Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-05-24
There were thirty. eight Jars Of ore
shipped from Lordsbutg last week.

shipped from L%ordsbutg last week.
Judge DemIng, Jas. Edgar and A.
S. Kedzie we're in from Bedrock this
week.
j. H. Mcclure, one Of the school d.
rectors, tells the LIBERAL that it
took, approximately, S3,475 to run the
Lordsbdrg school last year.
The Rev. d. f. Sellerds, who has
been in Douglas for some time, hold
ing revival services, returned Satur-
day, and occupied his pulpit Sunday.
Chiffon Belt was in town Wednes-
day, returning to lei Paso from a trip
to Los Angeles. Chiffon used to be a
kid in Lordsburg, but now appears to
be a grown man.
Mrs. d. e. Miller. who formerly
lived here, but who has for some time
lived in Stafford, Arizona, was in the
city this week visiting her son, and
old acqualntances.
Judge Kibbey came In from Phoenix
Tuesday, en- route to Clifton, and was
in such a hurry to get there that the
gasoline car came down as a special,
and took him up there.
Jack McAllister, an old timer In
Steeplerock country, who has recently
been living at Central, has been in
the city this week. He has aged
greatly since leaving S eeplerock, and
now has invented a machine 10 put
the fys u Of business, and written
poems for the Appeal tn Reason.
The weather we have been having
the past week indicates that spring is
with us, and that summer is mighty
near. The days Of the over coat,
gloves and flannel underclothes have
passed away, and the days Of the
straw hat, the peekaboo waist, and
the man in shirtsleeves are here, to
stay for several months The only
thing needed to make us happy is an
abundant supply Of Cameron's ice,
and that will 500 be here.
Mrs II. d. Wright and children
left Tuesday for the Animas, where
Mrs. Wright has made a homestead
entry. Mrs. Wright intends to make
a farmer out of Master Clarence, and
wants TO begin early With him, while
Miss Pearl longs to be a dairy maid,
and wear the pretty dresses these
maids wear in the pictures, SO she is
going to borrow a COW from her bro
tier Cade for Miss Pearl to practice
with.
VIM. Stanley and Paul Wrigley, OF
Globe, were in town the last Of last
week, making a trip on the belt line
They came from Globe to Clifton on
the Ocean to Ocean route, then skip
ped across to L%ordsburg, and from
here they took the Borderland route
to Phoenix, and intended to return
to Globe over the Ocean to Ocean
route. They report good roads all
the way.
1t was reported the first of the week
that there was a strike among he
miners employed in the IS mine. On
investigation it was found that there
had been a change of shift bose;
through the mine, and Americans
only employed in that position, anC
that a number Of men who had beer
employed in the mine, knowing tina
they were not capable of doing a full
days work, concluded to quit, before
the new bosses had a chance to fir
them. The company is working full
handed.
The Southern Pacific signal servic
needed a new still to dlstil waite
needed in preparing the batteries
The company sent a used whlske.
barrel down, for part of the still. TIL
men went to work on 1t, boring a hol
through the head. When "a bi
went through the head II became dis
connected from the handle, and fell Il
the barrel. The tried to fish IL out
but could not see the bit, and s.
lighted a match. to get a little light
The head OF the barrel was blown out
a nose was broken, and the bit wa
found without any trouble.
The party appointed by the count
commissioners, Messrs. Cox, OHnb
and Allen, to view the road aeros
the Animas, will report to the count
commissioners at the next meeting
recommending the old road fror
Granite Gap, across the valley.
part of this road has been fenced VI
but the fences can be opened, a.
under the law, It is illegal to fence {
obstruct a travelled road, and tn.
road had been travelled for years. I'll
fence is on unsurveyed land, and tn
builder has no title, nor can he a.
quire one. The road will cut of abou
three miles Of travel across the va
ley, and can be put Ia shape for
ANAL amOnnt NJ unnou II mill lie