ordinary floods. A farmer mentions a booming growing season with popcorn sprouting quickly, but jokes about his chickens freezing and frost damage to his flock.
The article argues Americans remain the world’s top meat eaters despite rising vegetarian trends. It cites annual meat costs and food expenditures, noting egg, cattle, and dairy bills are sizable, with meat foods dominating per-person raw food costs.
The Supreme Court narrows rights in unpatented mineral claims while allowing tunnel claimants to enter beneath adjacent locators prior to patent. The decision, though not fully released, could surprise regions with many tunnel cases and affect future mine development.
Summary of postal law rules on continuing subscriptions, arrearages, and nonresponse. Details include deemed continuation absent notice, publisher authority to collect arrears, subscriber responsibility upon noncollection, and liability if mail is sent to former address after moving. Court rulings imply noncollection may be treated as refusal.
The text explains that paying subscribers must give notice at the end of their term if they do not wish to continue. Without notice the publisher may continue sending the paper and the subscriber bears responsibility for arrears. It notes postal laws allow publishers to arrest nonpaying readers who cancel after a period of nonpayment.
Public notice in the Probate Court of Sierra County New Mexico regarding the estate of William G Ritch deceased. The court issued an appointment for probate proceedings following an order dated March 6.
The law sets fines from 25 to 500 dollars and jail terms from 30 to 90 days for shooting elk mountain sheep beaver or ptarmigan. It limits antelope pheasant bob white quail wild pigeon to five year closed season. Deer with horns may be shot Sept 15 to Oct 31 and turtle doves Aug 1 to Sep 30. Crested quail wild turkey mountain grouse prairie chicken may be shot Oct Dec with fines 50 to 100 dollars and 30 to 60 days. It bans serving game or game fish from outside without a permit and imposes 25 to 100 dollars and 30 to 60 days for violations.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned was duly appointed administrator of the estate of Daniel A Saunders, deceased, on May 1, 1905, by the Probate Court of Sierra County New Mexico. All persons having claims against the said estate are.
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