Mogollon district shows rich prospects and rail access needed
An El Paso Herald report describes Mogollon district mines with 300 to 25,000 feet of development. The Last Chance and Confidence mines promise larger plants, while Little Fannie and Charley groups show high grade ore. Cooney and Leap Year offer a 100 ton mill and strong reserves. Transportation limits slow gains until a railroad arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Last Chance
Earnest Craig
Ernestine Mining Company
Colorado People
Fannie
Fannie Group
Charlie
Mogollon Gold and Copper Company
Cooney
New Mexico
NOTES FROM PUERTECITO CHIEFTAIN READERS SPICE LOCALITY
NOTES FROM PUERTECITO New Mexico dated January 14 report Califor nia like weather foggy and warm with a thriving burg. Calf vaccination by T H Payne and N A Field to prevent blackleg. Pedro Ortaga keeps rheumatism in check. Ambrosio Garcia resigns as postmaster. Pablo Armijo returns from Magdalena with new stock. A school is needed for precinct 31 while Pythian Sisters install officers led by Flora Lewis.
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Puertecito
N. M
Tur Crreftain
California
T. H. Payne
N. A. Field
New Mexico
R. H. Wylie
Pedro Ortaga
Ambrosio Garcia
Pablo Armijo
Magdalena
Manuel Dhes
Jose M. Jaramillo
Los Lunas
Santa Me
Chaves
Jose Chaves
Beginnings of Business Ventures on April 12 1906
The fragment lists monetary figures such as 114492 and 69482 with various cents, plus 1906 as the year of commencement. It notes a business started on April 12 1906 and references several capital amounts and dates, indicating financial records or a ledger entry from that era.
Sleet Storm Delays Missouri Trains and Wrecks Lines
A Kansas City dispatch dated January 16 reports the worst sleet storm in twenty years across central Missouri. Ice weighs down telephone and telegraph poles, cutting wire communications and delaying all eastern and northern trains today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Legislative Assembly Opens in Santa Fe For New Session
The thirty-seventh New Mexico legislature assembles at Santa Fe next Monday amid high expectations of a busy session. Reported arrivals include many legislators who have rented apartments for the duration. Studebaker wagons are advertised, with applications to Geo. F. Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-Seventh
Legislative Assembly of
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Destructive Kingston Earthquake Report Tallies Casualties
A Kingston Jamaica quake left virtually all buildings demolished or uninhabitable. Deaths run into hundreds with estimates between 400 and 1,200, while about 10,000 people are homeless. Rail service remains usable to move survivors to Port Antonio for shelter as ships assist. No Americans reported killed or injured. Harbor shores are feared to sink with harbor bed noted as deep as 100 feet, and remaining wharves damaged or wrecked.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Relieving Car Shortage by Santa Fe Purchases
The Santa Fe Railway, to ease car shortages, expanded capacity in five years with 27 512 freight cars and 530 new engines while 100 more engines are on order. Excluding 5 700 cars on order, this five year spending nears 32 558 000 for cars and engines, arguing it kept pace with growth and refuted claims of inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Socorro State Bank Shows Rising 1906 Year
The Socorro State Bank reports a favorable statement of its condition at December 31, 1906, noting business far surpasses expectations. The bank continues conservative operations for stockholders and customers, led by cashier Edward L. Price. Sam Locke was seen in Socorro from Magdalens for private business Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socorro State Bank
Edward L. Price
Sam’ Locke
Socorro
Vl Magdalens
Rubber in New Mexico Can Guayule Grow Here Test Planned
Governor Hagerman receives a detailed 1907 report from Professor E C Wooten of the botanical experiment station at New Mexico College outlining guayule and other rubber bearing plants. The letter notes guayule grows on limestone soils in western Texas and northern New Mexico, its potential rubber content, and uncertain cultivation outcomes at higher elevations. It also mentions a second plant Hymenoxys floribunda observed between Chama and Tierra Amarilla, used by locals and possibly linked to rubber, with cultivation experiments proposed.
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Guayule
Herbert J. Hagerman
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Texas
Escondido Springs
Fort Stockton
Boundary Commission
Rubber Company
Torreon
Roswell
Mariole
Colorado
Buena Vista
Colfax
American Crude Rubber Company
Colfax County
Buayule
Mexico
At Home by Mrs John E Griffith Draws Local Elite
A social afternoon hosted by Mrs. John E Griffith on Park Street featured high five and lunch, with four rooms filled with guests and prizes awarded to Mrs C T Brown and Mrs A F Katzenstein. The event, despite a gale, showcased hospitality and lively chatter among attendees including Mesdames Bowman Price Duncan Jaques Hammel Brown etc. The Santa Fe New Mexican notes Robert Martin's arrival from Cuchillo and Mayor H O Bursum's expected visit to Santa Fe for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Griffith
Park Street
C. T. Brown
A. Fatzenstein
R. V. Smith
Mrs. Griffith
Mesdames
HK. F. Bowman
Joseph Price
C. G. Duncan
Thos Jaques
W. G. Hammel
C.T. Brown
W. BE. Martin
W. D. Newcomb
A. F. Katzenstein
H. O. Bursum
H. Chambon
W. H. Hill
J. F. Berry
R. W. Twining
John Greenwald, Sr
E. M. Kealer
George E. Cook
R. C. Collins
Nathan Hail
John W. Terry
John Reddin
J. G. Fitch
J. Cooney
R. P. Noble
F. G. Bartlett
Lee Terry
H. M
Socorro
Republican Territorial Central Committee
Santa Fe
New Mexican
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Complete Healing
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh with constitutional treatment. The ad offers 100 reward for cures, cites testimonials, and lists Toledo, Ohio as the address for F. J. Curren Co. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and Charley Cooney resuming duties in Inde, Durango after vacation with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Halls
F. J. Cuenny & Co
Toledo
Charley Cooney
Mings Coloradas
Inde
Durango
Mexico
Cay
M. Cooney
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Mogollon District
St. Paul
Mina
North Dakota
St Paul
J. J. Hill
Associated Press
Frost
D. A. Ortega
Socorro County
Winkler's
Pythian Sisters
Temple No. 2
Flora Lewis
Isabel Ortega
Ruby Griffith
Grace M. Smile
Carlota Reddin
Maxie Hill
Elmira Katzenstein
Emma Abeyta
THE
Ccorro
Studebaker Wagons
Geo. EF
Cook
Prof
Wooten
Hagerman
E. C. Wooran
Botanital Experiment Station
MARS
Robert Martin
Santa Fe New Mexican
Cuchillo
Sierra County
Sierra
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