El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-17
LORDSBURG, N. NJ.
A Bustllng Town Overwhelmed With
Prosperity

LORDSBURG, September 15.-LOrds-
burg is little place, but it is loud in
other words it is q small place with a
large business. The man mercantile
establishment here does a business OF
S1OO, 900 year, yet the town has not
more than 300 inhabitants. The South
ern Pacific station here takes in an av-
erage of $50, 200 per month, yet to q
casual lOOker-on one could not believe
that such were fact. Most of the fin
ancial business transacted here is
| through the banks at Ell PasO, but
| lately money has accumula led here to
such an eXtebt that a shipment OF cash
| was made to the Ell Paso banks to put
the money in circulation and this too,
when business was good and on the
| improve. Not only is the buslr es5
and pros ects of this country looking
up, but many improvements have
been made during the year that shows
| that the business men have confidence
in the future of the town and they
have shown that confidence by tearing
down wooden buildings and erecting
brick ones in their stead.
Even Don Kedzie of the Lordsbur g
| Liberal has caught the tide at it's
flood and is drifting high Oh the wave
of prosperity. He is building a new
brick structure on Main street. The
| building is neat in architecture with
| an iron front and is q credit to the
| town.
Toe great dra vback to this place
| has been the lack of water. The
boring for water at Shakespeare, near
this town, but never found enough to
supply the demand. Lately the COM
pauy changed it's tactics and went
about two miles east of town where
| they sunk we'll and have found good
| water in sufficient quantities to supp y
| the demands 1t is the intention 10
bore more wells in that section and
thus get enough water for all future
purposes.
The cattlemen are again in their
glory. For several years .hey have
| been going around with empty pockets,
but now they all carry check books ana
have good sized bank account. Cat
tie are trolling" fat and prices are
high.
There are mines near around, but
th are all awaiting development.
the mines at Gold Hill are being de-
velOped and great deal of new
machinery is being put in there. The
mines at Shakespeare, three miles
distant, are now idle, but there is re-
port out that the Copper Queen COM
pany, of Bisbee, Arizona, will take
hold of these mines and bring them
out, DIS the mines are said to produce y
certain kind of ore that the company
need at their works in Bisoee.
just what is being done at Carlisle
in the mining line cannot be found out
The company that is working the
mines there are very close moutheo
and viii not give away their prospects.
AS expect to go up that way 1 may
find out more later on this subject.
expect to leave here tomorrow at
noon for Clifton where some great
things are being accomplished in min
ing. There is q barrow guage road
running from this place to Clifton which
belongs to and is being operated by a
big copper mining company at Cliff
ton. OF this will tell more later.
Rains are still falling in this section
and the people are beginning to COM
plain of too much rain. but the stock
men are happy at the prospects for
good winter range.
M. and Mrs George Bovee are here
and both and in good health and spir-
its Mrs. Bovee is we'll satisfied with
her stay here, but will return to Ell
Paso about the first of October.
ROUND ABOUT.