Sierra County Advocate Notice Fragment
Newspaper fragment lists Sierra County Advocate with proprietors W. Thompson and mentions postal office details. Text is garbled showing unclear places and dates. no definite event or action stated.
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
Newspaper fragment lists Sierra County Advocate with proprietors W. Thompson and mentions postal office details. Text is garbled showing unclear places and dates. no definite event or action stated.
A chaotic fray in Bocorro unfolds with a taxi driver striking a halted tourist and bystanders as others intervene. After a magistrate summons, the tourist ends up in the county jail for thirty days. The page also reports land entries, a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Sanderson case, and local drug store notices.
James E. Messia, James Nichols, William Childs Jr., Wes Barber, and mining expert G. Spilsbury from New York spent two weeks at the Little Pannia mines near Mogollon. The group collected samples for assay in New York and plan to seal a deal if results meet expectations, foreseeing prosperity for the Mogollon district.
Preliminary steps toward a fifteen thousand dollar dormitory for the School of Mines are under way. The board of trustees met in Socorro on Monday and approved plans for the buildings and bid specifications. Bids will be opened at a special meeting next Wednesday with bids to be reported. The contractor must accept territorial bonds issued to the School of Mines at par value.
A Santa Fe dispatch dated May 1 reports that since July 1 of last year the Clayton land district has recorded 7,000 homestead entries, the smallest of New Mexico’s five districts. In the last ten months 1,077,704 acres were homesteaded there, a record for the general land office. Additional entries include 832 final entries governing 52,906 acres and 203 desert entries.
A Sierra County call for a Democratic county convention to choose delegates for the territorial, state, and U.S. Congress races is issued. Precincts receive one delegate per exceedance of five votes for the Democratic candidate, with meetings set in Hillstorg on a May date 1908, to select delegates and plan for the Denver national convention.
Legal notice names mining claims in Sierra County New Mexico including the Gahoo Mining Claim and Portland Anis Cain with dates from 1906 to 1930. Defendants William L Johnson John Gardner Stephen J Macy and others are required to answer by July 1908 with plai ntiff Neill B Field as attorney in Albuquerque. Court seal and restoration to entry of lands in Natena Forest referenced.
Notice announces publication actions by the Department of the Diterion. Names appear as fea Yneg f Corlille and Helin, with filing and proof steps to be completed before a specified date at Hillsboro. Witnesses listed include Greig of Cuehilo and Parry of Begiabor, with dates and locations referencing 1903 and 1908.
Probate notice records that M Webster, Probate Clerk in M, willhear proof on May 28 1908. Witnesses listed include Trujillo of Arrey N M and Truillo of Hillsboro N M. The notice names heirs and land description with details of verification by the register. First publication April 17 1908.
Permanent Interior Land Office Las Cruces NM April 18 1908 notice filed by Espiridian Treate Judge of Sierra County seeking final proof as trustee for occupants of Townsite Kingston NM for suit parcels 2887 to 2989 U S lands. Hearing before Probate Clerk J M Webster Hillsboro NM June 1908 witnesses Parker Cowley Kingston Robinson Kingston and Vas Parren. Apr 24 1908.
In the District Court of New Mexico Sixth Judicial District Otero County creditors of Sierra Consolidated Mining Company are ordered to present verified claims within sixty days to George T. Miller at History Sierra New Mexico. Failure to file will bar participation in distribution of the corporation assets. First publication March 6, 1908.
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