The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-01-09
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Theresa Abel, the three year OLD
dlughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Abell, who reside in North Globe,
met frightful death on the morning
of January 1st by falling from a bed
OF which she was playing, into a tut
of almost boiling water.
w. B. Cleary is about all that re.
mains in Cochise county of the bunch
of agitators who tried to bring the
Warren mining district under the
domination of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners. "Windy Bill''-Nev
erworked mir never rwill.-American.
In the mining industry. at Douglas
there is practically nothing new. The
Copper Queen and Calumet and Ari-
z1na companies are retaining strong
working forces on development work,
maintaining their production at about
75 per cent, and making necessary
improvements in their system. The
smaller properties of the district are
operating along development lines,
seemingly having been little affected
by the slump.-American.
Records for one days shipment of
S lit Riyer valley oranges were
broken last week. eight cars leaving
over the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe routes for Chicago, from where
most of them will be shipped 70 other
eastern points. Five cars left over
the southern route and three over
the northern, all of them being sent
1t by the Arizona Orange Growers
association, from their local packing
h1use.-Phoenix Democrat.
Glendale farmers held a meeting at
the board of trade rooms last week
at Phoenix for the purpose of organiz-
ing a cautaloupe association, which
will make the third IN the Salt River
valley. Several Glendale farmers
have made a marked success in the
growing of cantaloupes and the acre
age ;has become so large that it is
now found necessary to have an asso-
citation to handle the crop of the
Glendale eotion.--Phoenix Democrat.
Deputy sheriff White while return
ilg from Yuma, where he had taken
prisoner, had some difficulty with
the conductor and train crew, result |
ing in a sensational mixup. Many |
conflicting reports of the occurrence |
is Current, one of which being that |
the deputy drew his gun and fired |
several shots. Fortunately no one
was hurt. White was disarmed and |
taken from the train at Tucson.
Upon receipt of information Shefiff
White, OF Cochise county, i'm
mediately suspended his brother from
service pending investigation.
The Douglas Business Mems asso-
citation started the new year with the
largest and most enthusiastic meet.
ing which that body has yet held.
1t was the unanimous sense of the
meeting that the agitation for rent
reduction be pushed with all possible
energy, each member being COM
mittee of one to see his landlord and
bring all possible influence to bear
for the attainment of this general OBJ
ject. The reports on this question
proving satisfactory the meeting pro-
ceeded to new business and the ques-
tion of early closing and Sunday clos
ing was brought up for discussion and
received almost unanimous support.
1t was decided that a committee
should be appointed to interview all
the merchants of the city for uni
versal closing at o'clock p. m. on
all evenings except those of pay days
and Immediately before
holidays and all day on Sunday.-Int.
American.
E. G. Straub, of Denver who is pro-
noting a group of claims in the
country, has interested
New York and Philadelphia money in
the proposition and actual operations
on the properties have begun. The
deal is inclusive of Judge Wren's
group and Frank Straub of Denver,