Sierra County, New Mexico Newspaper Clippings

The trial of John Roper, charged with the murder of young Steel at Las Cruces, is expected to come off at the coming session of court at Hillsboro. Deming Headlight, March 19, 1895 Maj. James R. Waddill is attending court at Hillsboro this week. Deming Headlight, May 10, 1906 Fred W. Mister, of Hillsboro, who has been in active business at that place for several years, passed through here Wednesday, accompanied by his wife, en route to California to take a rest. Deming Headlight, January 5, 1912 Nicanor Rodriguez, a 15-year-old boy who broke our of the Sierra county jail at Hillsboro on Tuesday night, was arrested here the next day by the sheriff's office and is being held for the Sierra county officers. Deming Headlight, July 18, 1919 HILLSBORO VISITED BY AIRSHIP FOR FIRST TIME: Hillsboro Advocate -- For the first time in its history, Hillsboro was visited by an airplane last Tuesday, it arriving here at 10:30 a.m. The town was taken completely by surprise, and for about an hour all business was suspended while everybody rubbernecked. The perpetrator of the most enjoyable surprise was Lieut W. A. Gardner of the 104th Aero squadron, who made the flight from Fort Bliss in one hour and twenty minutes, the distance being approximately 100 miles. Lieutenant Gardner did not make a landing. He dropped a note addressed to Will Slease saying he was out on a four hour oil test cruise and could not make a landing at that time. As many of the inhabitants here had never seen a flying machine there were many surprises. Horses looked wild eyed, dogs hid out and chickens scurried to cover. A Mexican woman of ye olden time upon seeing the approach of the big bird declared it to be an agent of the devil and proceeded to crawl under a bed. A senorita when crossing a street heard a noise in the air and as she looked up the huge bird dived earthward -- and so did the young woman, she fainted and fell in a mud puddle. Lieutenant Gardner did some fine stunts in the air which were greatly enjoyed by the populace. The public school was adjourned during the performance. The people of Hillsboro propose to present to Lieutenant Gardner a suitable gift in recognition of their appreciation of his bringing the first airplane to Hillsboro. Deming Headlight, January 30, 1920 RESCUERS DIGGING FOR MINE OWNER IN SHAFT: Homer C. Hirsch, manager of the Hirsch Brothers Machinery company, 408 San Francisco street, left El Paso for Hillsboro, N. M., yesterday in response to a telegram from his brother, Oscar Hirsch, to the effect that their father, Jeff Hirsch, had been entombed in a silver mine near Hillsboro. The telegram was only of meager details, stating that the mine shaft had caved in on the elder Hirsch and that efforts were being made to get him out of the mine. The shaft is 180 feet deep. Allen H. Allen, partner of H. C. Hirsch said he does not expect to hear from Hillsboro until today. The father of the Hirsch brothers owns the mine in which the cavein occurred. Scores of Citizens of Hillsboro worked all afternoon and all last night in an endeavor to rescue Mr. Hirsch from beneath 20 feet of rock and debris, which filled the mouth of the shaft, according to G. F. Leslie of Hot Springs, N. M., who passed the scene of the accident yesterday. Oscar Hirsch, the son who was working with his father was standing on top of the shaft when the cave-in occurred and was able to climb out. He ran four miles to the nearest telephone and called to Hillsboro for assistance. Owing to the narrowness of the shaft only two rescuers can work at a time, Mr. Leslie said. Carbide lamps were used for light and tents and blankets sent to the mine. Little hope is expressed that Mr. Hirsch will be alive when the debris is cleared away, which will take 48 hours, citizens of Hillsboro believe. -- El Paso Times Deming Headlight, September 22, 1922 PROSPECTOR MET DEATH BY ACCIDENT, SAYS SMYER - Thorough investigation of the death of W. B. Hudson of Hope, Ark., found dead at the bottom of a precierpice at Hillsboro a week ago, has led officials to believe that his death was an accident. "We are of the opinion that Hudson, who was on a prospecting trip over some property he was interested in, got so high on one of the mountains that his head swam, and becoming dizzy he plunged headlong over the gorge," said Sheriff P. L. Smyer. His body fell at least 75 feet. A man was with him on the excursion, but was some distance away when Hudson met his death. The body was taken to Hillsboro, then to Deming, and later forwarded to Hope, his former home. Deming Headlight, May 5, 1922 MEMORIAL ERECTED TO HONOR FRANK WORDEN: A memorial has been erected at the grave of Frank Worden in the Hillsboro Cemetery. Paul A. Roach of Las Cruces, who collected the fund for the monument which was over-subscribed in a week by Mr. Worden's friends, notified J. C. O'Leary, secretary of the Grant County Chamber of Commerce that he had planned to dedicate this memorial in May. After consulting many interested parties it was deemed advisable, due to tire shortage, to postpone the dedication indefinitely. Surmounting the large base of the memorial is a riderless horse with the inscription below "Marcho Adelante" beneath is the inscription, "Erected to the Memory of Frank Worden by his many friends of the Old Range." Mrs. Worden is now buried in the same plot. She never saw the monument but Mr. Roach showed her a picture of it in the hospital before she died. Frank Worden had been commissioner of public lands in New Mexico and previously was assessor of Sierra County and later field auditor of the state bureau of revenue. Mr. Worden was born at Fort Cragin in Socorro County in 1880. He attended school in Hillsboro, his parents having moved to Sierra County in 1884. He rode his father's range as a young man and later engaged in the cattle business on his own. He operated stores successively at Las Palomas and La Union. He had extensive farm holdings on the Rio Grande. He was married to Margarite Martin of Sierra County in 1909. Their son, Robert F. Worden, is an officer in the U. S. Aircorps. Deming Headlight, July 10, 1942

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