Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-06-27


The street car employees in Phoenix
are on a strike.
Pancho Villa, representing the con
stltutionalists, he is going
to take Juarez again, probably today.
w. f. Ritter left last Saturday for
Philadelphia, his old home, to visit
his mother.
Mrs. DR.. Crocker left Monday for
Los Angeles, to witness her niece
graduate from the high school.
Mrs. R. b. Ownby and Miss Jewell
have gone to Houston, Texas, to visit
relatives.
Miss Virginia Barnes, who has been
visiting her sisters in Lordsburg, has
gone to Silver City, to visit her many
friends in that town.
Norman Carmichael, of the Arizona
copper company, has gone to the
coast for a few days of ocean atmos-
phere.
John S. Waddell, who has been min
ing at Gold Hill for some time, went
down to Deming, on business the
first Of the week.
]. C. Dodson gave bail through the
American National bank, of Silver
City, and on being released started
for 81 Paso.
The news from Guaymas is not very
satisfactory, but it looks as though
the constitutionalists had got Gen.
Ojeda and his army bottled up, and
separated from his base of supplies.
Mayor Wilson, of Silver City, has
issued a proclamation ~forbiddlng the
exploding of any fireworks in the
business portion of the city on the
Fourth.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will serve a good chicken dinner in
the Baker building, on Saturday next
from IL a. M. to 7 p. m. Price so
cents.-Adyertisement.
NJ. e. Campbell, who has worked
here for some time as a boiler maker
in the employ of the Southern Pacific,
left with his family this week for
Los Angeles.
A burglar pried open the back door
of the Roberts s. Leahy store Monday
night and cleaned out the cash reg
lister, securing a few dollars left Ia
the machine with which to make
change.
The army recruiting officer has sent
circulars to the L%ordsburg postmaster
telling that the government wants to
enlist men in the army, and inviting
them to apply at his Office and sign
the roll.
w. B. Kelley, of the Clifton Era,
was in the city Tuesday, returning
from Phoenix, where he had been to
bid on several jobs of state printing.
In spite of his distance from the cap
ital he was able to under bid the
Phoenix printers.
Fred d. Jack. of Deming, who has
been in the immigration service in
this section of the country for sew
eral years, has been transferred to
San Diego, where he will have charge
OF the immigrants during the exposi-
tlon.
The Southern Pacific does not like
the three cent fare law enacted In Ar
izona, and has started a referendum
to have the law referred to the peo-
pie. The petition will require 1910
signers, and they can be secured
without going of the right of way.
At a meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Greene Cananea copper company
held last week 1t was decided to
change the capitalization from 3,0O0,-
900 to 600,O 900 shares, of a par value Of
s100, instead of 500. This makes no
difference in the capital of tue com
pany, only In the number aud value
of the shares.
Attorney General Clancy has writ
ten a letter telling that the Grant
county commissioners have the right
TO give the hospital association the
use Of some lots lying between the
court house and Theodore Carter's
ASaAuouOO Oh WHICH W DuAlu
and the hospital will probably be
built there despite Mr.. Oarter's OBJ
lection to the hospital as a neighbor.
J. B. Crowell and Margaret Bruce
were married In El Paso on May 81.
This is a little late to make this a
news item, but the couple did not say
anything about It tai last week. The
cause Of this was the serious illness
of the BRIDES mother, her doctor say
ing lie wanted her kept quiet, with
no excitement, and 1t was not till
last week that he gave them permits
sion to tell Mrs. Bruce, whereupon