The copper era., 1901-06-20

. ( Benson with the Southern Pacific
I What would be more natural than t
. extend the line down the San Pedr
e river TO Mammoth, the coal fields
Kelvin, Florence and on to Phoenix
: a route on which local traffic would
, pay well. Certain il is that it will b.
occupied, and that soon. Railroad
are not only in the air, but are being
placed on the ground, and the rout'
proposed will not long be vacant
While in Phoenix recently a high Of
fetal OF the Santa Fe told the Tribune
man that his company was preparing
to do something that would prove Il
be very interesting for the people o
this valley. We were left to jump at {
conclusion, and our readers can do the
same.-F'lorence Tribune.
-err1-- !grar VIII mark the dawn OF g
new era for Nogales. The business
men of the line city are getting togeth-
er and are organizing for the purpose
OF keeping at home and controlling the
vast amount OF business which has
heretofore been distributed through
out the east and west. NOgales merch-
ants have lost thousands OF dollars in
the past through not taking advantage
Of the fact that this city is the natural
manufacturing and distributing point
for vast area Of country as rich in
mineral and agricultural lands as any
Il,
The steamer San Jorge left last week
on a trial trip to San Jorge Bay on the
Gulf Of California, forty miles below
the mouth of tho Colorado river. 1t
will require eight or ten days to make
the round trip, and when the boat re-
turns a schedule will be established
and regular trips made hereafter. The
San Jorge is the first of a number OF
! gulf and river steamers being built by
the Mexican-Colorado Navigation COM
pany, of which Captain AlphOusO B..
/ Smith is promoter and president.
Other boats are under course OF con-
struction and will be completed as fast
as the increasing traffic Demands
! Yuma Star.
over at Camp Apache, in Northern
Arizona, the annual spring or matri-
monial dance of the Apache has just
ended, says a northern exchange, over
1000 Indians participated. In Septem-
Der the Corn dance takes place, where
all brides and grooms again congregate
and festival follows to commemorate
the marriages. Among the White
4 Mountain apache there is no divorce
but death, and during their married
life the .squaw must perform all house
hold duties, from being a pack saddle
on journey to building fires in wicki-
up. There are no family jars among
these Indians, and the woman is not
permitted to have any money on her
person in the presence of her husband.
Thursday morning of last week,
while passenger train was standing
at Winslow, a man stepped into car,
drew a razor from his pocket and com
menced to slash his throat. He drew
the blade from right to left four times
dropped the razor, and taking his
hands, he tore the wound further. He
then fell forward and expired almost
Immediately. The body was turned
over to the Windslow undertakes.
Two women on the car tainted and had
to be carried from it, while a soldier
jumped from the car window and ran
away across the sand hills. At last
report he had not been captured
There was no means OF identifying the
suicide.
Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock
in Bisbee Mrs. +. II. Whiting met
with a painful accident. She was en-
gagged in burning up some old clothes
and rags which she had taken out of
her cellar, when there was a sharp re-
port and Mrs. Whiting found herself
lying on the ground with a large
wound in her breast. \ doctor was
quickly summoned and found her suf-
fering from bullet wound, which is
extremely painful but not dangerous.
The Review says that the bullet, or
piece of shell, which was exploded by
the fire, struck one of the ribs on the
right side, just where it Joins the
breast bone. Had the missile missed
the rib there is no doubt that the re-
suit would have been serious.
J. X. May, professional hunter, ar
rived in Prescott last week from Clear |
Creek in the Mogollon mountains in |
the eastern part of this county and re-
ported that his partner, John McCar-
thy had been missing since June :.
Both are experienced hunters and |
and had an order from
eastern parties for specimens of Arizona
wild pigeons and four dozen tassel-eared |
or fur squirrels, an animal found only
in the Mogol!on range of mountains.
They were accompanied by two other
persons and on the morning of June Z
while May was in Flagstaff purchasing
supplies Mccarthy left to go to Poverty
Flat, a distance OF about 3 miles 20
shoot some pigeons, siRce which time
nothing has been heard of him.
The news OF failure OF crops on the
Pima Indian reservation is confirmed.
It is true that there are wet lands
north of Sacaton from which some
wheat has been harvested, but the In
iians will not raise a pound of grain on