Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1911-08-25

"On Sundays postoiices must bt
kept open an hour, Postal laws and
regulations, Section 2e4.
Mu. Gus Hobbs has been visiting
IN Duncan this week.
There were twsnty-dve car loads OF
ore shipped IRON Lordaburgl last week,
fhefe was q nice little rain last
Monday morning about oreafast time.
Ms. C. IA. Cogsin. Df FL Paso, is
visiting With her SISTED, Mrs. NJ. Q.
neldi
Mrs. \, ". Shine and daughter left
yesterday for their new home in El
Paso. They will be missed in Lords
burg.
Mrs. B. B. Ownby has got her vine
yard to bearing this pear, and de-
lighted the LIBERAL with some fine
grapes this. week.
Edmond Wright. who has been sick
at his fathers ranch In the Anlmas,
has sufficiently recovered so that he
is back at work again.
Grant county has lost one of it's
old democratic workers. NJ. Q. Har-
din, who has so long been one Of the
party leaders, is now a resident Of
Arizona, and will help increase the
democratic majority of San Simon.
Mrs. o. J. Gramley closed her
restaurant next door to the Liberal
ofice this week. A restaurant has run
there for more than a year, with
several neutrality-suspicious., none Of
whom made a fortune out of the bust
ness.
Oswald Rybhck, general manager Of
the Bqnney mining company arrived
from Milwaukee Monday, where he
had been on business for the COM
pany, He intends to put on a double
shift Mt the mine, and do a good deal
OF slipping.
1t Is never safe for a criminal to
come back to Las Cruces. Thirty-six
years ago Damacio. Espalin murdered
SeTbulo Lujan near Las Cruces, and
fed to Mexico. Last week Damacio
reburned to Las Cruces, on a visit,
and he was arrested, and will have to
answer for his old crime.
There was a fine game Of ball Sun
day. The Clifton players came down
In the morning, and soon after the
train got here the bunch was busy
The time between trains was too
short for the game, and it had to be
called before the ninth Inning. The
cor stood eve to four, in favor Of
Lordsburg.
The letter head OF the Johnson
Copper Development company, of
J~ohnsons, Arizona, shows that Jas. 7.
Tong, well known here and in Duncan,
is the general manager OF the com
pany. Mr.. Tong is an experienced
mining man, and is peculiarly success
ful In development work, and the com
pany can consider itself fortunate in
securing his sevices.
Silver City new school house is com-
pleted. 1t is a mighty fine building,
modern in all its finishing, an object
OF pride for the town, and OF which
the citizens are duly proud. Silver
City had the first high school build
ing in the territory, of which the
citizens were as duly proud when it
was built, as their children are Of
this one.
For several years Mrs. John T.
Muir has been telling the LIBERAL
that she has some fine fruit trees
coming on, and when they grew big
enough to bear she was going to ex-
hibit some OF the fruit at the LIB
ERAL office She sentit this week for
exhibition, but it was not exhibited
long. The sight and smell were too
tempting, and in a short time, as an
exhibit IL was a matter of history.
Sheriff McGrath dropped in from
Silver City Sunday night, looking for
Jurors for the coming term Of court,
The petit jurors from the southern
pafb Of the county on his list are Ed.
Rhodes, F. R. Coon, VIM. Banner, J..
P. Kerr. f. McVannnm, v. S. Gustin.
A.. d. FOrcop, ] Z. cOsper, Jr., and
j. A. Leshy The grand jurors are
C. L. Cassidy, @. Rainbolt, w. Hol-
lingsworth, R. H. Woods and J. NJ.
Harper,
Lordsburg Is developing q phenomi-
nal pitcher, who with care and exper-
ienos will prove acraeker jack. Ozee
McMslnes has been playing with the
youngsters, and working out at odd
times, but It had not reached the
management. A week age Sunday he
went In and pitched for the has beens,
and his work was q surprise, and
equal TO some Of the best that has
been on the diamond this season here.