The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-03-21
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

post the general stated that such wa
the intention, but as to when th'
change would take place he could no
say though he believed that it woulC
be in the very near future.-Pros
pector.
Pima county is now shipping frou
various mines, about twenty carload.
of ore daily to the smelters, which
averages not less than s4OO car
reaching the sum of from $4,000 tc
$4,000 daily. This is a splendid
showing for county which year
ago was not shipping on an average
of three tons daily and is remarka-
bic wealth production. Yet we have
just entered upon the business of ore
production and shipments.-Star.
Parties from Hereford state that
there came near being serious trou-
bic at that place last week between
superintendent Martin of the jreene
Cattle company and the cowboys that
had been in the employ of the COM
pany. The trouble started oyer the
employment of a negro by Superin-
tendent Martin. He entered the en-
ployment of the company in the
morning and at supper time was told
by Martin to sit down at the table
and eat with the cowboys. They
most seriously objected, most of them
being from Texas. They stated their
objections to Martin, but he refused
to listen to them, and as a conse-
quence the entire force, including
the range foreman as well as the
ranch foreman, jumped their jobs.
They we're very bitter in their de-
nunciations of Superintendent Mar
tin and trouble was only averted by
Martin keeping away from the en-
ranged cowboys. The result is that
the cowboys are now hunting a new
job, while the Greene Cattle COM
pany is looking for another bunch of
cowboys.
A deal was closed last week by
which Samuel w. Osgood, of Chicago,
representing a strong eastern syndl-
cate, took over the two groups of
claims adjoining the Arizona Com
mercial, the Globe Consolidated and
the Superior and Boston properties,
near Globe, says the Silver Belt. The
original owners of the claims were
DIR. 7. Shields Collins and Tom Doyle,
who have been in possession of the
-. A.
dozen years, and Antoine Trojano-
vich and Mrs. Emma J. Warner, own
ers of the Lucky Day group of six
claims adjoining the Collins-Doyle
group. The purchase price was $780,
600 and the first payment is to be
made May l. The property involved
in the deal is splendidly located, the
Collins Doyle group being adjacent
to the Black Hawk claim of the Ari-
zona Commercial and the Great East
ern and Newport claims of the Su-
perior and Boston, the former of
which has been especially thoroughly
proven. On the Dewey claim of this |
group shaft Us feet deep was sunk
five years ago, but other than that !
no development work has. been done
on the property. At present it is
not known whether or not the deal |
means a new Globe fotation, but it is
very probable that the purchasers
will develop the property without
inviting the public to assist fnan-
cially. That the property is one of
the best in the district is conceded |
by mining men generally in the dis
trict and the owners have for several |
years past refused to give options on
the groups. The deal was made
Alfred A. Cohn, of Globe,
and Chas. Purdon, of Douglas =
The body of man whose name is
to be John Spencer Cocroft
but who while here gave his name as
John Spencer, was picked up by the
crew of the afternoon passenger
train from Ell Paso. 1t was lying un-
1erneath a bridge near Apache,
about forty miles east of here. The
head was badly crushed and it was
evident the man had been dead for
several hours. Later it was deter
mined that he had fallen off the owl
train and when the body was brought
lere it was identified as Cocroft. At
an inquest. held before Jadge Rice
the jury arrived at the verdict that
he had come to his death accident
lilly by falling off train. Cocroft
came to Douglas about week ago
rom Clifton. In the recent flood
disaster at that place he is said to
lave been a heavy loser and proba-
)ly came here with view to seeking
mother location. Drunkenness mark
ID his conduct during his brief stay
n Douglas. A few days ago he be-
,ame so drunk that he had to be
AIKEN in charge by the police and he
vas subsequently fined So for that
,ffense. He continued drunk while
II Douglas, when he left on the east
,ound train, he was so drunk that an
,fficers was almost persuaded to ar
est him. While on the train he is
aid to have joined two other men.
lie had considerable sum of money u