The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-04-25

Inc OOdrd OF SUPERVISORS Oh COCul7
county called for proposals for building
Il branch Jail at Naco.
Telephone connection at Bi7bee wa
made with the Cananea. The toll is ,
cents to all points outside Of Bisbee.
Tom bstoue Is threatened with
boom. The town has a new place u
drink, a new place to eat and new
law firm.
The contractors OF the Del Rio pipe
line have been compelled to shut dowr
entirely on account OF failure to re
ceiye their pipe.
J. b. Angus Was soliciting funds
among the business men Of Bisbee for
the purchase OF new hose for the Bis
bee fire department.
DIR. Miller retired from the superin-
tendency OF the territorial insane
asylum on April and engaged in the
practice OF medicine in Phoenix.
A letter received by Superintendent
Porter from B. B. Yaques, the chapel
car evangelist, EauoEuced that he
would be in Phoenix not later than
April 9th.
A. w. Jordan, OF Flagstaff, was in
Wilcox last Monday. He is hustling
up endorsements all over the territory
from prominent politicians for the APP
pointment OF u. S. marshal for Arizona.
The town board of Nogales has had a
line OF cottonwood trees planted both
sides OF the roadway leading along the
arroyo, clear TO the bridge, which are
being regularly watered by the town
carts.
1t is estimated that one hundred and
twenty five people went out to Lone
some valley on Sunday to make placer
locations for oil. Every livery rig and
saddle horse in town was pressed into
service.-Prescott Miner.
J. II. Crawley, who was formerly
with the Chiricahua Cattle company
in Graham county, but later with the
Pioneer Land company in California,
was In Bisbee and contracted for a herd
OF cattle from J. II. Slaughter.
Calistro Gross, a sheepherder living
near Kingman, was feeling i'll Thurs-
day last, and mistaking a bottle of
strychnine for epson salts took a large
dose. The poison took effect at once.
An antidote was administered and the
man is now almost fully recovered.
An Arizonian who was arraigned for
stealing a sheep begged the court with
tears in his eyes to make the charge
horse stealing and he would plead
guilty to it, but the change could not
be made legally, and he went to the
penitentiary heart-broken man with
a stain upon his honor that he felt he
can never wipe out.
The three-year-old son Of John Hans
ford was drowned in the canal vester-
day afternoon at about o'clock. The
Hanfords live east Of the Insane asylum
and the news of the sad accident was
brought in from there to Mr.. Hansford,
who was serving on the grand jury.
The little one was playing on the bank
but no one saw it fall in, and it was not
until il was missed that a search was
Last week the Arizona and Sonora
Manufacturing company purchased a
fine lot 200x40O feet, part of the old
smelter property, on which a large
foundry and machine shops will at
once be erected. The new company
will do general foundry and machine
shop business, and will manufacture
wagons, carriages and vehicles of every
description, both in the United States
and in the state of Sonora. The prin-
cipal place OF business is Nogales, Ari- |
zona.-Oasis.
There is a report eXtant that Mn. w. !
Z. Greene OF the Greene Consolidated |
and Cobre Grande Mining companies.
has been making an arrangement with
the Southern Pacific to build a line of
railway into the Cananeas starting
from the main line of the 5. p at Co. |
chise station, and running through |
Pearce, Tombstone, Turquoise and |
other mining camps in Cochise county |
to Naco and thence to the Cauaueas. |
1t is reported that the Southern Pacific |
is negotiating with the Copper Queen |
people to induce the latter TO abandon |
their Ell Paso extension. .-Nogales Oasis. |
The utilization of the power of the |
Colorado river is said to be the pro- |
ject upon which hydraulic engineers |
are now at work in the Grand Canvon |
OF the Colorado, says the FL Paso Her |
aid. For several months they have /
been at work, and have Just completed |
a report to the capitalists back of the |
plans. There is reason to believe that /
Lombard, Goode & Gu. who own some |
copper mines near the canyon are in
terested in the project. From the
Colorado river tearing their way
through the great gorge, can be devel-
oped force enough to supply many
cities with heat and light, and to move
the machinery Of thousands of mills.
The engineers declare that for dis
tance of $50 miles along its course,
where in places the rapids are of tre-
mendouS power. more electrical energy |
by far can be developed than the
Niagra Falls will permit. While hard
ut work on their plans, the promoters
nf the sabau,a ha,o