Arizona republican., 1898-03-01
THE NEWS OF WILCOX.
The Republican Traveller in the Big
 Cattle District of Cochise.

Wilcox, Feb. 2S-(Special cores pondence of The Republican, 1.-The big cattle shipping point is quiet at this time. little doing; in fact nothing in the shipping line of moment. The bulk of delivery for three months past has been heavy machinery for the twin copper propositions seventy niles north of here, viz: The Table Noun tain camp and that of the Grand Reef, seven miles removed rom the former. There is little doing at either place beyond development and setting up machinery. Probably 100 men wou' be a fair estimate of the whole num- Der engaged at the two places.
 I am told that there is a workable Klondyke at the point where the TOE ds to the copper camps fork. This has grown after the fashion of new towns, but it seems unusual to hear of a new town being so far removed, probably because the mining promoters crowded the town builders out. On my return to Wilcox I shall have occasion to take observations in and near klon- dyke and Muddy roads. Competirg g lines of stages are on the route to K1ondyke leaving Wilcox four days in the week. There is daily stage to Bonita and Camp Grant, these cover ing part of the route, but taking a more easterly course.
 Cattlemen are jubilant over high prices. though buyers have not inves-- ed largely as yet. Six weeks hence there will be a marked change and with it increased volume of business here Several drummers are in town locating spring delivery and they are pleased with the prospect. 1p tru' h they say that Wilcox is a good town to load up with goods, even if the volume does not show as well as Tue son. They feel perfectly safe, know ing that Bradstreets and Dun qucte merchants ''F g." Among the travel CTS here are George E. Millar, who left today for Bonita, and like others is beading for Globe. R. D. French goes today, the same point being cons:de e-ed in his schedule. Gus Heymana and Sig Simon were here yesterday and to- day. and there are two othe- S. each of the sextette carrying different lines
 My land1adv informs me that the demand for The Republican is some thing remarkable. This is largely due to the stock news published in it and the attention devoted to mining in Arizona. People are waking up, apparently, to the fact that Arizona will he better known by encouraging " ''i1v newspaper that gives the world all there is going on at home and in truthful manner. Mrs. Macy's is the headquarters for cattlemen and min ing operators, homelike well kept institution where absolute rest and comfort are assured.
 Considerable interest is manifested here in the trial of the train robbers who are held for the hold un at Stein's Pass just over the line in Grant coun- tv. N. M, aLd for that reason tried at Silver City. The men are known in Wilcox and this coupled with the fact that two witnesses were summoned from here Billy Speed and Billy Hill dreth, is the secret of the interest taken. Less than three years ago two men held up train just north of the town limits and they got safely away for good. When Wilcox first came into prominence bad men were nu- merous as they were so also in the southern end of the county, especially III AOihOSeohS- A CHdpleI COuIO De written on the subject and incident ally the little graveyard here contains number of men who died with their boots on."
 AS 1 will have a talk on cattle with MT. B. R. Hooker there are several paragraphs to be added on Wilcox in another letter. After this I will tell The Republican readers something about Pima county mining The big edition is looked for in Pima county and also in Wilcox. It will show eastern capitalists that Arizcna is reaching out for first place on the Ii t of producers of precious metals
 PITTOCK.