Sierra County advocate., 1907-04-26
LOCAL. NEWS.

w. j. BOrlaTu ieIC TUESDAY IOr Cdl
fornia.
Work on the new dyke is progressin
smoothly.
Our beautiful Italian climate is raI
idly recovering it's normal condition.
Gun toting is becoming an expensiv
source of pleasure in Hillsboro.
The cattle roundup is in fullsblast
So far good gathering is reported.
Mrs. Gus Salen and Mrs. Berth
Mullen have moved into the McVey res
idence.
T. A. Robinson, of Kingston, spen
Sunday in Hillsboro. Tom came dowI
to get away from the beautiful snow
Tom Murphy has some fine sample.
of lead-zinc ore from the Monarch camp
in the Carpenter district.
About the only thing that was moi
damaged by the late hard frost was I
shipment of ice that is due here to.
day.
Mrs. M. A. .Harblnson was eighty
four years old last Sunday and was the
recipient of many birthday gifts from
her many friends
1t is rumored that Senator Warner
Miller, president of the Sierra Consoli-
dated Gold Mining company will VISIT
Hillsboro at an early date.
Mrs. w. H. Keene died at her home
at Chloride last Friday at the age of
sixty-three years. The fureral occur
red the following day at Up. m.
VIII the property owpers take inter
est enough to protect the town from
the summer floods? The danger point
in the Grayson pasture needs prompt
attention.
The sheepmen of the southern por-
tion of the county will ship ten car
loads of sheep about the seventh of
Nav. Some of the stock will 60 to
Iowa and some to Missouri.
A small surveying party left Hills
boro one day this week fully equipped
for business, all of WHICH gave rise to
the rumor that another survey is being
made for an electric line from Deming
to Hillsboro.
Frank Ramsey was srraigned before
Judge Rbera last Monday evening for
carrying six-shooter. Mr. Ramsy
$4,000 and costs, amount
iN~o $S3.15. Sixty eight dollars
would buy pretty good town lot at
Deming.
Jean Rouse exhibits some fine silver
5re taken from the Gotdabfa dnnfe az :
Kingston. The Columbia is owned by
the Rouse Bros, and Ben kinsey. In
character the ore is of the ruby silver
variety and evidently of high grade.
Geo. Renchler, Jr., of California and
Mexico, arrived here few days ago
and continued his journey to Kingston
where he spent his younger days and
where he has mining interests. Mr..
Renchler and others own the Eclipse
nine and it is rumored that Mr.. Rench-
er's return means the resuming of
work. on that property.
w. j. FERGUSON, engineer at the
Monarch mill, came in from the Car ,
,enter district Tuesday. He reports ,
hat the company is putting in some
lew machinery and otherwise improv-
ng its mill, Ed. Hopkins has charge
f the mill and Pete Sly is foreman of
he mines. fhey are working on a
ody Of zinc and lead ore some four /
cen feet thick. y
Some person or persons, possessing !,
1ollie Mcclure proclivities, recently
ynamited the hoist of the IS mine, the I
roperty of the Milwaukee Mining Q
The damage to the plant is q
everal hundred dollars. The same G
arties also entered the power room OF r
he Hiltscher Bros, and damaged their
liant to the extent OF .$l5O.OO. Inc
hoist was one of the best in the camp
ut has not been in use for some time.
Last Sunday nights frost destroyed
\ the fruit in this section. Even the d
ltplfa was severely damaged at the e
Jefferson ranch below town and the !.
-uit was entirely destroyed. At the :
[opewell ranch on the Animas the al Il
alfa and the strawberries were the il
My things in the line of vegetation a
lat survived the blast. The Opgen- y
'th ranch was alsoa heavy loser.
The Sierra Consolidated company's
6 engine arrived here last Friday
ternoon and everybody turned out to :
e the big machine. The hauling was VI