The copper era., 1903-12-17
PURELY PERSONAL

Mrs. o. K. Clinton has been quit sick for the past few days.
 A. c. Smith returned Tuesday nigh
 from a trip to the county seat.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ottman we- down from Metcalf Sunday last.
 George Green, manager Of the Met calf store, spent Sunday in Clifton.
 Mrs. Noah Climo and Mrs Brow were down yesterday from the Shan non mine.
 F. M. Hathaway, a Metcalt miner, i spending few days in town enjoying a little city life.
 Ned Davis, assayer at the Shannon mine, left this week on visit to hi brother at Cananea.
 District Attorney Rawlins arrived Tuesday night, and is making him self agreeable to his friends.
 Mrs. Jake Abraham will return next week from Los Angeles, with sor whom she recently adopted.
 John Blake, of Stafford, ex-probate judge of Graham county, spent a few days in Clifton this week.
 Mrs. Ira Johnson and family leave tomorrow for Los Angeles, where they will make their home in the future. 1 R. J. Young. civil and mining en- | gineer, returned this week from the mines of the Coronado Copper com pany, where he was busy for some time.
 Johnny Martin was down from Mo- renci this week on visit 10 his family. He will have some fine chicken fights at his place during the holidays.
 Wm. Parks, an older brother or John Parks, arrived in Solomonville from Scurrey county Tex, on Friday last. MT. Parks will probably locate in the valley.
 Col. c. B. Stocking left this morn- ing tor Douglas to assume his duties there as watchman for the Copper Queen store.
 Harry Whitaker left Tuesday morn ing for his old home in Louisiana in answer to a telegram announcing the death of his grandmother. He will De absent until after the holidays.
 President Udell of St. John stake, Apache county. spent few days in Clifton this week as the guest of his old friend Geo. w. William. He re- ports Apache county as very dull at the present. There is no mining in that section, and no local market for farm produce. Sheep men are about the only people who have money.
 Lawyer J. R. Hampton returned last week from Washington, D. C., where had been to look after some business in the general land office. Mr. Hampton resided in Washington many years, and found it very pleasant to renew old time appropriateness. He reports the weather d little crispy back that way, but enjoyed it very much.
 Mrs. c. E. Mack, mother of Mrs. Sam Abraham, arrived last week from Bahia, Brazil, on a visit to her daughter. She will spend the winter here. She is in excellent health and reports pleasant voyage. Her hus- band, who is well known to old ii mers in the southwest, is mining in that country, and is doing well.
 Lawyer r. B. Laine returned Satur- day last from Tucson where he spent several days partly on business but more especially to receive some higher degrees in Masonry. He says the Tucson brothers are up-to-date in the work, and gave him hot old time. He reports Tucson as lively and grow ing faster than any town in the terri tory. He thinks il has bright future.
 MT and Mrs. w. J. Owens, Of Dun can, spent several days of this week in Clifton visiting Mir. and Mrs. J. E. Hargis. Mr. Owens is engaged in the poultry business at Duncan and says that next year he will be prepared to supply the Clifton mtrke: with an abundance of fresh eggs and spring chickens. He also reports the weather a little cool :n the valley and Duncan on the boom.
 ]. c. Gatti, ClifUon's husi!ing cattle buyer. returned last week from Cali fornia, where he took train load of stock cattle for pssturage. He says that owing to the dry season and lack Of good pastures, there is no demand in that section for feeders or stock cat tie. Mr. Gatti is holding his cattle and feeding them straw and cacti for the present. He got though with the loss of but one animal, which was do ing pretty well.
 J. x. Robinson, assistant cashier of the First National Bank is home from Tom bstone, where he was drawn on the United States grand jury. He visited Bisbee and Douglas before re- turning, and reports the former as very lively, and growing rapidly. Douglas is duller than heretofore, but is destined to become one of the largest towns iE the territory before many years. Douglas, he thinks, has the most enterprising class of citizens in the territory.