Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-09-19
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town Monday, from WiiliamspOrt,
Pennsylvania. He expects to remain
for several weeks, pushing work on
the North American properties.
John X. Erskine, jr., secretary Of
the Shannon copper company, accom-
panied by his sister, vas in town
Wednesday, en- route to San Pedro,
California, to see II immediate ship
ment can be nude Of the lumber
needed by the Shannon company in
the building Of its new concentration.
]. e. Thompson, Of the Thompson
investment company, of Butte, Mon
tana, was 10 the city Tuesday, en-
route to Clifton. He says there is a
great deal Of interest regarding this
section Of the country expressed in
Butte and that he expects to see a
great deal Of Butte money invested in
this section 10 the near future.
Messrs. John X. Erskin, ir., secre-
taIy of the Shannon copper company,
j. w. HazeH, treasurer, and George
G. Gill, director OF the same company,
are all in Clifton this week. They are
satisfied that in H. @. Anderson the
company has a superintendent that
will push things, and get the company
on a dividend paying basis. They say
that MI. Anderson is a man OF great
executive ability, and can pick out
men with the necessary technical
ability to work under him. As a
reason for their belief in his executive
ability they point out the work he
has done in Springfield, Massachu.
sets. He took charge Of the electric
Lighting company In that town when
it was a little affair with a capital of
$4,000. His work alone brought it
up to its present condition, and that
is a company with a capital of 81, 00O,-
900 which pays such dividends that its
stock, the par value of which is 800,
sells on the markets for $215. The
Shannon company has long needed a
superintendent of this kind. The
new concentration is being rapidly
pushed, and they expect it to be run
ming inside of four months. 1t will
be framed of wood, instead of steel,
as first intended, as owing to the
orders now piled up in the steel mills
it would delay the completion Of the
concentration for four or six months if
the company should wait until the
steel for framing could be supplied.
Court has been grinding away at
Silver City. The most important
criminal case was the trial of Perfecto
Rodrigues, on the charge of drawing
and %dischaTging a ~sixshooter. This
grew out OF a little disagreement that
Perfecto, who was acting as night.
Waterman, had with Brent, the city
marshal. 1t seemed a pretty clear
case to the jury. after the evidence
was in, and somehow Perfecto got a
tip that the jury vas going to bring in
a verdict Of guilty, for when the jury
came 10, Perfecto, who was under
bail bond, did not appear. He was
called, and the sheriff commenced to
hunt for him, but at last account he
was still among the missing. Many
of the people of Silver City will not
object to his missing the Santa Fe
trip if he will only remain away from
Silver City. The case of Lafayette
Stanford, tried the third time for de-
and altering brands on some Of
H, G. Days cattle, resulted in con-
viction. Stanford took some of the
lazy B cattle, added a T to this brand,
claimed he had bought them from a
stranger. After trying the case a
couple of times the prosecuting law
yers had it down fine, and were able
to make the jury see it was q clear
case of stealing. A great deal of
credit is due Mr. Day for the efforts
he has made to follow this case to its
conclusion. A motion was made to
quash the indictment against Jose
Monies, the ex-constable of Silver
City, who killed a man instead Of
arresting him, but the court over
ruled the motion. The case Of Glad
ney s. Gray against the Eagle drug
mercantile company was tried by the
court, with out the aid of a jury.
This was a dispute over the cashing of
a check. Mr.. Gladney sold some cat
tie, and his neig hbors put in some.
He got a check for the full amount,
and with some of the men interested
in the deal took it to the Eagle drug
compahy's ofice, had it cashed and
divided up the money. Some time
later he complained he bad not got
all the money for the check, and sued
for the difference. The court heard
all the testimony and decided in favor
Of the defendant. Domingo Ruis was
indicted for killing a deer. The dis
trlct attorney stated to the court that
Ruiz was a poor man, who lived on
the Mimbres and lost all his posses
sions during the recent flood, and
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