Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1911-02-17
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SAol 4uOoNa11 A0OuAhAhB nun q biAp
to Phoenix.
p. M. Cook, who lived here forsome
years, but is now living i'm Douglas,
was in town the first of the week.
Mrs. j. r. Ownby. who recently
bought the house situated on the lot
to the south Of the LIBERAL office,
has been having it repaired and re-
novating for renting purposes.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will have
an apron and neck tie party on Friday,
on February "A, at the Knights Of
Pythias Hall. Every one invited.
Silver Offering. 2t
Cashier Coon made a trip to El
Paso last Friday, returning Sunday,
to consult an o%culist. He found that
his eyes were all right, and was able
to see the flying men do some of their
stunts last Saturday afternoon.
DR.. f. R. Woods and wife, of Hills
dale, Michigan, arrived in town Satur.
day, and went out to Bedrock to visit
his brother, r. II. Woods. The doc
tor spent some weeks in Bedrock last
fall, and is greatly enamored with
that country.
Mrs. Maggie McGinnis. widow of
the late Engineer Neil McGinnis, who
was killed in a collision east of herea
few years ago, was married in Albu-
querque last week to William Holmes.
an engineer on the Santa Fe, running
between Albuquerque and Las Vegas.
ID. F. Mcguire, who lived in Lords
burg and was assistant to NJ. w.
Wambough when he was building the
Morenci Southern railroad, and who
went from here to Douglas, where he
has since lived, has been selected as
mayor Of that i1ourishing town.
Surveyor General Marsh was in
town Monday, he has been out over
the territory looking up land that will
be valuable for the territory to take
in as part of the land that is to be
given the territory by the govern
ment when the territory becomes a
state.
Mrs. Rybeck, mother of Su~perinten-
dent Rybeck, of the Bonney company,
died at the Bonney camp Sunday
night from a stroke Of appoplexy.
Mrs. Rybeck was a woman advanced
in years, and had been living here
with her son for the past Two years,
The Clifton p~ostofice has moved in
TO its new bdilding arranged for It by
the Arizona Copper company. Asthe
building was planned and erected for
the postoflce it is most conveniently
arranged, and there is what has never
been known before, plenty Of room in
the office for the people working there,
and for the public.
W. +. Shriver of the Lower ella,
was in own Monday, en- route to FL
Paso, on business. Mr.. Shriver says.
that anew school district, called Neb-
lett, has been organized in his pre-
clnct, taking in all of the precinct
lying south of the river. A school
house has been built on a piece Of
land adjoining his land.
There is to be a change Of superin-
tendents on this division OF the South
ern Pacific. superintendent w. H..
Whalen goes to the Los Angeles divi-
sion, where he relieves w fl. Ayerill,
whom he relieved at Tucson. Mr..
Averlll is a nephew of Mrs. Harri-
man and goes east, where, it is re-
ported, he has a better POSITION. j..
d. Dyer, who is superintendent Of
the Shasta division, at Dunismuir,
California, will have charge Of this
division.
John II. Norton died in Los Ange-
les last week. Many years ago Mr.,
Norton was post trader at Fort Grant,
and later went into the mercantile
business In Wilcox, forming the Nor
ton Morgan, Stewart Commercial Co.
Later he was interested in the Norton
Drake company, which had the con
tract for furnishing the section labor
ers to the Southerns Pacific company.
About ten years ago he went to Los
Angeles and started the Commercial
national bank, which is one OF the
big banks Of the city, and when he
died he was one of the rich man OF
Los Angeles.
At the election last week Arizona
adopted the proposed constitution by
a heavy majority, the constitution re-
ceived more than seventy per cen OF
the votes cast. Only one county, Apa-
che, gave a majority against it. The
leading daily papers and many of the
the leading politicians in both parties
were opposing its adoption. as they
Thought it would be turned down in
Washington, but many other leaders,
including Col. Bryan, urged It's adop-
tion, claiming that 1t would be c
cepted by congress and that President
Taft would not dare to turn it down.