Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-13

lung Mrs. M. w. McGTath.
j. w. Writer made an Ell Paso trip
On business this week.
G. II. Warner with his family, start
ed out for Silver City Wednesday
afternoon, in his big Packard car.
Owing to the snow the basket ball
game with the Deming team was can
celled.
Mrs. W. II. Kinnon and children,
who have been visiting with friends
Ia Texas, returned the first of the
week.
An experienced man and his wife
want work on COW ranch. For parti-
culars write l.. J.. Wilmeth, Organ,
N. Mex.-Advertisement
A. p. Warner went down to Tucson
last week to take a look at a mining
property owned by a fellow towns
man, who was anxious to know
whether he had a mine, or a hole in
the ground.
A. T. Prather was in town from
Rodeo last Saturday, and says he has
for sale a carload OF pink beans, raised
in the San Simon valley, without ir-
rigation, and they are as fine beans as
any one would want.
George w. Johnson came in from
the river last week, as a witness in
the final proof of Mrs. Esther A. Mer-
rill. He got snow bound and did not
want to make the return trip, owing
to the bad roads, and so travelled
nearly as far to visit his brother, out
on the Animas.
Joe Gatti, the chief Of the bull
loose of Greenlee county, was in
the city the first of the week. He
seemed almost as happy over the
defeat of the republican party at the
late election as he would have been
over the election Of the progressives
The soldiers are watching the Mex
lean line on the south border Of Grant
county very closely. They had a tip
that Gen. Salazar was preparing to
make his get away through this sec
ton, and they want him II he does.
They are literally supplied with pic
lures Of the general, and hope to get
him, II he crosses the line.
]. B. Foster, OF the BonBey mining
company, arrived from his Milwaukee
home last Monday night, to take a
look at the properties out in the hills.
He reports delightful weather In Mil
Waukee all the fall, about a half inch
of snow fell there three weeks ago,
which melted in less than half an
hour, which is all the snow he had
seen this year till he got to. New Mex
ico.
The LIBERAL had a letter from Sc
cretary Bates OF the Transcontinental
Touring Club of America, who an
nounces that the Route Book of the
Borderland route has gone to press,
and soon will be ready for distribu-
ton. Every Business house, and
every one interested In roadsin Lords
burg, should have a copy OF this book.
They can be procured by sending a
dollar to the secretary of the club, at
1853 West 2lst street, Chicago.
An unpleasant conjunction was the
snow storm and the building OF the
cement walk in front Of the Eagle
drug store. The snow came just as
the walk was completed and could
not be used, and the people had to
walk around 1t in the mud, and by
the time the walk had hardened the
snow had disappeared. 1t was a mat
ter of luck, and could not be fore
told.
r. X. Minson, general passenger
agent of the Arizona g. New Mexico
road, was in town Saturday, en- route
to San Francisco, to hear the case Of
the railroads against the state of Ar,
iona, to prevent the state enforcing
the three cen passenger rate law
Mr.. Minson says that owing to the
sparsely settled condition OF the coun.
try, which makes the traffic light
that local passengers cannot be car
rled at a profit in Arizona, and the
railroad companies object to carrying
them at a loss.
Word comes from California Of the
death of an old timer from Graham
county, Barney Norton, which oc
Cured at the home of his daughter
Mrs, Milton b. Houston, on December
3rd. Barnebe E. Norton, was born ir
Massachusetts,, he served as a marine
In the navy nnder Faragutt. HI
came to Fort Grant in its early days
and with his brother John had thC
post leadership. Later he went int
the cattle business, buying the CedaI
Springs ranch in Eagle Pass, which
he run till about three years ago
when he leased 1t to A. f. Carlson
and retired from active business
spending the rest of his days with hi