Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-05-18
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRpsBuRe. MAY. IS 1905.


In Hachita this week, visiting friends.
Mrs. J. L. Wells has returned from
her visit to her old home in Illinois.
County Commissioner Ownby is ex-
pected back from California the latter
part Of this week.
Col. Amos Hardin has returned from
his trip back to Tennessee, ard is Wis
iting his family 10 town.
The Rev. N. D. Wood made an Ell
Paso trip this week, leaving here
Wednesday.
The Rev. W. NJ. Moberly, from
Prairie Grove, Arkansas, arrived this
week, to act as minister OF the Chris
tlan church.
Walter Payne was down from Cliff
ton Monday to meet his wife and
daughter who returned that day from
San Francisco.
Miss Annie Wendt, who spent some
months 10 Lprdsburg, about a year
ago, was recently married to A. Bart
lett, and is living at Nogales, Arizona.
A. w. Morningstar has returned
from his Pennsylvania trip, glad to
get back to a country where the
strikes are of mineral, not o%flabOrers.
G. W. Evans was down from Clifton
Monday, TO meet his two boys, who
have been attending school in the east
for the past three years.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Wood Saturday. This Is their
third child, and they are intending to
apply for membership in President
Roosevelts anti. race.suicide club.
The big gasoline hoist brought here
from Chicago by the Bonney mining
company, but which was never Greet
ed, has been sold to some West Vir-
ginia parties, and was shipped out
this week.
DR.. Croker reports that for some
u%naccountable reason there is consid-
cradle bowel trouble among his pat
tents in town. The most serious case
was the Rev. N. D. Wood, who was
laid up for a day or so.
Word from Los Angeles tells that
Lee Cappleman and Charlie Lindsey
are both in the employ of the street
railroad company as motormen. AS
Lee likes his new job it is probable
that be will not return to Lordsburg
at the expiration of his leave Of alb
sence.
The treasury shares OF the North
American Copper company are TO-
being offered at IS cents, and the next
Tuesday the price Of this treasury
stock will be advanced to so cents,
There is no stock of the company X
cept this treasury stock that is now 90
the market.
The telegraph construction gang
that has been putting up lev wire
through town completed its work the
first Of the week and since then has
been busy taking down and coiling up
the old wires. There are now six iron
and two copper wires strung through
town.
Christ Yaeger was IN the city Sun.
day. He has charge of a mine at San
Pedro, State Of Chihuahua, Mexico,
and had come up to El Paso with a
shipment of ore, and ran up to Lords
burg, to say how DIDO. He thinks the
San Pedro country is a great place for
making money, but be does not like to
live there, aud expects o to return
TO Lordsburg to remain permanently.
The Enterprise reports that the
Burro mountain copper company, has
bought all of the properties Of the
Southwestern copper company, In the
Burro mountains, paying $500, 900 for
them. The Burro mountain company
is one of which N. f. Leopold is the
president. Mr.. Leopold is the gentle
nan after whom the camp aud post
onice of Leopold is named.
Most OF the taxpayers in the county
received postal cards from Collector
Goodell this week, telling them how
much they owed the county. The col
lector also sent postal cards to a large
number OF people who pay taxes
telling them that they also owed the
county large sums OF money. AS they
had got out OF the habit OF paying
taxes it is not probable that the no
tlces will bother them any.
Plenty Of shooting In the north part
OF the county recently. The indie
pendent of this week reports 70 cold
blooded murder, one justiaable hom-
iclde and two bystanders winged by
poor shooting. The murder was at
Fierro, where one Mexican killed an
other after a gambling dispute, and
made bis escape over the hills. At
latest accounts he had not been cap
tured. 1t is expected that Judge
Parker will read another lecture on
the pernicious slx.shooter habit at the