Arizona silver belt., 1902-09-04
THE CHA VALLEY
News Items From the Bulletin, Guardian and
 Pima Paragon.

From the Bulletin,
 Mrs. Geo. A. Oldey returned from the coast Saturday. Mir. Olney will remain in Los Angeles for while longer. His health has been much ben efitted by his visit to California.
 Miss Inez Coffee, well known in Sol omonville, having taught school here in 1900, was visitor here this week, guest of Misses Lily and Blanche Solo, mon. Miss Coffee is now teaching in the Bisbee public school and will go from here there. She spent her sum- mer vacation in Los Angeles.
 On Monday and Tuesday the road leading from Solomonville to the depot was in frightful condition, caused by the flood waters of the San Simon. The mud was simply frigbtful. In many places horses would sink to their bod ieS and stages and wagons were stuck several times, requiring evtra teams to pull them out.
 J. R. Barnette, prominent Angora goat man of the Pinal mountains, and socialist candidate for the council in Gila county was visitor in Stafford this week, returning tU Globe Tuesday Mir. Barnette formerly lived in this county and is well and favOraDly known to the people of Stafford and vicinity.
 On Saturday night the San Jose ca nal was cut away in several places by the flood water which came down Judia canyon The damage was considerable but under the direction of Ben R. Clark, of the board of directors, and MT. Cayanas, the watermaster, stuff cient repairs had been made to allow the water to come into the canal again Wednesday. The river was very high on Monday and Tuesday, but it is now low enough to be forded,
 Geo. H. Nauderwalker was brought in from his sheep camp on the San Car los strip on Tuesday and taken before Justice Hyatt on charge of bringing sheep into Graham county and failing to comply with the statute regulating the removal of sheep from one county | 70 another in Arizona. MT. Wander walker entered plea of guilty and was fined $25, which he paid. He stated that previous to his arrest he was ig- nOrant of the violation of any law. He held receipt showing he had paid the tax on the sheep in Cochise county. D. w. Wickersham, of the firm of solomon S Wickersham, last week pur- chased home in Los Angeles, where his family has resided for two years. Mir. WickerSham is pioneer of ArizO- na, and there is not more highly re- Spected citizen in the territory. The purchase of home in Los Angeles does not mean that Arizona is to part com- pany with Mir. WickerSham. He has large business and property interests n this territory and will remain here Jhe larger part of his time, while his family will make their home in Los An geleS, where the children can attend the splendid schools of that city.
 Alexander J. Jones, of Chicagu, H., arrived in Stafford Monday evening to visit his brothers, Wiley E. and Amer icuS Jones, of that place. Mir. Jones had been on trip to the Grand Can yun, in northern Arizona, and came to SaffOrd by way of Phoenix. He has had much experience as newspaper man and was for long tims connected with the Chicago office of the Associ- ated Press. He is lawyer by profes- sion and for several years has been a member of the great drainage canal commission of Chicago now being president of the commission. Mr.Jones left for Clifton Wednesday, accom- panied by his brother Wiley.
 From the Graham Guardlan,
 Miss Elizabeth CarutherS returned home on Wednesday last from Chica- go, where she took course in one of the leading institu' ions of learning of that city.
 Mir and Mrs Peter Anderson left on Monday last for Norway Lake, Minn.,
 
 where they will visit with relatives of Mir. Anderson for couple of months It is nearly thirty years since MT. An derson last saw any of his kinSfOlk
 On Tuesday last Mrs. ThoS. Rynning gave birth to fine daughter. As Tom was away from home, called away in regard to his captaincy of the rangers, it was some time before he knew he was papa.
 The Thatcher bank to be known as the Graham County State bank will be opened in the Woods building for buSi- ness ou November 1. Mir. Wilson, of Kentucky, was here this week and the organization was completed, with Dr. L. E. Wightman, as president II. II. Bru, vice president w R. RhoadS, cashier, and H. H. Bru, assistant cash i,. u'h1 ia, af n.