Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-07-17
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe, JULY IL, 1891.

VIZ hA"N WRNNH
Mrs An. Simpson has opened a mil.
liner store at Wilcox.
w. II. Marble and wife went east
Monday FOR a months visit with old
friends.
Cullen Steen advertlses that he viii
prove up on his ranch in the Animas
valley on the tenth of October.
Mike Reardon and bis partner Ruth
erford were in the city Monday en-
route to Texas to enjoy a vacation.
w. p. Wood, who had the contract
for carrying the mail to Riccolite has
thrown up the job andleft town. The
mail will be carried Just the same.
Andy Riley, who was hurt at Dun
can on the Fourth by being thrown
from his horse in a steer tying contest,
never recovered Consciousness, and
died Sunday.
School Trustee Amber was out this
week rustling UP a list Of the persons
liable for poll tax, which, by the way,
is the duty of the assessor, and got 12f
names on his list.
Charlie Fetterly was helping start a
bolt on the narrow gauge locomotive
Tuesday and when the nut started his
hand got caught between the wrench
and a sharp corner cutting it seriously.
L. w. Blinn has gone to Honolulu
for his health, which has been very
poor for the past few months. He is
accompanied by his wife. His com
plant is a brain trouble and is consid-
cred serious
The Southern Pacific as well as the
Arizona s. New Mexico road has had
some trouble with discharged section.
fofomen. One over in Arizona piled a
lot Of ties on the track, but luckily
they were discovered before any dam
age was done.
Last Friday the hay recently put Up
by Ward & Courtney st Duncan was
burned, The fire was a mysterious
one and il is supposed VAS ineeaGlary.
WHO were the guilty parties is not
known as the only suspected inceudi-
aries in Graham county were Ia the El
Paso jail at the time the fire occurred.
The city Of chihuahua Is to be con-
graduated on the prospect Of having
q new water works plant with all
modern improvements. Tt VIII be.
built aud operated on the gravity sys-
ten and win cost about $4,000.
Gep, ". Utter is the superintendent
of SoAst7uatioa.agh WI assa.aa p.gv
management WHOM the work is com-
pleted.-E Paso Herald.
1t is within the strong probabilities
that within two years the sa.ta re
will haze an outlet to the Atlantic s.
Pacific from Benson. 1t lisa slngnin-
cant fact chat some Df tie sharchold-
ers in the Copper Queen mine are al
so financially interested in the new
north and south read. che Copper
Queen company are represented as be-
ing tired OF q continual lawsuit over
the timber cutting IA the C%hiricahua
mountains and that they VIII look
elsewhere after January next for then
mining timbers. That the northern
part Of the territory will be their
source CT supply in case Of a north and
south road to Benson is beyond the.
question Of doubt. The south as
well as the northern part Of the terri
tory viii fee the beneficial effects of
this new artery Of trade, -Bullotia
AT last the amount of the tax roll
has been made public and rs we are
glad to say, larger than the LntRAL
predicted IL would be. From the way
the assessment was made it Looked as
rLlreh Col. Affair would not geu the
Foll above s4,0J0, 600, but he did get il
to 81, SEQ, 1913, and tha rate Of taxation
is FL cents on the dollar which is five
per cent higher than last year. Last
year the assessment roll was over ST.
100000. During the past year there
has been no particular decrease Of
property, NO mining camps died out,
the amount OF cattle shipped did not
equal the brandings, and there was no
desrease in the valuation Of cattle,
which shows that the valuation should
at least have eQualled that Of last
year. On the other side there has
been a large increase Ia taxable prop
erty owing to the repeal Of the ex-
emption law. 1t is estimated that in
recent yearg the amount Of property
free from taxation under the exempt
ion law was not less chan $3.50, 900.
This amount added TO last years as
sessrnent would bring The. valuation Of
the county up to at least s5, $50, 900.
That il was not brought up to this
amopnt IS entirely due to the slack
way the assessor did his work, and, as
the last aspd jury intimated a too
free indulgence IN 'red eyen The
fnv norhra- Who ara NOT oqeocao0 as