El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-19

ing mining towns in the whole west,
and the FL PaSOans always eXerperience
considerable pleasure in a visit to the
I town.
The Clifton Visit.
In the afternoon trip Will be made.
partly over the Shannon Copper COM
pany's narrow gage ere hauling line,
TO Clifton and the shelters of the Arr
IONA and Shannon Copper companies
Clifton will be reached at 2:3O in the
afternoon and the visitors will remain
there until the following morning at
! o'clock. Clifton, like all the mining
towns of Arizona, has prOSpered and
grown steadily during the past year or
so, and the visitors VIII even note many
improvements over last year Clifton
has two of the finest school houses IN
the state of Arizona and also has
handsome new courthouse One Of the
biggest improvements of the town IS
the removal of the smelter to dis
lance of a couple Of miles below the
city. The old smelter has not yet been
abandoned, because OF some trouble
with operating the new smeiter, but 1t
will be abandoned and torn down soOn-
The FL PasOans WHO participated in
the excursion a year ago remember
with a great deal of pleasure the SPLEEN
did time they had at CliftOn-the ball
and reception in the armory-and they
are all looking forward to the coming
visit Tuesday night with great deal
of pleasure The band Will give the
Clifton people a concert Tuesday az
ternOOn or evening
In the ella Valley.
Leaving Clifton after midnight We'd
nesday, the excursiOnists viii make
the run at night back out to Lords
burg, and then west over the S P en-
route to Globe. They will transfer to
the Globe branch of the line at Bowie
at o'clock Wednesday morning and
the first stop of the day will be at
Stafford at 1880 for an hour. Most Of
the morning will be spent visiting the
beautiful little cities nestled in the
ella valley where last year the Fl
Pasoans were so well entertained. They
spent an evening at Stafford last year.
This time they will see the town by
early daylight for an hour, then pass
on to Thatcher and Pima, spending
about 40 minutes at each place. A year
ago the excursioniSts in returning from
Globe, left their train at Pima and
came down through the beautiful ella
valley automobiles as guests Of the
hospitable residents of Pima, Thatcher.
Stafford and SolOmOnvilIe, taking the
train again at the latter place.
At Thatcher the Ell Pasoans were
shown a beautiful exhibit of valley
products and livestock and were greet
ed by the school children The night
previous they enjoyed a splendid meet
ing at the opera, house with the people
of Stafford and in turn entertained the
Stafford people with a concert in the
park. Other pleasant memories inger
with the FL Pasoans of their ella val
y
enjoy Wednesday morning thoroughly
with their thrifty. enterprising neigh
bors OF Stafford, Thatcher and Pima
Globe and Miami.
From Pima, the excursionists will
run to Globe, reaching there a short
time after noon of Wednesday. Only
a few minutes will be spent in Globe at
that time, and the trip viii be con-
tinued on to Miami, which Will be
reached at PAS. The time will be spent
in Miami until $50, visiting the mines,
inspecting the big concentration, get
ting acquainted with the people and
generally in marveling at the growth
and improvements since the FL Pasoans
were there a year ago
From Miami, the FL Pasoans will re-
turn to Globe, reaching the latter CITY
o'clock Thursday morning. This VIII
give the eXcursionistS much more time
in Globe than they had a year ago,
when they remained only a short while
in the morning. They will this time
have a chance to visit all the business
men at their stores and offices and
then to meet them socially in the eve
ming They will be entertained at the
Elks' club by the people of Globe and
expect to have a most enjoyable time.
Globe and Miami are both important
copper producing points, Globe one of
the oldest and best known in Ari-
FL Paso from both places. The Ell
PaSOanS expect to spend a very enjoy
able as well as profitable time with
the people of the two places.
To the Roosevelt Dam.
From Globe, those who wish to take
the trip to Roosevelt dam. will leave
the train and take automobiles Thurs
day morning for the dam ana Phoenix.
The train leaving Globe at l a. m.
Thursday will return from Globe to
in Bowie-frOm six to $50 a. m. Will
ferred TO the S. P main line for the
trip west to Tucson and Phoenix. As
the train will return over the same
route, those who make the trip to
Roosevelt viii not miss seeing their
friends at Tucson. and intervening
points between Bowie and Phoenix, but
may visit with them as the excursion
returns.
Thursday. the train will make its
firSt stnn at Rnrrie Hhnn the main LING