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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-14

Mrs. Annie Gallispie, of Shelby
came over Saturday to visit her
sister. Mrs. Ellen GOsney,
The copper era., 1909-01-07

THE visit of the committee sent up from the valley to represent the farmers in Investigating the tailings proposition in the Clifton Morenci district demonstrated to them the fact. that a large amount of work had been done in preparing to con- ply with the wishes of the valley people. The committees report has not been made public, but the Guar dian of last week stated that their report would be as follows:
 "We found the Shannon to be keeping all their tailings out of the river. That the Arizona Copper company, at it's mills in Clifton, is keeping most of the tailings, except ing the coarse, out of the river. That the same company has done a great deal of work in the Morenci canyon through which flows the tail ings from concentrator No. 6, the largest one owned by the company, and at present storing part of the tailings and slime, but the most of it is running into the river.
 "The committee also found that the Detroit Copper company has made some preparations for holding their tailings, but up, to date none are being stored, but are going into the river"
 The ERA believes that the Guar dian made a mistake in stating that the most of the tailings and shines from concentrator No. are going into the river, but instead it should have stated exactly the opposite. Every person who has visited the storage reservoirs in Morenci can yon, belonging to the A. c. company, report that very small amount of sediment is contained in the water running from the overflow. Most of the people reporting upon this mat ter say that the overflow water is perfectly clear.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

? THE income tax imposed by act. of .congtess and passed on August 5th, 1909, became effective on January lst, 1910. It is retroactive and provides for the payment of the tax for the year ending 1909. The law levies a tax of one per cent. on the. net in- come ef<alls corporations, joint stock companies, associations and insur- ance companies with net income in excess of S5,OO0 annually. It is cal culated that this tax will yield to the United States treasury an an- nual revenue of more than s25, 5,eOO,- 900, according to rough figures. This tax,s of. course, will not be accepted with good grace by the corporations that will have to pay it, but these in- terests usually figure on so much profit for, their operations and will simply add the extra tax to the cost of production. If this is not done the law is a good one.
The copper era., 1909-01-07
ANew Cemetery

During the past two weeks the Catholic interests have been busy making preparation for the estab- lishment of a new cemetery up Wards canyon. The old Catholic cemetery, which is located on the top of the hill west of Clifton, is hard to reach during wet wea ther and the wagon road is very danger ous on account of being so steep. Since the building of the new Shan non railroad. which necessitated a change in the wagon road to the cemetery, it is more dangerous than ever. It is also an expensive propo- sition to keep up the road.
 On account of the above difficult ties the live wires got busy and sue ceeded in securing a new location. The first proposition was the site, and after conferriug with Johnny Ward, who owns valuable tract of land just below Clifton or. the north side of the wagon road up Wards canyon, he willingly donated the
 
 land for the cause, with the under standing that he would also take care of and preserve the new cemetery. Tests have been made, proving that graves can be dug on the land just as cheap as at the old cemetery. In order to reach the cemetery it will be necessary to build short wagon road and for this purpose petition is being circulated and literally signed. The c0pmittee intended to make plea before the town council for assistance in this work, but in some manner the committee over looked the meeting and will now have to wait until the next meeting.
 While the cemetery will be known as the Catholic cemetery, MT. Gatti, .who is one of the prime leaders of the fommittee, stated that it would be
 en for the burial of every religious
 domination.
 The site which has been secured is
 Be to town and more easily reach than any other. location that could Fave been selected.
The copper era., 1909-01-07
The A. (. Assay Department.

The Arizona Copper company has recently secured the services of a
 irst-class metallurgist and that de- partment is now in charge of F. N. Flynn. Since MT. Flynn took charge of the department he has succeeded in making many changes. In former years the assay office has been con- fined to tworooms, while now it has been enlarged to eight, occupying the entire building formerly occupied by the company as general office. The floors have been repaired and the rooms remodeled to accommodate the new methods of assaYing that will be introduced in that department in the future. In making the changes MT. Flynn has figured on speed, which is a necessity in experimental work and he will be prepared to turn out assays in minutes where hours were required before. Each room will be equipped with apparatus to handle a certain class of work and for this system new supplies and material. have been or dered and will be installed immedi- ately upon their arrival. This de- partment of the A. c. company, which is one of the most important in connection with the operation of a big concern, will be second to none in the territory as far as equipment is concerned. There might be some that look better but none will be bet ter equipped.- Wheus asked by the ERA reporter-if, the new method QS assaying will be as accurate as
 old Mir. Flynn replied: u;ff ;ffWhile vision, has been made for spee
 assays will be absolutely accur h addition to which the companI l be enabled to conduct. exper,
 which it was impossible:to do be
 The rooms have been cleaned
 are being kept as clean as a
 which is also necessity in the
 ling of high class assaying.
 future this department is going
 a valuable addition to the com
 and should have been running
 ago. Record books are being
 pared for the keeping and filing V4s every assay and experiment made in the assay office and these can be re ferred to at any time. In fact the A. c. company will be prepared to handle this business in up-to-date manner.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

The indictment weather spoiled what promised to be grand game between Clifton's second eleven and Morenci on New Years day. As the game proceeded the ball became very greasy, and the mistakes were ire quent on both sides. In the opening stages Morenci displayed fine foot ball; and from one of three runs Gibson had hard lines in failing to score, it was a splendid shot and Edwards we'll. deserved the cheer he received in saving it. Clifton had some clever throws, Rod gers shaped well for goal on one occasion, dodg- ing several opponents, but a pre- vious infringement robbed him of certain goal In the second-half Clifton was the best team, and sev- eral times they came within an ace of scoring, although being haudi- capped with the loss of one of their players, G. Pool, having to leave the field through an injury Edwards, R. Forbes, w. Forbes, Bunell and Weejoe were prominent ter Clifton. While Morenci was well served by Campbell of Clifton's first eleven, who displayed great skill in goal. A hard fought game ended in win for Morenci by goals to 1 The second eleven although defeated are desirious of meeting the first eleven some Saturday afternoon in the near flture ~. .5-s.- s-s
The copper era., 1909-01-07

THE Solomonville Bulletin of last week, in commenting upon the com pletion of the new bridge across the San Simon between Solomonville and the depot, could not resist from giving the board of supervisors and the town of Clifton good stiff dig. The Bulletin also mentioned the fact that SolomoDyille had built better bridge than the steel bridge which the county contracted for and that it cost considerable less money. We presume, of course, this is the opinioz Of .A-e;34iletin. which ppl-lic2sion is at-outs with the board of supervisors. The ERA remembers the time when the Bulletin was very complimentary to the board ofisupervisors and per- haps:it-would still be so if the board would see everything like the Bulletin. The same might be said of the super Visors in many other questions which have come up before them. The supervisors are similar to a news paper, they have too many people to please and cannot please all of them. For instance when the board ot super visors refused to build the bridge at Solomonville the people of Stafford and the east end were pleased. And when the board made a donation to the town.of Clifton to help the com pletion of necessary public inn proyement we were again pleased and Solomonville was greatly dis pleased. However, we congratulate the enterprise of the county seat people in going ahead and building the bridge themselves.
The copper era., 1909-01-07
-NOTICE.

To the Stockholders of The Clifton Northern Railroad Company:
 The Annual meeting of Stockhold- CTS of this corporation will be held on Monday, January 3lst, 1910 at 10 o'clock a. m. in the office of the con- pany, at Clifton, County of Graham, Territory of Arizona, for the pur- poses of electing directors for the ensuing year, and transaction of such other business as may regularly come before such meeting.
 In accordance with the laws of the Territory of Arizona, no stock can be voted on which has not been owned by the stockholder for ten days next preceding said meeting. ...... By Order of the Board of Directors.
 c. G. COLE, Secretary.
 Dated at Clifton, Arizona, January 5th, 1910. --... .. .l-6-1-27
The copper era., 1909-01-07
Stockholders Meeting.

Please take notice that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Gold Belt Development & Reduction Company, of Clifton, Arizona, will be held at the office of the Company in Clifton, Arizona, at o'lock p. m, on the second Tuesday (January 11th, 191O) of January, 1910, for the cleo tion of a Board of Directors and for the transacting of such other busi- ness as may be properly and regular ly brought before the stockholders.
 J. F. NICCOLLS,
 Secretary. Dated this 10th day of December, 1909. 125
The copper era., 1909-01-07

Harry Armstrong, who left three weeks ago to attend the stockholders meeting of the New England and Cliff ton copper company in Maine, has not yet returned, and the intentions of the company for future operations are not known. It is rumored that the company will be prepared to go ahead with development work when he returns. There are a great many local stockholders in the company who are deeply interested and want to see it continue on the old plan, but in different way than at a loss, as was the case before the mines were closed. Stockholders certainly were not in fayor of the proposition of offering the property for sale unless they stood some chance to get some of their money back. There were probably several offers made in re- sponse to the request of the president and directors of the company, but none of these offers have been made public, hence it is not known here just what the stockholders could have ex- pected. The ERA has always under stood from some of the best authority that the mines owned by the New England company are some of the best in this district and as the com oany owns considerable number of good claims it seems that there ought to be some way to go ahead and at least make expenses.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

c. W. Marks, agent for the Easy Way washing machine, came down from Morenci last Saturday. He was en route to Courtland, where he is in- terested in business property. He stated that his shipment of washing machines had arrived for distribution in the Clifton-Morenci district and that he would return in short time to hustle customers for them. He has had one on trial in Clifton during the past few weeks and the machine is meeting with much favorable con- ment. Upon his return he will make an exhibition of them by doing the washing himself.
The copper era., 1909-01-07
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Alvin Mckinley Pack wood, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned Administrator of the Es- tate of Alvin Mckinley Redwood, |, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said Administrator at his office in Clifton, Arizona, the same being the place for the trans action of the business of said estate, in said County of Graham.
 E. V HORTON, Administrator of Estate of Alvin Mckinley Packwood, deceased.
 Dated Monday, this 20th day of December, 1909. l-13
The copper era., 1909-01-07

Judging from the amount of new
 work that is now going on in the Clifion-Morenci district it seems that this year is going to witness many great changes for the better. A number of new companies are going ahead with development work and as practically every one of them are prepared and have declared their intention to push work as fast as
 possible some new and important strikes are expected almost any day.
 In fact during the entire period of 1909 only a small amount of new work was done in comparison to other years. The visit of numerous mining experts to the Clifton Morenci dis trict during the latter part of last year is evidence that outside capital ists are beginning to realize that for a new country that offers attractive opportunities in a mining way, this district is hard to beat. Almost it can enter this district with assur- ances of developing unlimited low grade ore bodies. Another thing that will help the district will be the connection by rail with the Southern Pacific, which railroad story has been reprinted many times in the local papers. IG now seems that this new road will be running into Cliff ton before the close of this year, with the possibility of being extend ed to the timber and coal country above Clifton. When this railroad materializes and the new companies advance to the producing stage, to- gether with statehood, the Clifton Morenci district will easily be the biggest producer in Arizona.
The copper era., 1909-01-07
Business Notice.

Notice is hereby given that we have disposed of our interest in the Damron Transfer business to H. Claridge, who is now the sole owner of the same; and that all accounts due to the 10th day of December, 1909, are payable to us; All bills due against the business to the above date are also to be paid by us.
 MRS. W. w. DAMRON,
 AB. HILDRETH Dated this 16th day of December, 1909.
The copper era., 1909-01-07
MINING NOTES
Pertaining to CIiftOn-MOrenci Dis
 triCt and Surrounding Camps.

Walter Doudna, who is working a lease on mining property above Cliff ton in the Greenlee district, is mak- ing a shipment of high grade ore to the Fl Paso shelter.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

Captain and Mrs Pollgreen of the Salvation Army entertained forty Mexican children at tea at the North Clifton school house last Monday evening. The children had a de- lightful time and appreciated the many good things to eat that were served. The meeting was entitled "lantern service" in which a number of elderly people participated. The meeting was participated in by R. J. Pollgreen, MT. and Mrs. Donnie, J. Pollock, Mrs. Pollgreep~ T1|IEE !,
The copper era., 1909-01-07
Notice.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Clifton for the election of Directors, and the transaction of all such. other business as may properly come before the meet ing will be held on the 11th, day of January at seven thirty in the even- ing at the office of the bank.
 Dated the 7th day Of December, 1909.
 ". J. RILEY,
The copper era., 1909-01-07
Fire Protection Still Pending.

Time is flying and the council and Clifton water company are still un- able to agree on the contract. At the regular meeting of the council Tuesday afternoon the water com pany submitted another contract t which was more liberal than the first one, though the council found ob- jection to one clause in the contract. The company is willing to reduce the price to $l5 per plug per year, pro- vided the town agrees to install forty plugs, mourning a monthly expense of $50. The price is now satisfactory, but in the contract the water com pany wants the town to pay for the plugs and the work of installing them; but as soon as the plugs are in- stalled the company wants the town to agree that the plugs become the property of the company, which con cern has the right to remove them should the town not live up to its con- tract. Of course the town probably does not object to the privilege of the company removing the plugs in case the town does not fulfill its part of the contract, but the council does object to relinquishing its claim to the plugs and materials which it buys and installs. It is only right that the town should own what it pays for, as the fire plug expense is going to amount to considerable.
 The other portion of the contract appeared to be satisfactory.
 In discussing the proposition the council was very friendly in its re- marks concerning the water company and it was their unanimous opinion that all they wanted was a reasonable contract and if the water company could see it that way the contract would be signed up imme diately.
 The council is very anxious that the plugs be installed immediately, as they may be needed any day and should a big fire occur before pre- paration is made to fight it there is likely to be some hard feeling.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

The total copper production of the
 three big companies of the Clifton.
 Morenci district-represe the Shannon, Arizona and Detroit copper compa anies-for the year 1909 was less than for the previous year. This naturally causes the outside public to wonder why these companies have shown slight decrease. This dis trict had no floods to contend with during the past year, but when the panic came and the price of copper dropped to the 12-cent mark the big companies curtailed their forces as much as possible and likewise the out puts suffered. A comparison of the number of men discharged after the drop in the price of copper and the output for the year will show that our copper companies made q remarkable record. In fact had it not been for the good management of our con
 panies during the squallY times =. produhr1s s...5sEs.s.ssf z-s7l7s-SE1 hiuCn I1I1--l-- 4-55e 5me as it was with many 5SrrSI producing districts. The average price of copper during 1909 was low and offered no 1nducement to the producers to increase their out puts, but they simply struck a slow gait and continued it throughout the year. Had the price of copper been high the Clifton-Morenci district would have come forth with a much heavier production than the previous year. Either of the companies men, toned above can easily increase their outputs without fear of exhausting their ore reserves, but when the cop per production seems to be in excess of the demand, together with a low price, there would be no advantage in producing more. The starter for 1910 seems much more favorable for the copper producer than last year, but even now the big interests are at tempting to protect themselves against low prices by arranging the production to meet the demand. If this method is adopted the copper production of the United States for 1910 will be no greater than it was last year unless the demand increases considerable. The adoption of this method does not mean that the pro- duction of the Clifton -Morenci dis trict will not increase this year, as there are several of our smaller com panies that will TO doubt enter the producing list before the close of the year. This district can be counted as one of the best average producers in the territory. We have always closed the year near the same mark.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

About our display of wines and liquors which is unquestionably the finest ever shown in Clifton. You can't go wrong if you come to us for your wines and liquors as we keep a rare supply of all kinds. They can be bought by the gallon Or bottle as desired. We make speciality of family trade.
The copper era., 1909-01-07

"Trains stop on signal.
 PAUL REIsINGEa,
 Superintendent
The copper era., 1909-01-07

'Oll -~Tsla-- -s1lIu Mrs. Pollgreen have announced their thanks to the stores that so cheerfully donated supplies for the occasion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-17

Louisville in 1894. I had played unde.
Big Mac In the Southern league. he
was engaged 10 secure talent for Lou
isville. Milwaukee was after me and I
was on the point Of signing a con-
tract with the Brewers when Big Mac
persuaded me 20 join the Louisville
team.
Il was promised 500 advance money.
The day landed in Louisville, Billy
Barnie told me 10 put on q uniform
and play left field.
How about that 800 McCioskey
promised me? I inquired OF Barnie.
20, that will be o. X said Rarnie.
Well, just fork 1t over first said 7.
Barney looked me in the eye, then
blinked and said: You're a pretty in
dependent chap amt your
Maybe so, but think I'm entitled
to the coin
"Barnie then went to the Office of the
Louisville club and procured the 800
for me. i played that afternoon, made
four safe hits and was fixture In left
field with Louisville until the club was
transferred bag and baggage to Pitts
burg.
Hans Wagner, Claude RitciNsy and
Tommy Leach went along with me TO
Pittsburg"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-17
ponLln Stands Pat.

Chicago, July 17.-Mike Donlin, for
mer captain of the New York Ma
tional league club, declared his will
ingness to resume his place on the
team, Ii his terms are met. He was
In Chicago with his wife.
I'VE had intended to sail for Europe
next Saturday" said Donlin, 'but the
doctors decided that my wife needed
the country air more than salt water
SO we have postponed the trip until
July 2s. We shall depart for New York
tomorrow and then we will go on q
farm in New Jersey for wask
tAs for playing with the Giants
that Is all up to Mr.. Bush.f / gave
him my terms last spring and have
not changed them. We have had nc
words over the contract. III he meets
my terms ] am willing to play at a
days notice.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-07-17
Panka . Dummy.

Los Angeles. Cal, July 17.--Discuss-
ing the Papke- Flynn fight, Battling
Nelson said:
The second meeting between Jim
Flynn, the fighting fireman, and Billy
Papke, who was at one time called
the Illinois Thunderbolt, finished up
with practically the same result as
their former meeting.
THE fight demonstrated two things
to me. First that Papke is a cool,
collected fighter, without heart and
second. that Flynn is one of the most
determined, willing mixers that ever
stepped into the ring. smuggling and
mauiing without timing his punches.
On several occasions Flynn had Rapke
holding on and smothering up to avoid
punishment.
'Papke emerged from the conflict
at the end of the ten sessions prac-
tically unmarked. due to his tough
ness Of skin and thickness Of brain"