Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-08-28
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, Aug. %, IOl4.

AGnAay ~ ~ - WI - hAANAA
City.
Miss May returned this week from
her summer vacation, ready for next
years school work.
Louis Champie this week addresses
a few more interesting words to the
readers Of the LIBERAL.
Anthony Conner was in from his
Bedrock farm Monday. He expects to
harvest some large crops this fall.
Arthur Gervais will go over to
the Mimbres hot springs, In the hope
that the healing waters will bene-
fit him.
Sam Killebrew left the first Of the
week for his old Kentucky home,
where he expects to put in a month
or so with his boyhood friends.
r. M. Williams was In town from
Clifton Tuesday, en- route to Los An
geles, to enjoy his vacation. His ia
mily has been there for some months.
VIII A Subscriber, who wrote the
Liberal this week write again, and
sign his name, not necessarily for
publication, but that the LIBERAL
may know.
The Woman's Mission Society Of
the Methodist Church will hold an
Ice Cream Social at the Parsonage on
Friday evening. Cream and Cake,
adults zoe and children 15c.-Adv.
W. F. Ritter and family and Fore
man Jackson, of the IS went to Silver
City Saturday in Mr.. Ritter's car.
Mr.. Jackson went over to Hurley to
investigate certain mining opera
tions. The party returned Tuesday.
There has been considerable fight
ing in Europe the past week. Ger
many got the best Of 1t and captured
the forts at Namur, but there is
plenty Of fighting material left, and
more thousands Of men will be killed.
Get a Wal Atlas: A complete story
Of the European war to date %profusely
illustrated. Excellent map Of Europe
and the world. Subscribe for the Ell
Paso Herald for three months at s1.80
and get an Atlas free through Egon's
News Stand. Lordsburg.-Adv.
Mrs. M. H. Mansfield and little son
Miles of Lordsburg are visiting in the
valley, guests Of Miss Lucille Nc
Kinney, at the Mckinney home, six
miles south Of town. Mrs. Mansfield
states that she likes Lordsburg but
that she is always glad to come. back
to San Simon on a visit.-San Simon
Belt.
Owing to the large number Of min
ers and other workers who have been
thrown out of employment in the var
Ious mining camps by the reduction
Of forces caused by the European war
the Arizona conVicts who have been
working on the roads In Arizona have
been sent back to the penitentiary at
Florence, and the unemployed free
labor of the state will be given the
work Of road building.
The FL Paso Times is printing daily
items of news from the Times Of
thirty years ago. This week 1t print
ed the following item: Jimmy
Hughes, the daring New Mexican des-
perado, has been placed In the Mex
lean army for five years. He killed
his young wife at Clifton about 10
months ago and escaped into Mexico.
He was arrested and put In the
federal army. He is known In New
Mexico as the "Pet Of the San Simon"
John s.. Brown figured on a trip to
FL Paso last Friday. He had his Ford
put in good shape, and was going to
take his two boys and a couple Of
friends on the trip. Owing to the
heavy rains Thursday afternoon and
Thursday night he concluded there
would be a great deal Of hard work
negotiating the various mudholes,
and the trip would be more hard work
than pleasure; He left the Ford in
his garage, and made the trip by the
Southern Pacific, to the intense dis
gust Of his two boys.
j.. e. Wootton has left In the LIB
ERAL office some specimens Of sorgh-
um and Kanir corn raised on his
homestead entry north Of town, and
It is a fine exhibit. Mr.. Wootton was
unfortunate with much Of his crops
this year, there being too much rain
for him, which seldom happens In
New Mexico. A portion Of his farm is
in the bottom Of the valley, which is
overlooked when the rains come. To
protect 1t he raised a levee, which he
thought would keep the water from
flooding his place, Owing to the I'M
precedented rains Of this season the
water on the fiat is higher than ever.
1t overfowed his levee, flooding and