The copper era., 1904-11-03
Special Cars.

company, and is largely interested in
 the Shannon Copper company, which
 doubtless was the cause of his visit
 here. The party spent some time at Morenci.
 The Arizona" the new special car
 of the Fl Paso and Southwestern rail-
 road arrived last week with Prof. James Douglas, president of the | Phelps-Dodge companies, who spent
 some days at Morenci. looking after
 matters of importance to the com
 pany.
 on Monday last an Fl Paso and ! Southwestern special arrived convey ! ing Ex-Governor and Mrs. Murphy.
 who are making q tour of the terri
 tory.
 ] George Jay, who looked after the express business here during the ab- sence of Agent Velsir, was married | last week to Miss Francis Elaine Nee han, at Phoenix, Arizona. MT. Jays many friends in Clifton extend con- gratulations.
 l J. F. Niccolls, who spent a month or more in the hospital, made his es- cape last week and is now knocking around town. His ward mate, A. G. Smith, who has been in the hospital four weeks, will be able to go home in q day or two. They both had | quite siege of it.
 | George Birss. well known stone cutter of this section, was found dead [ in his bed Thursday last. An investi- gation demonstrated the fact that he had taken poison, with suicidal in- tent. He was about sixty years old, and had been in bad health. though he never complained. He had many friends in this section, who regret his untimely end.
 George Cavwood, who is sinking an artcsian well at York Flat, spent yes- ! terday in town. He states that the well is now down five hundred feet. For four hundred feet the drill has been going through water, which is gradually rising, but has not yet reached the surface. Mir. CaywOod has equipment for sinking twelve l hundred feet. and he is confident that t he will have d fine flow of water long before that depth is reached. He is assisted in the enterprise by A. r. | Ayling, of Orc.
 Nearly all Of the candidates are doing this part of the county this week. The republican and demo- cratic candidates have made tours of the county, and have met nearly all the people. The socialist candidates are now visiting the valley, and making themselves known to the peO- pie. The campaign has progressed so far without personalities. In fact it has been d pleasant campaign. Less interest seems to be taken this year than for some time past. The registration is light, and the vote will be still lighter. The vote in the county this year will be from three to four hundred less than two years ago.
 MT. and Mrs. George w. Wells are visiting MT. and Mrs. A. F.. Elliott of Commonwealth avenue. Mir. Wells is one of the old time mining men of the territory of Arizona. He has been located at. Clifton for more than twenty years. He predicts that Cliff ton will be one of the leading cop per camps of the world, and that the New England and Clifton company, in which q number of Gloucester rrtrzeny Ir . rifrer rsreu, wri} ifa the leading companies of the dis triCt. The Clifton company bought his home, including tOwnsite and water rights. He will make his fu- ture home in San Diego. California, but will retain his interests as a stockholder in the company.-Glou-