Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-04-18
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURe. APRIL IS 1902.


che children, as usual, are not sorry.
The school has been a very success.
ful one.
Mrs. w. A. Leonard and her son,
Master MOrgsn, were 10 town Tues.
day, en- route from Clifton TO Silver
City for II visit.
B. L. Berkey, Of the big machinery
company at Fl Paso, has been 10 town.
most OF the week, and, as IL generally
the ase when he comes here, went
home with his pockets stuffed With
orders.
Mrs. Thos. Clark was down from
Clifton this week to visit her husband,
who has charge OF the locomotive on
the work train on TIE L irdsbuY s.
Hachita road. She made a trip TO the
end Of tie line 10 order 70 see hin.
Sheriff Goodell came Ia from Sol
om0nville Monday with the thief who
stole J. S. AntUnelie's Nurse, when be
was working on the grade uf the Bis
bee road. He stopped over here, t0uk
the man before Judge McSrarh, WIN
bound him over to appear before the
grand jury, and then touk him to Sill
yer City where, II he does mot escape.
he will stay in Jail Until court meets
in the fall.
DR.. Jas. Fulton, VINO has been
spending some months in L"rdshurg
aud vicinity heard that spring had
arrived at his home at Kingston, Can
ada, aud SO started for hume Wednes.
day, The doctor, while here, invested
largely In mining properties, aud is
one OF the stOckhnlers aud directors Of
She International mining and milling
company, with headquarters at Lords
burg. He will be back in a few
months.
G. L. Buebee. who for some time
was Southern Pacific agent at this
place, and was transferred to Benson,
has been appointed auditor Of the
Sonora road, with headquarters at
Guaymas. This is a 6ne promotion.
As the books Of the Spnora road must
be kept ia Spanish Mr.. Bugbee will
have to brush up on that language.
Many years ago he was able to make
love 10 that language, but never rur
sued his studies any further.
Renently John A. Muir, who long
was Southern Pacific superintendent
at Les Angeles, resigned to accept a
better position in the street car ser.
vice under H. e. Huntington, R. II.
Ingram has been appointed superin
.tendent to succeed Mr., Muir. Mr..
Ingram was one Of the men brought
from the east by President Hayes. and
Is about the only one left. He made
an excellent impression and was able
TO do good railroad work. He prob
ably will remain permanently with
the Southern Pacific.
Emil Schuman, who has been con.
nected with the Arizona copper com
pany for many years, especially in the
railroad service, and who recently has
been superintendent NJ the Coronado
road, leading from Clifton up TO the
mines, has been appointed superinten.
dent of the Ariznna & New Mexico
road, in the place Of Il. j. Simmnns,
who resigned to take the place of chief
engineer Of the FL Paso s. South.
western road Mr. Schuman is very
competent, aud his many friends are
glad TO see him promoted.
The report the LIBERAL received oil
the proceedings of the county com
.tnissl0ners contained several small
items which il did net print, as thel
we're not Thought tn be OF much i'm
purtauce. After louking over thu
oficial proceedings OF the board, a
printed 10 the Enterprise, 1t appear
that one OF these small Items is o
more Importance than IL was frs
thought 10 be, and so, although
week late, is printed. County Clerl
McAninch appeared before the hoard
aud explained that when Treasure
Burnside left Office there was con
; siderable routine work left undone
such as carrying out accounts, apbor
tIoning money 70 different accounts
and slmillar matters of bookkeeping
that 1t was impossible to get tn
clerks books entirely up TO date unit
this work was done; that be had hire
Eben Burnside, the late colleotor
deputy 20 do this work, and asked To
commissioners to pay Mr. Burns'd
hfty dollars for doing the work. TIL
commissioners never have had a Sc
Element with ex Treasurer Burnside
aud suspect they owe him some none!
They allowed the account, and direc
cd Il tn be charged 20 the account
the late collector. When the Ente
prise containing the Ofirial procee'
.ings Of the county commissioners a
reared IL was found to contain tt
following item under the head OF a
counts allowed for which the cleI
-.as tnetrucfad m draw warrant