Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1911-08-11

Col. w. G. Greene died at his home
at Cananea last Saturday morning
from acute pneumonia. A few days
before he had been in a runaway ac-
cident, and was thrown out Of his car
riage, and his collar bone and two
ribs were broken. One Of the ribs
puncsured tile lung tissue, causing
the pneumonia. Col. William Q.
Greene. BIZ Greene. Greene from
Cananea, was n OF the big men pro-
duced In Arizona. For years he vas
in the cattle business in the San Pc
dro valley, but all the time looking
for mineral. Finally he secured the
abandoned Cananea mines from the
widow Of the former owner, and be-
gan developing them. From a cattle
puncheF TO a capital puncher was but
a step for Greene, and he vas as sue
cessfGl at n job as at the other,
and he raised the money to build the
shelters at Cananea. and made it one
OF the biggest copper producing camps
In the world. At the zenith of his
prosperity he was credited with being
worth many millions Of dollars. If he
had confined himself to the copper
camp he probably would have made
1t the big success and he would have
always been it. However he had more
plans and schemes. He organized the
Green Gold company, the Green Gold
& Silver company, and the lei
Rotations offered the sharks on Wall
street to many chances, and they final
ly got him. The gold company and
the gold silver company went fiat.
and he lost control Of the copper COM
psny. How he stood, financially at
the time OF his death is not known.
1t is reported that he had slowed
away enough to leave his family in
comfortable circumstances. The re-
port Of the officers Of the Greene Ca
nanea company to the stockholders Of
the company's BUSINESS for 1910
says? 1.-THE notes Of w. G. Greene,
amounting to S2,31s,O 0s SO, which
have been included heretofore in the
statement Of current assets and
liabilities, hare been transferred from
current assets to deferred assets; this
has been done on account of the un.
certainty Of their collection as it is
designed to eliminate from this state.
ment all items and accounts receivable
that are Of a'doubtful nature"
The manager Of the Lordsburg ball
team learned that the Douglas ball
players were going over to Deming
for a game last Sunday, and would
pass drought here Saturday. He
hurrlbly made arrangements to have
them stop over between trains for a
game Saturday afternoon, while the
big crowd for the horse race was in
town. The game started out with an
exhibition Of butter fingers on both
sides, and in the early part Of the
game rum were made by both sides
that we're entirely owing to poor
playing. After a little both sides
steadied down, and the rest Of the
game was good ball. For %serveral
inning the score stood five to five,
and was that in the last half Of the
ninth. when Joe Nash came to bat.
Joe is handy with the stick, and
made good, finally came home on a
mufed fly, to the great delight of the
crowd in the grand stand, The most
noticeable plays in the game was the
throwing to drst by the Douglas pitch
err. He caught one or two Of the
Lordsburg players, who had made a
lead, and they learned it was not safe
TO get far away from the base while
he held the ball. Not a base was
stolen on him. The Douglas play
ers were a fine set OF fellows, and the
LordrburRers enjoy their visit. Sher-
IN McGrath served as umpire.
The advertised horse race saturday
afternoon, which followed the bal
game was more Of a procession than a
race, Halls black horse, which had
won everything he had been uE
against, was the favorite with many.
while a large number Of people