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The copper era., 1909-10-07
WALKERS COPPER LETTER.
Market is Little Lower but Seventeen
 Cent Price is Expected Next Year.

Copper is a little weaker, and prices are a shade lower than a week ago. Lake is 13 1-4 to 13 1-2 cents. and cleo trolytic 13 to 13 1-4 cents per pound. As yet there is very little gain in the export movement, but purchases by domestic consumers seem to be on the increase. This better buying is due to the actual growth of consumption, as consumers are showing no disposi- tion at present to stock up or ac- cumulate supplies of copper for future account.
 Sentiment in the trade is inclined to be bearish. Consumers believe they will be able to buy all the copper they want throughout the remaining months of the year at 13 to 13 1-2 cents per pound. They like to be- lieve that there is an accumulation of 00,000,O00 pounds, though the actual surplus is less than 30O,O0O, 900. r. is not to be expected that they will again purchase heavily for future ac- count until after the European syndi- cates who occasionally enter the market and clean up the cheap copper have done so again.
 European manufacturers have bought their copper at lower aver age price than American consumers for generations past. When Amcri- can consumers reach the stage of dejection in which they are now found, the Europeans come in and buy tens to hundreds of millions of pounds of copper, usually at rock bottom prices. Then the Americans always become excited, bid up the market against one another, and buy far in excess of their needs at ad- yances of one or two cents, putting themselves in a position where they cannot compete with the Europeans in the foreign market for manufact- ures.
 Notwithstanding the tremendous improvement in general business, and the advance in the prices of practi- cally all commodities, copper is now selling very near its low point for the year. This year opened with lake copper selling between H 1-2 and 14 B. cents. By the end of January it had declined to IA cents. In the middle of February it was down to 13 1-2 cents, and it continued to de- cline quite steadily until about March l5, when sales were reported at l2 1-2 cents. By the first of April it was back to 13 cents again, where it re mained until the middle of May. By June 1st, it was selling around 13 1-2 cents, the result of large foreign pur- chases having been made around l2 1-2 to 13 cents in March and April, and in June domestic consumers bought considerably in excess of their current requirements, causing lake copper to sell as high as 13 3-4 cents. There was marked falling of in the buying during July and August, and the price gradually sagged down to about 13 IS cents early last month.
 We are now approaching the period of the year when a general increase in industrial activity should be ex- pected, There is quite sure to be
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MORENCI ITEMS.

Tom Wester was a Clifton visitor last week.
 c. B. Smith returned from his va cation Friday.
 L. R. Wallace returned from a short vacation Friday. Miss Miriam Heinrichs spent Sat urday with friends in Clifton.
 Miss O'Connell, of the D. c. hos pital, spent Sunday with her brother in Clifton.
 NJ. G. Talcott was taken to the D. c. hospital Tuesday evening, having typhoid fever.
 Miss Dolly Puckett, who spent last month with friends in Texas, re- turned Friday.
 Miss Monroe took in the sights at Clifton Saturday and visited one of the ranches near there.
 Hard luck that we had to lose the series with Bisbee, but with the Fl Paso games it will be different.
 John Ware, who played short on the ball team this summer, left Tues. day for his home at Roswell, N M.
 We notice that the bills for the show Friday have the Elks' instead of the Club theater1 printed on them
 Sam Green, who spent the past six weeks on the coast, returned Friday from Fl Paso, where he visited . week. gcsriatt-.
 H. s. Van Gorder and sister re turned to camp Friday, having spent the summer at Oakland and other California resorts.
 Miss w. Jean Forsyth spent Satur' day in Clifton and also took in the ball game at that place between Mo renci and Bisbee.
 J. K. Williams expects to move into his new home within the next week Jack has as nice a little home ir every respect as could be wished for
 The Salvation Army are soliciting funds with which to build church or as they cali it, armory. They seem to be meeting with success as they should.
 Baron yon Senden left Tuesday morning for Los Angeles where he will visit friends for a couple of day; before returning to the State College in Pennsylvania.
 A. L. Gravely, who for the past three or four years has had charge o1 the hardware department at the D c. store, left Tuesday afternoon fol Solomonville where he has purchased a farm.
 Miss Mary Throm, of Clifton, spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday in camp. Some time Sunday her horse decided it would not wait for her and went home, with the result that Miss Throm obtained another horse tc ride back to Clifton.
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IT IS understood that in Gila county, whenever the town of Globe desires to do road work or make other public Improvements within the incorpor- ated limits of the town the board of supervisors usually come in for about one-half of the expense. For some time there has been much dis cussion between various people re- garding the expenditure of county funds within incorporated limits. The Globe supervisors are operating under the same laws as the supervis- ors of Graham county, and it seems to be advisable tEat we look up the manner in which the Gila county of ficials do business. The greatest trouble with this county is the fact that the town of Clifton has repre- sented the law both ways before the board of supervisors. In one matter it was shown to the board that it had no authority to lawfully expend county funds in an incorporated town, and in other matters it has been requested to expend county funds within such limits. Going both ways is not going to buy us very much. We had better combine and work one way or we will find our selves at the end of the year without anvthinp
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larger volume of buying and steadily increasing consumption both in this country and Europe for eight or 10 months to come. I believe the busi- ness outlook is good enough to war rant the belief that copper consump- tion may increase rapidly for three or four years to come. It is likely to grow more rapidly than consumption, and there is good prospect that copper will sell as high as IT to IS cents some time next year.
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Four Feet of $50 Gold Rock and No Ex-
 citement.

A strike of four feet of ore that will average $50 to the ton gold has not created the least excitement at the gold camp of the Gold Belt de- velopment and reduction company, and all doubtiug Thomases seem to be hanging on the fence. A similar strike in some of the other camps of the territory would create big ex- citement, but oyer here our people are not paying much attention to it. This new strike simply insures the success of Mir. Backstein, who has re- gently secured lease on the prop erty. The new mill and other at tachments are being rushed as rap idly as possible and by the first of December the first gold bars will be exhibited here. Gold bars manu- factured at home will probably give the stockholders of the Gold Belt more solid confidence in the future of the company. Recent development work on the property of the Gold Belt has yielded most encouraging results and few outside people realize the present magnitude of the prop erty. Gold Belt is going to surprise great many of our peogle in the production of the golden metal. The company now has enough ore in sight to insure steady running for the pro- posed mill about two years, with larger ore bodies being discovered as development advances.
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MetcaIf DOttines.
Special Correspondent.

Special Correspondent
 Mrs. Smithers, of Fully Springs, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lester.
 Jack James, one of the Shannon store boys, has gone away for much needed vacation.
 J. E. Mason and D. D. Monteith are engaged with the Coppermines com pany, on the churn drills.
 Mrs. Gay and little daughter, of Coronado, who have been visiting Mrs. Newel at Douglas, have returned.
 MT. and Mrs. Chadbourne left for Solomonville Monday morning, where MT. Chadbourne will serve on the jury.
 MT. Barnes and M. Hays, two of the A. c. store boys, have decided to leave Metcalf and return to their old homes.
 The Coppermines company is dis mantling Keystone churn drill which is to be transferred over the Coronado incline where it will be in. stalled one-half mile south of the Coronado store on the Keystone group of claims.
 The Coppermines company is trans ferring a Keystone churn drill oyer the Shannon incline to be placed on the Celtic group of claims. These drills are the first to be brought into the district and their operation will be matter of great interest to all mining property holders in the dist rict.
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A Railroad Case.

It is understood that lawyers of Globe invaded the Clifton Morenci district last week, securing evidence and making up case, the substance of which is the accidental killing of a Mexican woman and child on Shan non hill on September 9th. It will be remembered that on that date a blast was fired and one of the bould- CTS that did not break was raised over the dump and rolled down the hill. AS it happened the unfortu- nate woman and child did not hear the fire signal when 1t was given and remained in the house and were kill ed. The accident occurred on the portion of the road that is being built by Hoyt & SoreIl, sub-contrac- tors. It is not known here whether the case is being made up against Hoyt & Sorell, Antonelle & Cotey or the Shannon railroad. The Era is not the court, of course, but it is probable that when the proper inves. tigation is made it will be seen that it was an accident and not careless. ness.
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In the Probate Court

Of Graham County, Territory ot
 Arizona.
 h the Matter of the Estate of James R. Webster, deceased.
 Notice is hereby by the undersigned administrator of the estate of James R. Webster, deceased, to the credit ors of, and all persons having claims against the deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers within four months after the first publica- ton of this notice, to the said admin istrator, at his residence in Clifton, County of Graham, Territory of Ari- .zoua, the same being the place for the transaction of the business o1 said estate, in said County of Gra- ham, Territory of Arizona.
 Dated this the 30th day of Septem- Der, 1909. JOHN M. WEBSTER, Administrator of the estate of James R. Webster, deceased.
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DRILLS HAVE ARRIVED.
New Keystone Monsters Will Soon be Developing COppermines Company
 Ground.

On last Friday morning the mining people of the Clifuon-Morenci dist rict were introduced to the celebrat- ed Keystone churn drill when two large drilling machines arrived on the freight train. The larger mining men, as we'll as the small ones, were greatly interested in these machines, as they have proven very successful in other camps, but so far it has been left to the Coppermines company of Arizona to introduce them here. They are both of regular No. 3 size and weigh in the neighborhood of 17,000 pounds each, the two of them crowding the floor capacity of one of the largest standard guage flat cars in existence. Superintendent J. O.. Baylor, who had been expecting the arrival of the machines several weeks, was very anxious to get them at their destination and on Saturday had nearly all arrangements com pleted for taking them to Metcalf and transferring them to the mines.
 The machines were accompanied by duplicate pieces of machinery likely to be broken in their opera tion and the company is taking no chances in being delayed from this source. The Keystone churn drills are not an experiment, having proven quite successful in other mining districts in the territory. For de- veloping mining claims at small cost they cannot be excelled by any drill ling machine. They are not as fast as the diamond drill but the original cost is so small that it does not re- quire a millionaire to buy one. The Keystone drill is capable of making from five to twenty-five feet every day, depending, of course, upon the kind of rock being drilled. There are so many attachments connected with the machine that it would require fair sized newspaper to describe it thoroughly.
 The machines are now at Metcalf and are being dismantled, prepara- IO IhONOO O1OA OOLO- nado and Shannon inclines. Henry G. Catlin, consulting engineer of the Coppermines company, has ordered one of the drilling machines placed on the Keystone group of claims near Coronado and the other one placed on the Celtic group. Arrangements have been completed with the A. c. company, which concern, by the way, is encouraging the installation of these machines in every manner poss- ible, for the immediate transfer over the Coronado incline, which is the longest incline in the southwest. If the Shannon permit this machinery to be taken over their incline, which they no doubt will, both drills will be in working order within a very short time. Experienced drillers are to arrive in the near future to take charge of the machines, consequently the best results will be obtained.
 The success of these drills means that within the next few years the Clifton-Morenci district will be full of them. A number have been used in the Warren district and have giv- en perfect satisfaction.
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GENTLEMEN KICKING.
Spaw Has Resigned as Stock Inspector and StOckmen Are Not Satisfied
 With New Man Su66eStad.

George w. Push, chairman of the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Ari- zona, with headquarters at Tucson, arrived in Clifton Tuesday evening for the purpose ot ascertaining who would be desirable man for the ap- pointment of live stock inspector for District No %, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of w. E.. Spaw, who has held this office with good satisfaction the past several years. For some reason or other, although there were number of the cattlemen in town at the time of the meeting Tuesday evening, very few of the cowmen were. informed of the meeting and consequently were not able to offer suggestions. For this reason there is considerable dissatis- faction among the boys who did not have a chance to attend the meeting It is understood that only the follow. ing cattiemen were present: MT. Push, J. V. Parks, owner of the rail N. outfit; Messrs. Wilson and Terrell of the Double Circle; B. A. Boyle ot Blue and Bob Baily of the K 6 out. | fit. I
 Austin Morris, who has been a resi-. dent of this section the past fifteen years, presented his petition at the latter part Of the meeting which had attached to it thirty-six signatures of cattlemen who sell cattle in dist. rict No. 29 for slaughtering. Wheth- CT or not his application received due and proper considera tion is not known, but it is understood that the applicationof another gentleman, J. V. Martin, of Duncan, was also pre- sented and considered favorably at the meeting. In point of popularity among the greatest number of cat. tlemen and length of residence MT, Morris appears to have had much the best of it, as Martin has not resided in this territory more than eighteen months. MT. Morris is also thorough. ly acquainted with the various brands in this section and knows nearly all of the cattlemen personally. He is held in the highest esteem and is con- sidered to be perfectly honest and trustworthy in every respect. The dissension seems to have been caused by the likelihood of an appointment that will not meet with the approval of the greatest number of people who are personally concerned, and anoth- CT reason for the dissensiou is the fact that on. the evening that the meeting was held there were about thirty cattlemen in town who were not informed as to the meeting. This being the case great many of the boys feel that they have not had fair shake. However, it is to be hoped that the Live Stock Sanital y Board, who are appointed by the governor and are looked upon to do the fair thing in all appointments madeswill give this matter further consideration before making the ap- pointment. Among the men who have expressed themselves against the appointment ot MT. Martin are some of the biggest cattle owners, however, all that the Live Stock San- itary Board can do is to endeavor to please the greatest number of the people who are personally interested.
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A hunting outfit, consisting of Councilman Billingsley,. ot the A. c. shelter, Harry Niblock, chief car penter of the same company and Charley Conway, of the same concern, left yesterday morning with a big supply of ammunition, cold protect ors and other artillery usually ser Yiceable on hunting trip. They-are after the big game and will be gone about three weeks.
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The output of the A. c. company for September was 1236 tons of Besse- mer copper, which was an extra good run considering the circumstances. The crane was in bad order number of times Curing the month and re- quired considerable time for repairs, besides an accident which put one of the converter stands out of commis, sion for some time.
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Notice.

The Duplicate Assessment Roll of the Town of Clifton for the year 1908 is now in my possession, for collection of Taxes levied. The Taxes will be- come delinquent on the third Monday In November next thereafter, and unless paid on that day or prior there to, five per cent will be added to the amount thereof as penalty. The the First National Bank of Clifton.
 w. J. RILEY, Town Treas &5 Ex-officio Tax Col.
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There not being a quorum present yesterday at the stockholders meet ing of the A.. C., A. & N. M. By, A. & N. M. T. &. T. and L. & H. railway companies, no business was trans acted and postponement was taken until future date.
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J. Backstein, lessee of the Gold Belt, reports that the balance of the machinery for the new gold mill ar rived at Morenci Tuesday. This in- sures the starting of the mill on the first of November.
 The new Keystone churn drills are going to be the means of introducing a new and cheaper system of devel- oping mining claims. Thousands of dollars have been wasted on develop ment work under the old system. with the aid of the Keystone it will not be necessary to sink expensive shafts until after it is known that the ore is there.
 The Arizona Mining Journal, pub- | lished at Phoenix, has adopted the proper system. Every mining dis trict in the territory is receiving con- servative mention in the columns of the Journal. If this publication con tinues it's present good work it should command the solid support of our people. Other mining journals have been launched in Arizona but each time they had to suspend on account of non-support.
 The Morenci Missabe company, owning a valuable group of claims west of Morenci, known as the Lake nan property, commenced develop ment work Monday morning, when a force of miners opened the new camp. This company is backed by Minnesota people and it is reported that they already have sufficient capital to do a considerable amount of work. MT. Lakenan, who is familiar with the property, has been secured as super lntendent and will fulfill the sugges- tions laid down by the engineers who examined and reported upon the property.
 The Archise Copper company, which concern owns mining property in the Gila mountains, about ten miles north of Stafford, have resumed operations and are now working a large force of men on two-compart- ment shaft. A tunnel was run from the surface to a distance of $50 feet where it is reported a large body of ore was encountered. It is antici- pated to tap the ore body with the new shaft, from which crosscuts will be run from various levels. The property is now under a fine state of development and when present plans are consummated the Archise com pany should be fairly good shipper. Development at depth is the object of the present management.
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RESOLVED, that everybody in this district take the pledge to boost. Those who can't boost, for Heavens sake close up and keep still.
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Olney & Prina, owners of the Hat ranch, which is considered one of the biggest cattle outfits in this section, are rounding up their cattle with the intention of cleaning up big bunch of their marketable stock. It is un- derstood that they have an unlimited amount of good beef which is now in fine shape for butchering. It is not known here who will purchase the cattle, but it is understood that they are to be shipped out of the ter ritory. For some reason or other Arizona cattle are real popular with outside buyers. This is due to the fact that practically all of them are extra ordinary good feeders.
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DuBaean OVertaken With Paralysis.

On last Sunday afternoon, R. J. Dunagan, one of the proprietors o1 the Last Chance emporium, was sud. denly Overtaken with stroke ot paralysis and was removed to hiE home in an almost unconscious con- dition. On Monday morning he was somewhat improved and is recover ing rapidly.
 It is not known what caused the trouble, but it is understood that Bob was working too hard and will be compelled to rest for while.
 Goldfish, Dainty brand, absolutely boneless, at Smiths store.
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For first-class dental work call on T. A. Balmer, in Hampton block, East Clifton.
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R. NJ. Kelly, business manager of the Lines Dairy, owning dairies at both Clifton and Morenci, returned last week from a vacation trip to his old home in the valley, where on the thirteenth of last month he rejOiced over the arrival of a handsome new son. MT. Kelly reports that the farms in the immediate vicinity of Pima are looking better now than they have for many years and the farmers are all making good money,
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Fred H. Brown, who has resided in Clifton the past two or three years, resigned his position with the Dunn & Loomis drug company last week and departed Saturday last for Globe, where he will reside in the future. Fred is a first-class druggist and leaves a large number of friends here who regret his departure, but wish him much success in his new loca- tiOn. MT. Brown was connected with the A. c. drug department when he first came to Clifton. He usually makes good wherever he locates.
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Kansas City Mutton, Pork and Pork Sapsages at Smiths store.
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MINING NOTES
Pertaining to CIiftOn-MOrenci Dis.
 trict and Surrounding Camps.

J. Backstein, lessee of the Gold Belt, reports that the balance of the machinery for the new gold mill ar rived at Morenci Tuesday. This in sures the starting of the mill on the first of November.
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Fresh Oysters, Eagle brand, at Smiths store
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T, A, Balmer. dentist, East Clifton
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-15

of the attorneys. The quickness with
which questions and answers came
made the court gasp