Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-09-13

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ton last Friday on business.
VIM. Blackburn, who has been
spending a few weeks in ri Paso, re-
turned the first Of the week.
The regular called statement Of the
condition OF the First national bank
Of Ell Paso appears today.
o. e. Aldrich, Of the Atwood com
pany, returned to Lordsburg this
week.
CIV. NJ. Carvil, one time assessor of
Grant county, is being doomed for the
office Of Mayor OF Globe.
DIR. Orocker returned from his CAL
ifornia trip Wednesday, and again
the familiar whistle Of the Carter car
is heard on our streets.
f. r. Coon left Wednesday night
for Albuquerque, to attend the re-
publican convention, to which he is a
delegate.
Mrs. A. w. Morningstar and her
daughter, Miss Hazel have returned
from Bemis Point, New York, where
they have been spending the summer.
There were 100 scholars enrolled in
the schools this year. The directors
better get after the numerous chill
dren who are not enrolled, and en-
force the compulsory school law.
a. W. Morningstar left Monday
evening for Albuquerque, to attend
the progressive convention, to which
he was a delegate. He took with him
the proxies of the other Lordsburg
delegates.
The bank statement of the First
national bank, as called by the comp
troller of the currency, appeares in
this weeks LIBERAL, and it shows
the bank to be in a prosperous condi-
tion.
The LIBERAL this week received a
communication from Brockman con-
tanning some interesting items, but
there was no signature to the letter,
so they could not be verified nor
used.
The Arizona s. New Mexico rail-
road has built a school house at
Brockman so that the children Of the
roads employees at that place a go
to school. School opened Monday with
an attendance of eleven, and is taught
by Miss Thwaits.
The local stockmen have sold their
cattle to G. w. Linger, of Denver for
S24, $2S, and $32 for ones, twos and
threes, delivery to be made October
10. This is a top notch for cattle.
The cattlemen are making money out
of the increased cost of living.
Col. Dell Potter, Of Clifton, was in
the city Tuesday, en- route to the
lower ella valley to attend a good
roads meeting. If you see Col. Potter
off his homestead 1t is a safe bet that
he is going to or coming from a good
road meeting.
In the Motor Age of August 20 is a
letter, written by w. T. Rand of FL
Paso, profusely illustrated by pictures
taken on the route, and a map of the
route, telling of his trip yer the
Borderland route, made last April and
the return trip made last May
Mrs. John T. Muir requests the
LIBERAL, on behalf of herself, Mrs.
Mitchell, who is eighty seven years
old, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Smith and
Acres, to thank the officers and the
citizens who came to their escu
Monday night, and to the auto own
ers who supplied the means Of trans
portation, and the telephone station,
which was on the job till every n
was safe.
John Il. McCabe made a trip down
to his ranch in the southern part Of
the county this week. He had not
been down there since the rainy sea-
son commenced, and expected to find
the roads badly washed, and in need
OF work before he could get his auto
mobile through. He concluded 1t
would be wise to take some miners
with him to do the work on the
washes, and so secured the service Of
o. e. Aldrich, John Augustine, Gus.
Florin, and w. r. Ritter. He did not
find the roads in as bad shape as he
expected. Between town and the
Southwestern tracks there were many
small washes, which a machine could
negotiate. easily, but which caused
much loss Of time as the machine
would have to slow down. There was
but one wash so big that its sides had
to be worked down TO get the ma
chine past, and his bunch Of miners
fixed that In short order. He says
that OF the bunch Mr.. Ritter Is the
best one to stand on a rock and tell
the other what to do, and for act ual
mucklng the dirt out Mr.. Aldrich can