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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
2
The Pierra County Advocate is entered at Hillaboro New Mexico for transmission through the United States mail second class.
The Sierra County Advocate presents a bold community voice in Sierra County and the New Mexico Territory coverage. It proclaims impartial devotion to local interests, seeking clear reporting on civic matters and regional affairs.
The spring term of district court adjourned with Jobo Beron found guilty of murder and given a term from five to ten years in the penitentiary. Eduardo Chavez, Mariano Trujillo, and Francisco Montoya, convicted of a vicious assault on Mrs. R. da Chaves, received terms ranging from one to over three years. An appeal was granted in the Lothie case. the three men posted bonds of 2500 dollars. Louie Flores, indicted for embezzlement, received a suspended sentence. Sheriff Kendill went to Santa Fe with Baron. the jail is empty.
KINGSTON reports at the Templar mine North Percha lensers erect hood siege and ore jigging the ore from dumps with high grade silver values. The Cumberland wine owner south of Templar is extracting high grade ore for shipment. A tunnel under the mountain’s apex 200 feet progressed with red oxide ore containing gold. contact not cut. W D Slease visited Kingston on Sunday.
Asa Johnson came down from bie ranch Monday for supplies Col A H Hilton arrived there ip bie Ford car Sunday evening gag Drummond and S B Call down from Kingstop Tore.
Col W. H. Hopewell arrived on Tuesday after traveling with the coach. He left for his ranch on Wednesday, continuing his local engagement before retreating to private duties.
A diminutive touring car named ft. O. H. with Al Brookledge at the wheel arrived in Santa Fe for a rest stop during a continent spanning journey. The group left Los Angeles on May 7 aiming for New York by May 30, praising New Mexico roads and noting motor parties across the country.
Captain W. R. Fall aged 78 dies in Las Cruces after a Civil War service as a scout on General Forrest's staff. Born in Frankfort Kentucky, he captured Miss Cushman while serving the Confederacy.
Mineral production figures continue from page three listing totals for gold and silver values, copper and lead yields, antimonial lead, spelter, quicksilver, and ore tonnages. It notes uranium oxide, vanadium, and related materials among the 1911 outputs with large aggregate values.
An old note suggests back pain from rheumatic muscle strain can be relieved by Chamberlain's Linediment, and claims it is the best available remedy, with a mention of a sale by All Dealers Advi.
In a humorous note Uncle Pennywise quips that wearing a green coat in the woods offers no protection since deer do not wear green. The line targets hunters who overlook this fact with a playful warning about visibility.
A Washington Herald comparison notes a shift toward edible cactus amid a debate over vegetables. Jocular remarks blame wives for pecuniary intrusions, comparing small pocket digs to larger bank account prying in a chuckling exchange cited from Lippers Weekly.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation reflects on a fatherly warning about risk and timing. The speaker notes a son’s clear head and a single misstep that yielded profit, while noting that waiting a week might have avoided burnout and loss of fortune.
In Harper's Weekly Hawkins asks Jim about losses in a bank failure. Slabsides replies he had an overdraft of one hundred sixty dollars and had to hustle to cover the deficit, illustrating the trouble caused by the collapse.
Department of the Interior announces CHARLES H. SIKES of Lake Valley New Mexico filed for final five year proof to establish homestead claim for SE% NW SYNE and NEWS Section 2 Township 188 Range 7 W NM P Meridian. Hearing before U S Commissioner April 2 1913 with witnesses Emmett Nunn J P Nunn Arch Latham Peer Kinney Jr all of Lake Valley. First pub Feb 14 18.
H A Wolford and Mitchell Gray announce forfeiture actions against C T Barr and Mary Beaver and heirs for failure to pay required annual labor on the Grand View Lode Mining Claim in Grant County New Mexico. If not paid within 90 days, co owners’ interests will vest in the subscriber under state mining statutes.
A Special Master in the Seventh Judicial District Court of New Mexico will sell at public vendue on August 17, 1912, at 1 PM at the front door of the Court House in Hillaboro Sierra County, to satisfy a mortgage foreclosure decree entered May 16, 1912. The judgment against A E Buler includes principal and interest totaling two thousand four hundred forty dollars, with attorney fees and interest at 12 percent from May 3, 1912. The property to be sold is at Palomas Hot Springs in the county.
Special Master Dougherty and Griffith attorneys for the plaintiff describe the bounded and described area in Sierra and State of New Mexico with a road right of way. The document notes the first publication period from July 6 to July 12 and cites Lot No. 3 and specific compass directions as part of the property describes.
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