Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-12-29
shut the door.

Inc weather has been delightful.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. X. Walleu went to
Tucson and spent Christmas, return
ing Tuesday.
The school children have been en-.
ioying a vacation this week, which
will continue all through next week.
Mrs. L. H. Noble, Of Hardin, Mis-
souri,, arrived last Saturday, to visit
her son and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Jones, Of Ell
Paso, have been visiting with DR.. and
Mrs. Crocker this week.
Professor S. W. Maltble left for the
east Monday, and expects to be gone
several weeks.
DIR. and Mrs. Crocker spent Christ
mas at Clifton with the doctors sister,
Mrs. H.. G. Shafet.
Mrs. H. ]. McGrath, who had been
visiting with her parents in El Paso,
returned for Christmas, accompanied
BY her brother, Walter Baird.
The Southern Pacific carpenter
gang has been busy this week, putting
a new roof on the steel water tank.
The roof was burned off at the time
the depot was burned,
E. H. Johnson, receiver for the Am.
erican Consolidated copper company,
was here this week from Santa Fe, to
e the annual assessment work on the
company's properties in the district
south Of town.
This section Of the country has been
again visited by bright clear weather
the past week, which was duly APP
preciated, although it was a little too
cold to be absolutely comfortable to
all the people.
The Rev. S. w. Jackson, who has
been holding evangelistic services at
the Christian church here, returns to
Douglas, where he has charge of the
Christian church, and will hold services
there next Sunday.
The Ladies Aid society OF the Chris
tian church will give a literary pro-
gram and serve refreshments at the
Knights of Pythias hall Friday even
ing, December Goth, commencing at
$50 D.. 10. All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Tom Pok presented her hus-
band with another daughter a couple
OF days after Christmas. Like many
other daddies Tom would have been
BETTER pleased If the present had
been a boy.
Before the next issue Of the LIBERAL
is sent out subscription bills will be
sent to the subscribers. II every one
who receives one OF these bills Will but
send ia a check or a money order i'm
mediately there will be happiness In
the LIBERAL Office.
There was a FIRE alarm Saturday
morning. Robert Black lives 10 one
of the small frame houses next to the
ArlIugton. He was cooking bis break
fast when the roof caught DIRE frorg
the heatsd stove pipe. A tssE 0ekets
0f water Quenched the ire. aud the
damages we're smah
Shows tie northern part Of the
terfiteeg Knocked out the Rock Island
trains the hrst OF the week. The west
bound Golden State limited. due here
Monday night got here Wednesday
night Two days late, and Tuesday aud
WedneFday's trains tralled in Thurs
daY.
The Winter floods washed out all the
WORK ttkat had been done to dam the
river leading from the Colorado into
the saited yea, and work will be
aoan4Va ~ ID for.the presag Ans
Southern Paeilc has commenced work
on a sixty nile shoofiy that will be In
the hills above water il the sea dis
up.
L. G. Howell, one of the car re.
palrers, is In the hospital at El Paso.
Sometime since he bruised his knee.
breaking the skin. He did not think
the hurt amounted to anything, and
paid little attention to it, but It be-
came inaamed, aud send him to the
hospital. 1t is thought the wound
might have been poisoned by his
clothes, thus causing the lnlamma.
tion.
Captain Fullerton, OF the mounted
police has appointed e. r. Stewart, OF
Aztec, San Juan county, and Rafael
Gomez, Of Santa Fe, to succeed H. ].
McGrath, and Dick Huber, who have
resigned. When the bill providing for
the mounted police was before the
legislature great stress was put on the
necessity OF having some of these men
on the Mexican border, especially in
southern Grant county. Now there is
not a member OF the force from south
Of Socorro county, and west OF the Rio
Grande.
There was a dance Christmas night
at Stelns 10 the new building erected
by ]. p. Mansfield. IL was largely at
tended nv naODla from thia eection