Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-07-04

week.
There were twenty-six ears Of ore
shipped from Lordsburg during the
month Of June.
J. L. Augustine has gone east to
visit his relatives. His mother has
been in feeble health this summer.
Mail service has been re-established
on the Ell Paso s. Southwestern be-
tween Deming and Hermanes, six
times a week.
The new lights which the Southern
Pacific is displaying at the depot
much improve the appearance Of that
Institution In the evening.
r. R. Gale and his family were 10
town this week, on their way to
franklin to spend the Fourth. Since
leaving here Mr. Gale has been busy
freighting out Of Silver City.
w. H. Kinnon has resigned his po-
sition with the Elghty-Five company,
in order to pay more attention TO his
interests at Granite Gap, and it is re-
ported that he will be succeeded as
manager Of the company by w. f.
Ritter.
G. E. Ely, editor Of the DeminR
Graphic, was in the city Sunday, en-
route from Tucson to Clifton. MIR.
Ely is making frequent trips to out
side places, in order to get acquainted
with all the country tributary to DEM
ing.
There was a dance at Stems Friday
night which was attended by quite a
number OF Lordsburgers, who went
out In motor cars. Most Of them
made the trip without any trouble,
but one car, owing to tire trouble,
did not get to the dance till mid
night.
A law has just become effective in
Texas which provides that all saloons
shall be closed between the hours Of
$3.50 p. m. and 6 a. M. 1t Is now a
longer time between drinks 10 Texas
than 1t was when the governor Of
South Carolina met the governor Of
North Carolina.
A. Ward, postal clerk between Cliff
ton and Lordsburg, has been enjoying
his annual leave Of absence during
the past couple Of weeks, and went
back to work on the first. His work
was done during his vacation by B. f.
butcher, of Deming, who is breaking
into the postal clerk business.
Today is the ever glorious Fourth
OF July. The kids are shooting all the
fire crackers they can get, and max
ing all the noise they ear It is lots
of fun for a kid to make a noise, and
many of the motor car drivers in
L%ordsburg are In the kid class, for
they are not happy unless they are
driving with their muller cut out.
Sheriff McGrath drove over In his
little car from Silver City Sunday, to
visit with his family. He was &C
companied by John Casey, an old
time Silver Citizen, who for the past
few years has been in Mexico with
his brother, Simon Casey, and who,
like many other Americans, is wait
ing for those war clouds to blow away.
]. G. McAlister. formerly district
attorney Of Graham county, was In
the city Sunday, on his way to Cliff
ton on legal business. Mr.. McAlister
says 1t is quite q job to get from
Solomonsville to Clifton. The trains
now lun so that the traveller has to
stop over night in LordsbuTg, and
the stag line that formerly ran be-
tween Solomonsville and Coronado has
gone out Of business since Graham
county was divided, as there is now
no traffic between Clifton and Solo
monsville court time.
Owing to the poor mail service east
OF here since the recent change Of
time tables the L~ordsbnrg postmaster
took the matter up with the Chief
Clerk Moore, on the railway mail
service at Los Angeles, and asked for
permission to send el express pouch
to the transfer clerk at El Paso, on
No. 8, to contain eastern and El Paso
mail, and the pouch was ordered on
July l. All mail deposited In the
postofice before $50 In the afternoon
for 81 Paso and eastern points will
be sent in that pouch, and will be ex-
pedlted some six or eight hours.
1t Is announced that the Methodist
churches Of the country are going to
build q sanitorium for the treatment
Of the Methodists OF the country who
are suffering from tuberculosis, and
that It has been decided to build the
sanltorium at Silver City, where a
large body Of land has been donated
TO the institution II It will build In
that town. Silver City has become
the national slaughter house Of the