The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-09-10
MORENCI ITEMS

SolOmOnville Monday morning ano
will be gone one week.
Mrs. Hopper, from the Double Cir.
Gle ranch, is visiting Mrs. William
Frazer this week.
! Friday evening a number of young
people gave d surprise party in honor
of Misses Nellie Clark and Jessie
Lloyd, who left for school Sunday
morning. Refreshments consisting of
ice cream and cake were served and
every one had an enjoyable time.
S. L. Shaw, of the A. C. mill left
Monday morning for a two months
visit with home folks in Missouri.
J. B. Job and wife returned the lat
ter part of the week from a two
weeks outing spent in the vicinity of
the Double Circle ranch. They had a
very pleasant time but did not bring
home any trophies to show that they
made a success hunting big game.
w. D. Cannon arrived home re-
Gently from d two months visit in
North Carolina. The first month of
ais visit was enjoyed immensely but
the last one he spent in having fever,
so he is not very enthusiastic over
that part. He says for nice climate
no place he saw equals Morenci.
Another rich gold strike is report
ed from the New York & Arizona
mines and the stockholders are jubi-
liant. This property is certainly look
ing good at present.
The Morenci gun club has cleaned
off a patch of ground on the hill just
across from the D. G. smelter, and
have erected a comfortable and com
nodious club house. They have five
traps worked by electricity and all
modern appliances for the convent
ence of the shooters. Theclub will
rive a dance Friday evening that
promises to be very enjoya BILE affair.
J. G. Shaunonhouse, of the A. G..
Sampling department, resigned his
position last Monday and left Wednes-
lay morning for a trip to Mexico.
Mrs. A. NJ. Tuthil and daughters
left last week for a visit to Cloud
croft. They expect to be away for a
month or so.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. f. WhittleSey re-
turned about the first from their visit
to Colorado. Mrs. Whittlesey has
oeen spending the summer there and
was joined about month ago by Mr..
Whittlesey.
E. F. Sanders, of Enid, Okla homa,
is spending the week in Morenci visit
.ug friends and looking over the camp.
Our next delegate to Congress,
Cameron, was in camp a few hours
Saturday evening and if he succeeds
in making as good an impression
everywhere as he did here he will
surely be elected.
Walter COrryall returned Monday
from a months vacation spent IN
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saw many strange and Interest," Ig
sights.
f. J. RUBEN came in the first of
the week after spending month in
Chicago and various eastern points.
He says that the weather is warmer
there than here.
Mrs NJ Sheldon left Monday morn
ing for Douglas and Bisbee, where
she will spend several days.
Calvin B. Snider, a machiniSt in
the employ of the A. G.. Co, had d
very narrow escape Tuesday morning.
He was working around some cars
that were standing on a bridge when
he slipped and fell about thirty feet,
landing on a pile of rocks. He was
taken at once to the hospital and
upon examination it was found that
ne had one leg and one arm broken
but fortunately there were no in
,ernal injuries.
Walter Tappin was up from Clifton
Monday visiting friends and incident
ly trying to keep up with the growth
Of Morenci.
e. B Nonnamaker was a business
visitor in Clifton Tuesday. He says
that he rather enjoyed the rain on
the way home.
H. J. Williams, of Redlands, Cal,
is a visitor in our city this week. Mr..
Williams was formerly a mining man
and is very much interested in the
methods used by the companies at
this place.