Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-06-28
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. JUNE %, 1901.

4Noon hAoAbt
r. P. Schuyler went over to Silver
City the first of the week.
e. b. Howley, Of the Veudome,
made an FL Paso trip this week.
Fezehiah Woods left this week for
his old home at Canadian, Texas.
Major B.. W. Randall and family
made an Eel Paso trip, returning on
Tuesday.
The strawberry season has about
closed, but the cantelope season
opened in Lordsburg this week.
A train load of Beaumont oil passed
through town this week for the rail.
road company's big tank at Tucson.
Sanford Robinson was down from
Steeplerock the first of the week, to
spend a few days amidst the hustle
and roa of metropolitan life.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. NJ. Shannon, Mrs.
BAY Shannon aud Master Lloyd, and
Mrs. Hudson came down from Clifton
Wednesday, en- route to C%loudcroft.
G. A. Reardon, who has been here
for several months, building the Ven
dome hotel and the Owens building,
left Friday for his home in San Fran
cisco.
r. q. Roos, who is nov managing
the Clear Lake mining company, at
Steepleroek, was in the city Tuesday,
en- route to Deming, where he has a
shipment of ore.
II. 8. Ross, who has been doing
some railroad building on the Arizona
81 Southeastern, quit his work last
week, the allowances not being salts
factory, moved his outfit to STEMS
Pass, where it was loaded on the cars
and taken to Walls, where he has a
contract to do some work for the
Southern Pacific.
Judge w. H. Henry, of the superior
court of Stems Pass, has been in the
city this week. The judge says all
we'll regulated courts take a vacation
during the summer, and that he is
on his vacation. He has not de-
termined how long it will last, but
proposes to enjoy it as long as his
court is adjourned.
There has been a change in the
management of the Blinn lumber
company here. Alex. Durward is now
in charge of the yard. B. Titus has
been sent to Clifton, to open d new
yard at that point. Mr.. Durward is a
very pleasant, genial gentleman, and
the people Of Lordsburg are to be con-
graduated on such an addition to the
population.
The Southern PaciGc's gang of tank
builders have arrived and commenced
work on the new oil tank. It will be
located near the round house aud will
have a capacity of a million gallons.
When this tank is completed all the
engines between Los Angeles aud El
Paso will be changed from coal burn
ers to oil burners. Small tanks, hav-
ing a capacity Of some $4,000 gallons,
will be placed at such points as Cam
bray, Deming and San Simon, from
which oil can be drawn 10 case Of an
emergency.
While the 1fth OF July will come
next week, it is extremity probable
there will be no hanging in Grant
county on that day. The doctors
have pronounced Jose Sanchez as sane
and understanding the difference be-
tween Fright and wrong, and it is
probable there will be no further in
reference by the executive officers of
the territory, but Lawyer White has
announced that he will appeal the
case to the supreme court Of the ter
ritory. The court does not meet I'M
til next year.
Superintendent Jennings Of the
Superior received instructions from
the company's offices at Ell Paso, last
week, to pay off all the men and dis
charge them, pull the pumps above
water level and shut down all work
for the present. The company has
not announced what its future course
will be, but it is probable that it will
start up again as soon as the smelteI
is ready for work. 1t is understood
that the shut down was caused by the
inability Of the company to get good
men to ill such important positions as
foreman, hoistman and engineer,
Since the arst OF February 1t has hired
in Ri PasO, where one would suppose
competent men could be found.
eighteen men and sent them out tC
the mines. No one OF these mer
worked a month, some were sick
some incompetent, aud some lazy
During the year and a half Mr.. Jeu
nlngs has.had charge of the property
he has developed the mine from moth
ing to a very pretty prospect, anC
with a little more work 1t would b.
developed Into a mine. The preyiou
.-o~.,.o.t nod nrtfo1 fha nronoptu