Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-03-31
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, MARCH 81, 1905.
Christ Yaeger put in a few days in
ri PagO the nrst, of the week.

@. f. Holllnger returned Wednesday
night from California. He was recent
ly called there by the sickness Of his
father, but did not reach him before
he died.
H. e. Hoffman, accompanied by f.
Bodash, arrived from Victor, Colora.
do, the FIRST Of the week, and they
have been busy in the hills south OF
town ever since.
Mrs. Amanda Dunlap, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. o. r. Smyth,
returned Saturday to her old home in
Missouri. Her nephew, r. d. Smyth,
accompanied her to care for her on
the trip.
The Southern Pacific, after being
tied up az the Colorado river for sew.
eral days, made repairs so that trains
could cross last week Thursday, and
Friday trains were passing through
town In punches.
w. j. Sapp is up at Esty, New Mex
ico, looking at a copper property. The
owners Of the property have had some
trouble 10 reducing the ore from
this property, and Mr.. Sapp will ex
anime it to see il it can probably be
leached.
DR.. Cassels, who has practiced medi-
cine in Deming for the past ten years
or so, arrived 10 town this week, and
intends to settle here and practice his
profession. lie also contemplates
opening a drug store, and for it has
secured what is known as the Hardin
building, 10 the west end of town.
There has been a shortage Of grain
and hay 10 town this week. Judge
McGrath discovered that a horse en-
joyed Friends oats as much as he did
the Kansas variety, and kept his horse
from starving with this variety Of
breakfast food. This started the fash
ion, and as there was an enormous
amount of different kinds Of breakfast
food in town, for which there was but
d omdl uGluduuf OuO hOloOo BOO u
chance to reduce the supply.
George Reebe had an experience last
week that will make him more careful
in the future. He had been out pros
pectlng ia the Granite Gap country,
aud became thirsty. He remembers
picking some green leaves and eating
them, and remembers nothing more
for three days. He was found deliri
Gus. and word sent to his friends in
L~ordsburg, who sent out and got him
He recovered, but does not remember
the kind OF IA weed he ate, and has
sworn off on eating weeds.
Deputy Sheriff McGrath made a tTiI
up TO Santa Fe tn help Sheriff Farms
worth guard the bunch Of prisoners be
was taking to the penitentiary, and tt
1nd out a little more about the rang
er law. Mr.. McGrath has been ap
pointed one Of the rangers, and hest
tated about accepting the position
II it is required to put in all his time
he cannot afford to accept the position
There is not enough money in it. The
ranger force is to be mustered 10 al
Santa Fe to morrow.
Lera Page, who has had charge o
the Western Union business here TO
some time, enjoyed a vacation las
summer, during which he dabbled il
life insurance. He went back to worl
again a few months ago, and sine
then has been sore with his job ant
anxious to again sell life insurance
This week he retired from the servicl
OF the telegraph company and ha
made connections with the Phoeni,
office Of the New York life insuranc
company. His friends hope he will b
able to write a million Of insurance
year, which would pay much bette
than pounding brass.
There has been no rain in this sec
tlon for more a week. The country !
drying off, the rivers are runnin
small, the railroad tracks are %settlin.
into shape, the bridges are Oeln6 re
built, the trains promise to be on time
the cattle are getting fat, the cattle
men still wear the smile that will no
come off. The railroad men have TAX
e6 a long breath, and the ordinar
citizen, he who came to this countr
because it was dry, is again taking nC
tice, and il it does not rain betwee
the time this item is written and th
LIBERAL is printed, so as to make th
item a misstatement the LIBERAL wi
be happy. P. Sit rained last nigh
Tuesday night a railroad nan cam
near to losing his life through a lok
he tried to perpetrate. About te
o'clock he stepped into the door {
Hardin s. Jochem's saloon, and befoT
he had got around the screen Gale
out: Hands up, everybody" He can
around the screen, laughing, with b
own hands up and empty, and found
slxshooter pointed at his head. Earle
in the evening Mart Hardin had becon
a