Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-22
Our Clifton Letter.
CLIFTON, A, T, Dec. IF. 1sSS.

CLIFTON, A, T, Dec. IF. lsSS.
 ED. CITiEES:-Tbe frjt snow of tb
 season wss seen by our citizens ol
 Saturday morning. covering the noun
 tsins north of town.
 Judge J. T. Fitzgerald was in the cit,
 the greater Psrt of last week. looking
 after business connected with bis news
 paper, the Olsrion. He left for Fl Psst
 Friday morning where he will remain
 several days, looking after his patrons
 Tn that fiourIshiDg city.
 The CITIZEN hts the nail on the head
 in its editorial headed Sack" The
 ''ssck" is & dangerous thing when
 brought Co bear on 6 legislature any
 where, but more SO, when small, as ID
 the Territories. Corporations and de- signing sche ners can often afford to
 stske" a majority with a good round sum if they in return will do their bld- ding. The ''ssck" can bs driven out ef- tectuslly by the press of the Te:ritory II undertaken in a determined manner.
 But, be 1t ssil in shame, thers are news-
 paper men in all lsrds. who are es W II
 ius to be subsidized ss members of the legislature, and lobbyists generally lay the ground work for an assault CD a
 legislative tody by buying up all the venal and poodle" newspapers first. The CIrzEs has sounGed the true cord on the question and if every psper ID Arizona would take hold and work iD
 harmony on the line marked oat tte
 'ssck" would disappear, and II any nsn has secured 8 .eat i2 the legislature for the purpose Of making s raise" he
 wonld fnd that be bad been sacked" ,"
 On next Friday Dan EiuR, as sd nIu- lstr tor of the Collins estate, will make ais fiusl settlement. Pedro Michelera sni Fred. Newell have been appointed oy the Probate court gs experts tD verify ihe accounts of tue adm Inistrstor. aud they e DOW performing the work.
 Mir. Rand the capitalist from Chicago. ShO is carrying on extensive develop nent work on gold properties n Silver Basin, lett Saturday morning for Chics- go. where he will eat turkey with his family on Christmas, returpIDg here sf ter the holidays.
 The recent rains did not benefit the range to any extent heresbouts, the on- ly advantage has been m filling up the water holes In the morDtelps and ens- bling the herds to remain there where the grass has not been picked over.
 On the first day Of Janusry when Su- pervIsor Wm. Whelsn assumes the d I ties of sheriff there will be a vacancy in the bosrd of supervisors n ;his county. There has not been much tslk yet ss to who will be selected to i'll the position, but 1t seems to be the understanding thst shis portion of the county is entitled 10 aud will receive the appointment. Nj. A. Kelley of Clifton 8rd R. B. Otsey of the Coronado Ranch. has been casually mentioned for the place, thou h no.h- InR like an effort has been made ID the interest of either of these gentlemen. Neither do I know whether either desire or would accept the place.
 Superintendent Co'quhoun of the Arizona Copper Company, has perfected va uaDle improvement ID the manner Of cirryiug Of the slsg from the smell ters Ut the company. Formerly 1t wes drained Cf in pots and cnrted away en- iailing O heavy expense. It is now run directly from the smelters into a sluice box containing enough water, running with sufficient force to carry the red bot seething slag into the river, vsere. by the means of ''breskers" in the sluice box, it arrives in a powdered condition resembling sswdust or coarse gravel. It is light and readily carried away by ithe | rapid current of the Rio Frisco.
 News reached here last Saturday that | the preliminaries of incor porstion were | completed at Clinton, Missouri, op tbe | lI,h instant by which the Gold Noun | tain Mining and Reduction Company of | Clifton, Ar zonB," was placed among | .hA mnnaved ipstitutiols. of the .vsst ! This company IS formed to operate the | wonderful mine. owned by Friend Bros. | & Co, and situated about three miles | north of Clifton. Tie capital is S5Oo,- | | co, paid up, and majority of the stock | is taken by capitalists of Clinton. Mo, where the headquarters of the company | are temporarily located. The company | IS composed of men of means. The of- | flcers elect are E. Allison, president; O. | W. Jordan, vice-presIdent and manager; W. D. Tyler, treasurer; W. F. Wright, | secretary; l.. O. Friend, superintendent. | A tweDty-stsmp mill for reducing the | ore will be put in at once, and all | necessary machinery for the successful operation of the mines. Already enough | ore is on the dump and ID sight to run | the stsmp mil to its full capacity for | the next fit years, ard the ore will | pan, Rt the lowest assay Sli per ton. up | n the richest in the southwest. This | rroperiy has on excellent reputation, snd numerous experts who have recent | ly visited the lead say it is one of the richest of all the mires Of the gold bearing regions of Amerios, and, of | course, the stockholders believe they | hay a bCne3zi, Hnd the ci izsus of Clifton believe they have "boom." Tn incorpcrsiOrs ere now 10 skiing ar to pm, fifty men CD the work at once. and o. ". Jordan. M. P. Wright and l.. O Frieud are expected to arrive In Clifton this week to begin operations while the necessary machinery is being purchased end shippfd. The business part of the ocmpsny wIll for some tune be located at Clinton, Mo, ss W. D. Tyler, tte treasurer of the company, Is now snd hos been for many yesrs ,sFhle' of the First National Bark of .hak c,tv