Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-04
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, Sept. 4, 1914.

parents.
There we're fourteen cars of ore
shipped from here this month, all
being shipped before the shut down
caused by the war In Europe.
g. T. Hough, Of Stafford, Arizona,
with his wife and daughter, has To-
Gated In Lordsburg. He is going to
start a chicken and egg ranch.
r. A. J%ernigan was In from Red
rock the first of the week. He re-
ports that for some time the river
has been high and hard to cross.
Postmaster Hardin imported from
his Arizona farm last week a ship
ment Of melons, one Of which the
LIBERAL tested and found to be int
class.
One hundred and sixty Frenchmen
passed through Albuquerque this
week, en- route from California TO
France, to lend a hand aud kill a few
Germans.
Miss Katharine Bailey, who has
been visiting Mrs. G. A. Porter, in
Tucson, has returned, accompanied
by, Mrs Porter who will make a visit
in. Lordsburg.
Sunday when the Arizona g. New
Mexico passenger train was at South
Siding, this side OF Clifton, the en-
CINE was derailed, and it took several
hours to get it back on the track.
Mrs. Coon and Miss Helen have re-
turned from their trip to the MINI
bres hot Springs, and Stanley Coon
has returned from his vacation spent
in San Francisco, where he had a very
pleasant time.
B! B, Ownby built some seats on
his auto truck, Of lumber, and took
sixteen p~icnicers out TO Wood canyon,
where they had an enjoyable time.
They say that cushions and springs
would add to the comfort of the seats.
p. A. Fouret, who has worked here
IS switch engineer for several years
died in the company hospital at Tue
son last week Thursday from typhoid
fever. He went to the hospital about
a month ago. He was a Frenchman.
thirty-six years Of age.
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Thec LfBhRAL this week was pre-
scented with a basquet of plumcots,
from Mrs. John T. Muir's orchard.
The plumeet, is a Burbank creation,
and is a cross between a plum and april
cot. 1t looks like a plum, has a plum
and apricot taste, and the pit of an
apricot. 1t is a fine fruit.
There-i is q large amount Of counter
felt Mexican currency 10 circulation
at FL Paso, and other border towns.
DR.. A. S. Bronson was arrested in FL
Paso, charged with having forged in
struments In his possession, His Of
fee was searched and more than half
a million OF this counterfeit Mexican
currency vas found there.
Tom Simpson, the David Harum of
Clifton, came down last Saturday
with a big Jack, on a trading expedi-
tlon. He succeeded in trading it for
q bigger one, which he tried to ship
to his ranch above Duncan, and found
the railroad company could not take
it, unless 1t was inspected and found
to be free from all diseases. He ship
ped it to the Summit, and then rode
1t. to the ranch.
J. B. Leahy left Sunday for Las
Cruces, whore he will take a course
IN the Agricultural college. Jody has
an ambition to be a farmer. He Is
we'll built for a farmer, from the neck
down, and hopes to train the rest Of
bis body 50 1t will be properly de-
Eeloped for farming duties, and to do
bhis has gone to the Agricultural col
lege.
Bagk1n vne weather. e6udvry tneyI
Somedmss have storms that last for
three Gays. This section had the
nearest approach to such a storm ever
hoted here the latter part Of last
week FFlday. evening there was a
heavy rain, and more rain during the
blight, This was repeated Saturday,
And again Sunday, and between the
rains the weather did not clear up.
IL was cloudy, and felt like rain all
the time.
Albert Kohler, who was master me-
ehanic for the IS company a year ago,
Is now holding a similar position for
the Phelps Dodge company, at Ty-
rome, and has charge of the erecting
Of the engines in the power house
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