Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1898-09-09

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attend. Let us, now, be up and
aud making rcedy for the rcui
torlal Fair.
In our political department
Prof. August Mayer Announces
himself caudiletc for the oalee Of
county superintendent of schoole,
subject to the action Of tbo demo
cratic county convention Prof.
Mayer Ia our present superinteud-
ent aud Glls tbepositiou acceptohly
aud well. anl the democrats should
certainly choHe him tor their can
didnte aealn Give Prd. Mayer
the nomination and tho voters will
do the rest,
George Powell is here arrarg-
ing his business affairs preparatory
to removing to Arizona. Mr.
Powell is an old citizen of this
county and We are sorry TO lose
him,
The Santa lFe New Mexioan
denies that the district Judges are
gong to exchange benches. 1t
says Another case of going away
from home to get thu news has
turned up The papers in the
southern part Of the Territory are
stating that there is likely to be
a change in the locatious of the
ncmbers of the Territorial Su
preme Court According to the
report Judge Mcil.e will 90 % Laa
Cruces, Judge Parker to Laa Vegas,
and Chief Justice Mills will make
hia home in Santa l'e. As Judge
Mcl'e hAs never heard Of the
arrangement, Judge Parker knew
nothing of 1t, aud Chief Justice
Mills IS building u home IN the
Meadow City, 1t appears that the
southern papers are not u complete
success as gueseers
A } Bobblt, one of our sue
cessful mining men and mine
owners, leaves today for three
months visit to hs old home nt
3argee, Lynn county, Mo, which
he left about thirty years ago MIR,
Bobbt'e mauy friends throughout
New Mexico wish hima pleasant
visit vt his b0yhood homo and II
eafe return to lllllsboro,
DR. Given, as health officer
now rcqulrcs tho pupils OF tho
lIl'ehoro public school to uae
pencil aud paper instead of the
slate for Their writing and iignr.
ing, This viii prevent the creation
and ccntrnction Of diseAse by
eplttIe by the dirty slate.
As they have began to tell
extrayagnnt storlps about the editor.
owner Of the Meetodeu gold mine
in tho hillsboro gold comp, aud as
there IA aa little foundation for
them, we will do "Conl Oil John
ME- the justice to publish the fol
lowing from the Philadelphia
Press "Alr. John Steele Of Ne
braska, fnmiIiarly known in this
state as "Conl Oh JOHNNIE" is Wis
ting the scenes Of his former fame
ia Nenhngo county. he shys all
the storiea regarding his Immense
wealth attained from oil, aud the
free dissipation Of hIs fortune, are
without foundation that hie total
income in the earlier days Of oil'a
boom wns royalty ia the McClin
took farm production. Mrs. Me-
Clintock, its owner bad saved
100000 from the royalty and she
left 1t 10 him. lie invested the
money in husinpss in MeadvilIe,
leaving balance unpaid oil
then dropped from ~ per barrel 70
50 cents; he WAS unable to meet
his obligations and turned the
over to other parties ht
great lors Mr. Steele says that he
was only - ycare old when all tie
sensational stories were written
about him, md he wns little
lsyi-h with his mo1ry as boy
would naturally be"
la another column IN Ffnuk I
| Given announces himself can.
didnle for oounly superintendent .
of schools. subject to the action Of
the coming Sierra county republic
can convention. pr Given has
done much Tor tie advance
mcnt Of educational matters in
aud il nominated and /
elected school superintendent will
do equally ~ much Tor the educa-
tional affairs of the county.
This week the County Com
appointed boards Of
registration and judges Of election
for the coming county campaign
This about comprised the principal
business transacted by the board,