Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-11-19


When I was in Clifton some time
ago, (Which trip l previously men
tioned) / dropped into the office Of
Sheriff Cash just at the time that
he was putting on new deputies &C
cording to the strike. 1t was just
my misfortune to run into a new
recruit who believed he was eligi.
bic. l escaped with this:
Deputy-"Have you ever been in
the army?"
Applicant-"Yes, / served in the
Douglas Salvation Army"
Deputy-"Are you a foreigner?'
Applicant-"Yes, / lived in Dun
can once"
Deputy Are you married
now?"
Applicant don't know. My
wife went to Lordsburg yesterday
Deputy-"What's your trader
Applicant -'Well, I've beer
trading mines and old metal fol
the Copper Era's linotype.
Deputy-"How is your health?'
Applicant-"Oh, pretty good
How's yours?"
Deputy-"What makes you thinl
you want to be a deputy at this
critical moment?"
Applicant-"The boys up at the
mill said [ didn't have a lick Of
sense and / didn't know whether t
become a deputy or go into the
newspaper business at Morenci.'
Deputy-"Are your parents liv.
ing?"
Applicant-"No, not yet"
Deputy-"Have you ever been to
the front?"
Applicant stood in front Of
-'s bar in L%ordsburg and
Right here l tainted.
Walter Poole, an obliging clerk
at the Eagle Drug, is some hunter
= shot a buck this year and gets
allomnet Of quail every Sun
Last week he went into the
Animas valley and returned with
a quantity sufficient of quail
Are they plentiful?" / asked.
"Plentiful!' replied Walter.
well, sir, they can't all get or
the ground at the same time an6
tbousands of them are sitting OF
Olney's fence waiting their turn.
l pass.
During the cold spell Mr.. Will
liams of the Ritter lumber yard
was about the busiest man in town.
I've been hanging around the of
flee somewhat and got in On a tele-
phone conversation between Mr..
Williams and a customer.
Send me a ton of coal at once"
said the voice.
We'll get it over as soon as the
wagon comes in" replied Mr.. w.
Il can't wait all day and l want
that coal NOW" came back the re-
tort.
"Mr. @, please keep your
shirt on for a few minutes and I'll
e that the coal gets over to you,"
answered Williams.
/ fingered about joshing Earl
Kerr a few minutes when in walk
ed the peeved customer.
"Mr. Williams, you told me over
the phone to keep my shirt on and
l want you to apologize" he be-
gan, at the same time rolling up his
sleeves.
WELL" began Williams, "you
needn't keep your shirt on now un.
less you want to, you can take il
off"
I like to keep in touch with the
Lordsburg school and now ant
then to repat some of the utter
ances that come from the mouths
Of babes. l suppress the name o.
the teacher in order to avoid com
plications. She was telling tn,
story of the Liberty Bell on Mon
day morning and ended with:
"And all this happened more
than two hundred years ago."
Gee. what a memory you've got,
yelled out one bright little boy
And for that taey dismissed schoo
Tuesday.
A few weeks ago l went down t,
Deming to take in a prize-figh
with a few of the Lordsburg figh.
fans. You know Deming has
street lighting system composed o
cluster lights in groups of three
We were in the smoker of No. II
and the train was slowly leaving
the station when n of the part,