The copper era., 1905-03-16


 Hotel was opened this morning by Colonel Hem. q well known caterer.
 The Young Mems Social club will give another of its popular dances at Prcttyman's Saturday night, to which q large number of the Clifton people have been invited.
 The Guardian seems greatly wor- ricd over the probability of another newspaper being started in Stafford. Never mind, John. After the other fellows get their paper started they will do the worrying.
 The Arizona Copper company has laid q track along the river front from the suspension bridge up and will soon be dumping slaG all along in front of their works, to protect them from another flood.
 Mrs. Clarence Bavnc and infant son will leave the first part of next week for Los Angeles, where she will join her sisters, Misses Grace and Gertrude Altaifcr, and where they will reside in the future. Silver City Enterprise.
 The Morcnci Knights of Pythias have extended an invitation to the Clifton Knights to participate in banquet. which is to ailc place next Tuesday evening. Quite number have expressed their intention to at tend.
 Tom Bell, of Stafford, who was taken to Texas some months ago charged with d murder committed twenty years ago. has returned, after having been acquitted. It was proven that the killing was done in sclf-dcfcnSe.
 The grand order of OrientS has again sprung into active working or der and on next Friday evening there will bc several pilgrims guided across the burning desert. All members of this noble order are urged to be pres tllI dUtl IDlll III tue Illdl II.
 RceCc Webster iS buoily engaged with many teams and q force of men repairing the damage done to the Arizona Copper comrany's dam across the Frisco river. which was badly damaged by recent floods. The work will not be completed for several weeks.
 George Brdno. deputy county as scsSor. finished the Clifton assess ment this week and returned home. He estimates that the value of Cliff ton property will fall behind last years returns from h to 20 per cent, which was caused by the loss of prop crty from floods. MorenCi will show d considerable increase over last year.
 The Barrett Bcauchamp company has been incorporated, which will do d general drug and iewelry business. The company is capitalized at Sl5,- GOO, and K incorporated by T. F.. Bar rctt, F.. |. BeauChamp and w. F. Hagan. The company takes over the business recently purchased by Bar rctt % Bcauchamp from (. P. Dunn, on Copper avenue.
 F. (. Baxter, representing the Sullivan Machinery company, of Fl PaSo. spent d few days in the Clifton Morcnci district this week. He has boEn over considerable part of the territory during the past few weeks and finds that the entire country has suffered temporarily from the recent heavy rains. The company which he represents is building up big busi- ness in Arizona.
 Col. Ben Crawford returned last evening from his gold claims at Gold Hill. He found that the heavy rains of the past three months have caused | several tunnels to cave badly. but ! instead of being q dctrimcnt to the property it was really a great bcne- fit, as it uncovered large body of ore which had not previously been discovered, and upon which develop mcnt work will soon be commenced.
 The Sons of Hermann gave d grand masquerade ball last Saturday night. which for attendance and en- ioyment was second to nothing of that nature ever given in this city. The Sons of Hermann have aC- quircd quite reputation for the manner in which they always receive the public. Whenever they an ni fh.s Nnnihl,.