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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate operated by C Thompson is entered at Hillsboro New Mexico for transmission through the US mails as part of postal service. Copyright and distribution details indicated, reflecting a small town newspaper record.
Weather and voyage notes describe heavy seas at Salton Basin March 2, gales and train damage March 3 6, and the Freight and California Limited enduring storms with repairs and passengers affected. March 7 8 report wireless messages and a storm battered voyage. Frightens and sail crossers. March 9 Captain Cali fornia anchors Cajon for Los Angeles repairs. eight passengers die from seasickness. Albuquerque Journal Independent notes denials by Geo Coe of Glencoe and shade tree cutbacks to avoid a Silver City forest reserve.
A Washington dispatch reports a six frandorder against Del Rey Mining and Smelting Co of Kansas City and El Paso. NM law chartered with 2.5 million capital, stock $250, land in Socorro county claimed as 1157 acres rich copper. Company held options on coalclaims, little assets, post office officials deem fraudulent. El Paso Herald notes president Moellen says deeds exist and smelter plans underway.
A French experiment used acetylene gas generated from calcium carbide to inflate small balloons beneath a sunken ten ton boat in the River Seine. The boat was refloated, and the inventor M. Ducasse believes the method could be applied to prevent ships from foundering in collisions.
Dr Nansen regards sailors as a chosen brotherhood in the sea service. He notes sailors display greater earnestness, stoicism, and fortitude than members of other professions, bearing hardships with calm determination.
The British consul general reports to the foreign office on the Kaffir wage impact in the Transvaal colony. He notes that about 60 000 Kaffirs return home with wages averaging their $2 500 000 yearly spent on drink.
Sneezing is praised as the best brain clearer known as a remedy for faintness or fainting spells. The piece notes that many conclude an attack ends with a violent sneeze and that ancestors used snuff for this purpose. It warns that tobacco taken as snuff enters the blood and harms the system.
Notice to H. A. Lockwood and all heirs administrators and assignees that $200.00 was expended in 1906 for labor and improvements on the Golden Era and Golden Era No 2 mining claims in the Las Animas Mining District Sierra County New Mexico to hold the premises under Section 2824 Revised Statutes United States. If within ninety days after publication you fail to contribute your share of expenditures cost of publication and other expenditures by the undersigned the interest of H. A. Lockwood and his heirs administrators or assigns will become the property of the undersigned under Section 2224. First published January 25 1907.
To W S Nowland and others claiming under him the undersigned has expended the sum of 100 00 for the year 1906 in labor and improvements upon the Independence and Yellowstone mining claims in the Las Animas Mining District Sierra County Territory of New Mexico to hold the premises under the revised statutes and if within ninety days after this notice you fail to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as co owner together with the cost of this publication the interest of W S Nowland and his heirs administrators or assigns becomes the property of the other co owners and the publication costs. First pub February 22 1907.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe brands AL connected on hip and L riba on cattle head with a judgment by Ceur in November A and a Writ of Vend from Exponay dated January A D1907 directing the sheriff to well.
Notice from the Department of the Interior Land Office at San Cruces New Mexico dated January 23 1907 announces Teresa Garcia de Torres of Eagle New Mexico filing for final proof on Homestead Entry No 4486 for the W half of Section 6 Township 138 Range 6 W. Proof will be made before Probate Clerk Sierra County Hillsboro New Mexico on March 9 1907 with witnesses Lorenzo Tafoya Guillermo Torres Maximo Maria Nitor Mauriques and Evarik Van Parten. First published January 25 1907.
Notice to all concerned that J W Stuck has expended 810000 for labor and improvements in 1905 on the Golden Courier mining claim in the Las Animas Mining District Sierra County New Mexico to hold premises under Section 2324 Revised Statutes. If co owners fail to contribute within ninety days after publication the interest of W S Hopewell and his heirs administrators or assigns will vest in the undersigned under Section 2524. First pub June 29 1906.
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