Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-04-11
J.. S. Hampton, of Clifton, was II
the city Wednesday.

n city wednesday.
B. B. Ownby is in Silver City this
week, attending the regular meeting
of the county commissioners.
B. w. Randall was reelected a
member of the school board at the
election Monday.
G. w. Noble was down from Stems
Wednesday on business. Mr.. Noble
is very proud of being the husband of
a school director.
Mrs. r. A. Jernigan, with her wit
nesses, was in from the river Satur-
day and made final proof on her
homestead entry.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Nichols, of Cal
i%fornla, have been visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. Sellards, at their Animas
ranch.
E. x. Davis, of Redlands, Califor-
mia, came in Sunday, to see how the
work on his properties was progress
Ing.
The summer a is on it's way in
this direction. AS a sign of its ap-
proach one only has to count the
clipped heads that are in evidence
around town.
The Schubert concert company had
a good house Wednesday night, and
gave a most pleasing entertainment.
The audience grated on the company
by insisting on an encore for every
number.
w. II, Jack, after spending the
winter at his ranches in the northern
part of the state, has returned to Oak
Grove, to get thawed out. Mr.. Jack
always knows a good thing, and man
ages to get hold of his share of them.
The Ell Paso election, as was to be
expected, resulted in the election of
the ring ticket. The interesting thing
about the returns is the small size of
the opposing vote. Only about one
voter in four voted against the ring.
The people at Stems are the sure
enough women suffrage kind. At the
election Monday there we're three
school directors to elect. The persons
elected were Mrs. Sam Olney, Mrs
Bailey Smith and Mrs, G. w. Noble.
1t Is one good bet that Stems will
have a good school the coming year.
. Lordsburg came close to a fire Mon
day morning. Mrs. Egan was burn
ing some trash in her back yard, and
set a Mexican boy to watch the fire,
and keep it under control. When she
again came out the Mexican had dis
appeared and the fire had got dan
Rerous. An alarm was given, and the
fire was soon under control.
A line from A. A. Ellis, who for the
past twelve years has been employed
at the pumps for the Southern Pacific
here, says his new Job for the COM
pany is Waterman for the Southern
Pacific at the Stone avenue crossing.
He has a comfortable house little to
do, either physically or mentally and
his principal duty seems to be to keep
awake.
E. e. Kyes left Sunday for Califor-
mia, to visit his family and endeavor
to induce them to abandon the farm
and returns to the delights of me-
tropolitan life in Lordsburg. The
farm has great delights, in an
ticlpation, to many people, but Mr.
Kyes, and several others in this sec
tion have found that realization Is
entirely different from anticipation
and there is nothing that beats
regular payday.
Ben Dunagan celebrated his TWEEN
ty-irst birthday on Saturday. II
honor of the event Mrs. Taylor, a
whose home he boards, prepared al
elaborated dinner, the principal feat
ure of which was the delicious birth
day cake ablaze with candles, which
crowned the center of the table. Thu
affair was a delightful surprise 20 TIN
young man, n a greatly enjoyed
by all present.-College correspond
ence of Rio Grande Republican.
Congress met In special session Mon
day, organized by electing ChamI
Clark speaker, and a lot of bills werI
introduced, the most important ont
was a new tariff bill, which tears TIN
present tariff law into shreds, anC
provides for a large number of FREE
articles, On Tuesday Presiden viii
son met with the two houses in iOin
session and read his message to them
This is the first time in more than al
hundred years that a president ha
met with congress. The presiden
and congressman took to 1t quiet ma
turally.
There was a big fire In the Chasr
creek section Of Clifton Monday. TIT
fire started In q shack and consumed
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