The copper era., 1910-12-23
LOCAL ITEMS
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All the stores about town report d good Christmas trade.
 Tolls Cosper came in Monday from d trip to his ranch on the Blue.
 Geo. McFarlin, the old Arizoha printer, is again on deck.
 Reece Webster was over from his York plantation Saturday.
 Geo. Evans and Chas-Dudley were in town Saturday from Metcalf.
 Some rain fell Tuesday, but this section can stand great deal more
 Chas. Pinkney, bookkeeper at the Standard mines, spent Saturday and Sunday here.
 Frank Hodges and wife are down from the Cosper Blue ranch to spend the holidays.
 Bill Spaw is slowly recovering at the A. c. hospital from his late at tack of typhoid.
 There is very little building going on in Clifton, but there is plenty laid out for next year.
 Jim Kerby, the broker and iusur- anCe man, spent Monday and Tues day at Morenci.
 The town water was cut of nearly all Tuesday afternoon, caused by d break in the line.
 Joe Thromb, the baker, has ac- cepted position at Ray, and leaves Sunday morning for that place.
 Joe Chesser, for many years engin- ger at the long Coronado incline, the steepest in the world, spent Saturday in town.
 Miss Maud Terrell, who is attend ing school at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., will spend Christmas at the historical town of Mt. Vernon.
 Miss Mary Throm, who is at Pough- keepsie attending school, will spend her Christmas at Highlands, across the high bridge over the Hudson.
 w. s. Munday, the old Clifton car peuter, who for the past three years has lived at Duncan, died last week at the county hospital near Solomon vile.
 Jeff Dunagan's porter last Thurs day night eloped with the cash on hand besides taking quantity of cigars and bottled goods. The loss sustained amounted to about S75.
 Jack Holman, the rock and brick mason, who has done more work in the district than any other mason was down from Morenci Sunday, where be is working for the D. c. Co.
 Abe Aguierre, who has been at Mo- renci for the pas. year or so in the D. c. machine shops, is spending few days in Clifton, and says he will re- turn here after the first of the year md go into business.
 The past week Judge Moder has had several law iangles before him which were not very interesting 10 several gentlemen who failed to ap- pear as jurors. BIO, and the next one will be S20.
 Workmen are digging a trench along North Clifton street, opposite the works. for the purpose of lower ing the Shannon pipe line to allow the building of switch to the new tailings elevator, which will be in operation in a short time.
 "Nigger and white man playing seven-up; the nigger beat the white man and picked the money up."- The proprietor of the White Front on Chase creek is minus S16O, due to his over confidence in his negro porter. that the coon had the money iu the bank, he cashed his check for the above amount, last Monday, and the coon beat him to it and drew the money out of the bank and skipped.
 Harry Montague, a cousin of Dave Lloyd, came in a few evenings ago from Indianapolis with the intention of being best man at Dave's wedding on Christmas day, but found on his arrival that Dave had postponed it once again until next Christmas. Harry will wait over until then and insist on Dave keeping his word, as he is the only single man in large ia amily.