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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate published by Thompson, proprietor, is entered at the Hillsboro post office in Sierra County New Mexico for transmission through the U S mails as second class matter.
Silver City Enterprise reports land sharks and speculators hindering the Elephant Butte dam project by refusing to mortgage government land. Congressman Stephens of Texas comments that land must be signed up or the dam cannot begin, delaying irrigation projects for Paso and the Mesilla Valley and postponing Engle dam work.
A Ladies Home Journal caution on Independence Day dangers spans yearly casualties. The piece lists deaths and injuries from burns, gunfire, and accidents, noting many suffer lockjaw, blindness, eye loss, and limb loss. It highlights rising harm and urges precautions to reduce fireworks related harm.
Dispatches report Henry Bradshaw of Prescott Arizona named internal revenue collector for Arizona and New Mexico to replace A L Morrison with F G Gibbons also of Prescott named deputy Both are described as rough riders and the collector's office will move from New Mexico to Phoenix Arizona
The last Legislature banned sidewalk bicycling in unincorporated towns. A collision between two trains near San Antonio delayed yesterday’s mail and reportedly killed a conductor with several injured passengers. A reorganization funded by subscriptions aims to resume operations at the Palomas Chief mine in Hermosa, under J C Plemmons as manager and Al Slater foreman, to return to former production levels. W L Long of Union Raperanza Mining in Shandon announced hydraulic plant arrival in Hillsboro, planning operation readiness by August first despite rail washouts. A new wild animal bounty law requires applicants to present entire skins of gray wolves lobes panthers bears or mountain lions to probate clerk for cancellation before filing, with skins kept intact to preserve resale value and then returned to owners.
Thrifty honey bees for sale listed by G O Reep jun of Rodey New Mexico. Bees can be shipped in secure hives. Includes an old postal law excerpt about continuing or stopping periodicals and subscriber liability if papers are not claimed or moved without notice.
Mr Hilary Koons of Queens WV reports eight years of seroma and erysipelas cured after six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and three vials of Pleasant Pellets. He gains from 130 to 175 pounds, asserts the medicine purifies blood, eradicates poisons, and claims improved health and vitality.
A 19th century notice explains that leaving subscribers uncalled for constitutes prima facie fraud. It states prepaid subscribers must notify publishers to stop at term end or risk continued charges. It adds postal law allows publishers to arrest nonpaying readers who abandon subscriptions and later mark as refused.
Legal Notices from Las Cruces New Mexico June 21 1905 list David Disinger filing for flow proof to support his claim in NWay Sec 22 Tp 168 R7W. Before Probate Clerk Sierra County Hillsboro August 1905 witnesses Aloys Proisner John Anderson Wm Kendall John W Daweon all of Hillsboro N M Jenoon Martin Register first published June 30 1905.
Notice to T Barr and Mary McA Beaver their heirs assigns and administrators that $100 was expended in lis pendens mining claim for 1904 in Carpenter Mining District Grant County New Mexico to hold the claim under Section 2324 Revised Statutes. If within ninety days after publication they fail to contribute their share of the expenditure their interests will be forfeited to the undersigned under section 234 Revised Statutes.
The undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate of Daniel A. Saunders, deceased, on the last day of May, 105, by the Probate Court of Sierra County, New Mexico. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present them.
The undersigned has expended 1700 dollars in labor and improvements on the Las Animas and Virginia mining claims for the year ending December in the Las Animas Mining District Sierra County New Mexico to perfect the claim under the Revised Statutes section 2/24.
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