The copper era., 1910-05-06

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 The town council has placard
 posted offering a reward of BIO fol information leading to the arrest O. any vandal who maliciously injurei or destroys town property.
 A. G. Smith, former Clifton anC Globe banker, is now a resident o. lGlendale, suburb of Phoenix, where he has fine ranch. MT. Smith is iu ill health at present but hopes that farm, outdoor life will be of benefit to him.
 J. J. Brown, who is in charge of the lower Ira Harper ranch above town on the Frisco, says that the fruit i: falling off the trees, and this year it will be less plentiful than previou: seasons.
 George York, forest ranger station ed near Phoenix, who spent the past week in Clifton visiting relatives, was called to Stafford by the illness of his family, who are visiting at that
 lace.
 Hon. J. R. Hampton returned from Solomonville the latter part of last week being in court every day of the recent session. He can be found now at any time in his law office on the East Side.
 1 Miss Bostick, principal of the South Clifton school the past term, will leave next week for the Warren ranch visiting Mrs. Shannon and in- structing the children of that sec tion during the summer.
 Out on Rattlesnake creek at the Webster and Tucker ranch Jack Holman has the contract to build cement reservoir below the springs, and left Tuesday morning with supplies and material for the work.
 We aim to please. Inferior goods never will. Try Smiths store.
 The A. c. Chase creek store has undergone in the past few days a decided change in the appearance of its interior, by having a new floor laid and other material mprovements to facilitate the transaction of busi- ness.
 Hon. J R. Hampton Clifton's lead ing attorney, who during the recent session of the disctrict court was a live factor in the proceedings and in most of the important cases assisted the county prosecutor, returned home Friday.
 The Greenlee County Seat Club ought to get move. No use to quit amp wait for statehood. Get busy and keep busy. Every man in the Duncan country has his hat off for that town, and Clifton can't afford to keep still at any time.
 Dick Broyles, cattleman of the Blue, arrived home Saturday from an extended trip to Iowa, Illinois and Tennessee, his native state. Dick is clever preposessing fellow, and why he came back all by his lonely is a query by a number of his friends.
 Tom Carroll, the plumber, has bought the Reardon building on East Side, and has carload of the latest improved plumbing, cornish and fine working machinery ordered, and hereafter Clifton will have the ad- vantage of a strictly home product in his line.
 A. M. Newhouse, general manager and purchasing agent for the Twin Peaks mining cominy, with offices at Duncan, was called to Los Angeles the first of the week to be with his brother who had met with a severe accident, necessitating the amputa- tion of one of his lower limbs.
 The celebrated Conchos orchestra band, consisting of an aggregation of musical talent unequalcd in the southwest, came to town Wednesday and their serenades over all sections of the city were pleasant feature of the Cinco de Mayo. Tom Sirriani got the band day ahead for the en- joyment of the Clifton people.
 Ia front of the A. c. Co. main office there is on exhibition specimen of sulphide ore from the Co.'S mines at Metcalf weighing about a ton, that has a peculiarity that would not occur once in a thousand times of heavy blasting. The chunk has a drill hole clear through, and is a curiosity to all miners who have seen it.
 Much dissatisfaction is expressed among the citizens of Clifton owing to the fact that the board of super yisors failed to act upon the school consolidation petition presented to them at their last meeting of the May session. This surely was legal petition and should have been shown due consideration as such at this meeting.
 Claud Hooker, the census enumer- ator, who has been one of the busiest men in Clifton, has an extension of fifteen days longer to cover the Cliff ton district, and to date leads all enumerators of Arizona. Claud was an exceptional choice by the census department, not only for his ability to do the work, but for his acquaint- Oliffnp wbnla