Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-08-08

Nj. Fisher last Saturday. Mother and
child doing we'll.
Miss Katharine Baily, who has been
visiting friends in Demlng, returned
home last Saturday.
The recruiting sergeant advertised
last week to be here on the eth, was
here but secured NJ recruits.
Lock Campbell, Of San Antonio,
Texas, has been here this week, look
ing after his mining interests In
Shakespeare.
The ore shipping picked up a little
last month, there being 6fty-two cars
shipped, some to FL Paso and the re-
mainder to Douglas.
Young Sing, who has been In the
Tom Tong restaurant for some time,
Is under arrest at Demiug for being
illegally in the country.
W. G. Gilpin, who resided in Lords
burg some years ago, spent Saturday
night here with his wife and son,
while automobiling from Stafford to
FL Paso.
immigration ohlcer Fred Jack was
In from Deming yesterday, looking
up some Chinese cases. Mr.. Jack
will leave for San Diego In about two
weeks.
G. @. Hill, of Roswell, superlntend-
emit Of schools of Chavez county, was
mere Wednesday, representing the
Odd Fellows grand lodge, and visited
the local lodge.
w. G. Fawcett, grand chancellor Of
the grand lodge, Knights Of Pythias,
is expected here tomorrow night, to
put the members Of Pyramid lodge
through their PAGES.
The foundation under the big en-
CINE at the electric light plant got
shaky and had to be rebuilt this
week. 1t is now supposed to be in
good condition.
The Canton restaurant, which has
been running in the Vendome hotel
for several years, closed this week,
and was consolidated with the Tom
Tong restaurant. 1t had been doing
. good business.
The following Grant county con-
victs in the penitentiary have applied
for parole, and there will be q near
ing on the 18th of this month; Claud
Parker, Luis Torres, Jos. Tudor, e.
Casanova, George Price and F. l..
McVey.
VIM. Charles was down from Stems
Tuesday. He drove in and reports
that on the fat east Of Stems, where
there is usually a lake at this season
of the year, there is no lake and the
road Is dusty. There have been no
rains of Importance near Stems, and
the grass is very short.
Frank R. Coon finds we'll drilling a
slow Job. AS recently reported the
we'll caved on him. He put in a lot
OF cement, intending to let 1t set, and
then drill through it, but this scheme
did not work, and he had to put In
casing. After this was In the driller
got sick, and could not work. It is
doubtful If he will get water In time
to save his crops this year.
Sheriff Patty, Of Greenlee county,
has declared a miners c~andlestick,
when found on the person Of a miner
outside a mine a dangerous weapon,
and has notified the miners at No
renci that If one Of them is found
with a miners c~andlestick concealed
about his person he will be treated as
though he was found with a revolver,
slungshot or knife concealed on his
person.
Joe olney has resigned his position
rs road supervisor for this district,
and the county board has appointed
Oscar Allen as his successor. Mr..
Allen is also constable for this pre-
cinct, and Is anxiously looking for
some tramps to appear, and when they
do there will be some cheap road
work done In this neighborhood.
Tuesday evening several ears start
ed out to do q stone rolling act be-
tween here and the valley on the
Pyramid road. They expect to clear
all Of 1t except the railroad crossing
ct oil station, and next Monday after
noon will get out and clean that,
There is no use In trying to keep that
clean as long as the ore teams cross
there, for every time the wheel Of an
ore wagon strikes a rail at the CROSS
Ing some ore is jolted of.
For most OF the summe there have
been very few dies in evidence around
Lordsburg. During the fly swattinR
campaign in the early spring IL was
thought that all the flies had been
killed of, and we would have none
this summer. By some oversight one
pair escaped, in some modern New
Mexico NOahis ark. and went To bust.