Graham guardian., 1905-04-07
Clifton News

the last two days, but it is danger
Gus work. Chase Greek District
No. 4 has been the main business
part of town since the January
| flood, Chase Greek suffered a:
much from the flood as any part o.
town and Copper Avenue looks
more like a large canal than 9
street. The high waters brought
down the tailings from above and
dumped them into Street No, 5, al
six feet deep. Chase creek left its
channel just below the Hildreth
harness shop and took with il
every adobe house on both sides
of the street as far down as the
Manila Hotel, the Catholic church
and parsonage going with the rest
W. f. Hagan, who owned good
share of the buildings in that part
of town, put teams and scrapers to
work and cleaned out the street,
piling the tailings wherever room
could be found and in many places
they are piled as high as the house
tops. 1t is hardly likely that this
part of the town will ever be re-
built, South Clifton has not been
cut off from Chase Creek and the
people here have had no trouble
to get supplies although South
Clifton suffered greatly from the
floods. All the adobe houses in
this part went down, but they are
being rebuilt as fast as possible.
Lumber is getting scarce for build
ing purposes, but the railroad
bridge is in shape again aud trains
are running regularly. Judging
from the long, heavy freight trains
that are coming in every day, one
would think that the demands for
supplies of all kinds would soon
be filed.
East Clifton has suffered little
from the floods, although supplies
of all kinds have had to be brought
over the foot-bridge. The people
here have not been put out much
and there have been no changes.
Looking down Conglomerate Ave-
nue. one sees the same old scenes.
Hon. Henry Hill was the heav
lest loser in HilPs addition. Quite
number of his city lots were
washed away and his pipe line
that carried the water to his gar
dens, went with the county bridge.
He will not replace it. He has
Hon. Lamar Cobb busy at work
surveying this beautiful garden
spot off into city lots and it will
be but short time until they are
put upon the market. This will
be the choice part of Clifton. Last
week there was gang of men put
to work making wagon road
along the east side of the Frisco
river in front of the A. G. hospital
into East Clifton and it will be
completed, Supplies can then be
had without using hand cars.
Hon. Lamar Cobb has been kept
busy since his return from the
legislature shaking hands and re-
ceiving congratulations from his
many friends for the good work he
did while there and in securing the
appropriation Of $4,000 for the re-
pairing of the school house in
Hilrs addition.
The school elections last Satur-
day went off quietly, and every
body, even those who did not take
the trouble to vote. seems satisfied
with the results. In district No.
3, John Clomt was elected to sue
ceed himself, and the board as 1t
now stands IS composed of John
Clomb, J. R. Hampton and Dave
Clark. A. A. Anderson and @. H.
Love were elected on the high
school board from district No. 8.
In district No. rs, Kane was elect
ed to succeed Tom Smith and the
board is now composed of J.
Yokum, ]. Werner and W. H.
Kane. On the high school board
from district No. 28, A. M. Turner,
Chas. Freeman and L. A. Burtch
were elected. This board has five
members, VIZ: @. H. Love, A. A.
Anderson, Chas. Freeman, A. M.
Turner and DR.. l.. A. Burtch.
This should be a healthy board as
they haye doctor and the chair
man of the county sanitary board
in its ranks.
The Frisco is still too high to
be fordable and Clifton reminds
one of a town of fifty years ago,
with its many pack trains coming
in from all directions.
Most of the ranchers along the
Frisco have lost all of their land
by the high waters and many of
them have packed their all on
burros and pitched their tents near
Clifton and the men and boys are
hunting work. Pat Sutherlen,
who had a farm of twenty. five
acres with a nice orchard and vine-
yard from which he had gathered |
but one good crop of fruit after
six years of hard labor, lost it all
and is now houseless at the age of
sixty-fve years and in Clifton