Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-09-20

pau5 uldue All nj ~ Trip bnlS week.
There were thirty-elght cars of ore
shipped from Lordsburg last week.
Fred L. smyth is over at the hot
springs in Graham county, enjoying
the baths.
The Arizona & New Mexico road is
preparing to build depots at Sheldon
and York.
Jack Page, Of the Duncan Arizo-
MAN, was in the city the first of the
week, aud made the LIBERAL a pleas
ant call.
w. H. futile, the we'll known paint
man of Ri Paso, was In the city last
Saturday, returning from a trip to
Alaska.
A. A. Williams has at last got his
drilling machinery at work, and is
now finishing up the work on the
wells for the water company.
Gus Hobbs was down from Duncan
this week. He says that Duncan is
now a own that a civilized man can
Ave In and enjoy life.
The Diamond A roundup has been
in this section of the country this
week, and many of the cowboys have
visited the town.
Joe Olney made an Ell Paso and Las
Cruces trip this week on business He
is trying to straighten up the title TO
the old smelter land north of town,
which he bought at tax sale.
r. N. Pulliam, who recently settled
near Hachita, coming from Texas,
was back at Alpine, Texas, this week,
where he was killed in the post Office
by j. w. Gillespie, a prominent stock
man.
S. r. and r. J. Dunagan were in
from the Animas last Friday. While
here S. r. Dunapan relinquished his
desert land entry in the Anlmas, and
his brother homesteaded tile same
land.
Charlie Nett was down from the
National mines at Stems this week.
He says he has been working for some
weeks on a body of ore that Is nearly
three feet wide and assays s27. This
Is good enough proposition for any
one to get rich on.
The county commissioners have set
October }, 4, 5, II, 10, and 26 for reg
istration days. They named the LIB
ERAL Office as the place of registra-
tion in Lordsburg and B. w. Randall,
II. L. Cannon and d. H. Kedzie as
the registration board.
e. e. Kyes left Monday for his new
farm at Modesto, California, where
his wife and son are now located, He
is succeeded as agent for the Arizona
q New Mexico road by Fl. A. Nc
Gaughey, who has been agent at
Hachita for some time.
Nick Powers, of Brockman, informs
the LIBERAL that he vas not the
person who sent in the alarm about
the Invasion of the red flaggers last
week, although the word zane over
his phone. Mrs. e. j. Everett tel
ephoned the LIBERAL that she was
the person who gave the original
alarm.
j. F. Frazer, president OF the Twin
Peaks company is at Cedar Rapids
Iowa, conducting a stock selling cam
paign. He has sent the Liberal
some Cedar Rapids pepers, in which
he has printed some successful ad-
vertlsing. The property the company
has is a good one, and will back up al
of Mr.. Frazer's advertising.
There are so many brands recorded
In New Mexico which are not useC
that the last legislature provided fol
the re-recording Of all brands, anC
the elimination of those not used
The cattle sanitary board has giveI
notice that all brands must be record
ed, If the owners desire to keep them
When at Albuquerque last week F
r. Coon interviewed Senator Fal
about the surveying of the towns h
the Animas valley. The senator toll
him that ALI the unsuryeyed land II
the state would be surveyed befor
the fist of next July. The appropria
ton for the work is large enough, an,
the men are at work on the job in tn
northern part of the state. When tn
cold weather comes. and 1t Is too col
to work to an advantage In the mol
thern part OF the state the surveyor
will be sent south to do the work /
this section. The work ls being don
by men Ia the government employ
and not by contract, as was the fol-
mer practice. This method of doin
the work cuts u the examination G
the work after IL is done, and as tn
are working by the month