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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
2
The Sierra County Advocate and proprietor C Thompson are listed as a second class matter at Hillsboro Post Office in Sierra County New Mexico for transmission through the U S mails.
A New Mexican summary notes Friday May 26 1906 reports India’s plague deaths reaching three quarters of a million this year per Indian Secretary Broderick in the House of Commons. Other items include labor unrest in Warsaw versus Chicago, a land claim ruling in Durango based on a telephone oath, and a 103 year old New Mexico resident Maria Rosa Gallegos y Hernandez of Alamogordo with remarkable longevity and family history.
A recent U S Supreme Court decision distinguishes between patented and unpatented mineral claims. It allows a tunnel claimant to enter and run beneath a contiguous locator prior to patent, changing expectations in regions with many tunnel cases and potentially altering future mining development.
The document records Articles of Incorporation for Union Esperanza Mining Company filed March 3, 1905, in Phoenix Arizona, with principals John Miller Lincoln Davis Chalapa G. Goss Willard L. Long John M. Mulford. It notes headquarters at Phoenix and Chicago and outlines business in mining and real estate, authorized capital stock of 500000 shares at $1 each, five directors, and terms of organization. It also includes certification by territorial officials in New Mexico and Arizona.
The document records officers John S. Miller Chalapa G. Goss John M. Malford Lincoln Davis and Willard L. Long as officers. It sets maximum indebtedness at $300,000 two thirds of the capital stock and states private stockholders’ property exempt from corporate debts. Notaries public certify the document in 1905 in Arizona and New Mexico records.
Notice is given by the administrator of the Monte Sotjie A Saunders deceased in Sierra County New Mexico. Dated Saturday May 1905 the Probate Court requires all persons with claims against the estate to appear and present them as required by law.
Notice for publication of time and place appointed for probate of the last will and testament of William G. Ritch, deceased, in the Probate Court of Sierra County New Mexico. In the matter of the estate of William G. Ritch, deceased, pursuant to an order made on the 6th day of March A D.
In 1905 the probate court in Hillsboro calls a hearing for proving the will of William G. Ritch and for Olive M. Ritch to obtain her to be the executor. Also a forfeiture notice to John Plummone for a Las Animas and Virginia mining claim with a $100 expenditure and ninety day publication period. failure to contribute may transfer the claim. First published Feb. 8, 1905 by B. Canastrero.
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