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A Local Mining Journal Covering
the Terrify as well as Graham Co
VOLUME II.
CLIFTON, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA. THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1910
NUMBER 50
Devoted to the Interest of the
Clifton. - Morenci Mining District
THE
COPP
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.
A commercial club numbering- fifty
charter members was organized at
Winslow last week.
Friends of local option are endeavoring-
to secure an election on that
question in Apache county in the
near future.
Only two applicants appeared to
take the quarterly examination for
teachers' certificates in Apache
county last week.
A petition, having the required
number of signers, for a local option,
has been presented to the board of
Supervisors of Yavapai county.
According to the report of the ter
ritorial board of health, the total
number of deaths in Arizona during
the mouth of December was 22.
H. C. Hudson, a rancher near Hg
ley, struck a good flow of water at a
depth of 93 feet in a welt he was hav
ing drilled on his jiomestead last
week.
The work of assembling the cor.
ceutrator mill at the Redemption
mine in Mohave county is under way
and in a short time the plant will be
ready for operation.
A warm controversy is going on in
the Salt river valley as to whether
B. A. Fowler or J. F. Orme shall be
the candidate for president of the
Water User' association.
The necessary bonus has been
raised and the required concessions
granted for the proposed Phoenix
Buckeye railroad and construction
will begin within a few weeks.
A big pump is being installed at
the Tennessee mine, Chloride, and as
soon as the min'j can be un watered
work will be rushed and regular ship
ments will be sent to the smelters.
Work is being rapidly carried on in
the Mohave valley by the new Cotton
Land company and it is probable
that a large porlion of the available
lands will be planted in cotton this,
year.
The board of supervisors of Mari
copa county has adopted a rule that
hereafter no retail liquor licenses
may be granted to corporations, but
must be issued in the names of in
dividuals. As soon as the Needles smelter has
installed its new concentrating plant,
designed for handling zinc and lead
ores, shipments will be started from
the United States navy and Balti
more claims in Copper isastn.
The Mildred Mining and Milling
company, which recently purchased
the big mil! at Humboldt, has dis
mantled it and will move it to the
mines near Stanton where it will be I
erected and operated.
A. W. Stewart, chief of electricity
of the S. F. P. & P. system at Pres
cottisthc inventor of a new aerial
craft. He expects to have a machine
built on his plan navigating the air
about Prescott in the early part of
the'summer.
Several carloads of horses and
large numbers of men arrived in
Flag-staff and Williams last week to
begin work on the Santa Fe deal le
track to those points. Williams will
be made headquarters for the con
struction work.
A reform platform has been adopt
ed by Douglas republicans for the
approaching city election, advocating
a strict enforcement of city ordi
naces, high licenses for saloons and
redlight saloons.
Daily stages are now running be
tween Kingman and Golconda mine
by way of Cerbat and between King
man and Stockton Hill, and it is
possible that automobile service will
soon be put on the two routes.
Between 75 and 100 Phoenix Klks
are preparing to attend the F.Iks'
convention at Detroit in July, and if
present plans are carried out, they,
together with Klks from other parts
of Arizona, will make the trip in a
special train.
Ollicial information has been given
out that the Arizona Mine Supply
company of PreCOtt has been
awarded the contract to furnish the
steel to be used in the construction
of the big bridge across the Gila
river a.t Florence.
Stiff Neck-
Stiff neck is caused by rheumatism
of the mu-c!es of the neck. It is
usually conincd to one side, or to the
back of the neck and one side. While
it is often quite painful, quick relief
may be had b applying Chamberlain's
Liniment Not one case of rheuma
tism in ten requires internal treat
ment. When there is no fever and
uo swelling as in muscular and chronic
rheumatism, Chamberlain's Liniment
will accomplish more than any
internal treatment. For sale by all
druggists.
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The surveyors for the new canal of
Greene and -Randolph have a force of
twenty-five men at work. The rough-
est part of the survey has been com
pleted and no difficulty was found
in locating a line on higher ground
whereby 'even at low water every
drop in the Gila could be taken out.
The first rectigraph machine ever
introduced in the territory has been
received by the Southern Arizona
Bank & Trust company of Tucson.
It simplifies the system of abstract
ing by photographing the official
records instead of laboriously having
to copy them.
Another gold discovery, of greater
value than the one recently made in
the Montezuma mine, has been made
near Florence by Meyer and Troxel,
two ranchmen. The rush of pros
pectors to that section has been
renewed and locations are being
made in every direction.
The lack of water on the cattle
ranges is becoming alarming to
stockmen. The tanges within rea
sonable distance of water have been.
eaten bare, and already many cattle
have died for lack of water. Unless
there is rain very soon losses all over
southern and central Arizona will be
very heavy.
A voluminous deed was Bled in the
recorder's office at Tombstone last
week whereby the Mexican and Colo
rado railroad company conveys to
the El Paso & Southwestern all its
franchise-, rights of way, telephone
and telegraph lines, bridges, rolling
stock, tools and machinery and every
thing else belonging to the company.
According to the present plans of
the promoters Tucson will have a
new opera house for the opening of
the fall theatrical season. The plans
are now being drawn by D. H. & H
J. Holmes, architects, and the build
ing is to be three-stories high. A
store, cafe and family hotel will oc
cupy the remainder of the buildinp.
The residence of the government
physician of the Pima and Maricopa
Indians has been changed to Gila
Crossing instead of the junction of
the Gila and Salt rivers as decided a
short time ago. Dr. N. D. Brayton,
of Tempe, who was recently appoint
ed to the newly created position, will
take up his residence there as soon as
the new house is completed.
Reunion of Blue and Gray.
Tnere was another meeting of .citi
zens at the parlors of the St, Michael
Hotel last week tor the purpose of
planning for the great reunion ot
Union and Confederate veterans to
be held in Prescott in July. Quite a
number of the leading citizens of
Prescott were present and much .n
terest was manifested ia ihe project.
It was pointed out by the gentle
men present that this reunion would
be of great benefit to Prescott not
only in that it would bring a large
number of people to the city from
Arizona points but because it would
attract the attention of the whole
southwest and would bring hundí eds
of people from outside of the terri
tory. The report of the committee on
ways and means appointed at the last
meeting, wnich was adopted is given i
herewith in full. It outlines a broad
and comprehensive plan and one
that will meet with the general ap
proval of every citizen of the county.
Hon. Morris Goldwater,
Mayor of PrescoU.
Dear Sir: Your committee ou
ways and means, appointed at a
meeting held on March 9, in regard
to a proposed reunion of the Blues
and Grays, beg leaye to report as
follows, to wit:
We recommend that a reunion of
the Blues and Grays be held in the
City of Prescott on July 3, 4, 5 afnd t,
this year. Invitations to be issued
to Spanish-American War Veterans,
Rough Riders, National Guard of
Arizona, Military stationed at Fort
Whipple; to the governors and their
respective staffs of Arizona, New
Mexicp, Texas and California: to
General Fred Amsworlh. Washing
ton, D. C: General Earle D. I homas,
commanding the department of the
Colorado; Colonel Thos. F. Davis,
commanding 18th Infantry at Fort
McKenzie, Wyoming; Ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt: Hon. Frank
Flint, senator from California, and
some noted Union and Confederate
Generals. Prescott Courier.
Itinerary of Trip Through Eurcpei
Announced.
Roosevelt's European itinerary,
determined upon with as much ex
actness as it is possible to make in
advance, was first announced March
18th. The former president will ar
rive in Rome April 3, Paris April 21,
Berlin May 8, and London the follow
ing 17th.
In several instances Roosevelt will
arrive at one city on the same day
he leaves another, and counting each
portion of a day as a whole day, it
may be said he will spend a week in
Paris, a week in Benin, four days in
Rome, three days each in Genoe,
Vienna and Buda Pest, two days in
Brussels, The Hague and Christiana,
ind a day each in Rotterdam, Ham
burg. Copenhagen and Stockholm.
A Pleasant Physic
When you want a pleasant physic
give Chamberlain's Stomacn and
Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild
and gentle in their action and always
produce a pleasant cathartic effect.
Call at all druggists for a free
sample,
Documents Filed For Record.
Following is a list of documents
filed for record in the county seat,
compiled by The Graham County Ab
stract company:
B J McKennedy files nine locations
in Graham mt dist.
M Grider to C T Reynolds, deed,
$2500, beg at part 230 rds w of ne cor
sw 14 nw 1-4 sec 17, 7, 28.
J A Clayton to Celia Clayton, q c
deed, $10, lots 7 and 8 in sec 5, 7, 26.
Wm R Stevens files 1 location in
Copper mt dist.
John Hancock to J A Allen, deed,
$1, w 1-2 ne 1-4 ne 1-4 sec 21, ti, 25.
Jno W Ramsey to M H Graham,
deed, $1200, sw 1-4 sw 1-4 sec 28, 8, 26
J M Foster Mer Co to J T Owens,
deed, $12,000, lots 2, 4, 6 and 16, blk
31, Safford.
J T Owens to J
$32000, s 1 2 nw 1-4
W Foster, deed,
and n 1-2 sw 1-4
sec 21, 7, 26.
J M Foster Mer Co to J T Owens,
bill of sale. $22,961 21, stock of goods,
ware, fixtures, typewriters, etc.
J E Carpenter files proof of labor
on 12 claims in Lone Star dist.
J E Carpenter files 9 locatiou no
tices in Lone Star dist.
John Clay to M E Church South,
deed, $1, beg at part 583 5-10 ft s of
center of sec 19, 8, 32, thence s 30 ft.
A H Packer to P K Hamilton,deed,
$1000, beg atpart 586 ft s of nw cor
se 1-4 nw 1-4 sec 17, 7, 26.
Estivan Tillalobos to J F Green
wood, m deed, $100, 2 claims in
Aravaipa dist.
J H McAlister to E P Shelton,
deed, $!0'V), lots It and 12, blk 2,
Burtchei .t 1'iiiton'- ;dd, Duncan.
J A Hild-fM to O M Mafz, bill of
sale, $500, 4 horses.
Jno P Whiting to Ariz Cop Mines
Corporation, m deed, $1, seyeral
claims in Bunker Hill dist.
Dell M Potter files water location
in Gila river river about 10 miles in a
southerly direction from Clifton.
J M Kline to F A Sanders, bill of
sale, $175, furniture.
Primitiro Medina to Abel Garcia,
deed. $10, 1-5 int in 1 claim in Green
lee dist.
J R Hampton to Lamar Cobb, certif
sale, $280, 1-2 in 1 claim in Green
lee dist.
Jas K Johnson to Chas Thomas,
deed, $600, ne 1-4 se 1-4 sec 11 and nw
1-4 sw 1-4 and w 1-2 nw 1-4 sec 12, 3,31.
Henry Dial to Eunice Pursley,
deed, $1000, lot 6, blk 5, Hill's add,
Clifton.
C C Carico files 1 location notice in
Stanley Butte dist.
Jessie H Baker files certificate of
registration as optician.
W T Wbb to Marshall Fraser, deed,
10 acres beg at part 89 rds s and 80
rds w of ne cor sec 12. 6. 2f.
Lutber Green to l) H Claridge,
deed, $15000, sw 1 4 ne 1-4 w 1-2 se 1-4
sec 19, 7, 27.
W A Smith to C M Dyer, power of
atty, general.
United States to Jos H Woolsey,
patent, sw 1 4 nw 1-4 and w 1-2 sw 1-4
and se 1-4 sw 1-4 sec 5, 8, 26.
D Méndez tiles 2 notices of mining
locations in Copper mt dist.
R L Herrell et al to Eugene
Schwab, deed, $100, 12 lots 5 and 6
nw!4se 1-4 sec 18,6, 31, 124 46-100
acres.
Euirene Schwab toTheodore Gedla.
bill of sale, $100, house on lot No 83 A
Clifton.
Watch out for Famous Comet April
Eighth.
Halley's comet will be visible to the
naked eye iust before dawn on April
8, according to W. W. Campbell,
director of the Lick observatory at
San Jose, California.
'While it is never possible to pre
dict how bright a comet is going to
be," he said, "it is safe to say the
head and perhaps a little ot the tail
will be visible."
"On May 18, the comet will pass be
tween the earth and the sun. Its
passage cannot be observed to advant
age in California because the sun will
be close to the horizon."
Killed in Bisbee.
Arthur McManus, aged about 22,
was instantly killed at Bisbee one day
last week while attempting to board
a freig-ht train as it passed Slag
Dump hill.
Evidently it was the intention of
the young man to leave town. He
first tossed a bundle on board the
train, which was going at a rapid
rate, then attempted to swing himself
aboard a tank-car. He missed his
footing and fell to the rails beneath,
and the wheels did the rest. Six cars
passed over him before the head
brakeman who saw the accident could
stop the train by means of signals.
The body was horribly mangled.
An arm and a leg were severed and
the trunk reduced to a mass it would
be hard to recognize as a portion of
a human being. Only by the papers
found upon him was it possible
the remains to be identified.
for
How Good News Spreads.
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of the time," writes B. F. Toisón, of
Elizabethtown. Ky. "Everywhere I
go I recommend Electric Bitters, be
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vitality to them. They effect a cure
every time." They never fail to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys
and bowels, stimulate the liver, in
vigorate the nerves and purify the
blood. They work wonders for weak,
run-down men and women, restoring
strength, vigor and health that's a
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Satisfaction is possitlvely guaranteed
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Wright Praises Mormons.
lion John B. Wright, Attorney Gen
eral of Arizona, returned from the
Gila valley, where he went to appear
before the Supervisors of Graham
county on official business.
When interrogated concerning the
visit he replied by nariating what he
considered one of the most interest
ing experiences he has had for many
years. It was a visit which he made
to President Kimball, the head of the
Mormon church in Arizona, whose
home is at Thatcher.
Learning that Mr. Wright was inter
ested in school matters, the president
took him through the academv. This
! building is three stories in height,
I very plata, but substant ially built of
; stone. The method of education is
practical in the extreme. The stud-
! ents, young men and young women,
are taught the utilitarian lessons of
, life, as well as the theoretical ones.
There is in use many sewing ma
chines. The young women are taught
plain and fancy sewing, under the
guidance of experienced teachers
They make their own dresses, and
one of the tests of graduation is the
skill displayed in making the gradua
tion gown, l ne young women are
also taught practical house keeping
and cooking.
Along the same lines, Mr. Wright
found that the young men are taught
to become expert carpenters and me
chames. There are classes in steno
graphy, typewriting, and the like
bookkeeping, and other practical
needs of the younger generation. A
graduate of the academy would be
fitted to assume immediately the
practical affairs of life.
It is not to be understood from
this, however, that book lore and the
memory of rules and formula are
oyerlooked. These, of course, are an
important part of the instruction. Mr.
Wright iras enthusiastic over the
method, and came away thoroughly
convinced that the system was well
worthy of study by all educators.
As he pointed out, manual training
of the kind given In the academy at
Thatcher, completes the usual
academic studies in such a way as to
lit the graduates for the battle of life
as well as to prepare them for higher
education.
Unquestionably. President Kimball
is held in the highest esteem in the
community where he resides, and Mr.
Wright was unstinted in bis praise of
the man and his achievements.
Road My Have Tucson Depot Site.
The visit of Walter Douglas to Tuc
son last week may have been for the
purpose of going over the ground to
determine upon the best means of
securing an entrance into this city
together with a depot site for the El
Paso and Southwestern railroad.
It is reported that the Southwest
ern has an option on the property of
L .eckendorf at the foot of Congress
which if purchased will be used for
depot purposes.
The Southern Arizona Bank and
Trust company, local agents for Mr.
Zeckendorf say that they know noth
ing of the matter but it is to be ex
pected that the Southwestern people
desire to close the deal before making
the matter public.
When Mr. Douglas was here he
spent most of the day riding about in
an auto.
Local engineers say that the most
available entrance to Tucson for the
new road is through the Santa Cruz
.valley and in the event the South
western chooses upon this route, the
Zeckendorf property would bs an
ideal location for a depot Tucson
Exchange.
A Good Word For Dad.
We happened in a home the other
night, and over the parlor door saw
the legend worked in letters of red,
"What is Home Without a MotherV"
Across the room was another brief,
"God Bless Our Home."
Now what's the matter with "God
Bless Our Dad?" He gets up earl',
lights the fire, boils an egg and wipes
off the dew of the dawn with his
boots, while mother is sleeping. He
makes the weekly handout for the
butcher, the grocer, the milkman
and baker, and his pile is badly worn
before he has been home an hour.
If there is a noise during the nigh4,
dad is kicked in the back and made
to go downstairs to find the burglar
and kill aim. Mother darns the
socks, but dad bought the socks in
the first place, and the needles and
the yarn afterward. Mother does up
the fruit; well dad bought it all, and
jars and sugar cost like the mischief.
Dad buys the chickens for the Sun
day dinner, carves them himself and
draws the neck from thj ruins after
everyone else is served. "What is
Home Without a Mother'" Yes,
that is all right: but what is home
without a father' Ten chances to
one it is a boarding house, father is
under a slab and the landlady is the
widow. Dad, here's to you you've
got your faults you may have lots
of 'em but you're all right, and we
will miss you when you're gone.
1'ensacola Review.
At a recent meeting of the city
council of Houston, Tex., an ordin
ance was passed, providing that eight
hours t-hall hereafter constitute a
d ly's work for all unskilled labor em
ployed by the city of Houston or labor
employed hereafter by any contractor
dolor citv woi k nnder crotract
Arizona Library of Over 4000 Titles is
Now Complete.
A library of more than 4,000 titles,
bearing upon the history of Arizona,
its people, climate, ruins and topog
raphy, was presented to the South
west Museum last week by Dr. J. A.
Munk, says a Los Angeles exchange.
Dr. Miink has handed over the work
of a quarter of a century that people
of the United States, and particularly
the seekers of knowledge in the great
Southwest may learn more of the
land wherein they liye.
The library, according to authori
ties, is unquestionably the greatest of
its kind in the world. Maps, sketches,
photographs and books by the hun
dreds are to be found there.
It was in the spring of 1884 that Dr.
Munk visited Arizona. His brother,
Judge Munk, had established a ranch
in the southeastern section the year
before and the physician left his
duties in Topeka, Kan., to rest in the
open country.
At that time the question of dodg
ing the Indians wasa great one. The
Reds were on the warpath a great
part of the time and bands of ma
rauding Apaches wandered about,
killing and pillaging. It required a
hero to collect data for the exploita
tion of a country such as that, but
Dr. Munk went bravely to his task
and has never let a day slip past with
out doing some work in perfecting his
collection.
Others have become interested in
his work and have aided him. Some
months ago the doctor, who is dean
of the Bclectic School of Medicine in
Los Angeles, stated that he intended
to give his library on Arizona to the
Southwest Museum, a library entitled
"Arizona Biblography, a Private Col
lection of Arizona. "
The gift was looked forward to with
the greatest of interest. Embracing
as it does works on forestry, mines,
ethnology and astronom-,- it was
known to be of priceless value to men
interested in the great open country
as well as to posterity. The history
of Arizona for the past 400 years is
represented there, the most wonder
ful works on the tribes of Indians,
their early life, customs and habits,
and everything pertaining to their
modes of living are embodied in the
library .
The vast mystery of the creation of
the ruined cities of the great desert,
wrapped in a veil as tantalizing as a
mirage, is brought nearer and pre
served for all time in the works of the
Munk collection.
The books have been kept in Dr.
.Vlunk's home on Alvarado street for
some time and last week the work of
removing them was begun. Four
trunkloads ot cases wer.j moved from
the home to the sixth floor of the
Hamburger building.
The collection will be catalogued
according to subject and within a
short time will be open to those who j
are earnest for their search tor know
ledge of the southwest.
Stockholders of Amalgamated Now
Know How They Stand.
At last the Amalgamated stock
holder has some adequate conception
of what he owns. He has always had
the impression that he had an equity
in certain shares of the Anaconda,
Boston & Montana, Butte & Boston
and other Montana properties but just
how many he has never known and
has never been able to Snd it out.
Under pressure of the New York
Stock Exchange and the proposed
abolishment of the unlisted depart
ment, Amalgamated has presented in
great detail a statemet of its assets
and has now shown the exact owner
ship which the company has in its
various subsidiary properties.
Of the 1, 200,000 shares of Anaconda,
the Amalgamated Copper Co. owns a
very small fraction over one-half or
020,000 shares. In the case of the
Parrot Mining C, the company also
owns but a bare majority and perhaps
it is just as well for the Amalgam ted
stockholders that the percentage
owned is no larger.
Previous to the publication of the
listing notice of the Amalgamated
Copper Co., noone ever had the slight
est inkling that the company was the
owner of 10 ),00) shares of the Greene
Cananca Copper Co., although the
impression has existed that the com
pauy had a substantial interest in the
Tiutte Coalition Mining Co. This is
shown to amount to 50,000 shares of
the latter company's 1,000,000 shares.
One of the most impressive features
of the report is the statement of the
Big Blackfoot Milling Co. showing
that that company had an ownership
in l,00r, 513 acres of timber land con
taining 5 5,631, 030,000 feet of timber.
This property has been capitalized at
?J5,000,000 in a new company, all the
securities of which will be in the
treasury of the Amalgamated Copper
Co. It is quite possible that some
time in the future the company will
make a distribution of these treasury
assets to its shareholuers.
Saved A Soldier's Life.
Facing death from shot and shell in
he civil war was more agreeable to
I. A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex., than
facing it from what doctors said was
consumption. "'I contracted a stub
born cold" lie writes, "that developed
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all remedies for years. My weight
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to use Dr. King's New Discovery,
which completely cured me. I now
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