The copper era., 1911-06-23


was busy this week in the Office of the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
q. C. Lennox, one of the original
owners of the placer claims on the
Frisco which now compose the hold.
ings of the Frisco Placer Company,
died at Morenci Thursday morning at
two O'Clock. He was 81 years of age
and an old timer in the district.
The civil service examination for
the position of clerk in the lcoaI
post Office will be held in Clifton on
July 9Th. For particulars intending
applicants should see Postmaster
Weiss.
Scott Riley OF York station, came
over Tuesday to arrange for building
restaurant at the station. The
large amount of travel to the Twin
Peaks and Clear Lake section makes
the venture good one.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Lentz oil
Tucson was in Clifton "Wednesday
and Thursday after the deported
Chinaman now in Jail, and expects tc
take another one along with him for
deportation from the district.
County road supervisor Await COM
meuced work Monday on the Metcalf
wagon road with force of about
twenty men. When this road is COM
pleted 1t will be of great benefit tc
Clifton as well as Metcalf
County School Superintendent w
Akers was in Solomonville last week
looking over the county records TO
find out toe different school bound
aries of Greenlee county school dis.
tricts.
Joe Nc Alister who has made Dun
can his home for years, many years
in fact since be was small boy, now
bi Is fareW ell and goes to Ray, Ari-
IONA, that promising camp, where he
launches into the livery.
Rufus Nephew. "Climax jim, )" came
in Wednesday from San Diego, Cali
fornia, where he says he has bong hi
a 2OOacre farm and will reside there in
the future. Mrs Nephew and young
child remained on the coast.
Doc Straight, for several years
with the A. c. drug store at Morenci,
is now located at. Ray, Ariz., where
he states that business is good, and
the whole country alive with industry
and workmen, and the mines running
a large force of men.
Bob Wilson came in Saturday from
the cattle ranch of Cromb and Wilson
ON Black River, and Tuesday he took
his partner Johnny Cromb out there
with him. Johnny has his vacation
from the A. G. grocery department
and will be gone about a month.
Friday near Wards Canyol a dutch
man who has been about town for
several days, laid down on the. rail
road track and resting his head on
the rail awaited results, which was
that the outgoing train was stopped
and Trenton dragged out of danger.
]. G. Blake, a desert rounder, came
in Sunday with a fine specimen of
gold rock which be said he found in
the Bull Tongue district, II miles
from Geronimo, Graham county. If
J. G. has much of what he showed up,
he need not wander the desert any
longer.
On Saturday, June 10th, at Duncan,
Ed Wilson was struck by lightnin
and badly stunned, the horse he was
working was knocked down and boy
with him was shocked by the stroke,
so much so that be was unconscious
for few minutes, and when his
senses came 10 him he thought the
horse had kicked him. They were in
the field blowing.
A letter received in Clifton this
week from w. G. Mcfarland, Esq ,
who is spending the summer on the
coast, states that Hon. Geo A. Olney
who was reported seriously i'll two
weeks ago. has sufficiently recovered
to be able to be about the streets of
Los Angeles greeting his numerous
Arizona friends
DR.. L. A. W. Burtch, of Clifton,
who is the county superintendent o
health, was in Morenci last week in
speeding the drinking water. H.. :
commended that all drinking watt r
be boiled during the summer months.
Dr. Burtch pronounced Morenci a
nd nj f.arnn
o. ]. Cotey, who has charge of the
construction of concrete hridsr S
on the A. s. N. M, between Guthrie
and Duncan, arrived in Clifton
Saturday evening on a visit to his
family. Mrs Cotey and children left
on Monday morning for visit to their
old home in Wisconsin.
Assayer Beauchamp- is this week
checking four carloads of ore shipped
to the Shannon works. One car came
from the Stargo mine, near Morenci
owned by the Campbell Bros, and
Will Keppler. Another car was re-
ceived from Clear Lake and two froU
the Standard Mines Co. at Metcalf
Joe Fraser, financial agent of the
Twin Peaks mines, came to Clifton
on Sunday and stopped over Monday
on business connected with his com
pauy. He states that the force al