Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-04-11
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURa. APRIL II, lgO2.

CAAAevh AhSoNo9f GU tohtc " NJ AdoV
on q business "Trip.
Frank }. Buck returned Tuesday
from q business trip through Arizona
and New Mexico.
The engineer OF the Southern
Pacific yard engine expects a new Que
which will be an Oil burner.
@. N. Berkey, who las been putting
10 some oil burners for Lurdsburp
steam plants, left Tuesday for Behson.
Mrs. n. Wright is in St. Luke's
hospital, at FL Paso, where she sue
eessfully underwent a surgical opera
tion. and Is now reported TO be rapidly
recovering.
Assessor Gillett is 10 the western
part OF the county, and can be expect
ed TO turn up almost any time. Get
your conscience ia condition u answer
his Questions.
j. G. Hopkins aud A. McNab, both
directors OF the Arizuua copper cam-
pany Of Scotland, we're In the city
tuesday, returning from a trip up %.
Citizen aud took the east bound train,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. veitch were down
from Clifton Sunday. Mr.. Veitch
took the west bound train for San
FrahcisGO, whele. be has business
which will S"r1py him for several
weeks, aud Mrs. VeiCch returned To
Clifton the same day.
a n'0utat is at work between here
and TGcsun sprinkling the Southern
Pscifc track and right OF way with
oil. 1t has been found that a liberal
application of oil will keep down the
dTst for a long time. The sprinkling
cart covers two miles a day, tut as IL
has to give the road three coats Of OIL
only covers two.thirds OF a mile a da,.
Drew Wiudham was 10 the city
Friday with a bunch OF seventy five
saddle horses which be took east. II
be happens to run acruss an Z ,glish
horse buyer he will sell them. II not
he will take them to his ranch in
Colorado. Mr.. Windham is rather
tired OF the climate in Colorado, and
would like TO be back ON the river
again.
A. Luntzel, the travelling agent of
the Singer sewing machine company,
who visits every town and camp in
Grant, Luna and Sierra county several
times a year. 10 the Interests nf his
company, was 10 town this week. He
complsined that in most Of his terri
tory business was'quiet, the exception
being L%ordsburg, where, he said
there Is more business being done
than 10 any town ia the three Gun
ties"
DreSiStoclair and Fulton brought in
some mighty ine ore from the Gold
Brick claim 10 the Malone district
Assays show it went s72 in gold and
$3.50 10 silver, the silver being estiufat'
&c at fifty cents per ounce. They
have a One showing of this ore, and
Contemplate organizing a Company TO
develop the property and erect a mill
for the treatment 1f the ore If develop.
ment rows a SUFFICIENT body. They
expect 10 return east 10 a few days.
Harmon D. Wright died at his
home,j about twenty miles north OF
L0rdsburg, last Friday, from an at
tack Of pneumonia. He was thirty
four years old, and leaves a wife and
two children, besides bis father,
mother, aud seven brothers to mourn
his untimely death, all Of whom were
at his bedside when the grim reaper
came. NJ. Wright had lived in thi'
section at the county for several years
and was a we'll known aud respected
,citized.
H. Y. Baskin, a civil engineer, who
has been working on the line Of thu
Lordshurg s. Hachita road, died q
pneumonia Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Baskin was twenty. eight years old
unmarried, and lived at San Antonio
Texas, where his body was taken to-
burial. He bad been working will
the surveying corps Of the Lordsburl
s. Hachita road since last fall. Ii
was popular with his associates ant
had made many friends in this sector
OF the country.
George Hartman, who works In tn
VendOme dining room received thl
week a number Of letters which haI
followed him half way round th
world aud back again. They wer
written last July, and sent TO him a
Manila, where be was serving 10 Oh
United States army. They chase
him around the Philippines, but befoT
they reached him be had been tran
ferred to the hospital at Fort Bayart
where they followed him, and froI
where they we're sent him at Lord
burg.
Alonso Moore died at him hon
above Duocan Sunday from a compl