Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-03-21
Lee Hobbs was down from Clifton
this week, visiting his brother.

turned last Saturday.
Mrs. NJ. @. Hardin has returned to
Lordsburg after having visited here
with her husband.-San Simon Belt.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. R. Coon left Tues
day to attend the cattlemen's conven-
tion in 81 Paso.
After the disagreeable weather of
last week cleared up we have had
some delightful climate.
John T. McCabe and family left
Sunday for Ell Paso, to attend the
cattlemen's convention there this
week.
r. r. Gale has moved his family to
Silver City, to live while he is work
ing on his Mogollon freighting con-
tract.
Frank Allen, who set FIRE to the
Muir buildings at Hachita, was con-
vlcted of arson this week at Silver
City.
Governor Mcdonald flushed up veto
ing bills passed by the late legislature
Tuesday afternoon, and left for 81
Paso, to take in the cattlemen's con-
vention.
NJ. Q. Hardin has shipped in 900
fruit trees and so grape and berry
cuttings, for planting on his farm
two and one-half miles northwest Of
town.-San Simon Belt.
Miss Katie Scarborough, who has
been attending the Normal school at
Tempe, returned home last Friday, to
the great delight of her many young
friends.
@. o. Hampton, formerly Of plain
view, Texas, has been in Lordsburg
some weeks, Investigating the country,
and this week made a desert land and
a homestead entry over in the Animas
valley.
The Highland cattle company has
filed in the office of the state corpor-
alton commission an amendment to
its articles Of Incorporation, changing
its home office from Carson City,
Nevada, to Minden, Nevada.
B. B. Ownby went to Ell Paso this
week to see II he could pick up a good
auto for his garage from some cow
man who, while attending the con-
vention had gone broke on the Juarez
races. II he drives in you will know
he has got it.
There was a report In FL Paso that
Mrs. Simpsons daughter, Mrs. Katie
Niece, was dead, and her brother,
Will Simpson, left FL Paso, for San
Francisco to attend her funeral. On
arriving there he found her in good
health, and is now using his detective
abilities to ind out who sent him
the telegram announcing the death.
L. f. Vaughn, the Phoenix lawyer
who owns the Duncan Arizonian, was
in the city last Friday, returning
home from Duncan, where he had
been to revive and rejuvinate the Ar
izonian, which had fallen into parlous
ways. He got out the back copies,
brought the paper up to date, secured
the services Of an experienced man to
run it, and hopes there will be no
more lapses in issue.
The new bridge at Duncan is now
in use. 1t was built some time ago,
but 1t was simply a bridge over the
river, and 1t took a flying machine to
get On or of 1t. The supervisors have
finally built approaches to 1t, so a
team can drive on or of It, and the
people on the north and west side Of
the river can come to Duncan, with
out fording the stream.
The four members Of the legisla-
ture who were charged last March
with agreeing to sell their votes for
senator for $500 each and getting the
money, were tried by the legislature
and acquitted. The Santa Fe grand
jury has just indicted them on the
charge that they did ''solicit, take
and receive" $500 each from ElfeRo
Baca, and In return we're to vote for
the man for senator that Baca should
tell them to vote for. 1t is probable
that the testimony In their trial will
be extremely interesting.
Col. Edward Bergman, for many
years warden OF the New Mexico PEN
itentiary, died of pneumonia, at Vic
tor, Colorado. His body was brought
to Santa Fe, and buried in the Ma
tional cemetery. Col. Bergman was
e~ighty-four years old. He was a ma
tive OF Prussia, and anne to this
country just before the civil war. He
enlisted on the northern side, and
was made a lieutenant, serving