Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-26
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. JAN. %, 1900.


G. L. Bugbee made a trip IN Z,
Wilcox Sunday TO make a call on Mrs
Bugbee.
A new engine for the Arizona &
Southern road passed through towr
this week,
Jas. v. Parks and W. ]. Cauther
have matched a horse race for $500 !
side, to come of at Duncan on the
10Th OF February.
S. H. Buchanan & Co. have a large
force Of men actively engaged in push.
Ing the new work on the Arizona &
New Mexico railroad.
The box social given by the ladies at
the Methodist church Saturday night
proved to be a great success, all who
attended 1t enjoyed themselves very
much.
Norman Logan left on Monday for
his home at Auburn, which is in
Placer county, California. Mr.. Logan
was quite anxious to see his family.
He expects to be back here again in a
short time.
The Morenci Southern received
about a train load, some twenty cars.
OF bridge timbers this week, and this
is but a starter to what it will have
to have. before it gets the road built
into Morenci.
DIV. Reckhart came up from Ell
Paso last Saturday, and has been put.
ting 10 his time at the Superior mine
ever since. He has blocked out
enough work to keep the miners busy
for a long time.
While the Southern Pacific has not
got its trains so they are all on time
every day, yet lately they are doing
much better than they had been do
ing, and occasionally both trains have
been on time the m day.
In the office Of the secretary of the
territory have been fled the necessary
papers showing that the Orion mining
company has increased its capital
stock from sl5, 1000 to $500, 900. This is
thescompsny that owns the Dundee
mine, near town.
j. W. Earnbart, who has had charge
OF the machinery department of the
Southern Pacific at this point for
many years, has been transferred to
the shops at Tucson, and with his
family moved there Tuesday. r. ].
Quintell takes Mr.. Earnhardt's place
here.
The Southern Pacific CARPENTER
gang that has been at work here for
some Time has completed all the re-
pairs needed here, and has moved
west, where it is hunting jobs along
the road. The company calcula ties to
keep this gang of men busy, aud gen.
orally is successful.
Wednesday night the following
officers were installed in charge OIL
Pyramid lodge. sKaights Of Pythias:
VIM. Blackburn, @. c.; L, c. McGrath,
v. GO. A. Simpson, NJ. W.; 0. r.
Smyth, X, Of r. and s.; e. c. Belt, NJ.
F.; p. Jochem, n. E.; and @. Sharp,
NJ. A. The lodge starts 10 good shape
for:the ensuing term.
W. T. Hixson, OF FL Paso, vice
president OF the Orion mining com.
pany, and a large stockholder In the
Superior company. came out last Sat
urday to look at his properties. He
has put 10 considerable time expert
ing the properties, and confessed to
the LIBERAL that they were two OF
the finest mines he ever owned.
On the sixteeuth OF this month
County superintendent OF schools
Link apportioned the funds 10 the
general school fund to the various
precinct funds, The ratio Of the dis
tribution was two dollars for each
scholar enrolled In the various dis.
tricts, and in Lordsburg this amounted
to s242, about enough to run our
schools two months.
ANY person who is DESTROYS of buy
lug stock in the Shannon copper con-
pany a do Sc any time between now
and the first day OF February, when
the subscription scloses. The allot.
ment will be not be made uotil the
tenth Of February, this gives Tins for
a person to mail his subscription here
on the 1rst of February, and have IL
get to New York in time to be consid-
cred at the allotment.
A. W. Clifford, superintendent of
the Orion mining company, and Prof.
Seamon, the assayer, came up from
El Paso Sunday, and have been put
ting Ia their time looking over the
Dundee, and other properties at
Shakespeare. They both seem we'll
pleased with what they found at the
Dundee. Prof. Seamon went out to
Stems Pass Wednesday, to look at
some properties there.
Tom Tong managed to get out OF
the custom house In San Francisco,