The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-04-04

ben SchuSter, OF 81 JoHui hd7 us
posed OF three car loads of wool 10 E. j
Huling, OF Trinidad, Colorado. This
was big shipment. The price was Il:
cents. which is good.
Fifty miles OF grading has been done
at each end OF the road 10 be built from
FL Paso to Douglass. The latter town
was made a SUPPORT by act OF congress
recently, with Mr.. Mix as deputy col
lector.
4 Tucson merchant armed with d
proxy went up to the San Xavier TO at
tend a meeting OF the Eureka Oil COM
pany, OF Los Angeles county. Not d
soul was in sight to afford information
and the merchant retired To- think over
il. He concluded that the Eureka com
pany was "out of sight"
Surveys for the railroad from Naco
70 Cananea have been completed and
to the best OF our Information work is
going right ahead; at present, however,
the work is being done on the road for
the traction engines, OF which they
have two, and twelve wagons, each OF ii
capacity OF ten tons TO the load.
X. K. Coleman from Prescott, was at
Benson on his way to Naco 10 see about
the building Of the railroad from that
place to the Cananeas. Mr.. Coleman
was the builder Of the New Mexico d
Arizona railway from Benson to No
gales. He also built the Santa Fc,
Prescott 6s Phoenix railway from Ash
Fork To Phoenix.
Olsen and Glssan have sold the Drip.
ping Springs ranch to Ell Z. Rankin OF
Kern county, California, for Sl2 900
The sale was made through Schoiefied
* Richev. The ranch was formerly
the property Of Marshal Griffith and is
located in Pinal county. Mr.. Rankin
is welcomed to the herd of Arizona cat
tlemen and is reputed TO he a Grst-class
a iditiou.
Yuma is in the ascendant. 1t will
yet be the rival Of Tucson ard Phoenix.
Everything looks that way at present.
When the Algodones tract is brought
great project be promoted-that of
ship canal from the Gulf of California
to Yuma--and that very thing is COM
ing to pass as certain as the fact that
capital Is always seeking permanent
and safe investment-Star.
Now that It is sure that the big
mines near Tombstone will resume
operations on larger scale than ever
before, town property in the old, dead
town has taken big jump upwards.
Men who are familiar with the situa-
tion say Tombstone will be livclier and
better than ever in its history, and we
all know that IL was a hummer in early
days. The Gazette wishes the old
town its full measure of success-Ga-
zette.
The Los Angeles Express has been
making IA fight on the Queen Of Ari-
IONA mine, which is listed on the Los
Angeles stock board and of which h.
B. Clifford is at the head. The Ex-
press refers to it as fake proposition
yesterday telegraphed $500 to the Los
Angeles mining exchange to defrav
the expenses of Il committee from that
body which he has invited to come
and look at the property and invesii
gate its merits.-Journal Miner.
Captain Alphonso B. Smith, who has
some valuable concessions from the
Mexican government. writes from Los
Angeles, tina, he will by the 10Th of
next month have two small steamers
on the Colorado river. to ply between
this point and the head OF the Gulf OF
California, where they will connect
with u line OF steamships on the west
ern coast OF Mexico Mr. Smiths en-
terprise has great deal Of merit and
only needs capital and business judy
ment behind it to make il a SUCCESS
Yuma Sun.
Many OF our old inhabitants well
knew John Pymm, Of ST. George. Utah.
who died II few days ago at the ripe
age OF 81 years. For forty years he
has been postmaster of the little town
and was regarded by the people as one
OF the exemplary men of the place.
He was one of the noble hand OF pio-
neers who braved the dangers Of the
new country with its bands of boltile
Indians to build up new civilization
in the desert west. The people of
Dixie will long have pleasant SPOT in
their memory for John Pymm.
The long talked OF sale OF the Tucson
Citizen To a democratic syndicate. IA
mention of which was made in the Ga
zette two weeks ago was consummated
yesterday and O'Brien. Moore and John
II. Behan will assume control of that
paper Al once, while Ives, Shannon
and several democratic statesmen will
be behind the venture. The sale of the
Citizen to the democrats gives Tucson
two democratic papers and leaves the
republicans without an organ at all in
that county. Well, who will step up
and fill the want?-Citizeu.
Levi Sparr, president of the Bank OF
Yuma, is expected to arrive from the
east about the middle Of next month,
and will hereafter make Yuma hi,
home. Owing 10 the rapidly increas-
ing business the Bank of Yuma, upon