Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-06-09
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, JUNE Q, 1905.

nontnA Old ana never nad been atrong.
Judge Egan was In the city Sunday,
en route TO Phoenix, 70 attend the
nOetlng Of the territorial board Of
equalization.
George A. Wagstan, who has been
appointed superintendent or The Ariz.
ona 3 New Mexico road. 10 the place
Of Z. Schumann, who has resigned.
County Commissioner Ownby was
over to Silver City the drst Of the
week, attending the meeting OF the
commissioners held to listen to the
report OF the assessor.
Il. W. Fowler, OF Wllilamsport, Pa,
was 10 the city this week, coming TO
call on I. A. Lister, and was disap-
pointed to hnd that Mr.. Lister had
left for the east last week.
B. W. Randall made a trip over to
Paradise, returning the middle Of the
week. He found a lively camp, but II
ts hardly as much Of a place as he had
been led TO expect from the numerous
glltteriug newspaper accounts he had
read OF Il.
Walter Payne and family were down
from Clifton Tuesday, en- route to Call.
Eornia, TO spend the summer. Mrs.
Payne had with her her grand.
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Veitch's
daughter, who is much in need Of a
change of climate.
L. G. McGrath and family have re-
turned from San Francisco. His little
daughters eyes are greatly improved
by the treatment they received by a
San Francisco oculist. There are
strong hopes that she will ultimately
obtain the full use OF her eyes.
Fl. G. Shater came down from Cliff.
ton Tuesday, eseorting his family, who
took the Afternoon train for California,
where they 60 TO spend the heated
term. As soon as he saw his family
safely out Of the way Mr.. Shafer took
the train for FL Paso, which is said to
be q hot town auY time of the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Olden's baby
died Tuesday night. The little one
was eleven months old, and never had
been strong. Its parents had taken IL
20 California, where 1t got no relief,
aud a short time ago brought 1t here
from their home at STEMS Pass, but
ia spite OF all efforts IL could not live.
The rainy season started In early
thIs year. The FIRST rain In Lords.
burg was a heavy thunder shower
"Wednesday afternoon. The rain was
accompanied by a severe electrical
storm, There we're several strokes Of
lightning, apparently right in town,
but 40 damage has been reported.
Several rains have been reported at
various places In the territory, and II
really looks as though we were begin.
ming to have an agricultural climate.
Lordsburg people will have a chance
60 see a towering century plant. One
10 r. NJ. Kedzle's front yard is send
ing up its flower spike, which will soon
bloom. The plant Is called a century
plant and is said to bloom but once in
q hundred years, but as a matter OF
fact, botanists say, IL reaches its ma.
turity and blossoms at the end OF
seven years. 1t is tie plant from
which the MeXicans manufacture
pulque and tequilla. As MI. KedZle
has but one plant be does not think IL
will produce enough TO warrant him
30 building a tequilla factory.
New charges have been made against
W. B. Akin, Q. A. Wise, A. L. How
ell, aud J. Goddard, the four trainmen
who we're under arrest here a few
weeks ago for assisting Cinnamon into
this country. The Chinese inspectors
claim to have got evidences OF other
violations Of the law than those on
which the men we're arrested before,
and the government will push the
cases. The men claim to be innocent,
but they certainly are out Of luck TO
have the Chinese inspectors after
them. There has been a great deal Of
Chinese smuggling along the border,
8uQ Tue luSpccbyA1 eiO bSuut W mohc
a record. If they happen to be after
innocent men they will work Just as
hard to make the record, and II the
men should prove themselves innocent
they will be out their expenses, and
have no ecourse against the lnspec-
tors.
Caesar Brock heard that some thirty
or forty OF his cattle had recently been
sold ia Wilcox. He went over there,
located the cattle aud replevined
them. The evidence 10 the case has
not been made public yet, but as near
IS the LIBERAL can learn the circum'
stances are about as follows: Brock
has been ia the cattle business In the
nslghborhOod OF Malone for many
years. When the cattle sanitary board
VA oreAnized he did net go to the
trouble OF having bis brand recorded,
Certain IL Is not recorded 10 the brand
book Issued la 1900. Some time since