The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-01-09
NOW AND THEN.


OF whom Samuel, served term a
County Superintendent OF Schools.
w. H. Marble, who when he frs
came to this section, resided in Shakes
peare, but who for years has lived II
Lordsburg, was the fond fatheI
of two daughters, both talented
and comedy young women, and both o
them are graduates OF the Norma
school at Silver City. They are named
respectively Ella and Emma, and they Il
closely resemble each other. or used 70
that it was difficult 10 tell tother from
which. One OF them, don't matter
which one, married Samuel McGrath
ex-Superintendent OF Schools. W. II
Marble has been engaged for years
freightin. about the surrounding
camps. He is probably still at the
business, il living.
Tom Kennedy, another old landmark,
came to the burg when il was q hole in
the ground. He originally engaged in
the transfer business, but he hap near
ly concluded TO retire from active pur-
suits, and live on the interest OF his in
vestments. Toms alright.
Last, but not least, among the more
or less distinguished denizens Of The
little burg, comes Don. II. Kedzie.
To attempt a description Of Lord burg,
and fail to make any mention OF KIDD
zie, would DO like the play Of Hamlet,
with Hamlet left out. He Is 50 closely
identified with the town and its growth,
that whenever the latter is mentioned,
the next question invariably is, do you
know Kedzie? OF course we do. Don.
is editor, business manager and foreman
of the Lordsburg Liberal, a spicy little
sheet, frequently quoted all over the
southwest. He is an acknowledged
genius. His articles are generally
brief and pungent, and being master
of language, they sometimes cut deep
~. He can roast political adversary
on language to the Queens taste, and
he takes pleasure apparently, at times,
in doing so. He is pointcdly sarcastic,
and in this way he frequently gives Of
fence. He does not call shovel a
spade. but confines himself strictly to
his text. He has host OF friends in
Grant county, who love him for the
enemies he has made, but as an offset
to this, he has an army of bitter, re-
lentless, vindictive foes. But Don.
don't care. Besides being an opinion
moulder, he is postmaster, notary pub
lie, railroad director, mine Speculation,
and all round handy man. Whenever
there is gap to fill in, kedzic is led to
the front, and pushed in. He can't
kick very vigorously, because he has
but one leg, but he can always be de-
pended on to do the best he can. He
has been designated As the Mark Twain
of the territorial press. He never
married, as the girl he wanted, he
couldn't get. This presumably is
why he is still struggling along
in single blessedness. As II director Of
the Midway railroad, which is to con-
meet the FL Paso X Southwestern with |
the Clifton road, Don: may yet become |
Il bloated bondholder and forget his |
roor but respectable friends. He came |
to the territory from Michigan. but !
his most intimate friends never had |
the temerity to ask him why he had to
leave. or what his name was in the |
States That is his business and he |
keeps it to himself. II he thought it |
was the business of the public, he /
would no doubt ere this, have published /
it in his widely read, and influential
paper. He is Il permanent fixture in
the town. and his presence in meas
urc, gives stability to the place. He is
regarded as an oracle in political
but he once got knocked out
by an opponent for the honor OF repre-
his precinct in the county con-
Don. is not saying much, but
he is saving wood, fully realizing that
the mills of the gods grind slowly, but
hey grind exceeding fine.
As the question has been asked fire.
luently how the town got its name,
and has been but seldom, if at all prop
erly answered, it may be well to state
~ hClC" uO IitlSt htto AIpb ItlillCN' as
many have enormously supposed, as a
to the Diety, but to per-
Detuate the name Of G. II. Lord, who
is member OF the firm of Lord X
hourished in Tucson, Ari-
IONA, about the time the :. Il. road
was being built through this section
Lord " Williams at that time were
bankers. and besides manipulating the
railroad funds, they were the agents
of the government for disbursing
monies to the general military posts in
the Southwest. The firm has been out
Of business many years. ESAU.
[ESau failed to mention one of the
most important of the oldtime firms,
Classen Bros, who did an extensive ,
business during the early days. The
firm went broke through liberality.
John died in Lordsburg and Harry is
now said to be dying in San Francisco.
They were big-heartcd boys, and are
we'll remem bcred by oldtimers.-Ed.l Il
Tired mothers, are Won worrying
about burned and sour bread? Why
10 it when the Clifton Bakery will I