Luna County NM Archives History - Businesses .....Columbus 1912
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  COLUMBUS. Luna county. Located in the s w portion of the state in the lower
Mimbres Valley on the main line of the E P & S W R R 74 miles w of El Paso Texas
and 112 e of Douglas Ariz. Up to about four years ago the Mimbres Valley was
populated chiefly by cattlemen and great herds of cattle grazed throughout the
entire valley. Since that time the immense supply of shallow water lying beneath
the earth's surface has been discovered and the country is now being populated
mostly by farmers while the cattlemen have been compelled to go elsewhere in
quest of range for their cattle. Pumping for irrigation is the chief mode of
agriculture and numerous wells have already been developed which yield from 100
to 2,000 gallons of water per minute with a very shallow lift and at a high
percentage of profit. Surrounding this valley are the Florida and Tres Hermanas
mountains which are rich in silver, lead zinc copper marble and onyx, from which
several thousands of dollars worth of ore have already been taken. Columbus is
two years old. Has a fine Methodist church building. Baptist Mission, toed
schools, U S Custom house, a tank, first class hotels and restaurants, city
water works, up-to-date stores of every line of trade, an automobile line and
several fraternal societies. A weekly newspaper the Courier is published. Exp W
F & Co. Tel W U. 

Allen Lloyd, blksmith. 
BECK ARTHUR G (MOORE & Beck), Treas Chamber of Commerce. 
Beech, Peters & White, fuel. 
BLAIR FLOYD R (FLOYD R BLAIR Realty Co). 
BLAIR FLOYD R REALTY CO (Floyd R Blair). 
BLAIR JAMES W, LOCAL MNGR Columbus & Western New Mexico Townsite Co and
    Notary Public. 
Bragg Walter A, barber. 
Chadborn Jno R, billiards. 
COLUMBUS CHAMBER OF Commerce, W C Hoover, Pres; L J Peach, Vice Pres; A G Beck,
    Treas; Jesse Mitchell, Sec. (See pp 183-184.) 
COLUMBUS CONSTRUCTION CO, Louis J Peach Mngr. 
COLUMBUS COURIER, JESSE Mitchell Editor and Propr. 
Columbus Hotel, Wong Yoke propr. 
COLUMBUS OUTFITTING CO, Bert E Sisco Propr, Hardware and Furniture. 
COLUMBUS STATE BANK (Capital $15,000), W C Hoover, Pres; S S Waterbury, Vice
    Pres; P C Hoover, Cashr. 
COLUMBUS & WESTERN NEW Mexico Townsite Co, Hellberg & Blair, Owners;
    James W Blair, Local Mngr. (See p 186 and in El Paso Tex Dept.) 
COOPER & PARKS (EDWARD Cooper, Charles C Parks), Meat Market. 
Cordill & Doby (Wm Cordill, Jno Doby), blksmiths. 
Crisamore Grant, farm impts. 
DALTON JOHN, RESTAURANT. 
English & English, grocers.
Evans Realty Co (Arthur J Evans). 
FOXWORTH - GALBRAITH CO, Fred H Pennington Mngr, Lumber and Building Material. 
FULTON & BURKE (EDWARD J Fulton, A H Burke), well drillers.
FURNALL DAVID, PHYSICIAN.
Goebel Sisters (Grace G Goebel), gen store.
Gooden J W, grocer.
HARRINGTON BROS (GEORGE V and Ray J), Grocery and Restaurant.
HELLBERG & BLAIR (LOUIS Hellberg, J R Blair), Owners Columbus & Western New
    Mexico Townsite Co. (See adv below, also in El Paso Tex Dept.)
HOOVER HOTEL, WM C HOOVER Propr.
HOOVER WM C, PRES COLUMBUS State Bank and Columbus Chamber of Commerce,
    Propr Hoover Hotel. 
Keenum Chas W, photogr.
KEMP ALEXANDER E, Automobile Line. 
Kerney L D, blksmith. 
Kilpatrick Mrs Bertha P, milliner.
McCLUGHAN & DEXTER (ROBERT McClughan, George W Dexter), Real Estate and
    Insurance.
MILLER CHARLES C, DRUGS AND Stationery. 
Miller Wm C, shoemkr.
MITCHELL JESSE, EDITOR AND Propr Columbus Courier, Printer, U S Commissioner,
    Sec Chamber of Commerce, Insurance and Notary Public.
Moody Wm L, gen store.
MOORE & BECK (JOHN J MOORE, Arthur G Beck), Clothing and Mens Furnishings. 
Moseley Perrow G, postmaster, agt Rice Addition and shoes. 
NELSON & SISCO (JAMES W Nelson, Bert E Sisco), Real Estate. 
Orr Thos L, 2d hand goods.
OWEN HOTEL, SAMUEL OWEN Propr. 
Owen Saml, Propr Owen Hotel.
Palomas Land & Cattle Co, H S Stephenson mngr.
PEACH LOUIS J, MNGR COLUM-
bus Construction Co, Vice Pres Chamber of Commerce and Justice of the Peace.
RAVEL SAMUEL, GENERAL
Store.
SIEK THEODORE W, AGT WELLS
Fargo & Co Express, El Paso & Southwestern R R and Western Union Telegraph Co.
SISCO BERT E, PROPR Columbus Outfitting Co. 
Taylor Arthur L, barber.
U S COMMISSIONER, JESSE Mitchell.
WALKER JAMES L, HARDWARE and Agricultural Implements, Wagons Etc. 
WHITE J F, LIVERY.
WILLEROY & CARL, CIVIL Engineers and Contractors.
WINONA BREAKFAST FOOD CO.
Wong Yoke, propr Columbus Hotel. 
Yarbrough Newton J, hay.


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POLK'S NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
PICTORIAL STATE GAZETTEER
AND
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
FIRST STATEHOOD EDITION
1912-1913
VOLUME NO. 1
R L. POLK & CO., PUBLISHERS
MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS ST. PAUL, MINN.
PUBLISH ALSO GAZETTEERS OF
TEXAS, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, UTAH, IDAHO,
OREGON, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, WEST VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA, IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI,
ALABAMA, OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI,  KENTUCKY, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN,
INDIANA, MICHIGAN, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, NEVADA,
CALIFORNIA.


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