The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-08-20
IN THE HILLS ON UPPER EAGLE
Good Cattle COuntry--Pure Nater--Bear-
Reckless RiderS..Game.

Reckless RIderS--Gdme.
Through the ospitality of George
Webster, one of the largest cattle
men in Graham county, the editor of
the ERA recently had the opportunity
to taste the cOwman's life in one of
the best COW countries in the terri
tory. AS the trip was one for pleasure
Mr.. Webster and the ERA man were
accompanied by their families.
The party started from Clifton one
afternoon, the men driving the packs
and saddle horses to Metcalf and the
women and children took the Core
nado train and joined them at Gar
field. The first pleasant stop was
made at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Webster at Garfield, where
the party were treated royalty and
spent the night. An early start was
made in the morning and sunrise
found them well into the hills and at
3:20 in the afternoon they were at the
Warren ranch, about two miles above
the Double Circle. The arrival of
,
that midst and the cattlemen were
filed with joy when one of the hard
est rains of the season fell, continuing
to shower almost every day while the
party was camped. On this account
they were welcome visitors and were
shown a good time.
The next day after ARRIVING Jud
took his lasso and bagged fine
(94 slash yearling, which was consid-
erably better than is usually found
on any range except in that section,
In addition to the 94's, there was
plenty of bear meat and small game
on the table, the bear meat having
been. swiped from Kelly's camp on
Black river when he was trailing.
The country in and around the
Warren and Double Circle RANCHES,
the former now being the property
of Messrs. Webster and Shannon, is
beyond doubt the best cattle country
obtainable in any country, taking in
the forest reserve and the Apache
reservation. An abundance of grass,
thick oak brush and beautiful pine
trees adorn every inch of the noun
tains and valleys and the cattle
are as fat as though they had been
topped in Duncan alfalfa field. In
addition to the above advantages ma
ture has provided an unlimited amount
of pure spring water.
The protection of the forests and
the constant watchfulness of forest
rangers is perhaps the reason why
that country EXHIBITS sucn a fine
state of preservation. At almost
every visible point are signs warn
ing campers of the danger of
camp fires and requiring them to ex-
tinguish the same before leaving.
hibited under penalty and in fact
Uncle Sam guards his Arizona forests
like he does the treasury.
The most exciting adventure dur
ing the trip was one dark night when
the men were away from camp on d
roundup and the women were left
alone. Everything went well until
about midnight, when they were
awakened by loud growing on the
outside of the log house. And upon
Investigation it was learned that
couple of Silver Tips were quarrel
ing over the slOp bucket. The fight
lasted long enough for the women to
barricade the doors and after several
desperate attempts to break into the
provision room the bear were finally
chased away at the muZZie of d broom
stick, which was the only weapon the
ladies had with which to defend
themselves.
Such good natured characters as
Bob Wilson, Ole Hagan. Lee Mabrae.
Old McCurdy, Maggie Jones, Col. Joe
Terrell, Frank Hodges, Al Smithers.
Tommy Hunt, Foreman Jack Miller
and raft of others were seen on the
roundup and were found to be most
liberal in extending hospitality to
visitors. While. on a visit to the
Double Circle ranch one day the ERA
man counted seventeen young. cub
lions, which were supposed to have
been captured by the daring Tom Gee
from the plains of Texas. We nat
urally became interested in Tom and
learned a great deal about him. He
is considered the best rider in that
section and what he can't do is not in
the book of the cowboy realm. He
makes a speciality of riding horses
that can't be ridden by others.
The ERA man was out one after
noon on roundup and while chasing
a maverick through the bushy oaks,
he heard d CHATTER of feet and a veil
which caused him to believe that
there was a mountain lion nearby.
Just about then Il crash took place
and a bunch Of steers were seen going
up the hill. After going a short dis
lance Tom was found in the fork of
an oak tree, which one of his fast
horses had straddled and Tom lost
the chase. This was the first Oppor-
tunity to meet Tom and really he is
not such a slow one when it comes TO
vibrating.
Chronic Diarrhnaa RelIeVed