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sion, he gave no evidence of it when
he took the chair as presiding officer.
He was greeted with great applause
from the galleries and from the floor
of the House. many OF the Democrats
and insurgents joining In the demon
stration, though in either case pos
sibly the hand.clapping was given rs
an evidence of regard Cor the Office
of speaker. rather than as evidence of
any overweaning affection for the
speaker himself.
With the committees ready to begin
work. the House will settle down :,
its winters business at once. No bills
will be passed Immediately because
all measures must be considered In
committee, and the meetings OF the
committees will be held daily from
now until the Christmas holidays and
some of the more important House
bodies will sit during the recess
When congress reassembles In Jaru-
AIRY many OF the committees will be
ready to report bills. and the debates
Of the winter will begin.
Opening Of the Senate.
Vice-President Sherman called the
Senate to order at noon. Rev. Ed.
ward Everett Hale. the chaplain Of
the Senate. having died during the
summer recess. his place as chaplain.
temporarily. was taken by local
clergyman who offered prayer, In the
Senate the roll was called and II was
found that nearly all the senator's
were In their seats. The resolutions
were adopted to the effect that com.
mittecs be appointed TO inform the
House and the president that the Sen.
ate had assembled and was ready to
begin the business OF the session. AS
was the case In the House many bills
were introduced for consideration dur
ing the winter by senators who. like
the representatives. desire TO have n
hand In forwarding administration pol.
lcies.
After comparatively short session
"ln the open" the galleries were
cleared and the Senate went into ex.
ccutiye session behind closed doors
for the purpose OF considering nomin.
atlons for Office sent TO the Upper
House by President Taft.
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both House and Senate were turned
into conservntories for the time OF the
opening proceedings.
Al sharp noon Speaker Cannon
called the House to order and asked
the chaplain. Rev. Henry n. Couden.
10 ofIcr prayer In his prayer which
was In n sense Thanksgiving oflcr.
ering. the chaplain referred to the
prosperity OF the country. the oppor.
tunitics Of the present and the bright
hopcS and promises OF the future.
Absentees Are Few.
Az soon Gs the prayer was ended
the clerk Of the House called the roll
of membership by states and II was
found that there were only few ab.
scntcca. The roll call ended the read.
Ing clerk of the Senate who had mp.
pcarcd In the House was recognized.
and he announced that the Upper
House bnd passed n resolution to in
form the House of Representatives
that u quorum OF the Senate being as'
scmbicd, that body was ready TO pro
cged to business. The House also
was told that the Senate had appoint
ID . committee TO Join House com
nittrc to inform the president OF tho
Unlled States that n quorum Of each
housc wnm present and that congress-
vas ready to receive any communica
ssos that he may be pleased to
make" On receipt Of this message
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Twenty Fifth Legislature.

The twenty fifth Arizona legisla- ture came into existence in Phoenix last Monday. The council organized by electing G. w. P. Hunt, of Globe, president of the house and elected Sam Webb. of Phoenix, as speaker. While it was known Sunday that the first named gentleman would be the unanimous choice of his colleagues, Mir. Webb's election was in doubt until shortly before the house con- vened, when Fred Sutter announced his withdrawal from the race. Early Monday morning MT. Pace, of Graha m witdrew from the contest, leaving the field to the other two candidates, each having eight votes. The arrival of MT. Peterson, of Apache county, broke the deadlock, as he declared himself for Webb. In assuming their positions, each | presiding officer predicted ConServd- tive action to retrench the eXpendi- ture of public money as the policy oi the twenty fifth legislature. The list of clerks, which is smaller than for many years, is as follows:
 Council-Chief clerk, John H Robin son Prescott: assistant chief clerk, MulfOrd Winsor, Yuma: journal clerk, Mrs. Mary Wupperman, Yuma: night watchman, w. G. GanZhOrn, Pima, file clerk, Miss Bailey, SOlOmonyille: comparing clerk, May Chamberlain, Bisbee; sergeant at arms, Bo J. White sides, Nogales.
 House-Ben Clerk, Solomonville, chief clerk; J. s. Callahan, Bisbee, assistant chief clerk; A. l.. Murray, | Bisbee, assistant clerk: J. A. Phillips: Graham, assistant journal clerk: Charles Flynn, Bisbee, doorkeeper; clerks: Miss Myrtle McGavock, Bis bee: Clara Freestone, Stafford: Flor ence Fish, Tucson: Roy SeXsmith, Yuma; Sidney P. Osborn, of PhoeniX, secretary to the speaker.
 The following are the standing committees:
 Hampton, Morgan.
 Mines and Mining - Goodrich Burns, Weedin, Hampton, St. Charles.
 Corporations - Norton. Henley, Morgan, O'Neill.
 Finley.
 Printing-St. Charles, Weedin, Fin ley, Green, O'Neill.
 Rules-St. Charles, chairman; O'Neill, Breen.
 Counties and County Boundaries Burns, St. Charles, Norton, Finley, Goodrich.
 Claims-Day. Norton, St. Charles.
 griculture-H., ONeIll, ] Norton.
 Federal Ee1ations-F Finley, Breen, | Weedin.
 Roads and Ferries Finley Morgan, St. Charles.
 Council hilI No. l, relating 10 working miners underground anu fixing an eight-hour day. was intro duced by. Mir. Weedin. Referred to committee on mining.
 Council bill, No. }, providing for q mining inspector, introduced by MT. Weedin, ordered printed.
 Council bill, No. 3, relating to and esta blishing irrigation districts, in- troduced by Weedir, ordered printed.
 Council bill, No. 1, providing for q direct primary law, introduced by Hunt, ordered printed. This pro- vides that all candidates for elective offices shall be nominated by direct | primary.
 MT. Hampton moved that the sub ject of printing council bills be re | ferred to the printing committee.
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WHY OUR MINES ARE BETTER.

It seems to be generally under stood among outsiders that the Cliff ton Morenci mining district is too slow for the investment of new capi- tai, perhaps over looking the fact that we are producing 75,OOO,OOO pounds of copper annually at as cheap, and in many instances cheaper, than any of the copper districts of not only Arizona, but the United States. Our copper deposits are found in larger bodies than in most of the other dis tricts, and though the grade is lower, by this very fact we are insured of permaneuCy, which is an item that should not be overlooked by the capi- taliSt who invests his money for re- suits. and not for "roses" one year and "poverty" the next. There are dozens of mining claims in the Cliff Morenci district that are going begging for the capital that it will require to develop them, which, if located in some of our neighboring camps, would be under the control oi companies with several millions of dollars capitalization. When we sue ceed in convincing the conservative investor that we are offering better properties at less money than any other mining country, the Clifton Morenci mining district is going to advance so fast that it will cause our neighbors to sit up and take no tice. Never in the history of this camp has it been possible for any of the companies to work out mine, but in reality they have found large bodies of ore from the very grass increasing in size as depth is attained. The Shannon, Coronado, Longfellow; and in fact dozens of other mines, have proven the above statement to be nothing but cold facts, and any dOubtiug Thomas can be convinced by making a trip to this district and Investigating for himself. What thIs district should do is to organize and boost our won derful copper resources and ad VautaOeS.
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THE GOLD BELT COMPANY

At the meeting of the directors of the Gold Belt Development Reduction company, held in Clifton on Monday, January IS, the following officers were elected: J. Backstein, president; D. E. Address, vice-president: J. F. other members Of the board are John Grimes, A. A. Anderson, L. V. Hoyt and Geo. A. Greene. The future plans of the company were outlined on a strictly business system and it was de- cided to at once get busy and, if pos sible, commence active operations in the very near future. Arrangements will at once be made to place a block of loo, 900 shares on the eastern mar ket for the puTpose of raising funds with which to construct a gold mill The arrangement is already under good headway, and if not cOnsum- mated, local parties will no doubt se- cure funds and erect d mill, which will be operated on q royalty basis, the company -reServing the right to purchase the same after a certain length of time. The company now has developed enough gold ore, rang ing in value from SlO to S2O per ton, to keep a 10 stamp mill busy for a period of several year. There fore, if the company is successful in getting the mill started, there seems to be little doubt of it's future sue cess. Plenty of water for milling pur- poses has already been developed in the gold shalt, which is an advantage few gold prospects have. Anot her plan decided upon by the company was the selection of d mine superin- tendent or general manager. In the future the board of directors will se- cure the services of man outside of the members of the board.
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THE announcement of the resigna- tion of F. s. Nave as judge of the district court of the fifth judicial district of Arizona, was a great sur prise to many of his friends who were not aware of the fact that his health was such that this step was an immediate necessity. His resignation is effective April lst, and among those prominently men tioned as his successor is Attorney General E. s. Clark, of Phoenix. Be- fore receiving the appointment as disticrt judge, MT. Nave served Ari- zona in the capacity of United States attorney with credit to himself and .honor to his party. As district judge he has repeated his record, and on the first of April he will return to private life with the distinction of having made Arizona one of the best judges that ever sat on the bench. MT. Nave will engage in the practice of his profession as a lawyer in Globe, which place is now his head quarters.
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NEW YORK-ARIzONA co.

After years of struggling perse- verance the small companies seem about to get a show for their white alley" Heretofore the big copper companies have loomed so big in this district that anyone trying any other metal development must have re- sources in his pocket; but now capi- tai is coming to the aid of the pros pector in opening up vast region of mineral wealth. It is a fact that more than one hundred thousand dol lars worth of ore has been shipped from Morenci in the years past, and all this ore was simply gouged out of
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Stockholders Meeting.

To the Stockholders of the Clifton Gold and Copper Company of Clifton, Arizona:
 You are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of the Clifton Gold and Copper Company of Clifton. Ari- zona, to elect directors for the en- suing year and for the purpose ot transacting such other business as may properly come before the said meeting, will be held at Clifton, Graham county, Arizona, on the Sth day of February, 1909, at 2:30 o'clock p. m.
 This 7th day of January, 1909
 CLIFTON GOLD AND COPPER Co.
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quarters.

ONE of the interesting matters to come before the present session of the territorial lawmakers will be the railroad passenger fare bill, reducing the fare to three cents per mile on all lines in Arizona. A reduction to three cents per mile on main lines may be a good thing, but the short branches certainly will not be able to maintain much of a passenger service at three cents per mile, for the simple reason that passenger travel is not sufficient. If such law is passed all of the short lines now running regular passenger trains will no doubt be forced to adopt the old system of tagging coaches on the tail end Of frieght trains and landing passengers at their destination any old time that the train happens to reach stations. A law of this kind, affecting short lines, will have the tendency of mak ing poorer passenger service when as a matter of fact it should be improved. The people generally are not worry ing much over a reduction in passen- ger fare, but the matter in which they are all deeply interested is re- duction in freight rates. If our re- presentatives and cOuncilmen want to do something of great importance to the territory let them devote their time to bill providing for a whole sale reduction in freight rates and drop the passenger fare business until the population of the territory grows to such proportions that the railroads can afford to give good service at cheaper rates.
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The Governors Message.

The message of Governor Kibbey to the joint session of the legislature contained many recommendations that will be agreed to by the people of the territory and criticised by few. He mentioned Arizona's excellent chances for statehood and recom- mended that the legislature make public expression in its favor. He re- comments more complete suppress sion of gambling, including all man. ner of card gamesi in places where liquor is sold: the closing of saloons from midnight to o'clock in the morning during week days and all day on Sunday; laws to prevent the spread of tuberculosis: to prevent the danger of infection of dairy cattle; to guard against the destruction of fruit raising by pests; law more rigid in prevention of wildcat mining schemes; the removal of the terri torial reform school from Benson. In addition to the above, the governor vast amount of statisti- cal information regarding various and institutions of the territory. It is beyond doubt one of the best messages ever presented by the chief executive of Arizona.
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Notice is hereby given that the stockholders annual meeting of Ire Era Publishing Company will be held at the office of the company in Cliff ton, Arizona, at 7:30 P. NJ. January 30, 1909, for the election of directo~ = for the ensuing year and for lhe transa ction of any other business that may properly come before the meet ing.
 This 7th day of January, 1909.
 THE ERA PUBLISHING Co
 HENRY HILL. President.
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Inst or SfraYPh

One blue horse mule branded sc 16 on neck and w on left shank. Ten dollars reward will be paid for re- turn of said mule to the Shannon Copper cOmpany's mines at Metcalf. SHANNON COPPER Co.
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Local Weather Bureau.

The following meteorological ob- servations were taken by w. B. Cramer, cooperative observer of the Weather Bureau of the U. s. depart ment of agriculture during the week ending January 20. 1909.
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THE residents of Clifton, whether they own their homes nr not, should indulge in the growing of flowers and shrubbery around their premises and if possible assist in the identification of the camp. Some sections of the camp could be made to assume the appearance of a flower garden.
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The board of directors of the Gila Valley Bank and Trust companies of Morenci, Clifton, Globe and Solomon vile, held their annual meeting in Morenci Thursday and Friday. C.. E. Mills and H. s. VdnGorder of this place, E. M. HLrd and T. A. Pascoe, of Globe, and A. T. Thompson, of Clifton, were in attondance. It was decided to start d new bank in Saf- ford The directors also changed headquarters from SolomOnville to Morenci. The new bank, which will be erected in the near future, will be modern in every respect as well as one of beauty. The earnings of all the banks was placed in the surplus fund instead of dividends. These banks are all on good paying basis and solid financially.-Mor Leader
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Jake Abraham, who spent the past month in Clifton on visit to MT. and Mrs. Sam Abraham, left last week for Goldfeld, Nevada. where he may locate in the future. Jake is one of the old time residents of New Mexico and Arizona, having at one time been one of the leading hotel proprietors of Clifton. He was engaged in the hotel business at Rawhide. Nevada. up to the time of the big fire. when it was his misfortune to lose his build ing and it's contents. He has many friends in this section who wish for him better success in his new location.
 Oranges. Bananas, Pears and Apples nice stock at Smiths store.
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Our goods are goods beyond compare and the Clifton people know it. That's why they trade so much at Smiths store
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MINING NOTES
Pertaining to CIiftOn-MOrenci Dis-
 trict and Surrounding Camps.

The following officers and directors were elected by the stockholders of the Southwestern D. x l. Co at its annual meeting in Clifton yesterday afternoon: c. Wichsel, president; G. A. Franz, vice-president: J Met zler, treasurer; R. Payne, secretary; E. Teich, R. Leibman, J. H. Kerby, F. D. Conuor and J. R. Hampton, directors. G. A. Franz was appoint ed general manager.
 Bert Harwood, one of the old time mill men of this district, left last week for London, where he will join James Colquhoun. After arranging business matters in London, they will journey to Russia, where MT. Colqu- houn is interested in copper mining. Bert will enter into contract with charge of large mill which is to be erected at once. He will be absent from Clifton at least a year, and may reside there permanently in the future. Bert is first-class man in his line and has many friends in this district who wish him success in his new location.
 A. Lafave, one of the old time mining men and prospectors of the ou-Morenci district, and who is inte1estc in mines all over the southwest, left Monday morning for the Hachita mountains, where he will spend a couple of weeks on d prospecting trip. He has several valuable claims in the neighborhood of the new Sylvanite district, at which place there has recently been developed a number of promising gold mines. MT. Lafave is of the opinion that the Sylvanite district will add considerable wealth to the gold production of the territory of New Mexico, as it is now in its in- fancy.
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Edmund M. Bristol, managing di- rector of the New England and Cliff ton Copper company, who spent the past two weeks in Clifton on business connected with the company, re- turned to his home in Canada Tues day. MT. Bristol is very enthusiastic over the future of the company, and he is heartily in favor of the install lation of a ConCentratOr near the Cop ner King mine, on the Frisco river. Plans have been drawn and are now under consideration, and unless some unforeseen obstacle prevents it, the company will be opera ting a small cOncenIrator in that district before the close of the present year. The new aerial tram from the King mine to the ore bins at the railroad below,
 is now nearing completion, and the time is drawing near when increased ore shipments may be expected. Re port has it that the Copper King mine is looking better at the present date than ever before in it's history. For some business reason, operations at the Antirtam mine have again been suspended temporarily. The suspen- sIOu, however, is not caused by a shortage of ore, as it is a fact that new and larger ore bodies have recently been tnCnuntered, and the mine is really in tirst-clas condition.
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Grains stop on signal.
 GEORGE A. WAGSTALF,
 SnpP tendon
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THE PoLARIs COMPANY.

At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Polaris Mining and Milling company, held in Clifton yes terday afternoon, the following of- ficers and directors were elected for the ensuing year: c. A. Van Dora, president; Sam A oraham, vice-presi- dent; J. H. Kerby, secretary; J. R. Hampton, treasurer; G. A. Franz, general manager; w. F. Hagan, w. T. Poland. T. A. Balmer and E. M. Williams, directors. The various business details of the company were gone over in full, and it was the voice of the stockholders to do everything possible for the immediate develop ment of the property. As result It was decided to complete arrange ments for large amount ot develop ment work, which in all prob tbihty will be commenced On the first of February. The company owns some of the best gold property In the Greenlee district, and as con>id erable amount of pay ore has already been developed, prospects are good for unbounded success. It is prob able that the shipment of ore will be a part of the contemplated program for the present year. The director ate of the company is represented by some of the most influential add sue cessful business men of Clifton.
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During the past week J. H. Chison. chief electrician of the A. C. con- pany, has been engaged in the in stallation of a new electric line for South Clifton. New poles, which are sky-scrapers in heighth, are being put in and when completed the line will be as up-to-date as can be found in the larger cities. Electric wires will then be high above the telegraph and telephone lines, thereby avoid ing future interference between the two lines.
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Abiding Satisfaction

With the purchasing of McDonald's Chocolates comes satisfaction abiding and abundant No other choco- lates good wholesome McDonalds and continuously popular with candy lovers and who does not love good candies? We have sold McDoDalds Chocolates for many months and each lot seems better than the last. To those who have not acquired the Mcdonald habit extend an invitation in and taste these regal confectons. taste generally leads to think that they moreish and after you have eaten few you'll wonder how you could ever have been satisfied with any other chocolates. Yes, for abiding satisfaction get only McDonald'S.
 A. C. DRUG APARTMENT
 PAYS HERE FIRST
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Dell M. Potter, one of the leading republicans of Graham county, and who is interested in a number of en- terprises in the Clifton district, left this morning for Phoenix, where he will spend several days on businesse After his visit to the territorial capitol he will go to Washington, !, where, with a number of other faith full workers for the admission of Ari- zona as state, he will use his in fluence in favor of the measure.
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FOR SALE-Two cottages above high water mark. Will be sold cheap for cash. Apply at this office.