The Clifton clarion., 1889-07-24
Secretary Van Fleck of the Detroi

OAcAOh ShdilCI llOpCi toOh; oH old-time Clifton sport, was in town few days last week after an absence of about five years.
 The Globe Silver Belt says that the Old Dominion Copper company at that place is producing seven tons daily of bullion with small smelter and a force of 75 men.
 The Silver Belt gets of this rather tough yarn: A lady living on upper Salt river informs us of a curious freak on the part of a turkey gobbler which matched out fine brood of turkey chicks, and is now tending them with motherly affection.
 In nearly every instance where a life has been lost in the Colorado river, the victim has been an expert swim mer. It is a strange fatality, but in a record of such accidents kept here for many years, the above fact appears with impressive regularity Yuma Sentinel.
 The rainy season has set in in good shape. Last Saturday there was a very heavy rain in town which flooded the streets and the lower story of the depot. When the train came in it was impossible to get to the train with out wading and so NJ. W. McGrath improvised a temporary hack line. On Tuesday there was hard rain above town and the streets were again fooded.-Lordsburg Liberal.
 Deputy Grand Master Workman r. A. Odermatt, of the A. O. U. w., has succeeded, after considerable work and correspondence, in securing the necessary material for the organiza- tion of lodgeat Clifton in this Terri. tory, and is daily in expectation of the necessary papers from the Grand Lodge when he will proceed to that place. There will be twenty-three charter members, but it is learned that the lodge will speedily grow to a membership of about sixty.-Tueson Citizen.
 Seven Apache youths who have been attending the Indian school al Carlisle, Pennsylvania, arrived here last Saturday night and the following day left for San Carlos by wagon, Q conveyance having been sent here to meet them. The young red men were neatly dressed in American style, and presented quite natty appearance They will probably, however, after being on the reservation a while adopt their original costume of [ G-string and a hat.-Wilcox Stock. man.
 Solomonville Bulletin: The thresh. ing machines are now running and are being worked to their utmost ca. pacity, judging from the large number of sacks of grain arriving- The excitement over the Wham robbery case has quilted down. Occasionally a U. $. Marshal or an attorney is seen in the valley collecting evidence fol or against the accused.-It is re. ported that a man was shot at Ft Grant and another one stabbed al San Carlos the first part of the week -Dr Hoeffer left on Monday fol short trip to Phenix.
 The Southwestern Mining Associa. ton, it is now conceded, has reached that point, says the Fl Paso Bullion where it is a permanent institution and fast developing power to ad vance the progress of the entire min. ing interests of the southwest. It i; receiving strong support and recog- nitiou in Fl Paso, New Mexico, Ari zona, Texas and the northern portion of Mexico. The executive committed Cor counciD met on Friday last and the necessary steps have been taken to secure a charter which will be forth. coming before the Bullion reappears If there was ever period in the histo. ry of mining in the southwest when miners should be united it is now when silver is at its lowest ebb, and when the friends of the white metal should be thoroughly organized tc restore it to its normal value. Tho appreciation of silver to the point where it was in 1S9O-S1, if we re. member correctly, $1.1S per oz., would revolutioniZe business in the south west. The reaction that would occul would be, in western vernacular, g