The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28

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 sorbing topic of cc ccnversation in
 Clifton and vicinity has been coun-
 ty division. Many a good reason
 has been advanced why the county
 should not give up one single foot i of territory, and not one voice
 was raised in favor of the scheme.
 Toward the latter part of last week
 it was suggested that as public
 sentiment in Eastern Graham was
 a unit on the question 1t would be
 a good idea to hold meetings and
 put the taxpayers of this section
 on record, so that should our
 representatives by any chance vote
 wrong on this much mooted ques
 ton they could not excuse them
 selves on the ground that they did not know the sentiments of their constituents. Morenci led off with a mass meeting held in the large and commodious hall in that place last Saturday evening. Wm- Church, Esq, president of the De troit Copper Company, presided
 and P. A. Balcom acted as secre tary. A number of gentlemen made short speeches in opposition to the scheme of Boss Hooker and his satellites. The following mem orial was numerously signed and mailed to Captain Bridwell, Mon day:
 To the Hon. W. c. Bridwell. Member of
 Council for the County of Graham-
 We, the citizens of Morenci, County: of Graham, Territory of Arizona, having learned that a bill is to be introduced in the Legislature, having for its object the segregation of portions of Graham and Cochise counties, for the purpose of forming a new county, hereby petition you, our representative in the Territorial Council, to use your utmost en- deavors to prevent such action.
 We understand that not more than (12) twelve heads of families, of the residents of Graham county, are in favor of any change being made.
 The county debt at present IS about (S67, 7,0O0) sixty seven thous- and dollars, fifteen thousand dol lars of this amount beng bonded. |
 The county with its present 1 boundaries, Is none too large for 1 the proper administration of it's affairs, and a division of this | county would increase the burden | of taxation, and thereby deter capitalists from investing in the county.
 IN CLIFTON. '
 Dodgers were distributed about | Clifton Sunday morning last, ask ing the citizens to meet in the school house at-3 o'clock in the, afternoon to take action on the county division question. At the hour named the school house was well filled with citizens, the ma jority of whom were tax payers Capt. E. B. Frink was elected chairman by exclamation, and A. M. Franklin seer, Jury. Several gentlemen spoke against the scheme, and Mir. Franklin fur nished figures of the amount of our county indebtedness, etc, and clearly demonstrated that the county was in no condition to give up any territory.
 On motion of MT. Fraissinet committee of four was appointed to draft resolutions as to the sense of the meeting. The char ap- pointed as such committee Messrs. Fraissinet, Goodwin, Franklin and Sayre. On motion the chairman was added to the committee. The meeting then adjourned to meet at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, when the committee reported the following resolutions, which were adopted:
 Whereas, We have learned that a bill will probably be introduced in the Territorial Legislature for the purpose of creating a new county from portions of Graham and Cochise; and
 Whereas, We believe that the creation of new county would be detrimental to said Graham county, we hereby enter our solemn protest against the same, and the citizens of Clifton and vicinity in mass meeting assembled pass the Following resolutions. to wit:
 Resolved, That 1t is the sense of this meeting that the proposed measure should not be entertained but strenuously opposed by our representatives in the Territorial Legislature.
 Resolved, That the people of Clifton and the eastern portion of Graham can see no plausible reason why any portion of our county, the youngest in the Terri tory, should be segregated, but on the contrary we believe that the county of Graham as now recog nized and established should re- main intact.
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