The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-06-11
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

the Copper Queen cOmpany's furniture
store at Bisbee, has hit the trail. He
Is wanted FOR issuing worthless checks
to Bisbee business men.
Bob Morris and family and VIII
Damron, who left this place some time
ago to cast their lots in La Grande
Oregon, returned Wednesday evening;
sunshine Arizona is all right after all.
Salt River valley is having an incip-
lent boom. Land that few years ago
was drug on tho market at $40 per
acre now finds ready sale at from So
To $50 per acre. The valley it is said,
looks better than it has at any time
during the past ten years. The grain
crop this season is estimated at 30,
600, 900 pounds, and harvesting is now
la progrc Miner.
At the alumni meeting Of the uni
vcrsity OF Arizona G.. Yale Adams an
nounced that he had rendered his
resignation to the board OF regents as
president OF the university, and it is
understood yhat the board will accept
the resignation and that the same will
take effect Immediately. \ successor
to Mr. Adams has not yet been de-
cided upon.
II Markham, one OF the most re-
markablc men in Arizona was in Sal
ford Tuesday, on business. Last week
he reached the 93rd mile post OF life,
and is hale and strong, and much more
active than many men at sixty. He
has been resident OF Eden in this
county for great many years. He
FIRST visited Stafford in 1874, at which
time it consisted of one little adobe
shanty used by some one as "A whiskey
shop.
a Mexican named Guitar, wanted
for the murder of a countryman in the
Huachuca mountains last month, has
been located in Cananea where he is
in custody. Sheriff Lewis of COchise
county went after him with requisition
papers but could not get him for the
reason that he is held to answer for
he must square himself at home be-
fore coming back to Arizona to have |
his neck broken. Incidently the pros |
perity of Cochise county has necessi- /
tatcd the enlargement OF the court
house and Jail.
There are now about six hundred
men employed on the construction OF
the Phoenix * Eastern railroad, build
ing from Phoenix to Benson, and the
work is being rushed as rapidly as
possible. Considerable work is being
done east Of Florence, where the
heaviest work is being done, and after
that portion of the work is finished,
the road will advance at lively rate
toward Benson. Four camps now cx-
ist between Desert Wells and Benson.
There is tunnel 1000 feet in length
to cut, which is the most expensive
piece OF work on the road.-Benson
Press.
The Arizona Medical association
met in Phoenix last week, and after
indulging in good dea! of talk, cleo
ted officers as follows: DR.. l.. ID. Dam
eron, Phoenix, president; DR.. w. B.
Purcell, Tucson, first vicc-prcsident;
DIR. T. b. Davis, Prescott, second
vice e-presidcnt; DR.. +. b. kitchcrside,
Yuma, third vice-president; DR.. John
w. Foss, Phoenix, secretary; DR.. O.
T.. Plath, Phoenix, treasurer; DR..
Charles II. Jones, Tempe, annual cs-
sayist; DR.. w. II. Fenner, Tucson, ,
delegate to meeting Of American
Medical association, which meets
next April.
As far as heard from only three
camps have been closed down on ac- J
count OF the eiGht-hour law. Those
are the Oriental at Big Bug, the Yea
ger Canyon Copper company at Ycager ..
canyon and the Model company's camp
at Kirkland. When rotified by the -.
managers OF the respective camps that
the scale of wages adopted by the .
mine operators would be strictly ad-
hered TO The men quit work, without
the formality OF declaring a strike. ,
II is rumored, however, today that at ,
least two of the above camps will be
hulletined by the miners as having a /,
strike on. II was even reported that
notices to that effect have been printed
but the Journal-Miner has not seen
any such printed notices and the rumor
Is given for what it is worth.-Iournal-
Miner.
at looks very much as though Je- /
rome will have another railroad" says r
the Prescott Journal Miner There v