The copper era., 1903-08-13
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 A son arrived last night al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright.
 MurIel Emerson last week fell from the second story Of the Clifton Hotel to the ground, and while badly bruised was not seriously hurt.
 A washout occurred on the Arizona % New Mexico railroad Tuesday last between Lordsburg and Hachita, which delayed trains over the road.
 Jim Gould, well known in the Dun can country, who is charged with mur- dering Frank E. Caldwell in Cochise county, was this week captured in the ChirIcahuas.
 Ground has been broken for the ad- dition to the hospital, which will be the same size as the old building, and will contain two wards and four pri- Jatc rooms
 Fred Fink, one of the swiftcSt typos in Arizona passed through Clifton Tuesday last for Morenci to take d po- sltion on the Standard, which is soon to be enlarged and improved.
 heavy wasbout occurred on the Gila Valley and Globe railroad near So!omonville last week The county bridge across the San simon near SolOmOnvillc was washed away, which will be quite q loss to the county.
 More than sixty people have already engaged tickets for the excursion from Clifton 10 San Diego. It is probable that more than one hundred people will avail themselves Of this extra ordinary low rate to the coast.
 w. F.. Dodge, junior member of the firm ol Phclps-Dodge & Co.,. died at his home in Bar Harbor, Maine, on the 10th instant. Mir. Dodge was q great philanthropist, and will be mourncd by thousands of people throughout the west.
 The Montezuma Touring mill at Solomonville is running on double time, and is now turning out fifty bar rels of flour per day. The best grade l of wheat is now bringing Sl.50 per hundred and the same grade of bar 1 ley $l.O5.
 D. A. Peters, for many years with 1 the A. C. company of this city. was married to Miss Margaret Williams of Fredericksburg, Indiana, on August :, 1 at Louisville. Kentucky. They will | leave for Los Angeles on the 18th in- stant where they will make their home i in the future. The ERA extends its hearty congratulations.
 JeT Dunagan and C. w. Jordan . were tried before Justice Chapman al Noreuci last week for an alleged . assault with deadly weapon upon Antonio MerlO. No evidence was in- troduccd against Mr. Dunagau. The case against Mr. Jordan was dismissed. It k now in order for the MOrenci Standard to correct it's sensational ac- count of the trouble.
 According to a rough estimate made ny Recorder Simms, the receipts in the rccordcr's office for the month of July. 1903, are $2l5.00 against Sl5O.00 for the same month last year. July is usually considered the dullcst month of the year but this is an indication that the business of the office is grow ing at d rapid rate, showing, as it does, an increase over 35 per cent Bulletin.
 Justice Carlton and Jim Hill of Dun can, spent Tuesday in Clifton. They report the biggest crop in many years in the Duncan country. Wheat, barley and corn are immense. and the alfalfa is equal to any crop heretofore grown in the country. There is also big crop of all kinds of vegetables and produce. Good rains are now falling, and the farmers are happy. Recent floods have damaged the ditches. but not seriously.
 The ERA is informed that there is considerable trouble over ''doSies in the Duncan country this year. The inspectors have large number of that class Of cattle "cut out, which will be disposed Of according to law or course there is Il considerable. amount of kicking over the nvw law but it iS from . class of people wbo find jt difficult to account for their "doyies" Those who are le%tti- matelv engaged in the cattle business are making no complaint.
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