Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1911-03-03
The small pox quarantine has been
raised. There were no new cases.


The small pox quarantine has been
raised. There we're no new cases.
Wednesday of this week, March LIST,
was Ash Wednesday, which marks
the beginning Of lent.
Charlie Conner came in from the
lower country this week and reports
splendid rains in that section.
AL. Wilson, who for a long time
worked on this division Of the South
ern Pacific, as a fireman and engineer,
was In The city this week, shaking
hands with old friends.
Smith the watch man, has opened
a watch and jewelry rapalr shop
in what was formerly the Ven.
dome dining room, and is prepared to
do first class work. 2-IO
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bardin and son
were In from Bedrock this week. Mr..
Bardin said he had enjoyed forty
hours of continuous rain on his ranch,
the water falling in a slow steady
drizzle, which had done lots Of good.
Mrs. r. B. Ownby suffered from an
attack Of appendicitis the latter
part of last week, and was taken to FL
Paso, where she was operated on at
the hospital. The operation was sue
cessful, and she is rapidly recovering.
Tuesday evening John G. Ingram
and Miss Elizabeth EYett were mar
ried al the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
j, L. Wells, and left the next day for
Deming. Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Ingram
were old friends in Golden, Illinois.
She came here from Cotton, California,
to be married.
ID. II. Wright was In from his noun
tain ranch early this week. He re-
ports that the rain had put his land
in good shape for blowing, which he
started, but the continuous rains had
made it so muddy that he could not
pillow, and so he took the occasion to
come into town and let the land dry
out a little.
Sheriff McGrath was in town this
week hunting jurors for the term Of
court that opens next Monday. He
was able to secure the services of j.
A, Leahy for the petit jury and w.
K. Ritter and j. 5. Brown for the
grand jury. Lordsburgers have been
getting Of light Oh jury service the
past year.
The Mess, in which 4 number OF
prominent families have been living
this winter, which had It's dining
room in the building back of the
bank, has gone out OF business. Tie
Jap that did tho cooking, got a little
too much American whlskey on board
the other night, and mixed up with
some one who put a head on him. and
when the head was busted the Mess
was also busted.
Mrs. S, NJ. Chase left the first of the
week for Los Angeles, with Miss
Helen. A travelling man recently
saw Miss Helen, and told OF a similar
case of a child in Nebraska, who had
ueen cured by a Denver doctor. The
case a investigated, and it was
found the cure had been made, and
was permanent. The doctor has
moved from Denver to Los Angeles,
and In hopes that she may be helped,
Mrs. Chase has taken Helen to him to
see If he can help,
When S. B. Scarborough was here
a week ago, he got a line in some pro-
perties south Of town which he
thought were very good. He told the
Liberal then that he would be back
soon with some men who we're look
ing for something good, and thought
they would be pleased with what he
had found. He returned Wednesday
with four practical men, and had
them out in the hills yesterday, look.
ing at the properties. While they
have not had time to complete their
Investigations they are we'll pleased
with what they have seen, and in all
probability, will make a deal.
R. @. McMahan, OF Rodeo, was in
the city Sunday and informed the
LIBERAL that 1t was his saloon at
Stems, not the one az Rodeo, that he
has sold. The purchaser was Emmett
Walsh. Mr.. McMahan will make his
home at Rodeo, where he recently
helped organize the Real Estate and
Development Co., which company
was organized principally for the pur-
pose OF sinking an artesian well In
the valley There have been several
efforts made TO sink such a well. but
me money has given out before the
we'll got deep enough, and many Of
the subscriptions have not been paid.
IL IS proposed in this case TO sell stock
In the company, instead Of raising
money by subscription, and thus they
will, II they sell enough stock, have