The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-05-29
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M0RENCI NEWS.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Arthur Anderson has gone to Bisbee
DR.. ". J. Davis was in town Tuesday
Judge Settle has gone TO California
for a short vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Ii Hoec5 have left
Morenci, going to Port Arthur, Texas.
Supervisor Henry Hill aud Recorder
Thomas Smith were in Morenci on
Tuesday.
Mrs. J. w. Poormau left Wednesday
morning for Chicago, where she will
make a visit.
The second dance of tho Azurlte club
occurred last Friday and was very
enjoyable affair.
Mr.. and Mrs II. 3. Rice have re-
turned from a ten days trip to Doug
las and points Whereabouts.
James y. Gamble. formerly with the
y. c. store, has accepted a position in
the D. c. store at Morenci.
Mrs. Harris and Miss Myrtle Harris
have returned to California. Miss
Harris will teach in the Los Angeles
schools next year
4 fine soda fountain has been in
stalled in the cooling store where bever-
age appropriate To the summer season
will be dispensed.
The quarters OF the clerical force in
u 1ala al
and fitted with new desks etc, making
a pleasant and convenient Office.
Mr.. Overstrom, inventor Of the Over
strom concentrating table is in Mo-
renci, and will supervise the tests of
his table to be made at tho u. c. con-
contractor.
y large water tank, holding $4,000
gallons, is being erected on Copper
Mountain above the camp and will be
used to contain supply of water for
protection against fire.
\ Chinaman employed as carman at
the Longfellow mine, was caught by a
car Saturday and so badly crushed that
he died Sunday night. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon.
The rattle OF the bear CUB brought to
camp by Gid Thompson occurred last
Monday night. The animal was won
by Mr.. F. d. Winchester, who is now
Specializing what to do with bruin.
The Mulligan club is now meeting in
the new Lodge Hall and is increasing
in members and usefulness. The X. of
p. brethren will soon organize. The
Masons are already in running order.
Many changes have taken place in
the store force lately and there are
half a dozen new men or moro behind
the counters and in the different de-
partments, among them several whose
base ball ability is quite prOunced.
Jim GOWN, OF Morenci, well known
in Clifton, where he was formerly in
the employ of Everhardy & Slaughter,
received Il telegram Sunday last from
his wife at Silver City, conveying the
sad intelligence that an infant recent
ly born to them had died when three
days old.
The last three weeks have been
crowded full Of social events OF import
ance. When the now Morenci club
was opened on April %, it seemed to
set the ball a-rolling, and other events
followed rapidly. The principal event
at the opening was the lecture by DR..
Waldemar Lindgren, the eminent L. 5.
geOlOgist on the Geological History
Of the Morenci District" as printed in
the ERA lately. 1 he club so inaugur-
ated, has certainly been prosperous,
and now numbers nearly 300 members
in the different departments. There
is a large evening gymnasium class
three times Il week, very large ladies'
class, and classes for the boys and the
girls. Then the reading room, parlors, !
bOwling-alley, billiard room, and bath |
room, furnish attraction for many who /
10 not care to participate in the gym
nasium work. The building is agreed |
by all to furnish magnificent place |
'Or recreation, and would be credit I
TO the company which built it, no mat
Ter where placed The gymnasium
loor may be cleared for an auditorium,
md several dances and entertainments
nave been given there, several frater-
lal organizations are using the lodge
lall. The camp is fortunate in the
possession of such an enterprise, and
he people have amply shown their
The postal authorities at Washing