Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-07-17
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, July II, 1914.
Miss Katharine Bailey left Tuesday
for Tucson for a visit.

for Tucson for a visit.
FOR SALE.-One small cook stove
brand new. Inquire at the LIBERAL.
County Treasurer Downes is offer
ing for sale a lot Of Lordsburg prop
erty for the non payment Of taxes.
Blaine Phillips received a telegram
Sunday night, saying his mother was
very sick. He took the limited that
night for San francisco.
j. E. Hannum, manager Of the Con-
tinental oil company Of New Mexico,
was in town Sunday. 1t was his first
visit to Lordsburg in some years.
A. T. Thompson, of Morenci and J..
r. Todd, of Clifton, were in the city
Tuesday, on their way to Globe, to at
tend directors meeting Of the ella
Valley bank.
DR.. Crocker has had his Carter car
in the hospital and has renewed GER
tain parts. Since coming out the ma
chine has run much quieter than it
has for a long time.
John Beck, of Tucson, was In the
city this week, and liked the town
so well that he has concluded to move
here and open a store. He has rented
the building next to the Star theater.
Oliver King came up from the An
imas Monday and had the first Of the
three Odd Fellow links branded on
him. He was able to be around Tues
day morning and said his experience
was great.
The vote taken by the engineers
and firemen on all the railroads west
of Chicago, calling for an increase in
wages, and other Improvements in
conditions resulted in a determin-
alton to strike unless the increase
was granted.
8 W. z. Stivers, the Animas merch-
ant, came up Monday, and returned
home Tuesday. MI. Stivers is an en-
thusiastic Odd Fellow, and attended
the meeting of the order Monday
night, the first meeting he had been
able to attend in some time. He pro-
misses to come frequently.
1--WE offer for sale two copper claims
adjoining Lees Peak on the dixie. The
claims are called Copper Lode and
Copper Nugget. 100000 cash or
will make sale on payments. viii
patent same.-Write II. f. Goodwin,
PIG Government Bldg, Kansas City,
Missouri" Adv.
w. E. Barnes, the popular trouble
man of the Southern Pacific, was in
town last Friday. He called at the
LIBERAL office, and presented the
editor with what he called the latest
thing in editorial shears. If the
LIBERAL is a little better edited in
the future than it has been in the
past it will be owing entirely to Mr..
Barnes.
When 10 Douglas last week B. b.
Ownby went down to the information
al line, and looked across into Aqua
Prleta, but was careful not to cross
the line. The last time he was in
Aqua Prieta was with the party es-
corting Governors McDonal and Hunt,
which party was held up by the Mex
lean army, and he wants nc such ex-
perience again.
Justice H. H. L%urton, of the su-
preme court Of the United States died
at Atlantic City Saturday night. He
had retired in his usual health, which
was not good. Shortly after mid
night he complained Of feeling i'll, and
In spite Of all the doctors could do,
died about five O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. He was seventy years old, and
was appointed from Tennessee.
Yesterday there was a delegation
from the head of the Animas and an
other from Silver City, in town, sub
mitting a road closing case to Judge
McGrath. Sometime ago VIM. Birch
field rented a school section in the
upper Animas. A road ran through
it, and there ere several arroyas and
considerable sand. Mr.. Birchield
fenced the section and built a road
around it. This road, while a little
longer was much better, as 1t avoided
the washes and the sand. Notwith.
standing this some trouble maker
made a complaint to the road commits
sioner, and suit was brought for clos
ing the road. Birchtield claimed he
had a right TO build the fence and put
in gates, which he did.
At the meeting of the county COM
missioners last week the usual bundle
of bills we're allowed, and little other
business was transacted. A couple of
roads that the people wanted changed
a little we're ordered reviewed. There
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