Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-06-07
LoRDsBURe. JUNE 7, 1901.

Paso trip Tuesday.
Court meets 10 Luna county a week
from next Monday.
q. w. Maxson expects to make a
Steln's Pass trip today.
p. R. Smith was 10 the city Sunday
returning from a trip to Clifton.
Judge Henry Of Stems Pass was a
visitor In the city the drst of this week.
Sanford Robinson, OF steeplerock
spent a couple of days In the city the
lrst OF the week.
The Southern Pacific pay car was a
welcomed visitor to railroad men in
Lordsburg Monday.
Mrs. Adam Smith and son Laurie
passed through. Lordsbug Tuesday en-
suite to San Francisco for the summer.
Mrs. A. A. Collins, accompanied by
her grandson Master Leo Leahy, left
on Saturdays train for Fort Thomas.
Max R. Clearwater, who has been in
the employ OF the Orion Mining com
pany for some months, left for Hills
boro Tuesday.
Mr.. NJ. Macgregar, Agent for the
Morenci Southern railroad was in
town Wednesday en- route to Indiana
for a four months vacation.
The Silver City base hall club ex-
poets to go over to Lordsburg o
This Is IN response to a challenge from
that town.-Independent.
DR.. L, d. Ricketts, of Phelps, Dodge
& Company was in the city Wcdnes-
day. He left on the east bound pas
senger for Pittsburg, Pennysvalnia.
@. W. Maxson returned from his oil
hunting trip over In the PecOs Valley.
He thinks there is more oil under the
valley than there is water in the river.
Don H. Kedzie, editor of the L1BER-
AL, and Uncle Sans representative as
postmaster, is spending a short va
cation az the Haywood Hot Springs,
Grant county.
S. f. Mcguire, formerly agent for
the Morenci Southern railroad at this
place, passed through on the west
bound passenger last Saturday en-
route to Bisbee.
County Commissioner NJ. M.
Crocker, accompanied BY his wife left
on Wednesdays train for Silver City
to attend a meeting of the board
OF county commissioners.
DR.. G. N. Wood passed through on
the w%estbound train Sunday en- route
from Silver City to San Francisco to
visit his son Granville, who has been
in school in that city for the past year.
=, John McOabe was in from the AMI
mas the first of the week looking for
cattle buyers. He also made a Dem
ing trip Monday returning Tuesday,
and returned to the Animas Wednes-
day.
Mr.. A. d. Shepard, General Freight
Agentsof. the Southern Pacific COM
pany, and NJ. G.. Becknell, General
Freight Agent Of the Maricopa s.
Phoenix railroad, passed through
Tuesday en- route to FL Paso whore
they go In the interest of %straflc mat
tiers.
The Yacht Constitution, that is to
defend Americas cup, met with an
accident June 4th. similar to that
which befell the Shamrock II. Dur
ing a sharp gale when the Constitution
was off Breton's reef the mainmast
broke and the sails went by t%hesboard,
the yacht being badly crippled. Tugs
went to her relief Immediately
Whether:the Constitution was strain
ed or not is unknown yet.
Col. Epes Randolph Superintendent
OF the Tucson Division of ~the''Southerr
Pacific accompanied by E. w. Clapp
Agent at this point, made a trip tC
Clifton In the Celorels private car
'San Carlos, Monday. This was the
hrst private cal to enter Clifton Owe
the broad guage and many thought i
was a Pullman and that the Arizoa s
New Mexico had instituted sleepinl
car service to the East and Pacific
Coast. This being the Colonel's frs
trip to Clifton it proved a very inter
esting one, and the LIBERAL trust
that it was so much so that we will
have the pleasure Of seeing him agail
in the near future.
One Of the most remarkable bu
least.uoticed facts in connection witt
the war 10 the Transvaal is the eX
IRENE youth of a large part Of Genera
De Vets army. When hostilitie
broke out almost every grown man en-
listed, even the eufeebled, but tn
pace has been to rapid for the veneI
able burghers. AS they were killed G
iucapacitated their places have grad
ually been taken by mere school-chilt
ren, many only thirteen or fourtee
years Of age. Under the title Of 9Th