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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate, edited by O Thompson, is entered at Hillsboro Post Office as first class matter. It is published as the official paper of Sierra County in the Territory of New Mexico for Friday May 8 1912, devoted to the best interests of the region.
Additional Local Surveyor H. Laidlaw arrived from Fairview and will spend several days in the metropolis adding colors to the county map in the county clerk’s office marking patented lands in Sierra county. Mrs. Anna Grayson left for Oklahoma City to stay with her daughter, Mrs. Hopper will join her mother at Cutter and travel to Oklahoma. George W. Grayson, brother of the late Nathan Grayson, died suddenly at the Sutter Hotel San Francisco on the 20th last month at almost 83, leaving two daughters Mrs. W. C. Ralston and Mrs. Mary G. Hinkley. He was once heavily involved in land and cattle in the county.
Kingston residents report visits among locals including Mr and Mrs John Kennett and Mrs Charles Anderson. Max Kahler Sierra county assessor toured Kingston on the 27th while Andrew Billings and the Kennetts visited nearby Hillsboro. Percy Reid returned from Hermosa after forest service business. Gold Coin Mining prospectors moved camp from three miles north of Kingston to a fork of the Animas, planning a two month stay before relocating south of Kingston.
In Fairview Mrs J H McAughan is slowly convalescing while Mrs John Dines visits Mrs Frederick Adams and Mrs Philip Henry Winston during John’s round-up. The Titanic disaster is recalled with references to Mrs daidor Straus and relative losses. Local schooling and Prof Grove’s return are noted, as is Dave Sorrell moving his family back to the ranch. Neighbors anticipate horticulture prospects and contests. Forest Reserve officials Goddard Wade and William Pender arrive by auto, wake residents, and provoke startled responses as plans unfold for future visits.
Mr Penner went next morning and returned with two cars carrying Ocean to Ocean investigators who remain here overnight. They are expected to be impressed with this part of the country and bring benefit to the region. Walter McClure and family returned to Chrovide from Arizona last week.
The text describes fees collected for dances or bailes and directed to be paid to the County Treasury and General School Fund. It specifies enforcement by Justices of the Peace, with fines of not less than ten dollars and costs for each offense.
In a coarsely settled region a Washingtonian driver faced a magistrate over speeding claims. The driver insisted his engine was broken and he moved slowly, joking that one could walk as fast as he. The magistrate, unsure about speeding, fined him ten dollars for loitering.
Mrs Moritarity owns a goat named Nanny who is treated as a family member. Neighbors worry when Mary Ann Riordan reports Nanny appears unwell, but Mrs Mortarity explains the goat climbed onto the kitchen table and ate mistletoe, making her sentimental rather than sick.
The article alleges Chicago women lose about $500,000 yearly at family poker games and similar pastimes. It ties these losses to accusations that they drink and smoke, fueling male anger over perceived feminine intrusion into male-dominated vices.
A Democratic Convention in Sierra County is called to meet at the Court House in Hillsboro on Saturday May 4 1912 to elect six delegates to the Democratic State Convention in Clovis on May 12 1912 and eight delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore on June 25 1912. Precincts list delegates and totals. proxies not recognized. primaries urged by April 27 1912. This marks the first presidential campaign.
Citizens of Sierra County will vote at the polls to express their preference while a large turnout at the county convention is urged. H. D. Thompson, Chairman, Democratic Central Committee of Sierra County, notes the call for participation.
The Department of State Engineer announces application number 655 by Mibilroy and W. HH. Anatin of Bas, El Paso County, Texas, to appropriate public waters of New Mexico for irrigation from the Valomas river and drainage area above the basin, to sections 1 and 9, township 1, range 58, by means of reservoirs and dikes. Public notice states the State Engineer will consider the application on the th day of May, 1912, and invites affidavits from interested persons with copies of the application on or before that date. First published May 3, 1912.
Department of the Interior notice announces Rafael Jaramillo of Engle New Mexico has filed for Final Homestead Proof to establish land claim. Witnesses include Necomedes Jaramillo Pablo Garcia and Eligio Barreras from Elephant Butte and Pablo Garcia from Cuchillo. Proceeding before Sierra County Clerk Hillsboro on April 28, 1912. ose Gonzales, Register.
Notice details a land entry by Harvey J. Rouse of Hillsboro New Mexico filed May 20 1912 before County Clerk Andrew Kelley for proof of residence and five year claim with witnesses named including Charles W Rouse Henry Payne and Clyde Kennett. Also a sheriff sale notice in Sierra County New Mexico from the Seventh Judicial District Court in the case Gross Kelly Co versus Statehood Mines Company by Judge Merritt C. Mechem with a writ of vendition exponas issued May 12 1912.
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