Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-10-31


the city the first Of the week.
Some little chilly weather this week.
Observer Mcclure reports the first
frost last Sunday night.
The basket ball team has reorgan-
ICED and is doing much practising, in
anticipation of a game with the Silver
City girls.
The parcel post business is increas-
ing in the local postofice. For the
last month more than half Of the bulk
of the mail received at the office has
been parcel post.
The regular statement to the comp
troller OF the condition Of the First
national bank Of FL Paso, the big bank
OF the southwest appears in this Issue
OF the LIBERAL.
Col. Bob Irvine, and j. o. Phillips
were in town this week, and each
tried to sell the other a suit Of clothes.
Owing to the increased cost Of living
neither made his sale.
Tonight is halloween, when ghosts
talk, gates walk, aud many mysterious
things happen. II you happen to see
the ghost of your aunt's grandmother
do not be scared for 1t is not her.
Sheriff McGrath drove over from
Silver City in his old reliable Buick
car, which he has driven more than
10000 miles In the past three years.
He has been enjoying himself visiting
his children.
E. E. Keyes returned from his farm
Tuesday. He reports the crops all
gathered and the fall blowing we'll
under way, and is afraid that the
farm is going to put him into the in
come tax payers class.
DR.. R. Glaze, neurologist and oph-
'thalmologist, Of Douglas, Arizona,
(late Of Phoenix) will be at the Ven
dome hotel, Thursday and Friday,
November 9Th and 7th, on his regular
visit, with a full line Of glasses.-Ad-
v~ertisement.
H. @. Day, of Pasadena, California,
was in the city this week, looking
after the shipment of a bunch of the
Day & Foster cattle. Mr.. Day seems
to be in better health than he has
been for some years, which he lays to
the persistent use Of a REQ auto
mobile over the fine roads In Califor-
mia.
Word comes from Governor Nc
Donald that owing to pressing duties
he may be unable to meet AL West
gard in Lordsburg, and make the trip
through the state with him on his
logging trip. The people of Lords
burg will be disappointed If the gov
ernor does not come.
1t is proposed to organize a Border
land Route Association, to be COM
posed Of delegates from all the towns
on the Borderland. The meeting for
the purpose Of organizing will be held
in the Board Of Trade rooms at Phoe-
nix, Thursday, November 9Th, at
1880 a. m. ANY Lordsburger who may
be In Phoenix that day is a duly &C
credited representative to the meet
ing.
The Playas Valley Land company
has fled incorporation papers with
the state corporation commission. The
local agent for the company is Milton
McWhorter, Grant county, N. M. The
company is incorporated for $500, 900.
The directors are Shirley G. Ward, E.
T. Earl, E. r. W. Frost and ]. P.
chandelier of Los Angeles, and Milton
McWhorter Of Playas.
Frank r. Coon has at last got his
well in working order, and his pump
throws about 800 gallons a minute
whenever he turns the juice on. He
has negotiated with an expert Chinese
gardener to take charge Of a portion
of his land and put in q garden next
year. II the Chinaman is up to the
average OF Chinese gardeners the PEG
pie of Lordsburg will have fresh veg
etables next summer.
The ocean to ocean highway associa-
tion had a profitable meeting in Los
Angeles last week. 1t was stated by
delegates present that more than a
million of dollars are available for
that portion OF the route In Arizona
and California. The officers elected
we're D. X. B. Sellers, of Albuquer-
que, president; John Becker, ir., of
Belen, secretary; Frank Mckee, OF
Albuquerque, treasurer. The meet
ing next year will be at Yuma. The
executive committee from New Mex
leo consists of ]. A. French, OF Santa
Fe; W. M. Borrowdale, Of Magdalena,
and II. M. Dougherty, Of Socorro.