Graham guardian., 1901-05-24

iiooly, anu IuI. holiy llCnly uO-
serves the success he has won. The
Bulletin is prospering and its ad-
vertising patronage has shown con
siderable growth of late, due large |
ly to the energetic efforts of Mr..
Nichols.
At the court house we met many
of the county officials, including
the supervisors W. R. Waddill, of
Stafford, chairman of the board, and
Henry Hill and Ira Harper, of
Clifton, members. The board was
holding special session to consid-
er road contest. Graham county
is in better shape financially than
for many years and by the first of
January next Mr.. Hill informed
us, they expect to resume cash pay
ments.
Graham county has a very COM
petent and affable official in the
person of the county recorder and
clerk of the board, Mr.. Thomas
Smith. He has introduced better
methods in his office, and the coun-
ty records are now in excellent
shape. Mr.. Smith is fortunate in
having so capable a clerk as Miss
Stevens. SO thinks Recorder Viii
hams, who was with us.
A. M, Elias is one of the old mer-
chants of Solomonville, and runs a
first class store.
Stafford.
The visitor to the Gila valley at
this season Of the year cannot help
but be strongly impressed with its
surprising beauty and great pos
sibilities. 1t is, indeed, a garden
spot, and shows to greater advan-
tage this spring than ever before.
The valley is supplied with az
abundance of water for irrigating
and as a result there is a promise
of heavy crops of grain and hay.
Farmers are, now cutting the first
crop of alfalfa, which will be heavy
and of excellent quality unless
damaged by the rain, which is un-
usual this time of the year. Fruit
will not be so plentiful, apricots
and peaches having been injured
by the late frosts, but apples and
pears will yield we'll.
We were struck by the improved
appearance of the farms, the better
class Of houses recently erected
and the many evidences of thrift
The growth of Stafford and the pro
gress of it's business interests are
noteworthy. Among the leading
firms and business enterprises may
be mentioned, Solomon & Wicker
sham, wholesale and jobbers o
groceries; the Bank Of Stafford
President J. n. Porter, Vice Presi
: dent J. c. Pursley, Cashier P. P
,, , Greer, Assistant Cashier Horac,
.. Dunlap; Jeter & Reynolds, Birdnc
: Mercantile company, John Blake
the Blue Store, Taylor's Cyclon,
Store, Olney-ljams Hardware com
pany, Prina & Olney Ice Works
: Stafford Lumber company, B. F
: Pasco and A. Trojanovich proprie
! tors, and Gila Valley Furnitur
J company, II. W. Hudgen proprie
: tor Stafford has three good hotel
$ the Jones Hotel, owned by Vile,
Jones and conducted by his broth
G er and his estimable wife; the Com
mercial hotel, run by G. NJ. Shaw
: and the Central hotel.
The GRAHAM GUARDIAN, J. j
Birdno, editor and proprietor, ha
been for many years the exponen
of Stafford and the Gila valley, AM
Q we are pleased to note, is well sup
q ported by the business interests 0
s Stafford and neighboring towns.
D. r. Williamson and his broth
u er Al, showed their Globe friend
$ many courtesies. Dan is the eff
5 cient agent OF the G. v, G. & n
railway company at Stafford, an,
e is very popular with the Saffor'
u public. III. I'll. Bru is also valus
Il BILE employc of the railroad con
pany.
Q j. T. Owens, who bought tn
I, milling business Of q. G. Prina
n Co., has equipped the old mil wit
o new machinery, and his high grad
q flour has a large sale in the vale
and adjacent town and minin
u camps.
l. We were pleased to meet E. I
e Ijams, one of the substantial bus
ness men of Stafford, and who abl
e represented Graham county in tn
'e Twenty-frst Legislature. He
president of the Gila Valley Tel,
phone company, and with Chas.
Solomon, is giving his attentio
W to extending its connections t
II Tucson and Bisbee, and to Glob,
=, They recently secured a franchis
Q, from the City of Tucson, and hav
n applied to the Interior departmer
n for the privilege of building lin
IS across the San Carlos reservation