Graham guardian., 1904-04-22
Local News.

Kinney, Thursday, April IA,
daughter.
Wilson Orr of Old Mexico, and
Miss Bishop of Solomonville, were
visitors in Stafford Sunday last.
The Stafford Lumber Co. will
sell fancy screen doors at sI.75,
each, and pay freight to all valley
points on 2 or more doors. If
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Watson
came up from Central, Sunday
morning and spent the day with
friends in Layton.
Owing to the long drouth this
valley is having, the main roads
through it, have become exceed
ingly rough and horribly dusty.
Guilty as charged in the indict.
ment" came regularly in case after
case tried last week; and it was
not until Saturday afternoon that
the "dull thud" was broken, hv
Rev. G Wardlaw who appeared
specially in two cases and secured
acquittals in both.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. N. Wyant came
up from San Carlos Sunday morn.
ing and spent few days among
their old time Stafford friends. Mr..
Wyant has been in charge of the
government mill at that place for
more than year; but may give up
the position soon to accept posi-.
ton with mining company oper-
ating mines a fewmiles from there.
Late last week, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
T. Hooks returned from Bisbec
where they had been called by
wire TO attend Isaac King, brother
of Mrs. Hooks, who had been
seriously hurt in the llO0- foot
level Of the mines at that place
few days ago by a rock falling up
on him and crushing his skull
After lingering a few days, he died,
and his remains were taken by
them To Duncan, and buried by
those of his brother who was cruel.
ly and cowardly slain by tho
notorious Burt Alvord, at Wilcox,
two or three years ago.
/ Saturday night last, the soldier
boys from Thatcher came march.
ing into Stafford, and after spend
ing few pleasant hours in the
towns, then marched out again.
They always receive cordial
greeting when they visit this town
not only upon their own merits as
worthy young men. but upon &C.
count of the cordial feeling that ex-
lists between the people Of their
town and this. The militia came
on special invitation from Mr..
Foster of the Cyclone store, who
treated them to ice cream after the
drill,
doc" Brown, an old prospeetor
who has been a conspicuous figure
in this part of the territory, died
in Layton, late last week, mainly
flom the effects of his long life
spent mainly in hunting for wealth
in the mountains. He was more
familiarity known as "Alibi" Rrown
from the fact that he was one of
the main witnesses in the notorious
Wham robbery case of fifteen years
ago used by the defendants to
prove that at the time of said rob-
berry they were not 10 the vicinity
oft.
Jos. Bigler, who is interested in
the new gold claims in the May.
flower district, came in this week
for supplies, and reports develop
ment work progressing most
favorably on the property. The
new stamp mill is probably now
in operation, which will test the
values Of the ores. and incidentally
furnish the money to open up the
property. Mr.. Bigler thinks there
will be some immense copper mines
opened up in that section before
very long. While prospecting last
week he found considerable native
copper, one chunk of which weigh
ed more than pound. He says
native copper is found all over the
district. The recent discovery Of
coal in that section, and the
strong probability that the Santa
Fe railroad will be built from
Duncan through the district with.
in the next year or two will have
the effect OF filling the district full
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