The copper era., 1911-10-13
NEWS


 cer Football team will meet at the Humboldt band room on Thursday night, October 18th, to organize and get ready for the season now advanC- ing. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance and that the club will get enough encouragement to allow them to make preparations tor the coming football campaign.
 Sunday morning Misses Lloyd, Mo Gowan, Crozier, Dyaniger and Merna Robinson, chaperoned by Mrs. Jack Farrel, left for Thatcher where the State Institute will be held this year. They rode to Bonita Sunday and spent the rest of the day as guest a t the Farrell ranch starting for That cher Monday morning. The remainder of the teachers left Monday going by way of Coronado to Solomonville by stage where they were met by a delegation in automobiles who con- veyed them to Thatcher.
 Ben Fehrman, Marle Wild and MT. and Mrs. Joe Wild took horse back ride to Clifton Saturday evening, took in the dance, then journeyed up the Frisco river above Dell Potter's ranch and camped for the night and to spend Sunday. All report a good time except Joe who says there is the busiest bunch of ants up the Frisco of any place he has been and the funny part was that they worked overtime or in relays, as they were working on arrival of the Moreuci party and did not quit as long as the visitors stayed.
 Chappie Lapoiut, the hero of the last battle of Juarez, is home from an extended visit in the east. The many friends of the battle scared veteran are glad to again shake the hand of one who so narrowly escaped dying the death of true hero on the line of battle. Chappie left for the east some time ago and while in Fl Paso thought he would overlook the town where the great battle had taken place a few months before, little thinking that he would ere getting out of the historic town be the man to start and end another battle that would go down in history with him named aa the chief actor.
 Considerable excitement prevailed Monday about camp, and especially in the homes of girls who had gone on the trip, over a report that was circulated to the effect that two of the school teachers who had started overland for Thatcher had lost their horses in quick-sand at Bonita River. For a long time the origin of the news could not be learned, but even- tually was traced to some Mexicans who had brought vegetables in that morning. When cornered and accus- ed of having made such 8 statement, they emphatically denied any know ledge of any such accident, or hav- ing started the rumor. As far as in Thatcher Monday afternoon.
 Going over on the modern convey anCe of street car, and after view ing the town for some time, he start ed in to walk back to Fl Paso,. but 10 and behold, after going part of the distance to the international line he was acc0sted and held up by six stalwart men who surrounded him and started back to the guard house with him as prisoner of war. There were soldiers in front of him: soldiers i behind him;soldiers to the left of him and soldiers to the right of him, and | ne with nothing to do but to march | with them. Then Chappie did some | all thinking of the dark and dreary 1 dungeon of which he had read so ! much, and bethought himself of better way and proceeded to put up he necessary talk in order to clear himself of any charges as to being py and to get out of being held n olitary confinement as a prisoner of var. It cost him quite d sum of money, yet he says that liberty is better than being shot as spy, or ,eing held incommunicado. However lis case caused a pitched battle to ,e fought between the soldiers and police and during this fusilade Chap tie showed the hero that he was in making his getaway under the smoke f battle and to tell his friends that bought the fight had been fierce and he bullets thick he was still alive, 7ell, and able to tell the story of the 1 ast great battle of Juarez.
 Two Killings Reported i Silver City, N. M, Oct 1O.-The ;