The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-03-31
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

market, the first in that vicinity nav
ing been supplied from the ranch OF
S. P Huss.
William Schaefer, an old time pros
pector about seventy years of age,
died last week at Douglas, as the re-
suit of a stroke of apoplexy.
K. J. Wackford was arrested at
Kelvin last week and fined $500 for
peddling wouthout license. He will
appeal to the district court and fight
the case.
Ross Rogers, for the past twenty
wears a resident of Stafford and the
ella valley, died last week at the age
of sixty years, death resulting from
a complication of diseases.
Last week a rich strick of sulPhide
ore was encountered in the DEM
shaft at Bisbee. The ore is very
high grade and indications point to
the discovery of an important ore
body.
By the end of March the new Ari-
zona Commercial railroad will be COM
pleted to the point where the right OF
way cuts the Superior & Boston prop
ertv. little more than a quarter of a
mile from the end of the line.
The mountain resort at Cluf' >
ranch at the foot of the Grahams
will open for the present season early
in May. Many improvements are
being made at the resort as well as
on the main valley road leading to 1t.
The property of the Arizona Elec-
trio Telephone company to Apache
and Navajo counties, recently taken
over by the Arizona Overland Tele-
phone company, will be formally
transferred to the new concern April
first.
In fit of dependency last week
Fred Haas of Douglas attempted
suicide by cutting his throat with a
pen knife. Fortunately the injuries
which he inflicted on himself were
verv slight and he is little the worse
for his experience.
A hen owned by NJ. Clymen, a
Douglas rancher, has broken all pre-
vious records by laying an egg which
weighs a quarter of a pound ano
measures eight inches in circumter
ence around from end to end and siS
inches around the smaller way.
The quickest trip eyer made be
tween Prescott and Humboldt in any
sort of conveyance was made last
week by Ray Vyne on his two-cylln
der Curtis motor cycle. He covered
the distance of eighteen miles owe
steep and bad roads in exactly 8
minutes. t-
1t was decided last week to bon'
the Layton school district in Grahan
county for new school building t
cost $4,000. The building is to b
constructed of cement brick, to con
tain four large class rooms, and Is
be completed for the opening OF tn
fall term of school.
In order to place on exhibition tt
constantly increasing mineral exhlbl
the Globe chamber of commerce ha
installed three new sections to tn
mineral cabinet at the chamber heaC
quarters and as the result, the pre-
ent exhibition can be very nearl
doubled with the additional cabine
space.
The development of a four-foot vel
on the Black Bird claim of the Ar
zona Michigan property near Glot
is giving the best results yet obtaine
in the opening of this property, al
from the appearance of the We
matter extracted, should open val
able deposits at depth.
Ben Goodrich, one of Arizona
best known attorneys, was in Pho
nix last week for the purpose of
ing the articles of Incorporation
the Arizona Mexico Constructi'
company, with Meade Goodloe,
Longacre, Jr., Dwight ]. Holridg
Leo B. Mulhern and A. w. Edwar
as incorporators. The company is
have a capital stock of SlOO,0lO al
its osteusible purpose is to build
extension of the Arizona Southe
railroad from Silverbell to Pc
IIobos on the Gulf OF California, a
possibly an extension of the SAL
line uortheastlerly from Red Rock
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