Graham guardian., 1908-07-10
THATCHER
Ipr Our special Correspondent !

to Clift0n TO Spenu lew weehS
with her son and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weathersby, OF
Aravaipa, have been spending q
few DAYS in Thatcher this week.
Miss Abbie Reay is home from
the Catholic convent at Silver City,
New Mexico, where she has been
attending school.
Onsley Renere, of the Big Six,
has been taking vacation the
past week, and Frank Cluff lie fill
ing his place.
Amman McFate has just com
pleted a comfortable new house on
Main street, into which he has
moved his family.
o. M. Allen has the contract to
furnish all the sand and gravel for
the new Academy. He has two
teams busy at work.
The Fourth of July dance gwen
on Friday evening, caught the
crowd before they were worn out
celebrating, and was a great sue
cess.
Heber Layton is with the Big
Six again wrestling with the books,
after having taken a rest of about
three weeks, during which time
his place was filed by Heber
Larson.
George Williams moved his fam
ily into their new residence at
Thatcher last week. Mrs. Will
Jams is delighted to exchange a
mining camp for clean little town
like Thatcher.
V. B. Callison, who has been do.
ing missionary work in Australia
for the past two years, is now on
his way home. Mrs Calllson met
him there, and both are expected
home in few days.
Work has begun in earnest on
the new Academy building. Teams
are busy excavating and preparing
the grounds, while others are busy
hauling sand and gravel. All is
life and vim about the place.
The attendance at the sacra-
mental meeting last Sunday eve
ming bad an increase of fifty A
large crowd of young people at
tended who seldom do in the after
noon, so the experiment OF chang
ing from afternoon to evening is
considered a good one.
Thatcher was very quiet town
on the Fourth of July. A great
many people went to Globe, a
great many to Cuffs Ranch, and
few to the celebration on Mt.
Graham. Some enjoyed them,
selves as best they could, resting
10 the quiet shades of home.
On Sunday evening Mexican
by the name of Manuel Lozolla,
shot another Mexican named Mar
tinas, in the arm. The bullet bad
ly shattered the bones in the mans
arm, and it is feared by DR.. Pintt
that be will lose il entirely. The
shooting was accidental. One Of
the Mexicans is employed by j. d.
Lee, the other by DR.. Platt.
President Kimball has been re-
painting bis house and surround,
ings, until he has one of the most
artistic places in the Valley. He
has arranged q very unique sum.
mer bedroom out-ot-doors, partly
inclosed with lattice work and
climbing vines, Beautiful plants
and vines grow In profusion about
his place, and show care and cul
ture uncommon in Arizona. Pres
ident Kimbalps example IN beau
tifying the home Is certainly COM
mendable
The Mammoth fume is nearing
completion. 1t will be down to
good wagon road by July llth. 1t
is very interesting to see the lum-
Der come down. The public are
invited to drive out to it's termi.
nation and see this sight. They
will have all kinds of lum Der ready
for the market as soon as it is
completed. All is life and hustle
about the mill. Mr.. Blair proves
himself to be very satisfactory
sawye. Five large teams are busy
logging, and cannot keep the mill
going. The contractors for the
new Academy building feared that
the fume would not carry the very
large timbers needed in the build.
ing, so Mr.. Watson and Mr.. Viii.
liams went up to test it. They
stationed themselves at two of the
most doubtful places in the flume,
while Mr.. Tyler was to put in the
timbers at the head. To their
great delight, it worked like a
charm. The long heavy timbers
sailed by as smoothly and with al
most as much ease as does the
ordinary lumber.
A grand Fourth Of July celebra-
tion was held at the Mt. Graham
Lumber Company's saw mill. The
following program was carried
out: Salute at day break. by Cap
tain of Artillery, James Reed. At
Q.30 a. m. the Stars and Strinas