Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-09-29
WESTERN LIBERAL.
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buyer for Fl Pas0 smelter, was In the
city this week, ard inspected the old
dump OF the Superior mine.
Miss Eulah Riggle, who has been
visiting for some time with the Misses
Ship. left for her home az Houston
Heights, Texas, on Tuesday.
George B. Ryan was in the city this
week telling his friends about some
wonderful hardware bargains he was
Offering.
Sanford Robinson, Of Steeplerock,
came down Monday, and stopped over
a day in the metropolis, visiting
friends, and attending TO some BUSH
ness.
Mrs. E. W. Clapp left the irst Of the
week for Douglas, to visit her sister,
Mrs. Lewandowski, and ~recuperate
from her recent thrilling experience
at the depot Ore.
j. II. b. Scholl has been appointed
postmaster at Rodeo in place Of Q. ".
Drew, resigned. Mi. Scholl is the
agent OF the Southwestern railroad at
Rodeo, as was his predecessor.
The main shaft of the Cobra Negra,
owned by the North American mining
company was finally unwstered the
FIRST OF the week, and sinking has been
resumed, and will now be pushed.
e. E. Johnson, a Chicago attorney,
who is interested in the Bonnie min
ing company, was in the city this
week, spending some time at the
mine. From here he made a trip to
Tucson on business.
Mrs. A. S. Kedzle, who left here last
Thursday for Chlcago-arrived safely
Saturday afternoon, about six hours
late. The rains ia Kansas had soft
ened the track so that the train had
TO 70 slow, and thus the time was lost.
DR.. II. W. Levengood, who has been
with the government hospital at
Roosevelt, where the dam is being
built, was in the city yesterday, en-
route to Duncan, where he intends to
settle and practise his profession.
The McCabe brothers made a trip
down to the Animas this week simply
TO try the new buggy. They say that
the country from here to the Mexican
line has been blessed with a 6ne rain,
that has put lots Of water in the noun
tains for the use Of the cattle the COM
ing winter.
Christ Yaeger left the FIRST Of the
week for the Jarilla country to attend
to the annual assessment work on
some claims he owns 10 that section
II Mr.. Yaeger a make satisfactory
arrangements to contract the assess
ment work he will do so,and II he can
not he will do it himself.
L. o. T~hornburg, Frank McCarty,
and Robert Black left the first of the
week for the Mlmbres country. They
expect to go up to the hot springs OF
the ella, and hunt through the noun.
tains Of the Black Range. They have
made up their minds to get bear, aud
Arky has promised enough bear meat
to his friends so that he will have tc
kill a herd Of them to make good.
j. e. Hannum, Of the Continental
oil company, was in the city this week
and transferred the agency OF his com.
pany from f. e. Kyes to N. d. Wood
Since the burning of the Southern Pa
cihc depot the Postal telegraph bust
ness has been transferred to the Ariz
ona & New Mexico depot, and THU
keeps Mr.. Kyes so busy that he hai
not the time to attend to the oil bust
ness.
The school board let a contract thi
week for the building of a wood housI
in the school yard, which will be pro
vided with a lock, and the board hope
to have the school use most OF tn
wood it buys. In former years th'
school house wood pile has been publ
property, aud it is estimated tina
enough has been stolen to pay for
couple of wood houses.
b. B. Adams, the we'll known Ne'
York life insurance agent, was in tn
city this week between trains. B. B
is a good old Missouri democrat, an
when approached on the subject Q
President Mccall appropriating som
OF bis money to help elect the republi
I can ticket he talked mines. 1t woul
be hard for him to tell whether his a
legfence was stronger to his party tina
to the company. He wound up the II
tervlew by asserting that the compan
picked a winner.
The old. Commerce mine at AS
Peak is again being worked, and
turning out some picked ore that wi
run more than a thousand dollars
the ton. Some years ago the Con
MERGE was opened up by Mike Tw'
mey, and he was working a large fore
+ of men on it. One day the powdC
magazine, which was 10 one OF th
drifts blew up, and several men wei
killed. The property was shut dow
supposedly until settlements OF dau