Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-03-07

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r. L. Jones and f. G. Cline are
serving on the grand jury.
G. w. Hammer is in Silver City this
week, serving the people as a grand
juror.
The Deming Graphic has put in a
linotype machine, the best indication
OF prosperity In a printing Office.
There were %forty-one cars Of ore
shipped from Lordsburg during the
short month Of February.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Wright returned
yesterday from their trip to Yuma,
much improved in health.
G. e. Marteeny, Of Las Cruces, adj
vertises in the LIBERAL that he will
act as attorney before the Land Office
for any person needing such service.
The electric light company has re-
celved notice that the material for
the street lights has been shipped,
and as soon as it is received the
lights will be installed.
R. L. Ernest, who for many years
kept "Ernest's Place." near Santa
Rita, one Of the popular old timers of
Grant county, died in Phoenix Mon
day.
Silver City is going to have free
delivery OF its mail, the department
having ordered the service inaugur-
ated. Deming claims to be entitled
to the service, and is going to apply
for 1t.
Mrs. S. NJ. Patterson came in from
the east this week in a brand new
Chalmers auto, with all the 1918 at
tachments aud improvements. 1t has
enough push buttons on It's dash to
stock a telephone exchange.
John Humid, acknowledged to be the
most successful farmer in the Deming
country, has sold his farm l60 acres
southeast Of Deming, for sl7, 900,
which is a pretty good price YER for
Mimbres valley real estate.
The IS company commenced using
electric power from the electric light
works last Saturday, and now the
Juice is on the wires all the time,
which is a convenience to the people
who want to use 1t for other purposes
than-light,
]. Wayne Brazel proved up on his
homestead last week, and as Don as
he got his receipt from the land Office
sold the place to Joe Olney, Mr. Brazel
has gone over into Arizona, where he
has a position as manager of a cattle
company.
1t is reported that the Copper
Queen company has taken a ninety
day option On the Apache Box mines
in the Steeplerock district. Gold
mining has been consider a little out
side of the Copper Queens special
line, but it has just as good a right to
gold as any n else.
Land Commissioner Ervien has sent
the LIBERAL a list of all the public
lands in Grant county that are for
rent, with a request for publicity
The list would nil about two columns
of the LIBERAL, which space a hard
ly be afforded, but If any n is inter.
ested in the list it a be seen at this
office.
The judge of the Cochise county
court has ruled that a nan cannot be
held by the officers Of that county or
a telegraphic requisition from an
other officer, so the officers at Douglas
could not hold Casey, the ieweler, fol-
the Grant county officers who wanted
him, and it is probable that Messrs
Brown and Doyle will have to SETTLE
his bail bond.
The records of the weather, KEEP
by Cooperative Observer Mcclure
show that February was IN UNUSUAL!
cold month. The mean Temperature
was 80 degrees, six degrees colder thar
February a year ago, and seven de
grees colder than the normal February
although there were seven night
it did not freeze. 1t was also a we
February, the precipitation amount
ing to 2.43 inches, while a year ago il
was but LIS, and normal for thu
month of AZ of an inch. There were
9 clear days, I partly cloudy, and 1.
cloudy. 1t vas calm for 1e days, wesI
wind 10 days, and east wind two days
War with Mexico began last Sun
day, near Douglas. A body Of Mex
lean troops fired across the line al
some Of the ninth cavalry, the negro
regiment. There we're some sixteer
of the United States soldiers and forty
Mexicans. The negros returned the
Gre. and stood the Mexicans of, pre-
venting them from invading th'
sacred soil Of Arizona. The captain