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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate public notice announces its post office mailing as second class matter and official county publication. It declares impartial coverage of Sierra County and the New Mexico territory with a May 19 1911 issue date.
Wet conditions reported around Masonic cemetery. Autoist Knight left Sunday for Cutter. Jesus Lucero of Las Graces visited his friend Jesus Padilla. Mrs. L. H. Worden came from Las Palomas, Sheriff Kendall returned from a trip to Las Vegas Santa Fe and El Paso. Funeral of Guadalupe Caballero held Friday afternoon drew many mourners. Mr and Mrs J B Richardson moved from Gould place to their new home by the Pereta opposite Mrs Barke's place.
Ted Yeoman passed Kingston en route to Diamond Creek on Monday. Evangelist H A Tronside renewed acquaintance with Mrs Date Whitham, both ex Salvation Army soldiers. U S Forest Service assigns Percy Reid to Kingston to lead forest fire patrols in the Black Range this summer. A reconnaissance party of eight to ten men begins around May 17 near Sawyer’s Peak to measure timber along a base line for future sales and work on the Gila National Forest.
Mrs. Frank H. Winston and Miss Lita Axtell depart Wednesday for California for health reasons. George H. Weber seeks San Palomas Hot Springs therapy. Wegmanns transfer real estate at Chloride. a tunnel site is being developed east of Chloride to access Argor Apache and Hoosier horse reins. A U.S. Treasury boiler upgrade enables 125 horsepower steam. saw mill work continues to connect mine levels. A Chloride Mexican dance erupts in a brawl between Pablo Samora and Abolis with Abolis’ father Juan Abolis intervening.
The report notes heavy disruptions after a brawl near a hall. Witnesses recall misfortune from a night involving disputes over women and whiskey, with alcohol-fueled tension leaving the scene impaired and a tainted morning aftermath.
J. KE. Correa, noted Southwest newspaper man, distributed two galleys of straight matter for the Standard Tuesday evening and declined a six-column bite, saying that was too much.
A reader recalls a visit by Jim Curran to San Marcial, noting Curran’s dignified presence and courtesy. The exchange included a remark about an engraved card and a sharp pencil kept as a souvenir, reflecting the town’s appreciation for a respected newspaper mapmaker.
Public notice from the U S Land Office outlines a land claim by an individual identified as Jose Gonzales with a filing before Andrew Kelley, Probate Clerk in Hillsboro. The notice lists sections, township, and meridian references and sets May 1 to May 11 as dates related to the claim process.
Notice in the Department of the Interior Land Office announces a final five year proof to establish a claim near Hillsboro and Kingston New Mexico with witnesses named Obas Curtis Klimaeo Padilla Linz Garcia and others. It also notifies heirs and creditors of George Byrons and Flora Camp of expenditures on mining claims in Sierra County under Revised Statutes sections 2324 and 2524 with a ninety day deadline.
Public notice states under Section 2924 of the Revised Statutes that if failure to contribute your portion of said expenditures occurs within nine days after publication, your interest in the mining claim will vest in the undersigner Mrs A Davis and Mrs A McCormick. First publication February 17.
Novice of forfeiture notice demands one hundred dollars for labor and payments on two mining claims the Victoria mine and the Old Victoria in Sierra County New Mexico. It requires Hunt or heirs to contribute portion of expenditure within ninety days of publication or their interest and claims may be forfeited to Sophus Hoeninger. Dated Hillsboro March 2 1911 first publication March 2 1911.
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