The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-07-05
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Phoenix comes next with $1,000 and
Bisbee third with 1900.
A. Vatican, former editor and
manager of the Bisbee Evening
Miner, has gone to Cananea to as
sumo the editorial helm of the Can
anea Herald. Mr.. Vatican is among
the most able, as we'll as the most
popular among the newspapermen of
Arizona.
The assistant superintendent of
the Laguna dam, near Yuma, has
lately been securing the territory in
quest of laborers. Agents have been
sent to California to hunt up more
men. There are only about $50
laborers at work on the dam while
there should be 1000.
\ A letter received last week from
Miss Katharine Tuttle, of Los An
geles, formerly postmistress at this
place, contains the announcement
that she has been appointed post
mistress at Bisbee. Miss Tuttle
will reach Bisbee early in July, and
will assume the dutres of her new
position on the 15th.-Safford Journal.
Says the Arizona Republican,:
1.-THE Star points out pathetically the
selfsacrifice of the New Mexicans in
giving up the name of their terri
them by a half century of associa-
tion. 1t Is too much. We cannot
permit this self-denial. Let New
Mexico be called New Mexico for all
time.''
A strike has been declared at the
plant of the Sonora Manufacturing
company, which is owned by Roy 81
Titcomb. This is the largest manu-
featuring concern in Nogales. About
sixty-five men went out on strike.
They demanded that the company
reduce the work day from ten to
nine hours at the same pay. This de-
mand was refused by the company
and the men then quit work.
d. w. Semple, formerly editor of
the Bisbee Miner, has been indicted
by the United States grand jury of
Cochise county for sending through
the mails an indecent article which
appeared in the Miner last fall.
Semple is now at Manhattan, Nevada,
where he is prospecting. Semple is
brilliant, but somewhat cratic, and
had no end of troubles at Bisbee.
He will be arrested and brought back
for trial.
Word has been received of the
death in Los Angeles of Captain
William Hardy, who is well known by
the pioneers of Arizona. He was
native of New York and went to
California in 1850. He amassed a
fortune there and came to Arizona
in 1864 and built a wagon road from
the Colorado river to Prescott He
was member of the territorial
council in 1866. Captain Hardy was
So years old. He lost his fortune
through reverses and died prac-
tically penniless.
'This country is a hell of a sue
cess" say Uncle Joe Cannon. A
profane, a wicked and an impious re-
mark. The country is ~ hopeless
failure, as the ten-cent magazines
have abundantly demonstrated. All
the people that have not been starved
to death by the soulless corporations,
have been poisoned by the beef
trust If Uncle Joe is serious in
calling this country a success he
must be no better than the United
States senate.-Lowell Journal.
A display of the GOODNESS and cour-
age which has made the Arizona
rangers celebrated throughout the
country as efficient peace officers,
saved the life of Ranger MCGEE, who
is stationed at Silver Bell, last week.
With sixshoOter placed against his
head, Ranger MCGEE, without turn
ing around, grabbed the gun and
placed his thumb beneath the cooked
hammer. When the hammer fell it
struck his thumb and instead of be-
ing dead man, the ranger had life
enough left to place his ;-ould-be
murd erer under arrest.
The large precipitation plant of
the Copper Queen Consolidated Min
ing company has been completed and
is in operation. For several days the
company has had a wagon out gath
ering up all the old tin cans and
pieces of scrap iron to be found, and
these have been dumped into the
watts through which the waste water
from the Gar and Holbrook shafts
will run. The results of the process
are being watched with interest, as
not few experienced mining men
are skeptical as to the practicability
of the ovation.-Journal.
Administrator P. B. Soto sold the
personal property of the estate of
John r. Gilman in this city last week.
The estate consisted of 625 head of
cattle, 35 horses, besides wagons,
mowers, household goods, improve
ments, etc, such as would be found
on a well-equipped cattleranch.
There were two bidders present when
Mr.. Soto opened the sale, viz: Capt.