Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-10-19
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRpsBuRa, ocToBER l9, lsOe.

W. l. AAuHAg WIN WAS AOI u AOnk
time a Southern Pacific conductor on
this division, but is now living in
Tucson, was in the city this week,
visiting friends.
The Rev. N. B. McGhee has pretty
much recovered from his sprained
ankle, and will preach at the Chris
tian church next Sunday morning and
evening.
DR.. L. r. Barton, the dentist who
has been stopping here for the past
few weeks, left for El Paso Sunday,
TO go into the hospital. Hei is suffering
from an attack of typhoid fever.
The painters have been finishing
the work on the Southern Pacific
depot this week. The outside OF the
depot will be well sanded, so that it
will not be an inviting to the man
with q knife.
Good luck to FL Paso e%xcursionists
who start tonight to do business with
all the Arizona cities. But why was
New Mexico left out except at Lords
burg2-El Paso Times. The excur-
sionists are only visiting the impor-
tant places on the map.
A boiler on the engine of a freight
train on the Southwestern exploded
as the train was running, a few miles
from Alamogordo Wednesday morn
ing. The engineer and head brake
man, who was riding in the engine,
were killed, and the fireman was bad
ly injured.
At the republican convention in
Demlng Monday the following ticket
was nominated: Sheriff, d. b. Steph-
ems; clerk, C. P. Bosworth; treasurer,
G. J. Kelly; assessor, N. A. Bolich;
superintendent Of schools, A. A.
Temke; probate judge, w. T. Rus
sell; member of the constitutional
convention, r. Hudson.
Eugene Moses, master of the Lords
burg masonic lodge, has been in Al
buquerque this week, attending the
session of the grand lodge. Mr.. Moses
is getting quite well acquainted with
Albuquerque, as it was only a few
weeks ago that he visited that town
and attended the meeting of the
grand lodge of the Knights of Py-
thias.
The carpenter outfit that has been
working here most of the summer,
building the new depot, hospital and
round house, having completed most
of the work, moved to Lanark, where
they viii build a pumping station.
There is a little more work to be done
on all the buildings here, but it is
delayed by lack of material. AS soon
as the material arrives men will be
sent back to finish the work.
W. H. Jack, candidate for commits
sioner from the first district, was in
town Saturday. MI. Jack was care
full to explain that he was not cleo
pioneering, but was over here trying
to buy enough cattleto fill out a train
load, so he could ship from Lords
burg, instead of having to drive his
herd to Deming. Mr.. Jack is stuck
on the new s~tockyards the Southern
Pacific has built at Lordsburg, and
likes to ship from here.
Judge Shirley, who is running for
probate judge in Graham county, in a
public speech was telling his consti-
tuents why he should be elected. He
was telling them what he had done
for the county. He said 'nine years
ago / was made a member of the
school board at Metcalf. We had only
thirteen children in the district. 1
have worked hard and now we have
247." One Of the audience told the
Judge that he had done well, and the
judge responded 81 am not respon-
sible for al of them"
The Southern Pacific had a little
bad luck at Imperial last week. A
gate that was to be used in turning
the water back into the Colorado riy-
or wa washed out. At first this was
thought to be serious, but the en-
gineers went to work replacing the
gate with a dam, and think they will
be successful in getting it in. Luckily
for the company the water is going
down in the river, and they will not
have so much to handle, and so the
work of damming the head of the canal
leading to the Salton sea will be
easier.
Lera Page, who was Southern Pa
ciflc agent at Separ for some time, is
a good republican, and never votes
any other kind Of a ticket. When the
democratic county convention met
and selected the precinct chairmen
for the various precincts Mr.. Page
was elected chairman for the Separ
precinct. He could not conscien-
tiously serve the democratic party,
and he could find no one to whom he
could present his resignation as chair
man. Finally he concluded that the
only way he could get out of the
trouble he was in was TO leave the
county. He secured a transfer 10