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S.UIsboro, Sierra Caunty, New Maxico, Friday, April 2G, 1907.
$2.00 Per Year
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WILL 1. E8lB8ft
General lerchandis
DRY GOODS
Groceries
Furniture, Mine Supplies, Hay, Grain
Agent for I. L. Gatzert & Co. Fine Tailor-Made Clothing
White Sewing Machine Company
A. B. ELLIOTT,
AilJ! ney-t-Law,
!13lsi3Pt. - fl. M
H. A WOMORD,
Attorney and Councillor at Law,
Hilleboro, New Mexico.
: OfPce, one door west of PobI Officp
JAtfES R.WADp.LL,
Attorney-tit-L i',
DEMINU, - NEW M-KXIOQ
Will uiteiKl all the Courts in Siira Coun
ty tiii'l.tlii' 3rJ Judicial District.
Lake Valley, Mskp -ui Kicgsicn
Stags syoU s$s33 ' tes,
rlakitig- close opnectjoii witj all. trains to and from Lak
Valley, for Hjllsboio and Kingston.
.aick time. New nd comfortable Hacks and Coaches and Good
Stock.
FRED W. MISTER, Proprietor
H jj UNtMENT ;
fi - ; so - in
fcl " rau. ao tjj
N r
8 3
fieallh is
More Than
...Wealth
BALLARD'S
SNOW
LJNIMENT
V AND
spy
El
KING
OF
THEM
ALL
you will always have good health. What ia more--to a man
than good health? All the money in the world can't make
happiness where health is unknown, Ballard's Snow Liniment
$S C IDCC Rheumatism, Puts, Burns, Sprains, Neuralgia,
6$ VUrvCOSores' Stlff Joints, Contracted Muscles Lame
v . tMiviv uiiu an hic no uiai riesn is neir 10.
One, Who Knows.
J. G. Scott, Salt Lake City, Utahi writes; '."I cannot
too highly praise your Ballard's Snow Liniment for
the relief of acute' rheumatism, caused by sudden change '
anti exposure to fcue weather. I also recommend your
' . IJaliJifd.'s linrebuund Syrup for coughs and colds.
!ese used toother defy all pain.
GET THE GENUINE. Three Sizes 25c, 50c, $1.00
Ballard Snow Liniment Co,
00-502 North Second Street,
ST. L01JJS, - MISSOURI.
ESSE
Sold and Recommended by
Geo.r T. Miller, Post Office Drugstore.
JAMES S. FCSLDER,
Attorney-at-Luff
DEMING, - NEW MEXICO,
Will Praiitiee in the Courts of New Mex
ico, Arizona and Texas.
Office: Koom 2(i, A'mijo Building,
Cr. 3rd St. ami Railroad Ave. Practice
in t!ie Supreme Court of' NewMexico
and Texas.
ELFEG0 BACA,
Attorney and Councillor at. Law,
ALBUQUERQUE, - NEW MEX
Will ho present at all temra of Court fo
Bfmnl Ho, Valencia, Socorro and Sier
ra Counties.
Deal i ; gno.l Gold, Silver and Copper
Mining Proiertie8 in New Mexico.
FRANX:i. GIVEN- Rl. D.,
Offiiie Poafr Office Drug Store.
Hillsboro - N. r.1.
W. II. BUCHER,
Notary Public,
H.llsboro, N. n.
Car Fainine Kills Stock.
A Galvebtoo, Texas dispatch of
a few ddyb ago says: It is RSHi(n
dd th".t the railrH' fnilnrp
furnibU earn ia responsible for the
death of over 10 MXK) heud of cat
tle od the Texas r inches, and ov
1,000,000 head are threatened un
less relief is afforded within a ffv
days. The spring movements cut.
tiefr.m the Texas ranches to the ter
ritory should have started a rxi'xith
tgn, rs the scarcity of grass and
water ou the Texas laughs is im-
intj havoc with the Btook. Orders
were placed for cars six weks gf ,
hut up to d:te a ver? few head of
Cattle have been ehinped. Home of
the ranohmttu have started to
drive large herds to the territory,
bat the cattle are Dot ia ooudition
to ebdure .the drive.
The railroad couiuiissioa has
beeo appealed to, and it declares
that the railroads had ample time
to prepare for this traffic and, ha.v,.
ug failed to 'supply the cars, are
ustly accused by the cattlemen.
The losses to date through failcxa
to move the steers are given as
$1,300,000, and if conditions are
not improved the losses will aggre
gate another million or two wilhijp.
the next two weeks, Several wes
tern ranches have hauled water 75
miles in wagons for their cattle.
Gold Mines, of the World.
Carlo considers Mount M rgan
the fyreatest gold mine io the
world. Those that most nearly
; proach it are, the Horn-stake in
South Dakota, RobiD6on, Ferreira
Deep, Simmer and Jack in the
Transval, md the Waihi in the
North Island of New Z'-nland
Mount Morgan has paid out 5,-
Assay um at i.ai.uaw i.uuciiHg, west . gQQ ,000 in dividends. It has an
us 900 stamps and rn .r.
The mother I d of th Cahfor.
niais prohaliy tbe UrsS iniueitl
belt in the worM. It ii ovr K)0
rp,iles long and 2J miles wid
The maio flusare runs through tho
ceute.r of ihe u.ilt aud hiB a widih
of 3eveial hundred feet.
iue immonsri lode of the AIhh-k'l-Treadwell
i- over 4')) feet wide.
Il has a vast b dy of ore easv t
blast dowo, crush hqJ treat.
tue tailings ran direct into the
sat thus disponing of a dinVnltv.
It has plenty of water power for
its trvi'Lls nod t?atp.r transit to tl:e
mtnejjj nx n dijep water wharf.
rhe SD-s'arap mill is considered
toe tii iest in ilia w ril, each sUmp
crushing four and one-half tons of
ore a day for About six pence a
ton. Dpver Mining Reporter.
IL0YS P3DSSER,
Assayar and Chemist,
of Court House.
Hiiisboro,
HIS OAT MARKET
COL.0 8T0RAG
BEEF roBK snd MUTTON,
Fre6h Fish
SAUSAGES.
EGQS and BUTTER.
Union Meat Market Co.
E. TEAFORD,
Livery and Feed Stable.
Uillsbro ,-New Mexico.
LINDAHL MINERS' IMPROVED CANDLESTICK
life, Hmbi and time. Inanret DBT MATCHES t
elltimnt. Carried ioatock by all up t date tuppl? houara,
II fqT merchant la not In line write aa end are will dn
t(vr prepaid aarwbereln the C 8. for $1.00. It la now
the atandard tool In all mining
atalea ana lerrltonet and ln
Central Ameiira. Uaadla la
barilla bed braaa match aafe.
All ether parte fine tool ateel
latere bangcab la. bend for circular. Length, 11 M lnchee.
LINDAHL MANUFACTURINQ CO., 1643 Champa St., Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
XtTin.lTi m laq cation ISlObXilco
fox sale at tlxli ofiico.
aVf aWe UUIVMllUinla W.
ASSAY OFFICE LABORATORY
Established in Colorado. 1866. Smp1ci by mail of
express will receive prompt and careful attention
Gold & Silver Bullion fflgfittxr4
Concentration Tests-100 'fog
1736-1738 Lawrence St.. Denver. Colo,
2E& JLi. lE&JCGISy
The corner of Sundsy roail be
tween Lake Valley and Nutt Sta
tion, is at all times prepared to
convey passengers, day or Dight, to
Hilleboro and other poirjts. Good
rigs and reasonable prices.
R. L. RICE, Lake Valley.
immense ore b jdy . workable . for
ovr twentv vara to come. The
average vm of the ore is tigh
working costs are jgw.
The 11 unestake, Simmer and
Jack trust far more ore, but it is
low grade. The Robinson aud
Ferreira Deep are richer but they
have pot the past record aud will
be yorked out while this mine is
still producing. The Alaskn
Treadwell can be worked for one
fifth the 'Cost, but its ore is eight
times as poor. The Gplden Horse
shoe is twice as rich but it has
qnly one toq in eight to Mo nut
M irgan4 ten. Mount Morgan is
not a hill of solid gold bearing
quartz bat the greater part of it is
gold bearing. All the top of the
hill, 250 yards long, 400 wide and
150 deep is being quarried away
and more than half's ore.
The Tismania ffline in -Sew
Sonth Wales is regarded as the
wettest mine in the world. Every
24 Lours, 3,000,000 gallons of
water are pulped out, and the
ground is rendered sq loose by the
bill for mine timhar is. as heavy
as thatfor pqmping. Water pours
in a deluge down the old etopes
and is a foot deepalonu the drives.
A whole regiment of men are
kept at work on the pump?.,
The Waihi mine in Now Zea
land has one of the richest shoots
of gold in the world. Over a mil
lion tons of ore are in sight The
ore shoot so fm as. tVivelopd 2,-.
OH) feet long.
Whilst Mount Morgau Is iue
greatest gold mine in the world,
thellomestake is the largest wtb.
Pension List May Grow,
Colte,!' Weekly diwclopps soma
very unpalatable sCacta anent the
pension roll, especially with re
ference Jtp the Sftanish-Americap
war, in the fiA looking.:
"The Civil Wajr .wo .estimated
to have cost $.b,t $(530,000,000.
Mr. Gardner predicts that befora
the aocounts are closed we sh;ill
have paid an a qouut equal Iq ih
first cost in pensions. Already we
have spent SU.222, 11 1,578 on that
account. There are dw mora
Spanish war yeterens on the pen
sion roll than the enure number
of Shafter's army iu Cuba. Id.
the whole war there were f)33
deaths from wound-; C.G10 from
all csuties including disease, aui
9 378 cuusalties of every descrip
tion. Theie have already beei
filed 00,087- applications for pen
sions' on acco'uut of that' var--raore
than two-f hirds' aa many a
were filed in the same length of
timn after the Civil war, In which
over seven times as many men
fought fifteen tims as long, with,
lha loss of over fifty limes aa many
lives and it is esMrrnted that in
twenty-six years from now the
number of Spanish wir penii-n-ers
will exceed 132,000, or about
four times thj uaai jji- oi uicu that,
ever heard a Spanish ballet. Ai
that time we may expjct to h.ivn
all till ab,ut 500,000 pensioners,
even if we hav no more win in
the interval. Foreiga critics wljo
accuse us of belliuosi desigus do
not realize how heavily we are
bonded to keep the peace.
New Mexico etandsfourth in coal
deposits in tlje west., Pennsyl
vania heads the list with a pro
duction which dwarfs that of all
other states into insignificance.
The other states of the east that
occupy prominent positions are
Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, In
diana, and Alabama. Of the wes
tern states, Colorado stands at the
head with a production of nearly
v,uww,wuu tuns auuuMi) , r otlJIUg
stands second, with a production
of 5,000,000 tonsj Washington,
third, with a production of 2,800,
000 tons: New Mexico.fourth, with
1,000,000 tone; Montana, fifth, with
1.G00.G0J tons; and Utah, sixth,
with 1.300,000 tons.
A gold coin passes from one
hand to another 2,000,000,000
tirns before the plana p or impreq.
3,v.c it h. ;. n s obi iterated by
triuliou, while a siiverco'in change
hands 3,250,000,000 times before
i,t b,eQomeB entirely defacidt