Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-08-14

febuTneu 10 MS uubieS III washington
last week.
The Roberts 8 Leahy company
have something to say to the people
on page two Of this issue.
Judge Mcfarland was down from
Clifton Wednesday, en- route for the
coast to spend a few days.
There was a heavy rain in town
Wednesday evening between six and
seven O'Clock, when .85 Of an inch Of
rain fell.
WANTED-Board and Room, in
private family by refined young man
Must be reasonable. Address LIBERAL
Office.
Very little is known Of what is hap
pening in Europe, as a tight censor
ship is kept over the cable lines, but
1t is thought no large battle has been
fought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Walker are
visiting Mrs. Walkers sister, Mrs. f.
r. Coon, and Mr.. Walker is taking
Stanley Coon's place In the bank dur
ing his vacation.
FOUND-At the cemetery a gold
ornament, probably a pendent, OF
bangle, bearing the initials w. E. f.
Owner can have same at this ONCE
Advertisement.
At a republican meeting last Satur-
day W. f. Ritter and d. H. Kedzie
were elected delegates to the republi-
can county convention to be held In
Silver City tomorrow.
The Arizona s. New Mexico road
was put out Of business for a day by
a big wash this side Of Franklin. A
large force of men we're put at work,
and the road made passable by mid
night.
The LIBERAL has recently learned
that S. Charles Pratt, who some years
ago worked the Granite Gap mines.
and was the father Of the station and
~postofice on the FL Paso & South
western named Pratt, died In South
America.
Last week several men travelled
from Douglas to L%ordsburg, and pro-
nounce the road in good condition.
The road from here east is in good
condition, and is now Travelled with
out any trouble.
The country was shocked last week
to hear that Mrs. Wilson, the wife Of
the president, was very sick. 1 tseems
she had been sick for several months.
She died Thursday afternoon at five
O'Clock. She was buried Tuesday, by
the side of her parents, at Rome,
Georgia.
The Rev. Joseph Garnet, who at one
time had charge of the Catholic
church here, is a native of France,
and still subject, according to the
French laws, to military duty, and
has been notified to return and fight
the Germans. Mr.. Garnet has taken
out his first papers as an American
citizen, and as an American citizen
can not be expected to take a hand
in an European war. There are many
similar cases of men from the various
European countries now in this coun-
try. Generally the laws of the old
countries provide that a citizen of
the country must return and enter
the army, in case Of war; that II he
does not do so he will be arrested and
tried as a traitor If he aver does re-
turn, and that he cannot Inherit any
property from his relatives, 1t will be
confscated.
All Of the copper camps Of the coun-
try are curtailing production on &C
count of the wal in Europe. The eff
fects of the wal are felt worldwide,
andIn some peculiar ways. For ms
lance, 1t increases the expenses Of the
Arizona Copper company for tel
egraphing expenses. 1t is often ne
cessary to exchange kilograms be-
tween Clifton and Edinburgh. AS a
matter Of economy a code Is used, by
the means of which many words are
saved, and the expensive trans-Atlsn-
tic messages are sent cheaper, When
the wal began this country declared
its neutrality, and orders were issued
that no messages in code should be
transmitted by cable. Thus the com
pany has to write out its messages in
full, and pay for each extra word.