The copper era., 1908-11-26
PURELY PERSONAL

business trip.
 Mrs. Herman Douglas, who spent several weeks in Clifton visiting rela. tives, left last week for home in Douglas.
 Mrs. B. N. Hauxhurst departed Tuesday morning for Fresno, Calitor. nia, where she will spend short time visiting.
 Father Garnet of the Catholic churches of Clifton, left this morning for Lordsburg, where he will spend the day on business.
 Dan Mclaughlin, one of the en- gineers in the A. c. powerhouse, made flying trip down the A. &C N. M. rail. road one day this week.
 o. McWilhams, of Fl Paso, accom- panied by his wife, are spending the week in Clifton visiting his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. A. McWilliams.
 Jim Harvey returned this week from hunting trip in the mountains north east of Duncan. He renorts a good time, but says that game was scarce.
 Messrs. Riley. Bailey and Harris, all of the Shannon store at Metcalf. .came down to spend Thanksgiving and in- cideutally killed a lot of turkeys at the shoot
 Mrs. w. A. Pitt returned this week from a visit to Prescott, where she spent the greatest portion of last week attending the ceremonies of the grand lodge of the Eastern Stars.
 MT. and Mrs. F. B. Laine have re- turned from Prescott, where they at tended the grand lodges of the East ern Star and Masons. Mir. Laine was honored wit1 an office in the grand lodge.
 H. H. Dyer, superintendent of the Shannon mines, spent few days of this week on business in the Ash Peak section, returning home We'd nesdav. He reports everything at the Shannon is in excellent condition.
 Chas. G. Spann, who has b en af- flicted with ciatic rheumatism the past several months, left this week for Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he will undergo a course of treatment. His many friends hope that his trip will prove beneficial.
 MT and Mrs. H. D. Wiley and MT. and Mrs. P. R. Scotland were down from Metcalf last Friday evening to attend the dancing party given at the Casino hall by J. Young Pent- land. one of the directors of the Arizona Copper company. They re- ported a delightful evening.
 T. w. Lancaster, local apent for the Wells Fargo Express company, re- Irned this week from Los Angeles, where he spent the past ten days. H. reports that Mrs Lancaster has gr .atly improved in health, but will rem lin on the coast for short time longer.
 Jimmy Welch. formerly employed with the Standard mines, returned last week from Fl Paso, where he spent couple of weeks pleasuring. He has accepted employment with the Crawford company on Gold Hill and left Saturday morning for the camp.
 A. J. Kent, an old time resident of Clifton, and J. O. Thibodeaux, came down last week from Luna, N. M., where they have resided the past sev- eral months. They are both steam engineers and left Tuesday morning for Globe, where they will locate in the future.
 Chas Keppler, better known as the Poor Kid'', lett this week to haunt the gold fields of the Sylvanite min ing district near Hachita. He was as far as York by spe- cial guard consisting of Bob Dunagan, Guy LoOmiS and Charley Brooks, who spent the day hunting. They report that the last tune they saw the Kid he was headed in the riqht direction.
 Judge Geo. Cosper, who resides a short distance above Duncln just across the New Mexico line, speat few days of this week in Clifton On business. MT. Cosper is one of the old timers of this section and has many old friends in Clifton who are always glad to see him. He makes frequent visits to Clifton for the pur- pose of selling grain and hogs. He returned home 1-uPsdaV
 Invitations are out announcing a grand ball at Prettyman's opera house next Saturday evening given by the young men of Clifton. It will be one of the leading social functions of the season and q royal good time is in store for those who have re- ceiyed cards.
 For fine juicy steak, leave orders with the Clifton Meat and Cold Stor- age company.