Graham guardian., 1906-03-09
Clifton News
Regular Correspondence;

No doUOt the bad reports of the
foods nave had tendency to keep
many business men away, but that
rroblem will soon be settled, for
the united efforts of the property
owners and the company have got
old Lady Frisco nearly fenced in,
and it begins to look like it would
soon be impossible for her to tres
pass upon the rights of the people.
We cannot say so much in regard
!, TO Cba5e Greek. There is nothing
being dome to protect that part of
town and Chase Greek is fast be-
coming the business part of town.
The little rise of the last storm
only lacked q few inches of run
ming over the wall of tho water
front of Chase Greek and if half
the water that came down in the
January food should come now,
: there is no telling what the result
would be.
There are many valuable built
ings being erected in this part OF
town and many more are contem.
plating building in the near future.
| The Shannon company are also
pushing things. They have their
converters in full blast and are
now prepared to make their own
copper and handle all the custom
work they can get. The New
England company are delivering
about twenty tons day at the
Shannon works, by wagon, but
this will not last long, as they
have nearly all the material on the
ground for the construction of
a tramway and will soon start a
large force Of men to work laying
track.
The streets of Clifton are getting
IN very good shape again and the
roads up the river as far as the
New England camp are passable,
although the crossings are very
rough and some of them are so
deep that the water runs into the
wagon beds.
The big retaining dam at the
Shannon works, which some
thought woulu hold the tailings
for four or five years, is full and
running over and the valley is
getting the full benefit of the tail
Ings.
For some cause or other the
work on the breakwater on HilPs |
addition has come to a halt aud if
1t is lett as it now stands, it will
not be of much benefit to property |
in the lower portion of that
locality.
The work along the South Cliff
ton levy is progressing nicely and
the stone wall in front of RIVER
side is completed, and the people
living there feel comparatively
safe.
The pile driver at the north end
OF North Clifton is still knocking
away. This pilIng will be boarded
up with two-inch plank about ten
feet high, then backed up with an.
other row of piling filled in with
rock and tailings.
Some of the citizens of Clifton
are wondering what effect the
passage of the bill to prohibit
gambling will have in a business
way IN the mining camps Of the
territory.
Mr.. r. Franz's family returned
from a visit to California about
two weeks ago and since then the
scarlet fever has broken out in the
family and they are now under
quarintine, and it is probable that
the public school will close for a
while.
The A. & N. NJ, railroad CON-
pany are raising their tracks from
the railroad bridge to their works
on Chase creek.
Clifton should be proud Of their
precinct officers, seeing that they
look after the welfare of the town
so we'll. The people of the upper
end of Chase creek and North
Clifton do not know what thew
look like. There is certain class
of Mexicans that always carry con-
cealed weapons and it is nothing
uncommon for them to fire from
ten to fifty shots as they return
from the saloons and dance halls
at two o'clock in the morning,
whooping and yelling and disturb.
ing the people. A few nights ago
at the close Of dance in the opera
house in North Clifton, forty or
fifty shots were fired. One bullet
went through the door of Mr..
J Johnson's house and struck sew
ing machine, and another went
into the house of Mr.. Balhs and
buried itself in the wall and few
nights later five shots were fred