The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-03-19
In every department. Of Banking First Natl
SANK OF Clifton is Prepared Serve You in p
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NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Total Wreck mining camp, nea
Tucson, has been totally wrecked b
fire.
An offer of $50, 900 for a ranch o
800 acres in Yuma county has beel
refused.
There seems to be lively scrap OF
for the Office of district attorney il
Yavapai county.
A flock of sheep was struck by :
fast freight at Kingman and last weel
fifty-fve were killed.
The case against Tuck Potter, the
Warren district rancher, charged
with illegally killing cattle, has been
dismissed.
The Southern Pacific will build a
railroad from Gila Bend to the Aio
mining district, a distance of fifty
miles. This assurance has been given
the big operators OF that district.
The Arizona Baptist convention
will convene at Mesa, March 26. A
special rate of one and one-fourth
first-class fare for the round trip has
been made on the certificate plan.
Stafford has selected a site and
raised funds to offer to the grand
lodge for an Odd Fellows home. The
grand lodge will meet and decide the
question of location in Phoenix on
April 20, 81 aud %. The valley town
has very dattering proposition to
make the lodge.
James Macarthur, who was one of
the pioneer miners and residents in
this section, died March IL in St. |
Mary's hospital. The deceased was
seventy-six years old and death was |
due to old age. Macarthur had been
resident of Pima county for more
than quarter of century. During
that time he was employed by various
mining companies as machin1st and
stationary engineer at the mines.-
Citizen.
The differences between the War
rior Copper company and Globe ;
miners union, which originated early
in last November at the time the {
wage scale in the district was reduced
and which resulted in the company |
being declared "unfair" by the union, I
have been satisfactorily settled. At a '
special meeting of the union the ban r
which has prohibited union miners {
from working at Black Warrior was a
raised.-Belt. {
Tuesday last week about twenty of a
1ur valley farmers and others inter- K
ested met at the home of James NJ.
Foster. The object of the meeting
vas to devise ways and means for the
purpose of helping Mr.. Foster to re- Z
-ain his business, and they did this q
it was to the best interests d
# the valley to keep Mr.. Foster in b
usiness. A stock company was pro- st
osed, and nearly enough money was II
Inscribed for stock to pay off the u
Indebtedness of the Cyclone store.
paid up capital is expected
D be subscribed to carry on the bust
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While making an examination of gr
ne Berkeley claim of the Superior & nc
oston company last week, Engineer til
rank h. Probert and w. G. Rice, pr
,cretary of the company, discovered an
portion of human skeleton. Some pc
the bones were partially concealed an
= rocks and other parts were found fo
EAR by. The upper part of the by
,ull could not be- found The grue- ia
me discovery is believed to be that pa
the remains of departed Indian, {
it is the custom of the Apaches to fol-
Try their dead among the rocks. of
ear the bones, two vests and por- gu
on of a saddle were found. The
eriff's Office was notified of the find da
ID an investigation was made. Ac- rel
riding to Messrs. Rice and Probert, an,
ere was flesh still remaining on eve
me- OF the bones, which showed arr
at the attempted interment was to
lde recently.-Belt. wit