El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-07

into the mountain 100 feet and an
other Is in 1900 feet The ore runs from
five to u percent copper, mucn nl5Ae1
than the Clifton and MOrenci ores, and
can be treated at q profit al soon as a
mill can be erected. A branch OF the ,
p. or a narrow gage track TO De punt
by the company, is 10 De constr ucLe z,
from Wilcox to the mine as soon as II
begins producing The output IS now
shipped to the Douglas smelter. hauled
to EiuCOU by wagon
The Arizona Marble works operates
In the same mountain as the mining
company but on the far side OF the
mountain from WILCOX, and IS about -
miles distant The marble is used Tor
fine finishing work in business build
iugs and is white and black. taking on
a very fine polish 1t is now being used
I'm much of the work in Los Angeles and
Arizona in business structures
WILCOX Growing.
Wilcox is growing so 1ast that it
present Tombstone is the county seat,
and TT is 20 miles away, with two
changes OF cars-at Benson and at Fair
banks. 1t is a matter of general eNpec-
tation that COchise county VIII be di-
vided some of these days and II Will
cox can't get the county seat of the
new county, it VIII help Benson pull
for 81.
Wilcox has been a supply center for
ranChmen and Cattlemen for half a CEN
fury, many Of the largest ranches in
Arizona operating In this section, and
now IL is the center of a big agricul-
tural region and Is growing as a result
Of the coming Of the farmer just as San
Simon and Bowie are growing back in
the San simon valley between here and
FL PasO. San Simon has been put on
the map by the farming that has lately
developed there, and Bowie is receiving
much impetus in its growth for the
same reason. Wilcox has grown faster
than any other town between FL PasO
and Benson, however, in the last two
years. The Norton Morgan company
here carries a 100000 stock Of goods
This IS an example OF the character OF
the town and It's business. The Wilcox
Bank and Trust company has capital
Of $4,000 and a surplus OF $4,000 II A
Morgan IS president, H z. Dunlap
cashier. and the directors are Thomas
Allaire II. A. Morgan, W. N. Riggs H
p. Dunlap, and A. Y Smith The town
has two lumber yards an uptOdate drug
store, four salOOns-beer 10 cents for
one glass, two for quarter; funny, but
true-and many business houses de-
voted exclusively TO certain lines such
as millinery, mems furnishings, gro
ceries, etc. The Wilcox hotel is a large
building that dates back several years
as an Institution Of the town and has
afforded accommodations to many no.
table men IN its time.
Good Schools.
There are two schools in the town. a
high school that accommodates ad-
vanced pupils from several school dis
triCts in the county. and a local graded
school Eight teachers are employed
and the attendance is 225. J. B. Cook
IS president and s. W. Tenley secretary
OF the high school board. and J. c. Page
is president and J. W. Angle secretary
of the board in charge of the affairs Of
the graded school.
The town has four churches a north
and south Methodist church each, Chris
tan church and a Catholic church. tt
also has a newspaper. and on account
Of its good water, the s. p. railroad
maintains pumping station here for
all its engines.
Mr. Angle, who came here from Nc
Alester, Okla, says this Is the third
new country" he has seen grow into
a prosperous farming community, hay
ing been a pioneer business man in two
Oklahoma localities, and ne has never
seen a place where the outlook was so
bright Men made fortunes in Oklahoma
by taking up homesteads and either
selling them later in their entirety or
IN part, and the lands and conditions
generally were not nearly so good. he
declares as at Wilcox now. With irri-
cation water assured here. he is con-
WINGED that Wilcox will be one OF the
leading towns of southern Arizona and
that all the settlers who are now com
ing I'm VIII retire on comfortable for
tunes in few years, whether they I'm