Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-09-08
WESTERN LIBERAL.
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School will open next Monday, and
the kids are all ready.

The Rathboue sisters will give an
ice cream social at the Knights Of
Pythias hall tomorrow night.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII. Small leave to-
day for Silver City. Mr.. Small Will
serve his country as a petit juror, aud
Mrs. Small will enjoy the pleasures OF
life in that far famed summer resort.
The regular term Of fall court is 10
session this week. The grand jury was
called to meet last Monday, and the
petit jury is called to meet tomorrow.
II is thought the docket will be clear
ed in less than three weeks.
Earl Hall, who has been spending
the winter here forfhis health, left
Saturday for his old home in Arkan-
sas, where he hopes to interview some
yellow legged chickens, the kind that
is fed to the preachers, and get an old
fashioned square meal.
The L%ofdsburg 81 Hachita and the
Southwestern this week put on a spec
ial rate for ore running not over ten
dollars to the ton, from Lordsburg TO
Douglas Of one dollar per ton. This
will allow the shipment Of low grade
ore.
Last Monday was labor day, aud
most OF the people iu Lordsburg cele-
brated the day by laboring. The only
observer noted vas the postmaster,
who refused to sell money orders, be
cause it was a legal holiday.
The regular statement of the First
national bank Of El Paso appears this
week, and the deposits are larger than
ever. The business of this bank has
grown so that it has been found neces-
sary to rent the adjoining building.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Thomson were
down from Clifton Wednesday and
took the west bound train for the
coast, for a short vacation. Mr.. Thorn
son has made several trips to the coast
this summer, taking his vacation in
small bites, as it we're.
Conductor Ed. j. Malone, who had
charge Of the passenger run on the
Arizona g. New Mexico road while
Conductor Reardon was in California,
is now enjoying a vacation 10 Ell Paso,
aud it is rumored he is having a good
time.
L. L. Wells was up from Deming
Saturday. He reports that he is no
longer connected with the smelter
there, and it is not running, owing to
lack Of ore. Mr.. Wells expects to move
his family to Pyramid, aud again start
work on the Last Chance mine, from
which he took considerable fine ore
about a year ago.
A. w. Mackay, Of Morenci, returned
Tuesday from his trip to California,
where he had a great time. Before
returning to Norenci he made a trip
down to Bisbee and Douglas, towns he
wanted TO see, and thought be would
DOT have a chance to visit this yeal
unless he went now.
Fred Bluhm the painter, has gone
up TO Clifton, where he is busy putting
the Arizona s. New Mexico's mail bag.
gage and express car into shape to be
more p~resentable TO the eye. While
he has the car ia hand a caboose il
being used to handle the mail, bag
gage and express, and as it is much
shorter than the other car is wei
crowded.
J. II. Laborious has made a fut
copper strike south Of the Stems Pas
station. Joe Rice recently found
seam Of copper ore that looked good t.
Lahorious, and he bought it cheap. II,
has sunk about dfteen feet on it, ant
the seam has widened out to about i
inches, and the entire body will rul
better than 40 per cent copper. III
will keep on developing.
VIII Belt and Nat Cannon lef
Sunday, for Roswell, where they vii
put in another year at the Militar
school. Judging from these boys, VII
attended this school for a couple O
years, It is a valuable school and
very successful 10 its works. Mrs
Cannon accompanied the boys as ia
as III Paso.
Andy Hughes came into town tn
first Of the week, from the Mansael
range, where he had been spending
mouth, enjoying what he called a veg
etarlan diet, nothing TO drink bu
water and milk. He was greatly SUI
prised to hear the war was over, til
news not having penetrated the range
After spending a day or so In town h
returned to see that the round up wa
properly attended to.
Julius Welgenhausen, formerly
Central City, who has in the saloo
business in Douglas for some time,h
sued the two Douglas papers for libe
and asks for many thousands of do
lars in damages. The papers recent
printed an account OF how Julius ha