The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-31
TIMES" GAR IN THE COUNTRY IF OLD
 INDIAN WARS
Splendid Meeting in Home of National
 Organizer.
By Bert c. Smith.

Clifton, Arizona, May 25-Exclusive Dispatch Climbing into the copper covered hills of Arizona, The Times touring car is travelling over roads which have not been touched since Gen. Miles conquered Geronimo. We have passed within the shadows 1f the high hills from which United States troops flashed the first helio- graph signals that finally ran the In dians into cover Sharp pointed peaks towering into the clear blue were the places chosen by the great general when he started his campaign against the Indians.
 The canyon where Gen. Crook was surrounded by the Apaches and com pelled to retreat when he was SUD- posed to be chasing them was shown to us, and the men who spoke of this were proud of the wonderful prowess of the red men. Signal fires and spiral smoke sent curling into the clear atmosphere of the desert made the Indian king. He could tell where the water holes were and whether or not the troops had occu- pied the places. This was exemplified when he saw the mocassin tracks of the friendly bucks who were striK- ing in a straight line aided by signal fires on distant hills and were con- ing back to camp without paying any attention to our roads.
 We encountered an old Indian war rior who had fought with Geronimo. He was riding an Indian pony and his squaw was mounted on a burro. The two were hitting a straight trail through the brush far from the road We drove the Times car over to them, but the old iron-visaged warrior did not even grunt with surprise and the squaw refused to look at the car.
 Hills of Clifton.
 It was the meeting of the old and the new, but the Indians liked the old best. We are now in the hills of Clifton, 7491a miles from Los An geles. Our elevation is 3450 feet and we are still on the national highway with the hood of the big Times car pointed toward New York.
 Our reception here has been unique. This is a mining town, one of the rich est in Arizona, but miners and mine owners have joined in the welcome given the organizers of the Ocean-to- Ocean Highway Association and three other links have been forged in the mighty trans-continental highway chain that is being welded. This city of 5000 persons is built in canyons. We have found in each section visited the citizens are more than willing to help boost the big road-building plan. We started tonight with the only five motor cars in Clifton lined up with our car and we went from street to street into the mining district and finished the run with raiiy that has not had it's equal anywhere i'll the new State. We have been given the keys of the city and the keys of the big copper ~- ines. We were taken into the bow els of the earth, dropping down nearly 1000 feet, and saw one big pit from which $15,000, 900 in copper has been taken. We were shown through the Shannon mine the big ore deposit which Charley Shannon sold for $250- 900, but which is now worth several millions of dollars.
 We were taken over the Shannon Arizona railway by Paul Sutherland, superintendent, and we travelled ten miles with 130 curves to Metcalf, an- other big mining district. This is the home of Dell M. Potter, national or ganizer of the Ocean-toOcean High way Association, who is making the trip in the Times car to New York.
 It is no wonder the people of Cliff ton are boosting for good roads. They need them more than any other place we have struck since leaving Phoc- nix.
 Perched on the side of high noun
  road material there is an opportunity here of which few places can boast. National Organizer Potter has built six miles of smooth road leading to his home just to show what can be done. One of our trips this morning was to the Potter residence and we were taken into a stope drifted into the side of the hill 300 feet to a gold mine owned by Potter.
 he haf :- as hot as Turkish bath. We joined in lock step with Potter in the lead, John J. Birdno, the Mormon church elder next, and Sam Brazelton of this city following.
 The GreenIee Section
 Dr. l.. A. W. Burtch of Clifton took charge of the meeting held here in the City hall tonight. Supervisor c. P. Dunn was one of the chief speak being in favor of building the Green lee county section Of the proposed national highway and agreed to com mence temporary work at once.
 Dr. McPheeters made a great hit by declaring that the men of Green lee county should elect only super visors who are pledged to put our stretch of the national boulevard in shape at once"
 We travelled through the land of Apache Kid today. This is the country where the last murders and depredations of the Indians occurred. About thirty miles from Clifton we came to a pile of stone surmounted by wooden cross. The legend on the cross says: 'Dr. Merrill and daughter killed by Indians. This is one of the last of the Indians mur- ders and according to Elder Birdno, hn EiI hxy ho and his renegades, though that fact never could be proved.