Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-04-05
WESTERN LIBERAL.
%LoRDsBURG. APRIL 5, 1901.

B. B. Ownby and 3. o. Phillips are
down TO Las Cruces this week attend
ing United States court.
Mrs. A. s. Lockwood and Mrs. s. ).
Adams made a Clifton trip spending
Sunday in the town by the river.
Dave Clark. Master Mechanic OF the
Arizona s. New MexicU railrUad has
been busy this week putting the new
standard gauge engines In running
order.
DR.. Croker left yesterday for 81
Paso as a witness IN a damage a
DR.. Stewart Craig Of DemIng will at
tend to Or. Crocker's patients while
he is away.
T. P. Musser, who has been day
Sardmaster for the Southern Pacific
at this point for some time, has taken
the position Of night yardmaster at
Tucson. His family moved To Tucson
this week.
Two Of the limited trains have been
taken 90 and the third will run for
the remainder of the month, going
east Friday morning and west Satur-
day morning.
The Mineral Mountain Mining
company has bought the within and
other machinery TN the johnny Bull
mine at Stems Pass, and Is using it in
the development OF It's own properties
at the Pass. .
Bruce Weathers was %subpOenaed to
attend a trial In FL Paso This week.
1t is a case Of damages against the
railroad company for SOME person hurt
in the yard here. Mrs. weathers
accompanied RIM 90 Fl Paso.
Noah Hayden. who went down into
Texas last fall To work a copper prop
eIty III which he vas interested. has
returned. He found some high grade
ore, but the body was too small to be
worked at a pront, 81 he has returned
to New Mexico.
Last week the men EMPLOYED In
building the road from Douglass IN
EacOsari quit work. Some two thou
sand men went out on the strike.
mostly Aexicans. They tore M some
OF the track and have burned some Of
the cars. Leon Chamberlain, cashier
for y Of the contractors was relieved
Of 500, at the point OF a s~ix-shOoter.
The rObber was arrested and the
Rurales started with him for Arishe.
He maue an attempt to escape and
met the fate usual 10 such cases, was
shot.
When the Mc6rAth Brothers com
menced building their new hotel there
were many prophecies thai they were
too far 10 advance OF the town. aud
there would not be enough patronage
30 support the house. There is no
falling of reported in the patronage OF
the other hotels. yet NJ. w. McGrath
reports that he has not had more than
two vacant rooms OF all he his fur
nished any night since he opened the
house. He is making arrangements
% put furniture Ia all the other rooms
1t seems 4 be true Of L0rdshurg as it
is OF NeS York, the more hotels are
built the more PATRONAGE there is for
them.
II. G. Boss the railroad contractor,
has been spending the last week or 50
in town while his men are at work IN
a ten mile contract on the Arizona s.
Southeastern road that will lead into
Antelope Pass. Mr.. Ross says that he
would have commenced building from
Lordsburg towards Antelope Pass il
the railroad supplies had been here.
The Arizona & Southeastern has had
trouble 10 getting rails, ties, and
other material needed for building.
This Is caused, it is supposed, by the
lack Of transportation facilities Of the
various roads, which same lack OF
transportation is causing such large
losses to the orange rover OF Cali
fornia. 1t has been definitely decided
that the Arizona s. Southeastern will
fork some twenty miles south Ut here,
the main line coming TO Lords.
burg, and a branch will be run u Fl
Paso. The FL PasO Times Of Sunday
morning prints the following: YES
terday morning Mr.. Wambaugh organ
ICED the Fl PasO Terminal association
that will have charge Of all the con
structioh aud maintaining Of termi-
nal facilities for the business OF all
the lines entering El PasO. II il com,
posed of a number Of prominent e
Paso business men and others. 1t will
build a union deput among Other
things, aud will be n great factor Ia
the railroad situation 10 the city. The
work OF organizing this company wat
carried on very quietly and the desire
% get this and other matters 10 shape
may have been the reason for main
tanning the former ~reticence regarding
the intentions Of the Phelps-D Dodge
people until nov. The union depol
10 considered by the people as a bene6I