The copper era., 1907-06-06
DUNCAN.
A Few Interesting Facts Not Generally
Known.

Known.
The town of Duncan has in former
years been celebrated for cowboy
gun plays, rendezvous for outlaws
a home for ''rustlers'' and its typica
frontier type. Those days are gone
the people have recently "come
alive" and are just now realizing
how fortunate they are to be favored
with so many of natures most
choicest endowments. The location
the climate, the water, the fertile
soil, and its hospitable inhabitants
makes it most desirable place to
live
a few people perhaps, in the east
ern states, are not acquainted with
the geographical location of the
town of Duncan, and for the informa-
tion of the many readers of the ERA,
we will say, to be accurate, that it is
situated about midway between Chi
cago and San Francisco on the main
line of the Arizona & New Mexico
railway.
ing shade trees, it's babbling brooks,
it's limid waters that dance merrily
over pearly pebbles, green pastures,
fields of alfalfa, milo maize, ripening
grain, its hundreds of acres of vine
yards, orchards and Chinese gardens,
prosperous farmers, large cattle,
sheep and goat ranches, thorough
bred horses, and last but not least,
the town and surrounding country are
full of pretty women. These are
only few of the resources of this
section of the country. Besides it is
a most desirable place to live, a
place for health seekers, and place
for healthy people to rest.
Duncan on the Gila with its farm-
ing industry, its mining resources, it's
cattle, goat and sheep ranches near
by to draw from, can we'll support
bank, two or three more large de-
partment mercantile establishments,
a hotel or two, livery stable and
numerous other enterprises that go
to build up a metropolis.
Duncan on the Gila is the natural
location for machine shops and di-
visions on the survey of the main line
of the Santa Fe railroad. No other
town on the American continent has
a better location for d. county seat,
and when Graham county is divided,
it is only natural that the people
will select this place to build large
and commodious court house and
small Jail. The residents of Duncan
have already selected a delightful
location here for its accommodation
which will be beautifed with shades,
flowers and shrubbery, and with the
present facilities, any person from
any part of the county, can attend
court and return home the same day. !
The townsite of Duncan has just
recently been resurveyed with several
additions to the original town plat.
including streets and avenues, which |
will be placed on record as an amend |
ed plat to the town of Duncan, every !
property owner here now knows ex-
actly where his property is and no
chance for an argument. The Ari-
zona & New Mexico railroad is fgur- +,
ing on enlarging its depot and yards
here at an early date which Is greatly |
needed to successfully handle the
volume of business at this place. |
The new city hall and opera house |
built by A. E. Hobbs, is nearing COM
pletlon, the new ten-room hotel built !
by j. H. McAlister, with all modern
has just been COM
pleted, material is on the road for
the new Presbyterian Church which |
is to be handsome structure. In
all about twenty new residences have
been built in the last few months.