Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-16

Mrs. P. NJ. Chase has heen quite
sick the past week.
Born, Monday January 18th, to Mr..
and Mrs. George f. Werderman, a boy.
County Surveyor Cox has been In
the city this week, looking after the
road work.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. I. Thomson we're
down from Morenci Monday, and left
for California.
Mrs. s. NJ. Chase returned Sunday
from San Antonio, where she had
been with her daughter, Sylvia. who
is attending school there.
Little Johnnie McCabe has been
suffering from an attack of pneumo-
MIA, but is now much better, and
thought to be out of danger.
]. J. Kelley, grand lecturer Of the
Masons, Of New Mexico, has been
here this week, posting up the local.
masons on the imprinted ritual work.
A. B. Conner, while threshing his
big wheat crop, got his thumb mixed
up in a gear, and had to quit his work
and come to town to have IL dressed.
Miss Eugenla Irene Shine and Ed
win Riggs were married in FL Paso
Monday night. The fair bride is we'll
known in Lordsburg, having spent
most Of her childhood days here.
william NJ. Smith was in from the
river last Friday, and made final proof
on his homestead entry. Thomas S.
Merrill and George w. Johnson ac-
companied him as witnesses.
Charles Burch and Miss Lillian Ran
dali were married Sunday. Mr.. Burch
is one Of our prominent business men,
and Miss Randall was raised from
childhood in Lordsburg, and both are
very popular young people.
Geo. d. Drysdale, treasurer of the
Arizona & New Mexico road, was in
the city Tuesday, returning from
Santa Fe, where he had been to at
tend the meeting of the board Of
equalization. From the action of the
board he does not think his road will
get any harder deal than it did last
year, and if this comes to pass he will
be satisfied.
Hugh Gunnison, of the Mountain
States telephone company, came up
from FL Paso this week, and in a very
short time he and j. E. Allen, of the
local exchange were able to come to
an agreement regarding the handling
OF the long distance telephone bus
mess, and next week a man will be
sent here, and make the physical con-
nection between The local exchange
and the long distance wires, and when
this is done Lordsburgers will be able
to talk with almost every one.
1t is reported that the government
engineers who have been inspecting
the San Carlos dam project have
turned 1t down. If this is so it is the
third or fourth time 1t has been turn
ed down by government engineers. 1t
is probable, II this rumor is true, that
now the Arizona Eastern will be
given the right of way through the
canyon, and that it will proceed to
build its road from its present ter
minus at Winkleman, through to con.
meet with the main line of the South
ern Pacific at Lordsburg, and will ex-
tend to the west and connect with
the Southern Pacific east Of Yuma,
and when this is accomplished the
Southern Pacific will have the lowest
line across the Rocky mountains of
any road that has been built, and no
other a be built to equal it. With
this accomplished the Southern Pa
ciic will be able to do business with
the Panama canal.
There was a meeting Of the dem
ocratic central committee in Silver
City yesterday to select a postmaster
for Silver City and Lordsburg. j.. E,
Sheridan, the Silver City postmaster,
resigned last week. The Lordsburg
postmaster received a letter from the
department in Washington, saying
that an inspector who recently eX
amined this office, recommended his
separation from the service, and that
his resignation would be accepted II
received in Washington by January
10. Instead of resigning he wrote tc
the department asking for a copy Of
the report and charges against him.
that they might be answered. When
the department for political reasons
sends an inspector toget a postmaster
he can always find some thing that Il
not according to rules, for instance
this Inspector reported there were
more mail locks than there were bags
in the office, but the postmaster IL
never allowed to see the charges
against him. So the probabilities are
that tho T~Ordehurp nOstmaetar will