Graham County Better Known to the Outside World Than Ever Before

ARIZONA BULLETIN The Gila Valley Bank and Trust Co. SOLOMONVILLE, CLIFTON, MORENCI, ARIZONA THE GILA VALLEY BANK & TRUST COMPANY AUTHORIZED CAPITAL is a merger from the Gila Valley Bank of Solomon ville, ,Arizona, The Company has offices at Solo- $100,000.00 monville, Clifton and illorenci. The directors and stockholders are among the most prominent business men of Southeastern Ari- zona, noted for their integrity and high standing. The authorized capital of the Bank being$100,000.00, so much of it will be paid in from time to time as the business situation will demand. The amount paid in is now $50,000.00. CAPITAL PAID UP In addition to the power to do general banking business has been added the Trust feature permit- $50,000.00 ting, the Company to accept and execute trusts of every nature, kind and description that may be com- mitted to it. The Bank will have a nest of Safety Deposit Boxes for rent at its Clifton office, tlitis adding a convenience, the want of which has long been felt. The business of the Bank is conducted along strictly legitimate lines and in keeping with modern OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ideas. D. W. WICKERSHAM, PRESIDENT You are earnestly invited to call, and correspondenceinw— 1,-e cordially welcomed. I. E. SOLOMON, VICE PRESIDENT DR. W. J. DAVIS, VICE PRESIDENT STOCKHOLDERS A. G. SMITH, CASHIER D. W. \WICKERSHAM, of Solomon & Wickersham, Wholesale Grocers I. E. SOLOMON, Farmer C. E. MILLS DR. W. J. DAVIS, with the Arizona Copper Co., Ltd. H. S. VAN GORDER ALEX. McLEAN, M. E.. Arizona Copper Co., Ltd. T. J. O'BRYAN C. E. MILLS, Superintendent Detroit Copper Mining Co. ALEX McLEAN ADOLPH SOLOMON, of Solomon & Wickersham T. O'BRYAN, Capitalist ADOLPH SOLOMON WATER DOUG LAI, Superintendent Copper Oueen Mining Co. PH. FREUDENTHAL, . Manager Solomon Commercial Co. H. S. VAN CORDER, Store Manager Detroit Copper Mining Co. HENRY HILL, . , Capitalist JOHN LANGTON, Consulting Engineer. Phelps, Dodge & Co. CHAS. F. SOLOMON, Assistant Cashier, Solomonville A. G. SMITH, . Cashier

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HE appearance of this publication is simply following out a policy adopted by this C paper years ago. It is for the purpose of making known, without the limits of Gra- ham county, the industrial and social conditions within our borders to attract home- seekers and those who may desire to invest in the further development of our mineral and agricultural resources. We adopt the present form because of its convenience for mailing to the outside world. This paper is the pioneer in this class of work in this Ter- ritory and in August, 1897, issued an edition and in January, 1900, sent out another which attracted favorable comment from all readers and resulted in making Graham County better known to the outside world than ever before. A newspaper from week to week publishes a vast amount of information concerning the advantages and progress of its section of the country, but special editions in which this knowledge is systematized, is the best form of publicity to catch the eye of the stranger. It is conceded by all who are acquainted with the resources of Graham County that it is one of the best sub-divisions of the Territory; its growth has been steady and permanent and there is not a more prosperous or contented people, as a whole in the west. The County possesses untold wealth in the several mineral districts and the mining industry was never more active. The Gila Valley is unequalled in the arid region as an agricultural section and the conditions here are most favorable to the farmer—wonderful fertile land, an abundant supply of water for irrigation, and a home market unequalled in the southwest. We shall avoid any exaggeration in the preparation of statistical and descriptive matter in this edition. Facts will be plainly stated and comparisons shall not be overdrawn. Rich in productive lands, rich in mines, rich in timber, in grazing pasture, in purest air and perpetual sunshine, Graham ,Gounty has much to attract the home-seekers and capitalists. Industry, accompanied by frugal habits, is a guarantee of success here.

RESPECTFULLY TH[ APIZONA BuLITTINI SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

Land of Health and Prosperity Rich in Mineral, Agriculture, Live e4 ARIZONA e.4 Stock. Its Rapid Development

Public attention is at this time This advance, according to the latest recognized, the honored, the loved Zulich. eighth, Lewis Wolfley; ninth, turned to Arizona more generally than adjoining Graham County on the emblem of law and liberty. From John N. Irwin; tenth, N. O. Murphy; ever before. The Territory has be.ea South, there was a gain of more than Canada to Mexico. from the Atlantic elEventh, L. C. Hughes; twe fth, B. J. discussed more during the last six 100 per cent. in the number of electors t-t !he Pacific, millions of strong arms Franklin; thrileenth, M. H. McCord, months, in every State in the Union, found in 1902 over those that had been ate aissd in its defense, and above fourteenth, N. O. Murphy; fifteenth, than during the forty years of its exist- registered in 1900; the exact figure., he efforts of al foreign or domestic Alexander O. Brodie, the present Gov- ence, because of the dead-lock in the for 1902 being 4.400. while for 1900 the foes, it is destined to live untarnished ernor. about United States Senate, brought number was less than 1900, voters. and transcendent." INVITING CONDITIONS The flag was raised, cheers given. — - and prayer was offered. The national census, taken in the Secretary McCormick then adminis- year 1900. gave the population of Ari- tered the oath of office to Chief Justice zona as 122,000; many believe that at Turner and Associate Justices Allyn the time the census was taken there and Howell and Governor John N. were a great many more people in Goodwin took the official oath before A , izona than v as credi.ed, but be that the Chief Justice and caused to be as it may, there has been a rapid in- read a proclamation in English and crease in popu - ation since then and a Spanish. The weather was cold and conservative estima'e now of Arizona's he last rays of a December sun ling- ;,opulation would be 175,000, souis, and ered upon the peaks of San Francisco it is questionable whether any section mountain, when for the first time, the in the Union has made greater strides stars and stripes floated in the air of in material prosperity in recent years Arizona Territory by virtue of civil than has this Territory. Especially is authority. In the military escort on this true of the mineral growth in r hat memorable occasion was Sergeant every section. The great copper dis- William R. McCormick, who was an tricts of Clifton, Morenci and Bisbee .ar'y pioneer into the Clifton mineral have more than doubled in output of district. and whose widow and children copper, as well as population since the now reside there, one of his daughters present century began. being the wife of Alexander McLean, Whi'e a conservative estimate places Mining Superintendent at Metcalf. the population at 175 000, one need not The party proceeded to Fort Whip- be a prophet to predict that this figure ple, which had shortly before been will be doubled in the next five years. established. In June following (18641 It is questionable whether there is a the town of Prescott, a mile west of more prosperous section in the whole the Fort. was 'aid out and became United Slates or one that offers greater the Capital of Arizona. where the first Inducements to a settler, whether he Legislature convened on the 26th day, work with his hand or brain, whether of September. 1864, in accordance with his capi al consists of daily toll or of the proclamation of the Governor. FA- bank stocks, or of railroad shares, than Governor Coles Bashford. of Wiscon- does the Territory of Arizona. These GOV. ALEXANDER O. BRODIE sin, was elected President of the Coun- facts are rapidly becoming known, and cil, and W. Claude Jones, of Alabama. 2;1-,44414- - .1,1;142: ; ; V V 14 LIV-.2;54 , 4• 1;12;$44111-1;11?"V•IPPALO.'" t :3,4?=.4;. 1 Arizona stands today on the threshold was chosen Speaker of the House. of a new life, and the land where the by the pending Statehood Bill, which record of official data, in two of the Hon. Edward D. Tuttle, now of Saffo."1, oldest civilization has lain dormant asked for the admission of Arizona, Southern Counties in Arizona does not this county, was a member of that and forgotten for uncounted ages is New Mexico and Oklahoma as States bear cur the b.aternent that Arizo_ia Legislature, representing Yuma County fast awakening to life and energy in the Union. Senator after Senator has reached the limit of growth or The Legislature adopted a code of occupied the Senate for days and days development. laws, prepared by Associate Justice W. in discussing the conditions in the T. Howell, formerly of Michigan, com- three Territories. A great amount of BEGINNING OF ARIZONA. monly known as th.:, Howell Co'. information concerning Arizona was The Legislature cliv tied the inime,se thus disseminated throughout the Territory into four eout.lies—Yucua. country. While the friends of Arizona Forty years ago the Territorial Gov- Pima. Mojave and Yavapal. Since then placed our fair land before the public ernment of Arizona was formed at the Counties of Maricopa, Pinal, in its true light, still a great mass of Navajo Springs, in what is now Navajo Apache. Gila. Graham, Cochise, COCJ- false and erroneous statements were County. It was on Tuesday, the 29th n i no, Navajo and Santa Cruz have hen n.aue concerning the Territory. For day of December, 1863, in the after- created, each of which embrace more, this reason we devote some of the noon that Secretary McCormick, in the territory and possesses more petit al space in this edition to the conditions presence of other officials, their mili- resources than some of the Easte . n prevailing in Arizona; the advance- tary escort and certain citizens, who States. ment in development of mines, agri- accompanied the officers into the Ter- Hon. Chas, D. Poston, culture, etc., and the splendid condi- who had been ritory, made the following brief but in the Territory long before the arrival tions and advantages which are a appropriate remarks: of civil government, was the guarantee of a more rapid growth in first man "Gentlemen: As the proper quali- elected as Delegate to Congress, the immediate future. and fied officer. it becomes my du .y to he has been succeeded by John N. We desire to offer the following facts inaugurate the proceedings of the day. Goodwin, Co - es Bashford, Richard as a refutation of the statement made After a long and trying journey, we McCormick. Hiram Stevens, N. O. by several Senators, who spoke to the have arrived within the limits of the Murphy and J. F. Wilson. Mark Smith pending Omnibus Statehood Bill, "that Territory of Arizona. These broad has represented the Territory in Con- Arizona had reached the limit of plains and hills, form a part of the gress for six terms, with an inter- , growth, both as to wealth and popula- district, over which, as the represen- mission of two. Hon. J. F. Wilson, of tion, and that further advancement tatives of the United States, we are Prescott, is our present Delegate, hav- was not to be expected." to form a civil government. Happily, ing been elected in November last. HON. J. F. WILSON In Graham County the registration although claimed by those now in The following named gentlemen DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM ARIZONA of voters in the year 1900 showed the hostility to the Federal arms, we take have successively occupied the posi- beneath the vigorous impulse of the number of electors to be 2,005; the possession of the Territory without tion of Governor of Arizona: Firs*, new era. registration of voters made in 1902, resort to military force. The flag, J. N. Goodwin; second, R. C. McCor- For the miner she has unlimited two years later, showed the number of which I hoist in token of mi'itary mick; third. A. P. K. Safford; fourth, mineral wealth of every class, from electors to be 3,085, a gain of more authority, is no new and untried ban- John Hoyt; fifth, John C. Fremont; building stone to the precious metals, than 50 per cent. In Cochise County, ner. For nearly a century it has been sixth. F. A. Tritle; seventh, C. Meyer quietly awaiting the magic touch of SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 capital and the "optn Seasame" of nest educational institutions in the Idaho, the coal of Pennsy:vania, the temperature and rainfall. The surface ;abor; for the stockman a limitless Southwest. It is beautifully located iron of Missouri, the lead of Colorado, is a succession of pains, plateaus. range and good pasture; for the agri- with a superb view of the city of the marble of Vermont and the Onyx I buttes and mountains, extending step- culturist the most fertile lad on earth; Tucson, the Santa Cruz Valley and the of Mexico. Into the caverns and hills like from sea level in the Southwest for the seeker after health the most mountains surrounding. Here unex- nature has poured more wealth than to elevations of several thousand feet salubrious clima6e, and for the tourist celled taciliies for tsaching minera - ever Ophir had with which to burden to ward the North and East, attaining ai that is attiactive and novel. ogy have been provided, with a com- the fleets of King Solomon. The min- an extreme elevation in the San Fran- Today there is more activity in the plete plant for reducing and testing of ing industry of Arizona is yet young, cisco Peak, that stands 14.000 feet mineral industry than ever before. ores , giving the student opportunity comparatively but a few years having above sea level. Two great river sys- Capital is more eager for investment for gaining practical knowledge of the elapsed since the first drill was set tems drain the Territory, the Colorado and our producing mines are yielding mining industry, a most inviting field and the first blast of powder was ex- and the Gila, the former offering an increased quantities of ore. Constant- for young men. All s,udies are taught ploded, yet vvi.hin this brief period outlet to the ocean for the drainage ly new and rich mineral discoveries are in the University by able professors the mines of Arizona have added mil- of all watersheds. The term plain is being reported and mining deeds and who are paid by the Government lions and millions of dollars to the used as descriptive of that portion of working bonds are being placed on rec- bringing the expense to student. to a world's wealth. We have some of the the Territory lying below the contour ord dai y throughout the Territory. basis of cost of board and lodging greatest copper mines in the world, of 3,000 feet and embracing the coun- More men are being worked in the which is brought to a minimum by a while others equally as promising re- ties of Yuma and Pima, and portions mines and reduction works of Arizona we 1 conducted dormitory. main yet undeveloped. of Maricopa and Pina'. The plateau, now than ever before, and the price of Besides the University, Arizona has Not so many years ago the word comprising more than half of the Ter- labor was never better. two Normal Schools, one at Tempe, "Arizona" was one that conjured up ritory, is measured above the contour The stock industry is a source of Maricopa County, and one at Flagstaff, thoughts of cowboys, Indians and of 5,000 feet. The plains and plateaus great profit in the Territory. Our Coconino County. horned toads, tinged with a tint of are traversed by mountains, having a ranges are unexcelled, and the climate The Territorial Insane Asylum is a sleepy Mexican life, and with them a Northwest and Southeast trend, and Just right for breeding and raising modern institution and is located near suggestion of deserts, of bleak moun- dotted here and there are numerous stock. Cattle and horses are raised Phoenix, while the Territorial Peniten- tains and brassy skies. But the tourist buttes. In the plain regions are situ-

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without any other care than providing tiary is located at Yuma on the banks of today knows more than did the map- ated the principal agricultural valleys, them with wa er. The Hereford stock of the Colorado River. The Reform maker of forty years agone. He knows nurtured by water drawn from the Is the favorite with cattlemen and in School, which was made possib'e by that within Arizona are to be found Colorado and from the Gila and its some portions of the Territory, espe- an act of the Legislature two years all extremes known, from the tropics tributaries. cially in Graham County, a'most the ago , and which is located at Benson, to the polar circles; that on the peaks The physical features represent the entire product are "white faces." is now ready for occupancy. of the San Francisco Sierras are to be rough and rugged drawings in nature's However, the ranges are pre;ty well The future of Arizona is now radiant found Arctic lichens, and forty miles sketch book, and interspersed here covered and the onportunities for new with near approaching glory and preg- away, in the recesses of the Colorado's and there, and ensconced between comers are not so inviting in the cattle nant with promise; prejudices of by- Canon, are the ferns of the torrid zone. ragged mountains, are fertile and ver- business as in other lines of industry. gone years have given place to unre- On the plateau rise the pine and the dant valleys, man's reclamation of The agricultural resources of Ari- stricted confidence; and our resources oak, in the valleys grow the orange desert waste through water's magic zona will be its greatest source of and capabilities have become world- and vine. Throughout the land is touch. wealth for the future, notwithstanding famed, and our unqualified fitness for abounding in features of the rarest Arizona climate, or the climate of the fabulous wealth which will be Statehood is not disputed by any ex- interest. Here are to be found the the arid region of the Southwest, has taken from our mines. With water cept politicians. Nature, we are told. people and the peace of the older-set- certain marked characteristics that storage, which will come to Arizona is always impartial and it is a well tled portions of the Union distinguish it from the climate of any near future, the possibilities of known fact that when a region is espe- other portion of the United States, and In the ARIZONA'S CLIMATIC FEATURES. the agricultural industry in Arizona cial'y rich in one of nature's gifts, it chief among these is what may be have never hardly been dreamed of. Is usually less rich in others, but, how- — called constant or regular conditions, The soil of the mesas and valleys are ever general the application of this [By William G. Burns, Section Direc- and this has no reference whatever to as fertile as the great valley of the rule may be, it utterly loses force in tor, United States Weather Bureau.] equability, or to an equable climate. Nile, while the higher altitudes are Arizona. Here nature has violated In a discussion of the climate of Not being within the path of storm unexcelled for fruit culture. one of her lessons of impartiality; Arizona. a brief description of the frequency, the sequence of weather is Arizona has splendid educational here, locked within the embraces of topography of the country leads to a more uniform than in more Northern advantages. the University, at Tucson, our mountains, sleep the united treas- better understanding of the varying latitudes, or on the same parallel far- Is rapidly becoming one of the very urers of a dozen States—the silver of phases and anomalies presented in its ther East. The rainfall is deficient; SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

there is an absence of clouds; insa a- glassy plateaus, and its arid deser.s, it a2d plain—all within the limits of aoLal during this period, tbe present tion by day and radiation by night are pIesents varied meteorological feat this great empire of heath—the Terri- numbett of districts being 275. The both strong; the range of tempefature ures and climatic conditions. Begin- tory of Ai izona." grammar and primary schools have in- from day to night is large, from 25 to fling in the extreme southwest in the creased 51, there being 452 at the ARIZONA WEALTH. 35 degrees, depending upon the dices- region of the bot.est ,emperatmc tor presen time. The number of teachers tion and the character of the surface of the summer months, we travel toward employed is 457, an increase of 58. the ground; the winds are generally the north and northeast and encounter From the Governor's report we take The ace, age salary paid to male teach- light and the evaporation is high. all the gradations of temperature, Ut the following statement of the aggre- s in the Territory is $85.51; or female, Given a particular condition, that con- the temperate zone. gate amount of each object of taeaaion teachers, $71.75. Thirty-seven new dition prevails for a period, and is in the Territory for the year 1902':' school houses have been built during HEALTH AND CLIMATE, succeeded by another condition of 092,277.15 acres of cultiva- tu isperiod. almost regular periodicity. Nights of ted land $4,987,463.89 The valuation of school property in cloudless skies are succeeded by days Dr. Wm. Duffield, of Phoenix, well Improvements 1.725,112.15 'Perritory has increased from of the brightest sunshine. The transi- known as a physician of eminence 3,452 553.79 acres of land $529,024 ea june 30, 1900, to $051,912 and we I acquainted with tion of the season is slow and gradual, the health grants and railroad on June 30, 1962. The total receipts and marked changes in daily temper- conditions in Arizona, recently con- lands 3 096,295.93 for school purposes has increased .from. ature, such as tributed the following to the Los An- Improvements 7,600,00 the passing over of a $421,776.15 for the year ending June cold wave, are unknown in the South- geles Times: 1.641 patented 1 867.825.08 30, 1900, to $531,191.38 for the school ern portion of the Territory. The range ''There is probably no more healthful Improvements on paten- year ending June 30, 1902., an increase of daLy temperature, the di fference region in the world than the Territory ted and unpatented naines 1,789.237.76 of 8109,115,23. Expenditures for between of Arizona. This statement is not - 4,672,460.27 the temperature of the day Town and city ot .S school purposes have increased from made lightly for effect, but it is a 'tact 5 545,6911 1 0 and night. is .great, in consequence of Improvements $345,314.29 to $401 235.59, an increase capable of scientific demonstration. 9 2.972.80 the dryness of the air, and the clear- :37,892 horses 7 of $55.920.90; valuation of school libra- ness 'Dryness is the dominating charac- 735.048.00 of the sky. The wind is light and 1 068 mules ries has increased from $0,245 to $8.- teristic. It matters not whether one 9,274.00 regular in its movemeM, and high 1,284 asses 582, an increase of $2 237; valuation of winds Southern division studies the weather bureau reports cattle 2.726.969.00 in the of the 256.122 school apparatus bas increased from Territory are of infrequent occurrence. from the Southwest at sea level, from 735,048.00 367,524 sheep $20,530 to $21,408, an increase of $878- The climatic elements that have re- the desert valleys, from the pro-pla- goats 71,359.00 35,667 The TAW nty-firet Legislature wisely ceived a great amount of consideration teau or from the high peaks of the 5.641 swine 17,767.00 abolished the couniy boards of exain- are the low existing relative humidity. Northern mountains, dry atmospheres 1 052.114 miles of railroad 4,943 380.00 iners, doing away wiqi county certifi- and the high percentage of passible prevai'. Disease germs require moist- All o. her prop , rty 6,133,873.159 cates. The eramidations at present sunshine. Arizor,a is indisputably ure for their luxuriant growth. are conducted in the several counties within the area of the lowest relative "No region under the American flag Total 39 083 177.57 by the County Superimienclents. and humidity of the United States, and the where reliable statistics are kept, re- For the purpose of taxation the prop- the answers are sent to the Territorial record of possible sunshine is Very ports so many days of brilliant sun- erty valuation is very low as will be, Board of Examiners for marking and much higher than that of any other shine in the year. Sunshine is health- shown by the following: grtading, locality for which records of sunshine giving. It kills germs and destroys Land, cultivated and unculti- The successful applicant receive are taken. In the matter of relative contagion. vated—per acre $7.20 Territorial certificates which are valid humidity, the average for the Territo- "The soils of all of Arizona are sandy Lands, grants and railroad ia all counties of the Territory, This ry for the year 1900, deduced from the and porous. Only in isolated patches 'and—per acre insures a uniform system of grading records of four sta!ions was 40.7 per in river bottoms and valleys do we Horses—per head 19.08 and certification throughout the Terri- cent.; for Flagstaff, 57.8 per cent.; for find "adobe." Drainage is therefore Mules—per head. 28.87 tory. The regnations relaJng to the Tucson, 36.6 per cent.; and 38.5 per perfect. Asses—per head 7.22 sytern of certification of teachers will cent. for Yuma. During favored and "No water has been more maligned Cattle—per head 10.61 compare favorably with many of the protracted periods a record from 3 to than that of Arizona. In no part of Sheep—per head 9.00 older States and communities. 10 per cent , has been made. Absolute- Arizona where water is to be found Goats—per head 2.00 A teacher from any Slate must hold ly cloudless skies have been observed at al is it impossible to have good Swine, per head 3 14 a diploma of graduation from a State for a period of ten days or more. water. One hears much of "alkali" Railroads:— institution of learning, such as a Uni- Without attempting to discuss the water. The Dakotas, Nebraska and Standard gauge—per mile.. $4 824.21 versity, Normal :School or college of requirements of medical climatology, Kansas each has more "alkali" land Narrow g,uage—per mile... 3,583.33 high rank, authorized by the State in or the specific climatic conditions nec- and "alkali" water than has Arizona. Logging roads—per mile.... 1,034.48 which it is located to certificate its essary for certain Casses of disease. "The valleys and deserts of Southern If the Santa Fe Pacific is excluded graduates to teach in the public the statement may be safely advanced Arizona claim the lowest wind velocity from the above figures the average' schoo's of that State; otherwise an that where the requirement is dry air of any region in the world. valuation of standard-guage railroads examination in one of the counties of and constant sunshine, that condition "Disease exists everywhere, and p;er mile would be $6.277.77 Arizona for a Territorial certificate is exists to an eminent degree within the death comes to all life. But where required before he or she is allowed to EDUCATION FACILITIES. borders of Arizona. there is abundant sunshine, an absence teach in any of the publie schools of The popular .idea of the prevalence of excessive moisture in the atmos- the Territory. of excessive heat in Arizona is to a phere, good drainage, good water and The early settlers of Arizona began The graduaes of the two Normal great degree a misconception of exist- an even temperature, many diseases the work of providing for education schools of Arizona who have followed ing conditions, when the Territory is are unknown, and when known, they and this work has been continued with he profession of teaching have proven considered in its entirety, and even a are less dangerous. It is doubtful if energy and eminent success. No where successful educators, and their diplo- comparison of the temperature of the the plasmodium of malaria can be can any people be found who are so mas are recognized in many of the hottest portion of the extreme western found in a single drop of Arizona. ready and liberal in extending every States without further examination or and southwestern divisions with the blood. Pneumonia, the greatest de- facility for educating the young as in certification. temperature of other places in thee, stroyer of human life, gives less than Arizona. More money is expended, per same latitude, except for the months half of the percentage of frequency capita, in Arizona for public education ARIZONA MINING LAWS. of June, July, August and September, and fatality known in the North. East than in any other State or Territory is most and South. Consumption, next to American Union , Governor a favorable one. High max- in the Following are e.xcerps from the min- pneumonia, the arch enemy of man- Brodie in his annual report, under the imum temperatures obtain, during the ing laws of Arizona, which have been period mentioned, but kind, seldom develops in the native of head of "Education," says: the degree of passed by the Legislature, as supple- this Territory. The reputation for "Arizona boasts of the public school heat is scarcely comparable with like mented to the National Mining Laws: temperature with higher relative hu- cures in all of this region is too ever system which is in force throughout "Section 1. On discovery of min- midity in other sections. A study of established to require discussion. The the Territory, embracing a comprehen- the eral place the normal surface temperatures for stomach and bowel diseases of the sive course of education, from the in on the public domain the different months of the year, as young, so deadly where heat moisture primary grades of the common schools of the United States, the same may shown in the report of the Chief of and crowded conditions obtain, cease to the higher branches of science in be located as a , mining claim by the the Weather Bureau. 1897,98. will dis- trouble here. Rheumatism and kid- Normal Schools and the University of discoverer himself, or for himself and others, or for others. abuse the mind of this popular faracy. ney diseases should seldom develop Arizona. Education is compulsory in Arizona presents physical features and always finds relief on the deserts Arizona, and the enforcement. of this "Sec. 2. Such location shall be obtained in no other subdivision of the and in the thermetic springs of the law has been the means of greatly in- made by erecting at or continguous to United States. With an extreme South and West, if modern medical creasing the school attendance during ihe point of discovery a conspicuous breadth from east to west of 335 miles, theories are correct. the past two years. The advancement monument of stones not less than and an extreme length from north to "Few, indeed, of the diseases of hu- of education during the past year has three feet in height, or an upright south of nearly 400 miles, and an area man life find encouragement in this been marked, the report of the Su- post, securely fixed, projecting at least of 113,000 square mites; with snow- area, within whose boundaries are all perintendent of Public Instruction four feet above the ground, in whictr capped mountains of great elevation, e . evations—high and low; a "maxi- showing an increase during the past monument of stones or on vli kit post extending to sandy deserts at sea mum of sunshine, a minimum of moist- two years of 4,120. The euro lment in there shall be posted a location notice level; with an absolute annual range ure and wind movement." everywhere; the public schools for the same period which shall be signed by the name or of temperature of 143' degrees; with the bracing, snappy air of the moun- shows an increase of 2,099. An in- names of the locator or locators. The Its heavily-timbered mountains. its tain, the soothing breezes of the dosent crease of eighteen school districts is location notice must contain: SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

"First—The name of the daim lo- 2:_z a discovery work, to a shaft sunk Another section compels the regents of 61 to 27. But the main cause has cated. • om the surface. of the University of Arizona to charge 1._een the departure of a large number "Second—The name or names of the "Sec. 8. Location notices may be no higher rate than $1 for each assay to earn their own living and seek locators. amended at any time and the monu- of gold and silver, $2 for gold , silver homes off the reservation. "Third—The date of the loca:ion. ments changed to correspond with the and copper, and $2.50 for ore showing There were 325 Indians punished "Fourth—The length and width of amended location; provided, that no more than three meta's. during the year for various petty of- the claim in feet. and the distance in change shall be made that will inter- County Recorders are allowed to fenses, and one was convicted in the feet from the point of discovery to fere with the righ s of others. charge only $1 for recording each no- courts of murdering his wife and was each end of the claim. "Sec. 9. The amcunt of assessment tice of location of a mining claim, in- given a life sentence inYuma. cluding certificate of work done. The agent marries the Indians. and Location of oil claims is permitted Ulf y are made to conform to the mar- under the same provisions relating to riage laws of the Territory as nearly as placer calims. sible. The Indians have the reputation of BEE CULTURE being good workers; the main trouble being that they will not stay with a job. They worked on a road for a An industry in Graham County which mining company at Bowie with entire promises -to -become-a very important sa'isfaction, and also near Globe. The one in the near future is bee culture. Indians adapt themselves to any kind Those who have engaged in this indus- of labor very rapid . y. There are a try have found it quite profitable. W. number who are fairly good miners. D Jefferson and Thomas Blake of Many of them lately have been work- Safford, have the most extensive apiary ing for the Southern Pacific Railway. zind last fall shipped the first car load I do not think that they have the least n )f honey from the valley. The honey desire or intention of making any \vas shipped to Buffalo, New York. and trouble, as in the old days. The old sold for five cents per pound on board ones are too old and the young ones the cars at Safford. are more familiar with baking "pow- The honey made from the mesquite der" than any other kind. blossoms and from the alfalfa blooms The following statements show the is said to be the equal of any product condition of the Indians in civilization, in the world. Bees do exceedingly well agriculture, and other pursuits: in this climate and are able to gather honey almost the entire year. Many Total Indian and mixed-b'ood popu- wild bees are encountered in the moun- lation, 2 578; males, 1,225; females, Indians who wear tains and build their homes in the 1353; number of cragged rocks, often in public view. citizens' dress in part, 1,732; number of Indians who can read, 670; number , n )r representation work or improve- Many of the farmers have small colo- Fifth—The general course of th of Indians who can use English enough or made during each nies of bees and find this to be profita- claim. ments to be done for ordinary intercourse, 1,060; num- year, after completion of the loca- ble. "Sixth—The locality of the claim the ber of children of school age, 577. with reference to some natural obje4: tion as heretofore provided, and the SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESER. Number of acres of land cultivated, or permanent monument, whereby the time for doing the same shall be as provided by the laws of the United VATION. 2,450; number of acres fenced, 7,000 claim can be identified. Indians are required to work the all of the States." (the "Sec. 3. Until each and roads on the reservation); bushels of above specified things shall have been Within three months after the period A good portion of the Northwestern wheat raised, 2,129; bushels of barley done, no right therefor shall have of time fixed for the performance of manual 'abor, affidavit must be made portion of Graham County is included raised. 1 785; bushels of corn raised, been acquired. mountain smallest crop in years in tha prescribed form and filed with in the San Carlos or White 1 500 (this is the "Sec. 4. From the time of the lo- This reservation of the severe drought.) the County Recorder to the effect that Indian reservation. on account cation of a mining claim, as above the Apache Indians. the assessment has been done, and the is occupied by Last year's crop was as follows: specified, the locator shall be allowed By nature they are wild, nomadic 'Wheat, 14 913 bushels; barley, 16,868 ninety days within which to do or work must be specifically described. and even the names of the men em- and warlike, and only within recent bushels; this was probably 20 per cent cause to be done the following things: years have they adopted peaceful pur- above the average. cause to be recorded in ployed must be given. "First—To suits. They are now making steady Tons of hay cut by Indians, 180; office of the County Recorder of Relocation of lode claims shall only the new discovery advance, especially in agriculture. cords of wood cut (sold at $6 per cord) the county in which the claim is situ be made by sinking a the same manner as Mr. Stephen Janus acting as Indian 1 150; value of Indian products sold to ated a copy of the location notice. shaft. and in though it were a new location and a Agent at San Carlos, submits the fol- the Government, $12,269; horses owned "Second—To sink a discovery shaft new location monument must be lowing description of the condition of by Indians. 2,400; cattle owned by In- in the claim to a depth of at least ten erected. the Apaene Indians: dians, 1,004. the lowest rim of the shaft feet from must be located by For years it has been estimated that Another source of revenue to the the surface, and deeper if necessary, Placer claims at a location notice containing the Indians here earn two-thirds of Indians is for the privilege allowed until there is disclosed in said shaft posting the name of the claim, the name of their living one-third being suppled cattlemen to run their herds on the mineral in place. the locator, the date and number of by the Government ration. reservation. A large number of ca:tle "Third—To monument the claim on acres claimed, and a description of the The census shows a decrease of 437 occupy the ranges on the reservation the ground so that its boundaries can claim with reference to the natural over last year. This is partly accounted and pay for this privilege at the rate of be readily traced. objects of permanent monument. If for by the excess of deaths over births 50 cents per head. "Sec. 5. The failure to do a.'.1 the posts are used, they must be at least things enumerated in this section in three and a half feet above the ground, the time and place specified shall be and surrounded by a mound of stone construed into an abandonment of the or earth. Mounds of stones are per- claim, and all right and claim thereto mitted if the ground does not permit of the discoverer and locator shall be of posts. Placer claim locators must forfeited. file a copy of the location notice in the "Sec. 6. Such surface boundaries County Recorder's office within sixty shall be marked by six substantial days after location. posts projecting at least four feet Partners delinquent on assessment above the surface of the ground, or by work can be thrown out of partnership substantial stone monuments at least by personal service or by advertise- three feet high, to-wit: One at each ment, proof of such notice to be after- corner of said claim, and one at the ward recorded with the County Re- center of each end line thereof. corder. Sec. 7. Any open cut, adit or tunnel There is a strong paragraph in the which shall be made as above provided law concerning the drainage of contig for, as a part of the location of lode uous mines, a provision that undoubt- mining claim, and which shall be equal ed'y arose from the disastrous experi- in amount to work to a shaft ten feet ence of the better companies at Tomb- deep and four feet wide by six feet stone In the early days of that camp, long, and which shall cut a lode or and It is so provided that all claims mineral in place at a depth of ten feet l benefitted are to stand a proportionate STACKING HAY, GILA VALLEY from the surface, shall be equivalent,. share of the expense. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

ITS HISTORY, RESOURCES, GRAHAM COUNTY INDUSTRIES, ENTERPRISES

-- - - Graham County was made a sub-di- n dministrator; J. D. Halladay, Sur- who undertook to reclaim some land strip of cultivated land, averaging two vision of Arizona by the Legislature \ eyor. Of the above officials there yet for the production of barley and corn, mires in wichh, continuing almost un- in 1881. Previous to that time all the emains four in the county. I. E. Solo- which at that time was in great de- broken from a point seven miles above Territory now included in it, lying mon. Isaac Stevens, Geo. H. Hyatt and mand at the military posts. In 1873 Solomonville to the line of the San North of the Gila River, belonged to John D. Halladay. Hon. Chas. M. Shannon, the present Carlos Indian reservation, a distance Apache County, and the Territory lying With the exception of the mining well known resident of Clifton, passed of more than thirty miles. We have South of the River belonged to Pima settlement of Clifton, that portion of through -the Gila Va ley with a party now more towns in the valley than County. The Members of the Legisla- Graham County taken from Apache of prospectors, camping at the present there were families in 1873. ture who stood sponsor for the new County was uninhabitated, except by site of Solomonvire for six days. Mr. At Solomonville is located the county

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County were Geo. H. Stevens, who was Indians and a few Americans engaged Shannon at that time found six or seat, where is a substantia• and com- in the CouncP, and J. K. Rogers, who in the sheep business, who had gained seven Mexican ranchers under the modious court house, not expensive, was a Member of the Assembly from the favor of the Apaches. Tucson was Montezuma canal, cultivating not over it is true, nor built according to what Pima County, and Hon. P. J. Bolan, then the seat of government for the 300 acres of land. Two or three fam- modern architecture would suggest, who was in the Assembly from Mari- Gi'a Valley, which had only a few Pies were located at Safford and three but, nevertheless, affording comforta- copa County. The first election in the scattering settlements, with one Jus- families were living in tents at present ble quarters for our courts and offi- new county was held in 1882, when tice of the Peace, located at Safford. site of Fort Thomas. In all there cials. Solomonville is the upper town the following officers were elected: There was a military post at Goodwin, were not to exceed a dozen families in in the valley, though there are one or P. J. Bolan, Member of the Council; which later was moved to Fort Thomas the Gila Varey in 1873. two stores and a considerable settle- Adolph Solomon, Legislature; Geo. H The first land cultivated in the Gila From this small beginning the pres- ment two miles further up the river, Stevens, Sheriff; I. E. Solomon, Treas- Varey was in the vicinity of Solo- ent beautiful agricultural valley has at San Jose. Six miles be'ow SOomon- ure*: Pablo Salcido, Recorder; A. M. monville and was irrigated from the been created by the energy of those ville the man making a pilgrimage Franklin, S. W. Pomeroy and Isaac Montezuma canal, the first canal taken who were attracted by the splendid through the Gila Valley comes to Saf- Stevens, Supervisors; Geo. H. Hyatt, from the Gila River, above Florence. opportunities for making prosperous ford, the most pretentious town in the Probate Judge; A. M. Patterson, Dis- This canal was dug by parties sent homes. Now we have the most pro- valley, with more business houses and trict Attorney; D. L. Sayers, Public here by some Tucson business men, ductive valley in the West. We have a a larger population than any other. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

this wonderful transformation, came l crops at three and a half, and we have here poor and with their own labor a crop worth $31.50 per acre, which have taken out the canals, cleared the would give a total return of $1,260.001 mesquite fnom the land', bui t the on a forty-acre alfalfa field in this fences and houses, planted trees and v a iley. vines, surrounding them:telves with Instances of unusual yields have nly. We believe there is not ten been from time to time recorded in the n in the Gila Valley who brought local columns of the Bulletin. A few h them as much as one thousand years ago W. A. Gillespie sold from tars when they came. The land is sixty acres, a mile below Solomon- .v richer than when it was first cul- vine, more than $1,700 worth of hay ated and it will grow richer as time and grain, over 'and above the con- Is on. sumption on the ranch for the year. I' he principal crops are alfalfa In the year 1899 Bob Peel purchased 'erne.) wheat, barley and corn. forty acres of the Purse'y ranch, near 1 th proper care almost every variety Safford, for $2,000, and he paid the vegetables can be raised. Early price with the receipts for one year's its cannot be relied on here, be- hay crop. Now when these marvelous lise of danger of late frost. Apples results are taken in connection with

, n w large and of excellent flavor; the fact that the average cost for water .trs and puma give excellent results. for irrigation in this valley will not

apes grow to perfection and some exceed 75 cents per acre to those who MIT L. SIMMS. COUNTY RECORDER ut the finest varieties may be found own water-rights, it can be seen what been matured. There is no more pub- in our vineyards. But this valley gives magnificent agricultural country we a lic land here that may be watered Thatcher is located three miles be- greater promise to the farmer who will have here in the valley. from the present canals, but with more low Safford. Thatcher has several depend on the substantials—wheat, All of the irrigating canals in Gra- canals, or by the consolidation of some important stores, a bank and a splen- alfalfa, corn and barley. A crop of ham County are owned and controlled of the old ones, considerable fertile did flouring mill. Eight miles below barley or wheat and also a crop of farmers, who cultivate the soil by the and may be reclaimed. Thatcher is the important town of corn may be raised in one year; barley This is a condition which under them. Under this syStem the cost of water Pima, one of the largest in the valley, or wheat may be planted in November most desira- makes the Gila Valley the for irrigation in the Gila Valley to with all kinds of business represented. those owning canal shares, is anywhere Fort Thomas is the lower town repre- from 50 cents to $1 per acre, some sented in the valley. It has two stores canals being more expensive than oth- besides other lines of business. ers. Of the tdtal expense from 75 to Practical), no land in the county can 90 per cent may be paid in labor on be successfully cultivated without irri- the canal with team and scraper or gation, but the Gila River provides an shovel. The advantages of such a abundance of water for that purpose. system need not be described, a mere On what is known as the "Upper Gila' statement is sufficient to demonstrate is the first agricultural section in the desirability of such a plan over the "Graham County, including the settle- system found in many places and ments of Duncan and Franklin, near controlled by corporations who have no the New Mexico line. Here are proba- other interest in the land irrigated, bly 2,000 acres in cultivation and con- than standing the farmer up in the siderable more than this could be cashier's office and collecting water cultivated below on the river. Ten rentals every year amounting to from miles below Duncan the Gila River $1.50 to $3.00 per annum per acre. enters a mountainous region through which it traverses for perhaps thirty- Feeding cattle on alfalfa, thus pro- five miles, when it emerges at the head viding a supply of fat beef for the of the main Gila Valley, nine miles mining camps and markets tributary above So'omonville. From this point to to this valley is proving to be a most San Carlos, a distance of eighty miles, profitable business, and this industry the river passes through the main it is believed, promises the surest and Gila Valley, with the greater portion best market for hay, as the surround- of the land availab'e for cultivation on C. L. RAWLINS, HON. W. T. WEBB, ASSEMBLYMAN ing cattle ranges furnish plenty of the South side. or December; this is harvested the ble locality for farmers, to be found feeders, which can always be had on On seeing the magnificent valley, in latter part of May or early in June. in the Southwest where there is any reasonable terms. Feeding cattle in Its present state, it is hard to believe Then the ground is irrigated and if a amount of water for irrigation. The this varey has never been as exten- that only thirty years ago it was prac- corn crop is planted by July 1st, its canals, nearly all of them, are con- sively engaged in as in the Salt River tically a desert, yet such is a fact; maturity is assured for harvest in trolled by incorporated companies, but Valley; this, because of the high price and another fact which causes eyes to October. The yield of these staples the stock of these companies is owned of hay, but the scarcity of beef on the open wide in wonder is the statement will exceed any land in the States by the farmers in proportion to the range now will make cattle feeding that the people, who have wrought depending on nature for moisture. number of acres they own and irrigate. one of the most profitable industries. Wheat and barley here will give from It is rare to find any person holding Hog raising is a rapidly growing and 25 to 50 bushels to the acre. Corn more canals shares than he requires a very lucrative industry. The only will average about the same, but there for his own land. The expense of keep- have been instances of 100 bushels of ing our canals in repair and c'ean is corn to the acre being gathered, this, met by a system of assessments on the of course, being the result of extra stock, usually made twice a year, a cer- care on the choicest lands. tain per cent made payable in cash and Wheat this year, all of it, was pur- a certain per cent in labor. Where a chased by the flouring mills of the man has more shares than he requires valley and brought from $1.20 to $1.50 he usually rents the use of the watei per hundred, the latter figures being represented by these shares to some the price now; barley was worth near- one who is short. This water renting ly as much. The price of wheat was is the only chance for any profit on on a basis of free sacks to the farmers. canal stock in this valley. Here, the Corn was sold this year for $1.50 per only water tax is the expense of main- hundred and has sold for no less than taining the canals, as stated, and this I $1.00 for several years. is mostly labor. There is no such a Alfalfa is now worth $8.00 per ton thing as one of our canals being in loaded on board the cars In. this valley. debt; no interest to pay and no office Alfalfa land will produce from three expense. The secretary usually re- tr. four crops of hay each year, and ceives a nominal sum and on the larger fric occasionally five crops are reported; canals a watermaster is employed. an acre will yield from one to two For the greater part of the year the tons at a cutting. But for estimating supply of water Is abundant; some- the value of hay crops put the yield times there is a shortage between May at the lowest estimate of one ton of 15th and July 1st, but this is always ARTU RO M. ELIAS number of after the wheat and barley crops have CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JOHN J. BI RDNO. couniry ASSESSOR. hay to a cutting and the SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

I quent, long after the young fruit has range , in the mines. Farm labor is made its appearance and before it worth from $20 to $30 per month and has reached a hardiness which will board; on the cattle ranges men re- withstand a biting frost. In the foot- ceive from $30 per month up, and hills of the Graham mountains and at furnished. Wages in the mines and Clifton, on the Frisco river, and on mills are from $2 to $5 per day. Any Eagle Creek, eighteen miles North of man, old or young, who is energetic the Gila Valley, peaches, apricots, etc., and reliable, can do well here in most never fail to yield a good crop and the any avocation he chooses. None of fruit is of most delicious flavor and the mechanical trades are overdone. exceptiona ly hardy. Figs are not Every section of the County is growin..2 grown in Graham County and the berry and there is a constant demand crop has not succeeded in the valleys. labor of most every kind. The apple, plum, pear and prune do The special committee of the United exceedingly we 1 in the Gila Valley, the States Senate. Report 928, part 1. former being the favorite for profit. May 5, 1890. says: During recent years many apple trees "Within our border cannot be found W. A. MOODY, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT have supplanted the peach and the a soil so fertile and so capable of Nowhere in Arizona is the farmer so thing required for their thrift is to apricot. The apple grows to perfection varied production, under irrigation, as sure of his crops as in the Upper Gila turn them into the pasture; the alfalfa here; large in size, perfect in coloring that of Gila, Salt and Santa Cruz Valley, that portion of it lying between "does the rest." Hogs will thrive the and delicious in flavor. Mr. T. O. Rivers, in Southern and Central Ari- Franklin, above Duncan, to Fort Thom- year around on afalfa, eating it dry O'Brien, living between Solomonville zona. Analysis of this soil shows its as, on the extreme western boundary through the winter, the same as cattle and Safford, has five thousand apple fertile qualities superior to that of of this County. The water for irriga- or horses. On the alfalfa pastures trees and a large number of prune the Nile earth." tion purposes is plentiful and "what a man soweth so shall he reap." After they keep in eicellent condition and trees just beginning to bear. Mr. The soil of the Gila River bottom the harvest comes the ready sale of at any season a small amount of corn O'Brien sold his crop last year, mostly lands is as nearly inexhaustable as any everything he can raise at prices that will fatten them for market. The from the trees, at 21/2 and 3 cents per known to the world. The Maricopa are unequaled in the world amount of hogs raised here will not pound. The crop was taken by peddlers, Indians have raised wheat upon some who hauled the apples to Clifton, Mo- supply the demand which is constantly of these lands continually since the NATURAL ATTRACTIONS. renci, Globe. Bisbee. Douglas, Naco increasing. advent of the early missions in the -- All kinds of vegetables grow to per- and other towns and camps of South- seventeenth century. In the Southern part of Graham fection wi h excelent markets found ern Arizona and to Cananea. Mexico. j All valleys of Arizona require irri- County the most prominent features near by. Vegetable gardening has been About all of the available public land gation , the rainfall not being sufficient of the landscape is the Graham moun- neglected in the past the oppor- and susceptible of irrigation from the Gila to produce crops of any kind. For tain chain. Starting from the brown tunity here is most inviting to the only River, has been taken and the grain and alfalfa, water is applied by plain the peaks rise, every gradation "truck" farmer. Lettuce, onions and opportunity to secure here a home flooding the entire surface of the land being marked on their sides from that of almost the tropics to that of the North Temperate zone. On the lower level is the mesquite, the palo verde, then comes the iron wood, then the cedar and oak, and then the lofty pine. Within these pine forests near the summit is in summer a very haven of delight, many citizens spending several months of the warm weather with their families in the natural parks. The pine is of superior quality, and is utilized by means of severa' saw mills. The roads to these saw mills make the summer resorts easily accessible to all who desire to visit them. Oak, walnut, alder and mountain ash are also abundant, and will yet be utilized for manufacturing purposes. The mesquite, too, is a very valuable wood, being the best vegetable fuel known, and has great possibilities as a cabinet wood, owing to its close grain and ca- pability of fine polish. In the Northern part of the County are also vast forests of excellent timber, and yet untouched by the axe. Transportation to them is as yet difficult, but they will remain a heritage of value to the County. Here is also a veritable huntsman's paradise, rendered additionally attractive by the fact that but few white men have ex- p'ored its wildernesses. Game of some distinction—the bear, mountain lion BUSINESS HOUSES, AT PIMA, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA. and deer—is easy to find, while in the radishes can be grown practically the from Uncle Sam is by the development between borders. For fruit it is run year around; po.a.',oes two crops. To- of water, either by artesian wells. in furrows near the trees and vines. matoes and green corn ripen for seven water storage or pumping. The subject To clear, level and prepare land for months in the year. of artesian water will be treated sepa- irrigation will cost from $2 to $10 per There is excellent profit in raising rately in this issue. acre. As stated above, the system of poultry. Chickens sell at from $5 to Land in the Gila Valley has rapidly irrigation in this valley is the most $7.50 per dozen; turkey from $1 to $2 increased in value during the last five perfect of any known in the arid West. apiece; eggs from 20 to 30 cents a years. The best land cannot be had The canals are owned by the farmer dozen. Poultry is hauled many miles now for less Than one hundred dollars actually cultivating the soil lying un-

to mining towns, where it is always in per acre, including water rights suffl , der them, each holding stock covering demand. During the past. summer, cient for its irrigation, and choice loca- the amount of water required, in an the deniand for poultry was more tions command better prices. incorporated company. The average pressing than ever before. Dealers There is no section of the Southwest cost of water to the consumer is not begged the farmers' wives for their that offers more advantages and induce- over one-third what it costs In Salt chickens at 35 cents each at the barn. ments to young men, just starting to River Valley or any other cultivated yard gate. seek their fortunes, than Graham section, being an average of not more The earlier fruits cannot be de- County. Work is plentiful here and than seventy-five cents per acre per pended upon in the Gila Valley propel, commands good wages, the avocations year and about one-fourth of this as lae frosts in the spring are fre- being varied—on the farm, on the amount is payable in labor. JAMES V. PARKS. SHERIFF SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

Mexican stock by the intermixture of horoughbred b nod. The Mexican cow is a long-haired animal, good neither or beef nor milking purposes, and only noted for its hardiness. This breed will withstand long drougths, and will travel long distances for food and water. On the other hand, thoroughbred cadle possess all the qualities that adapt them to our ranges, except the remarkable haridness of Mexi- can stock. A cross of these two hoods has been found to grow an animal both hardy and good. Some of the best herds of cattle have been bred up from Mexican cows by using high-grade Hereford bulls. A uniformly colored herd of beef cattle sell better everywhere for better prices than a herd of motley colored cattle. The red is the favorite color. The Hereford breed has become exceedingly popular because they are prepotent to reproduce their own color and markings. The Herefords are essentialy a grass cattle and no breed thrives better on grass alone, which makes them peculiarly valuable as a range cattle. In order that any cattle may thrive it is necessary that they have large tracts of unoccupied land upon which to graze. There is. however, no necessity for un- comfortable crowding in Graham Coun- VIEW IN SOLOMONVILLE. GRAHAM COUNTY. STREET ty, with an area of 10,000 square miles. crystal brooks are to be found trout influx of any but the healthiest of cat- invaded the stock raising and shipping The topography is exceedingly advan- that never escape to the larger streams tie. industry, and every year it becomes tageous for all kinds of breeding. With below. All live stock offered for shipment more apparent that quality must be a its mountains and rol ing hills on one into the Territory is subject to inspec- paramount consideration to quantity hand ond its forests and grassy plains THE STOCK INDUSTRY. tion at the point of entry by the Ter- in the profitab'e handling of live stock. on the other, it stands unrivaled as a ritorial veterinarian, which inspection To-day the Arizona product ranks sec- breeding country. The range grasses The live stock industry has been is invariably made, except when such ond to none in the great market cen- in this region are very valuable and shipment is accompanied by a certifi- ters. of great variety. Many of them are ten years, steadily on the decline for cate of health from a competent State The assessment of live stock, as re- annuals, which, after the rainy season, so far as the open range is concerned. veterinarian. turned for the year 1902 in Graham cover the mesa lands with a luxuriant The reason for this was the overstock- Occasionally slight outbreaks of dis- County, was as follows: growth of forage. Although short- ing of th2 range and its gradual disap- ease have occurred in some parts of 4,245 horses, value $110,747.00 lived, coming up, maturing and ripen- the Territory, which have been traced 88 mules value 3,155.00 are pearance in many places. The unusual ing their seeds in six weeks, they to stock that have been brought or 233 Asses, value 2,135.00 splendid food for cattle long after they drouths, too, has had much to do with strayed in from adjacent countries, and 370 Hogs. value 850.50 have dried. There are also many spe- the disappearance of range cattle. in every instance the most drastic 45,621 Cattle, value... 467,885.00 cies of strong-rooted perennial grasses, Many died and many more were sac- methods have been successfully em- 7,977 Goats. value 15 672.35 which remain green the greater portion rificed in sale by their owners, who 8.024.00 ployed to stamp out such attacks. 4 102 Sheep, value of the year; black and white "gram- became alarmed at threatening condi- There has never been any trouble of The cattle of the County. as stated very high percentage of tions. But, be it said in favor of this the kind in Graham County. above, are of excellent grade. They ma" carry a industry, that al the cattlemen who Keen competition in all lines has have been ob:ained by breeding up of nourishment and this species covers all have tenaciously held to their herds, have been pulled through and pr6s- pered. In recent years the grade of range cattle has been greatly improved in every section of Arizona and no where is this fact more noticeable than in Graham County. Cattle suffer most for want of water. There is generally a sufficiency of grass, but the absence of water for long seasons make the good ranges unavailable. The range cattle in the County are near'y all of the Hereford stock and have reached a high grade by the im- portation of pedigreed bulls by several of the more progressive cattlemen The three largest owners of cattle in Graham County are Col. H. C. Hooker. owner of the Sierra Bonita ranch. located in the extreme eastern portion of the County. the Hampson Company In the Northern port:on of the Count and the Chiricahua Cattle Company. In no section of the United States is the general health of live stock so nearly perfect as in Graham County. The climatic conditions, although varied in different localities, being exceptionally unfavorable to the development of contagious diseases common to live stock. Th Is, coupled with our excellent sanitary laws, and the rigidity with which they are enforced, has resulted in excluding from the ranges the A PRETTY STREET IN) HATCHER, GRAHAM COUNTY. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

CLIFTON. ARIZONA, SHOWING WORKS OF ARIZONA COPPER CO. the plains. It cures on the ground , and Eureka Cattle Co., and Ben W. Olney, of indebtedness was reached ten years Improvements 203,437.50 forms the staple food for every kind of in the Western portion of the County. ago , since which a bonded debt of Horses— sock until the new grasses come the All the cattle from the ranges West of $15,000, which paid for a court Range 12,681.00 fo lowing spring. the Graham mountains are shipped house and $30,000 on a bond issue of Work 52.216.00 The value of browse, as a feed for from Willcox. Solomonville. Safford $50,000 has been paid off, leaving the Saddle 45 020.00 stock cannot be overestimated. The and Geronimo are shipping stations in present bonded debt of the county at S'allions 830.00 trees which furnish the browse are the Gi a Valley, as are also Clifton and $175,000. Of this amount $145 000 is Mules 3,155.00 the mesquite, pal() verde, principally. Duncan, on the A. & N. M. railroad. represented in 50-year 5 per cent Asses 2,135.00 though there are other bushes upon bonds, the remainder drawing 7 per Cattle— ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION. which stock feed. Cacti is plentiful cent. The latter item of $20.000 is Range and stock 446,125.00 and of many varieties. The great va- In all new countries the expense of now being paid at the raie of $5,000 a Mulch cows 20,645.00 riety of feed and the fact that these are government is generally high and esPe year. Bulls 1,115.00 constantly succeeding each other cially has this been the rule in Ari The rule in Arizona has a - ways Sheep 8.024.00 throughout the year, in their seasons zona where counties cover immense been a high tax rate and a very low Goats 15 945.00 of maturity, are chief advantages areas with settlements only in the valuation on taxable property and this Railroad— which Graham County ranges offer for mineral districts and agricultural sec- fact has given out the impression that Standard guage 210,779.00 the raising of stock. tions, malting it necessary for officers the tax burden was unusually heavy. Narrow guage 64,500.00 This region has always been remark- to travel long distances in the per- The tax rate in Graham county is at All other property 668.088.42 ably free from contagious diseases formance of duty. Graham county is present 4 per cent, but it is based on a among al kinds of stock. This is due divided into three populated districts— valuation of not over 33 per cent of the HON. H. B. RICE. to the delightful climate and the strin- the Clifton-Morenci mineral district, actual value. Land is assessed at One of the prominent men connected gency of the sanitary law. Even the including Duncan, the Gila Valley and from $2 to $20 per acre; it is worth with the Detroit Copper Company at most common forms of disease preva- in the Fort Grant and Aravaipa coun- from $10 to $100. Horses are valued Morenci, is Hon. H. B. Rice, the assist- lent in older regions are almost un- try on the north side of the Graham at $20 and are worth from $50 to $100; ant manager of the D. C. store. Mr. known, and as the climate is so dry, mountain. It is fifty miles to Fort mules, $20.00, worth $100; cattle Rice has lived in Morenci for about few disease germs can exist for any Grant, seventy miles to Aravaipa and $10.00, worth from $15 to $25, etc. four years, and came to Arizona from length of time. forty miles to Clifton, from Solomon- The taxable property in Graham Southern California. He has a family Among the prominent Graham Coun- ville, the County Seat. To reach a county as assessed for 1902 amounted consisting of a wife and four boys, and ty cattlemen may be mentioned Hank small settlement on B'ue river in the to $3,388.775.82 , and included the fol- owns one of the best homes in the Dawdle, of Safford; Sheriff Marshal, of northern part of the county the Sheriff camp. Mr. Rice has interested himself Pima; J. W. Hampson, resident of must travel more than one hundred Uncultivated land $167,495.75 in several mining properties and now Kansas City, owner of the "Double miles to serve papers. Heavy expense Improvements 568 309.50 holds ownership In several gold and Circle" ranch on Eagle Creek; Chiri- in the early years of Graham county, Cultivated land 300,151.53 copper properties. At the election last cahua Cattle Co., with herds on Bonita before its development had created Improvements 91,083.70 year Mr. Rice was selected to head and Eag'e Creeks; Jas. V. Parks and much wealth on which to levy a tax. Patented mines 277.658.42 the Democratic ticket in Graham Coun- H. C. Day in the eastern portion of the created a county debt of some two Improvements 125,811.00 ty, and was elected to the Council by a County; H. C. Hooker, B. E. Norton, hundred thousand dollars. The limit Town and city lots 102,451.00 majority of over five hundred. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

MCDEL MINING CAMP OF THE SOUTHWEST e,ttf MORENCI

It would almost seem that away in ground, until in the year previously Chur11 was doing, among others a Waves into four bands descended upon the vista of ages in the pas:. Dame noted, William Church, one of party of Michigan financiers, especially the employes of the Detroit Copper Nature, looking toward and down the earliest copper pioneers and prospe n t- from Detroit, at the head of whom was Company. He stationed one band in aisles of time, had selected the canyon ors came along and being satisfied a , F'. P. Ward, who by the way was the Gold Gulch, just one mile west of in the foothills of the Coronados as to the richness of the mineral belt ut father of the famous Princess Chimay, Morenci, where Captain Slosson was the ideal spot, upon which some day Morenci, he purchased some located and a company was organized, taking slain; the second held the canyon im- would be erected the most unique and claims, and having some means pro- the name of the city from which its m.diately 1.,elow the site of the present charming mining town in all Arizona. ceeded at once to develop his recently Incorporators had come, hence the smelter, thus cutting off communica- It would a most seem that energetic, acquired properties. name of the Detroit Copper Mining tion between the mines and the Frisco persevering and determined men had Coud the conditions, and particu- Company, and under which it has river sme ter; the third occupied the really divined Nature's wishes, and in larly the early conditions of Morenci grown and continued ever since. commanding position on the mesa, be- response to their weary days of pros- be understood thoroughly by the new- Aided by new capital. and chosen to teen the mouth of the canyon and pecting had placed the minerals In comer to this district, only the highest officiate as the active man at the head the smelter, shooting down teamsters these mountains, at this very spot, that admiration could be expressed for the nf the new company, Mr. Church as- and stragglers and running off all the artificial means might be used to carry plucky and gallant evidence of perse- sumed an aggressive management, and stock owned by the company or by in- out the natural architecture, whicn verance, patience, unyielding energy, with renewed vigor, and increased dependent freighters.

MORENCI SOUTHERN RAILWAY LOOKING DOWN THE CANYON FROM MORENCI. Jumbling, rolling nature in its rum- and fearless expenditure of every dol- force of men proceeded to extract the The raid resulted in an organization blings had already provided. It would lar he personally possessed, backing ores in increased volume. of the mine and smelter men in de- almost appear farther, that the propet his faith in the _mines of the pace. Extended development was under- fense of their lives and the.property of persons had been placed in possessioh Persistently did he carry his develop- taken and shortly after the purchase the company, against which the In- of the properties on which Morenci is ment work into the bowels of the of these by the company a smelter was dians recognized the futility of further built, that in their wisdom and with mountains, until the reward he had built down at the Frisco river and the raids. the means at their command they have striven to attain, came to him in ores, ores hauled by mule teams from In 1884 the smelter was removed to wrought out the problem of reducing which promised him ample gain in his Church's camp, the name by which the Its present location, as an additional canyons to a townsite and furnishing almost solitary combat for success. camp was then known, until the name saving of expense, owing to its con- the cleanly, handsome little city, resid- Reports of the rich deposits Mr. of Morenci was given it by the founder tiguity to the mines. ing like Rome on her seven hills. Church was taking out began to reach of the camp. These mule teams con- The low grade ore produced by The history of Morerici begins away the outside world, for it will be borne tinued to do all of the transportation the mines, at this particular moment, back in the year 1880—nearly a quar- In mind, that access to this portion of business, not only of the ores, but the wrought a most important change in ter century ago—when after prospect- the country was an exceedingly diffi- merchandise which found its way into the mining history of Arizona, namely, ors had for seven years previous, cult and dangerous undertaking as the country, and necessary to the sup- In the establishing of a concentrating tramped the hills and by actual pan- well. Indians were over-running the port of those employed in the various p'ant, which was the first of the kind ning had located minerals in Eagle country, no railroads existed, and the departments of the company. in the district, and was immediately and Go'd gulches No work had been on'y means of transportation was In 1882 Geronimo, the great and sav- followed by a similar establishment for done upon the claims located further through the useful "jack" and the min- age leader of the bloodthirsty Apache the Arizona Copper Co. at Clifton. than actual assessment work by those ers ever-constant friend. "the burro." Indians, started on his famous raid Copper mining and production con- pioneers who had staked out the Mea of capital were attracted to what among the whites. and dividing his tinued for the following dozen years SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

with much success, and Morenci had ied in the name of "Hell-town," when reverse is true, that when you have from the town, is the main hoist of grown from a few prospect holes and an enemy worse than "men behind written the history of the Detroit corn- three that are in operation called the claims to a mining district of immense the guns," swooped down upon this pany, you have written the history of ,West Yankee. and from the various production, and na.urally with this town of viciousness and corruption, Morenci. levels drifting has been done which growth came the "bad man" at that and it required but three hours for The one is so intimately identified connects the principal properties of time typical of the west in the early this enemy to perform, what probably with the other. and the great physical he company underground, the ores days of its opening mining develop- all the United States troops in Ari- projects that have been worked out in being conveyed to the hoist where ment. The "A kali Ekes," and "Bloody zona at that time could not have ac- the camp by the minds that have exe- with a capacity- of 75 cars per hour the Gulch Bills" attracted by the produc- complished. The demon of fire broke culed the plans which make it the ores are hoisted to the surface. ing camp, and the ever extending pay out one evening about eleven o'clock, most unique mining town in the Terri- That no detail has been overlooked roll of the company, sought locations and in half an hour all the "Alkali tory, that it remains only to speak of that will afford greater safety to opera- in the canyon near the mines. Saloon Ekes," "Scar-faced Bills," and other h,ow this wonderful copper producing tives, aulomatic gates open and c ose signs were soon numerous and prom- genial gentlemen with similarly impos- organization, working very low grades the entrances to and from the cages inent; gambling and the dance hall ing names were out of business. of ore, has made it a place of profit which ascend and descend to the were in full blast, and the "Ekes" and Fire had swept everything before it. and a striking example of the mind of mines below. ''Bills" enjoyed themse ves to their gambling saloons, dance halls and man over the elements and almost su- Here begins the first work, consist- heart's content, shooting out the lights, places of prostitution were obiiterated. pernatural physical forces. ing of the sorting of ores. As soon as or giving the tenderfoot a vivid im- Not a vestige remained of what had Reference to preceding paragraphs the ore reaches the top, it is run over pression of their ability as remarkable been a modern Sodom and Gomorrah, in this work show the origin of the screenes, the finest are screened out shots, as with foriy-fives they would and with the destruction thereof came gigantic plant which now occupies and the lump ores sorted, the smelt- untie the shoe laces on the aforesaid the company's opportunity. acres of the hi 'sides and hilltops of ing and concentrating ores are each tenderfoot's feet, as the cartridge tore Mr. C. E. Mils, who for years had the Coronado mountains on which the passed over screenes, the fines from off the knob of the shoe lace. The been in the service of the company Detroit Copper Mining Company is lo- each class going to the smelter, while town was located immediately below in other sections of Arizona, had but cated, and it remains now hut to show the others are sorted and go to the con- the present handsome Club House. and a short time previous to the fire, been the operations which cover the taking centrator or smelter. consisted of "dobey" huts, and build- placed in charge of the company's of the ores from the "hole in the An automatic counter keeps tally on ings made of tin cans, dry goods property at Morenci as superintendent. ground" to the finished product which ! the number of cars while at stated boxes, barrel staves and any materials which position he still holds, and commands a bullion price in the mar- periods, a weigher takes the weights that coud be nailed or plastered to- scarcely had the fire subsided, before kets of the world, of the ores coming up in the cars, and gether. "Notices to Vacate" were placed con- Let us visit the works and pursue from say twenty thousand cars per In 1897 Mr. Church, who had so per- spicuous on the burned district, and by the ore through its ramifications of month. 2,000 of them will be weighed sistently established the place, and so daylight a gang of laborers, were grad- copper producing, which averages the tons of ores han- vigorously proven the value of the dis- ing the old town site, and from that Of course, the first thing are the died. trict, after nearly a score of years moment, commenced the construction mines. Down in the bowels of the The concentrating ores thus hoisted strenuously spent in its development, of the new Morenci—the Morenci of earth and around the works are a is dumped into bins and passed on to disposed of his interests, a majority the present day, with its beautiful thousand employes, each following the wide rubber belts from which adept of the stock of the company being held buildings and handsome appearance. routine of his own particular work. little fellows pick off any first class by him to the Phelps-Dodge Company These are more fully spoken of in this A very large proportion of these are ores as it passes along and this is put of New York, who from the beginning work under direct heads. in the mines. It is to be noted that back into the first class ore bins. of reduction work in the early 80's the mines of the D. C. Co. are par- Never for a moment are these ores were interested, in whose hands the DETROIT COPPER MINING CO. ticularly favorable to the miner; they permitted to rest. title to the Detroit Copper Mining being always anxious to be upon the With an everlasting persistency the Company still rests. Excepting the possib'e technical and pay roil of that company, for the rea- ever greedy machines and machinery Reference has but recently been mechanical description of the plant of son that the mines are dry, clean, cool, stand as with hungry mouths waiting made to the location and character of the Detroit Copper Mining Company, free from damp and fumes, and con- for the materials to feed them, and the town at this particular period. when the history of the town of Mo- genial to goad health and - easily from these belts and bins the rock Morenci was called and known as the renci is written, you have written the worked. Three tunnels are being finds itself fed into powerful crushers, wickedest camp in Arizona, and glor- history of the mining company. or the worked at present. Over the divide which like a coffee mill on a huge

REDUCTION WORKS, D. O. CO.. MORENCI INTERIOR VIEW OF GAS PLANT CONCENTRATOR, MORENCI, ARIZONA SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION tgo3 scale it grinds, and thence the conten:s milling, but the noteworthy features lighter and was,e material passes over of waste, passing over the head of the are run into a storage bin , from of this particular mill are, first, the the end. vanner and running over a roller an& whence it is poured out and on to a screening of the ores and sending of Down through the ever present ele- Into a bath which takes the concen- half inch revolving trummel. the fines to the smelter direct, giving vators and launders rolls the pulp a'- trates from the belt and naturally it Of course. a I smaller pieces than a product two and one-half times the ways approaching a little nearer the falls to the bottom where it is gathered half inch drop through, the larger value of the lump ores, and, second, total collection of everything that is final' y. pieces passing to a pair of rolls where the economy in the use of water by valuable, till finally they reach the Still closely watched that nothing it Is crushed again, and join the pieces the extensive system of settling tanks. vanners which are a series of tab - es may escape from the tailings from which have already passed through, which permits of the treatment of over which runs the now ground rock these vanners, it is again caught up.

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at the bottom of an elevator, washed and luri over vanners on the lower' there by the force of the water sup floor, each time catching a little more ply and all is hoisted to the top and that would if it could, steal away. again run over other trummels. The concentrator of the D. C. M. Co. Anything half inch or larger in di- is 'one of the most complete in the' ameter passes over roughing jigs, the country. Watering a country without tailings from which pass to a second water, and where it has to be pumped

pair of rolls and are again e . evated to against a head of 1 500 feet and for a distance of six the trutxmiels or sizers, where the mfg., inn 111 111111 miles is a treasure to. three-eights, quarter, and eighth sizes be not light'y handled or valued. rutillii1 , 1 11111 are each sent to separate jigs. A hy- tail A ton of ore is handled here with : , 1 but 330 draulic classifier furiher sizes the re- trwitiliii if-11 11 gallons of water to the ton, 1 and maining material for the fine jigs. If , with a series of new tanks now Still not satisfied that the rock parti- installed the management experts to cles thus reduced have yielded up their materially reduce even this low figure. treasure, the tailings from the jigs The mill is •driven by three gas en- are then run through the Chilian mills gines with an aggregate capacity of 2C0 and all of the ma:erial i!,) ground to a horse power, the mill having a ca-

MORENCI VIEWS--D. C M. CO. STORE IN CENTER fineness of one-sixteenth of an inch or one ton of ore with 33 1) gallons of wa- reduced to a pulp. pacity of 600 tons per day. less and thence run to a classifier for ter, a record which is probably not These machines have an oscillating The tailings are all sampled by as distribution to vannera for second con- exce led in any concentra.ing plant motion with wide belts, upon which is automatic sampler every two and a centration. anywhere. spread the pulp. This oscillation half minutes throughout the twenty- All overflows of hydraulic classifiers Of course, the non-technical mind causes the mineral to settle to the tir hours. are run into cylindrical settling tanks will want to know what is a jig and bottom and clings to the belt and trav- One cannot visit the mill without be- of special design where a certain per- what is a vanner. A jig is a machine els forward with the belt, the lighter ing impressed with the extraordinary en- centage of clear water is extracted with a churn-like motion which as the material and worthless matter passing 2ood order and cleanliness of the and the thickened pulp returned to particles pass over the screens tosses to the lower end of the table and to tire plant, the absence of rubbish, or vanners for treatment. them up in the current of water, giv- waste, the mineral pulp adhering to Ire throwing of things into corners. The milling process of the mil are ing the heavy particles chance to set- the belt is carried forward under a None of this in this concentrator. Even the men have a superior look. the ordinary steps and processes of tle to the bottom of the bed while the spray of water which further cleans it 1 SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

I Intelligence prevails on every hand; well be challenged, especially when so come from original hands are permit- managers to the Detroit Copper Com- in fact, it would seem that the mill it- broad) a comparison is made for it with ted to appear therein, but standard pany's store for "pointers," as to how self was automatic. the immense retail distributing depart- stock boxes , fitting perfectly in their such a stock should be outfitted, repre- No noise, no bustle, just the ever- ment stores of Boston, New York. respective places, are used for artic:es, sented and maintained. lasting giinding of the machinery, with Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francis- , such as shir s, ties. gloves, embroider- In the centre of this right section the ever watchful eye of the overseers. co, and yet the writer of these lines, les, laces, undergarments, etc., pre- are large beveled-plate g ass cases, sil- In the foreman's office is kept an ac- who has had ample opportunity for serving a uniformity that is at once ver and nickel trimmed, destitute of curate record of every delay; let a comparison, has no hesitation in say- attractive, and with Birch beading anything tawdy, displaying many nov- machine stop to lace a belt, or stop to ing that in the Uneed States there is I which divides the sections and depart' elties, dressing and smoking jackets, tighten a bolt, it is recorded; the num- no establishment. devo,ed to the sale I ments, forms a most handsome appear' rugs, shawls, lap robes, etc. ber of cars of ores treated; the num- of general merchandise that wi 1 cone ance. The left of the right section is de- ber of gallons of water used on each pare with this store in the unique and Passing now to the right of what is voted exclusively to dry goods, which, shift , the actual running time of the charming li tie mining town of Moren- the main salesroom, we corne first to of course, embraces all of the newest mills in the plant being divided so that ci, nestling here among the mountains the Ladies' and Gentlemen's furnish' effects from the modest , yet tasty, per- one side may be stopped indefinitely of Eastern Graham County. Let us ing goods departments. Here may be cale. to the richest weave of the New and the other go on uninterruptedly; stop a moment at the entrance, and a found a most extensive and beau:iful England, British and Continental man- the net weight of concentrates made, view is at once presented! Here is , assortment of Lingerie for ladies and ufacturer. As the visitor walks about, all are recorded and these compiled for a room 75 feet wide by 150 fee: in misses, from the hands of the best ever with him is the remarkable good every twenty-four hours of the month, length, high ceilings, a magnificent manufacturers; an especially large col- order in every department, the partic- the percentage of saving noted and flood of light disseminated throughout lection of embroideries, from the man- ularly neat and carrect manner in then sent to the office of the superin- .whioh every article is place, and the tendent for inspec:ion and there kept display and decorations of the articles as a matter of recoi d. offer ed, three Eas.ern decorators being The mill was designed by L. D. Rick- constantly employed in rearranging etts. with G. A. Hunt as foreman in and rendering attractive the several chaige of the construction, and later depa r I ment s. with the operation of the mill. In the bow of the circle are the jew- The history of the mining district of elry. art and novelty departments. Morenci would be totally incomplete Here may be selec:ed watches, chains, without a reference to the inestima- stick pins, studs, cuff buttons of the ble service rendered it by Mr. Gordon richest designs and best known makes, McLean. for a score of years the mine in variety equal to, and even surpass- foreman for the D. C. M. Co. ing, many exclusive jewelry establish- UP until 1896 nothing but oxydized ments. ores were treated, the sulphide ores al Passing into the left section, we that time not being considered of any come to what are known more as the great value. They ran chasing the real necessities of life. First is beyond ores around much like a game of all question one of the handsomest blind man's buff, and it is to Mr. Mc- drug departments to be seen anywhere. Lean that the district owes so much EveryAring is enclosed within and be- by turning up the sulphide ores whicn hind g ass. The array of Patent Medi- are now the backbone of the whole cines. are placed as though done by camp. Part of the ores are found in machinery, not a package being a limestone and shales, and practically hair out of allignment. Competent grad- all sulphide ore is in the porphyry uated pharmacists preside over the dikes running through these moun compounding of the prescription de- tains. partment, and the physician is aided in The ores are in two classes—oxide his skill by accuracy in filling the pre- and snphide—the larger proportion scriptions and the guaranteed purity being sulphides. Three-fourths of the of the drugs. Embraced within this ores are concentrated before smelting department are the cigars, of which an and the other quarter smel! ed direct exceptional line is carried, selected for and the resulting matte converted. colors, blends and brands to suit the Mr. McLean retired from his posi- taste of the veriest connoisseur. Then tion about a year ago and is now living comes the mixed and fancy candies and in California, having been succeeded chocolates. worthy of particif ar men- in his position by his brother, Milton. tion. present mine foreman. the Probably nothing is so absolutely es- All the wa'er used in the plant is sential to those living in a mining sec- pumped from the Frisco river, up hill ion, as edibles of the purest character, fifteen hundred feet and from a dis- These are embodied in every article of tance of six miles. the water for do- th is department, but are also presented mestic purposes being forced from and arrayed in such attracive manner. Eagle creek against the same head. that they even look wholesome. Coun- Wood is brought a distance of four- ters of special design, with glass dis- teen miles. Coke and coa' is hauled a p ay the contenls of such as are open distance of 700 miles to the plant, com- goods, like preserved and dessicated ing from Sou'hern California while fruits, crackers, biscuit, nic-nacs, and timber comes all the way from Puget the substantial vegetables, which go Sound, a distance of 2 500 miles and ARIZONA CACTUS to make up the wholesome portion of they use four million feet of this every year. its entire width and breadth, yet as ufactories of St. Galen. Switzerland, the workingman's meal. Ladened are i. falls over the furniture, fixtures and with every fascina:ing and dainty lace , the shelves will the products of the DETROIT COPPER MINING CON! stock, is soft and pleasing to the eye. from the substantial Irish Torchon, to largest canning and packing factories PANY'S STORE. Divided in the center by a circular- the Valencienes, Chantilly, Thread and of the world, embracing everything shaped glass counter and back shelving Duchess which wear out the eyes of in substantial, dainty and delicacy. the It requires the eye and observation of simi'ar construction, two wide and the peasant lace makers of France, highest class of custom can command. of no particularly experienced person. spacious aisles lead the visitor to such Belgium, Germany and Italy, this seclion is a department which to on stepping into the handsome store of departmen:s as he may desire. The gentlemen's haberdashery estab- the visitor is certain:y a novelty. A the Detroit Copper Mining Company The very first impression that will lishments of Broadway, New York; novelty in its elegance of appointment. which the to at once be convinced that an execu- be made is the elegance of the fixtures. Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, or Mark- a novelty in the manner in tive head conceived its beautiful inter- The floor we stand upon is highly et Street, San Francisco, present no display of Its wares are made, a novel- ior architecture; an orderly mind polished maple. perfec:ly laid, upon a more attractive novelties in neckwear, ty in the remarkable conception of its stock-keeping. planned and executed its departments. double floor to prevent warping. The hosiery and dress shirts, col'ars. cuffs, and a master of detail guides its daily counters are of similar wood, and glass etc., than does the department devoted Of all stocks and stores generally, destiny. The use of adjectives in the is incorporated wherever practicable, to gentlemen's wear in this store. hardware is customarily the most per- superlative degree, are so frequently making the effect still more pleasing, Adjoining this is the model Shoe nicious embodiment of slovenliness im- employed in descriptive work, that their while more effectually displaying the Department of any establishment in aginab'e, consisting of broken paste- efficacy has almost been lost. When handsome material within. The next the country. and it may be said truth. board boxes; axes mixed with nails; used in connection with the mercanti:e impression will be the shelving. No fully, that many metropolitan concerns cutlery tangled up with door hardware; emporium of this Company, they might dilapidated, broken cartons as they might profitably send their department saws claiming relationship with augurs SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 190 3 the Gorder has surrounded himself. Able fondly communion prevailing in the departments of the articles which utility suggests to and bits; planes in as department managers hinges that one can floor above, home. and these things which make lieutenants with screws and and heads of departments, are valua- we'l imagine. Not so here. No unsight- A special room contains the liquors "the home beautiful." G'ass, china, and granite wares of ble assistants to him in what would ly packages. with samples of their con- and wines and bottling department for earthen porcelain a single the wholesa e and retail trade. every description, furniture, from the well nigh impossible of accomplish' tents hanging loosely by by one man however resourceful. Instead the An iron proof match room holds the humble wooden or cane seat to the ment thread greet the eye. couch, Reports in military precision are cases, with glass dangerous sulphur-ended sticks , so that luxurious leather upholstered handsome birch wood in the manager's hands daily, a samp'e of each article. spontaneous combustion, accident or Iron and brass bedsteads, furniture, placed fronts , display in constant touch with admit to these, which intentional could not possibly igaite carpets, rugs, portierres, lace curtains, so that he is Sliding doors of the business. The again binged doors, and when any other portion of the stock. In fact, every article that will com- every branch are or ex- cash carriera ni e rA rssystem,i tneami, s theh e onl y ne o)! the salesman reaches the pack- A similarly constructed room con- pletely furnish a home modestly opened the kind novelty, being article selected by the tains the reserve stock of cheese, pensively from parlor to kitchen. ages for any for, operated by an electric motor, and and thus the unsightly which is bought by the ton, and being Whi . e the living are amply cared customer, more noiselessly the little cash boxes glide brown, rough paper boxes, with their kept in this room is insured from the this store has one department labels. are never ex- attack of rats or other vermin , than usually to be found in similar from department to cashier and almost green and yellow and instantaneous:y. posed to public view. Extending di- Everything here, canned goods. establishments. An undertaking Each department is in connec- also connected with each other and rectly down the center of the store dried fruits , flour, sugar, beans and embalming department is in stock and a the general office by a telephone sys- and from the shelving of the left sec- similar stapes, are bought by the car- tion. caskets carried a floor, and load. competent undertaker and embalmer tern within itself. Nothing has been tion to that of the right, is overlooked enter a door under- In the rear of the store, and over- in charge. The top floor is devoted ex- in completing the details. one has only to goods, of this model mercantile neath this to discover how every aval- looking the main salesroom, occupy- elusively to reserve stock of dry concern, and are marked make it just what it really is, a pleas- able inch of room has been utilized ing a space 40 by 75 feet, are the ready- etc., and where goods ant place in which to shop; a credit to by the designer of the interior. made clothing and hat and cap depart- preparatory to sale. with all The building itself is entirely of Morenci; to its perfect conception, Small hardware and unattractive ments in size and proportion stone and steel, presenting a most im- and in conformity with the high civic packages are kept here, and gun racks, the others. Adjoining this the ladies suits and posing appearance. It was erected by pride and spirit with which the D. C. ammunition, etc., so conveniently ar- of repute M. Co. does everything it undertakes. any arti- wraps, together wi h such creations in P. W. Delaney, a contractor ranged that almost every or interior de- in a moment. A ladies waists, separate skirts, etc., as from Minneapolis. The cle can be obtained signs were furnished by Mr. H. S. Van THE SMELTER. Photographic Supply De- make the feminine heart pulse just a Camera and The Gorder, the manager of the store, and partmen% extensive in detail, com- little faster at the sight of them. pletes this section. Like every other part of the works of the D. C. M. Co., the smelter is up- the rear is the Fresh Meat Depart- In to-date. Immediately beside the smel. ment supplied from the home and includes a ter the Company has a fine inexhausti- Kansas City markets and ble lime house, where all such quarry, from which they ob- meat chopping tain the necessary barren is prepared by the employees of material food used for fluxing purposes. All this most impor;ant source of the of the plant is connected by about two miles public's supply. of 20-inch railway, and at all hours One's very mouth waters as he looks of the day and night, its little the cheese case, built of glass and locomotives Into are puffing and tugging away at their cooled by a branch of the refrigerating loads around the switchback road, be- which this store has so amply plant tween mine and sme ter, smelter and provided for. Here all the American concentrator and smelter and quarry. Swiss. Brie, Cream, Fromage and en- The smelter itself consists of four ticing Roquefort, in array that simply water jacketed furnaces 42x120, and invites the appetite. one furnace 42x144 inches, with a ca- Leaving the main salesroom and pro- pacity of 150 tons each per day. Four ceeding to the basement, it is here of these furnaces are in blast at one manifested the masterly forethought time, one being kept in reserve. which worked out the details of this One of these furnaces is now being remarkable warehouse of sales distri- replaced by a new furnace which will bution. be 42x264 inches—the largest furnace, Not a single thing has been over- either for lead or copper, in the United looked that would facilitate the busi- ‘=-- tates , the same being designed by ness, and handling of a large volume Mr. L. R. Wallace, the Company's met- of merchandise in the most expeditious allurgist. In connection with the fur- manner. The trains of the Morenci nace plant is a briquetting machine. Southern R. R. comes directly to a "NEW TOWN," MORENCI for putting into briquettes the fine ores platform, from which goods are re- from the mines, fine concentrates from ceived and discharged directly into the statement would probably be accepted who for many years has been associa- the concentrator and flue dust from basement. with some misgivings. tha, away up ted intimately with the D. C. M. Co.'s the furnaces. A steel trolley takes the meats upon here, amidst the sound of explosions affairs. Mr. Church, to whom al usion has scale, where being 1,vieghed, as the rock is torn asunder in mother Illustrative of he remarkable mas- been made in these Morenci notes, hooks to a man, who is conveyed on same into a cold carth, and puffing. Rnorting little loco- e7y of the details of this put up not only the first concentrator are the man who is storage room, having a capacity of 50 motives trailing serpentine-like their known in Morenci, as in the district but the first converting to follow the beeves. All other articles are checked precious loads of minerals around he never still one has but plant, and which at the present time in by a receiving clerk and thence to cliffs, that in this Pmporium of uti ity simple, yet thorough system of book- consists of three stands, capable of here and which on- their respective places. The cooling and fashion may be seen the beautiful l.eepirg in vogue Bessernerizing 40 tons of copper per in he office of this and freezing plant Is one of the most ly plaited and floundered silk petticoat mated entirely day as a maximum. a business do- complete extant. Buter, lard, eggs, in the same delicate colorings, which store to realize how In the course of time the other furn- of a million do tars. etc.. are each given seperate rooms femininity so daintily disr.a, 3 in Si? ing ihree c uartes aces will probably be replaced by two of sma 1 sales, may be and kept in perfect condition by the thoroughfares of the crowded marts of Lomposed furnaces similar to the large one. system here installed. fashion of the East. Here may be bridled as are the wa ers of Niagara. will , You will witness no noise, confusion seen the handsome silk waist of quali- harnessed to do man's THE GAS PLANT. this business balanced to or unusual bustle oil the main floor ty itself and trimmings, down to the Think of and sensible French flannel. State a penny every night before the book- in filling orders, no slamming down neat Probably the most interesting thing scoops Street shoppers in Chicago buy no keepers go home. Think of upwards till covers and throwing of from an industrial standpoint in Mo- for this has all been pro- more beautiful or expensive fluffy net of 1,000 employers, with pass books, Iwo barrels, cents to renci is the gas plant. The capacity basement. and silk boas. which make even an with credits in them from 50 vided for in the a of the plant is 1,000-horse power, from a corps of able-bodied, ac- excessively ordinary member of the $25.00, and buying anything from Here is a suit of which the Company is using about tive young men, all busily engaged fill- fair sex look pretty and becoming. nickel's worth of peanuts to the close of busi- 600 at the present, which is developed ing the orders sent down by the sales- The stylish satin-lined Monte Carlo and clothes, and yet at Automobile, which grace the fonce are ress every day, precisely what the by gas engines running on mixed water men. Compartments mark the pur- what he and produce gas, generated in a Loom- chase of each customer, and the check- here in abundance, and a glance is suf- company owes every man, or , owes the company is known to the is-Pettibone gas pant from hard and . ), flcient to show that all in this depar ing of same is done speedily, quiet soft coal. The floors are all ment has been selected with extraor- office, every account being closed daily. and satisfactorily. will The engines are principally of the from these, packed dinary good care , and enamates from Probably as noteworthy a point solid cement, and store, Otto Crossley type and vary in capaci- ceiling. are carload upon car- the modistes of New York, London, be noted by the visitor to this to the clean-cut, bright, 'We'll- ty from 3m, to 150-horse power on the load of reserve groceries, piled in tiers Paris and Berlin, and that is the young men ,with whom Mr. Van gas used, which at this altitude-4,850 with the same remarkable precision A floor higher and we are amidst the gent SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 --- feet—contains about 100 heat units per nished in delicate coloring and finest cient is learned, however, to establish may do in behalf of the social condi- cubic foot. of willow and rattan furniture, makes the fact that in 1881, a Miss Davis tions of their employees. Recognizing The Company has now being in- a most attractive place for :adies. The taught scheo in a room in a lodging the fact that the more pleasant the stalled a 26x36 double cylinder Cross- cuisine is of the highest character at house, and that the D. C. M. Co. soon surroundings, the more attractive the ley gas engine, which is at least one all times. The o ffice is a model of the after erected a building near their old social conditions, the more likely will of the largest in the West if not in kind, and is in charge of C. W. Webb, store, devoted exclusively to "teaching be the retention of faithful employees. the country, and when this engine with the manager. the young idea how to shoot." This Exemplifying the truth of this, Messrs others to follow is installed, it is the On the ground floor are fine rooms building was used both for school Phelps-Dodge & Co. caused to be erect- intention to operate their entire plant in which are located the postoffiee, and church purposes for the succeeded the Cub House, which occupies the by gas. Water and Improvement Companieb ing ten years. So rapidly did Morenci magnificent site overlooking the entire The power is generated at an expen- and the Gila Valley Bank and Trust grow during this decade that three canyon, a handsome tribute to their diture of one and one-half pounds per Company. The Gila Valley Long Dis- schools were required in the year 1900. generosity, a splendid piece of archi- coal per brake horse power, a remark- tance Telephone Company has also At the regu'ar eletion for School Trus- tecture, and a model resort, which is able economical showing for commer- just installed its office in the hotel, tees in the district in March, 1901, so thoroughly appreciated that its cial conditions of runninig. a convenience that will be further ap- Messrs. H. B. Rice, Geo. M. Robison membership even at the very low fee The plant has been installed under preciated. and R. H. Waugh were e'ected as attached, renders it self sustaining. the supervision of Mr. John Langton, That the hotel is popular may be so school Trustees. They are all men of The building itself is three stories, consulting engineer of the Company, considered when it is stated that every practical, sound judgment and broad built of wood, covered with expansion with Mr. John McDougall in charge. room is occupied nightly and frequent. capacities. The present handsome, metal, and a final coating ot stucco, ly many cannot be accommodated at presenting D. C. M. CO. HOSPITAL. brown stone building was erected and a most imposing appear- all. completed in 1902, and is said to have ance. In the basement are a billiard est approxamiately $22,000; and pool room; fine The hospital for the care of the sick THE MORENCI SOUTHERN R. R. was built double bowling jointly by the D. C. Co. and A. C. Co., alleys and baths. The and disabled, built expressly for the -- first floor em- and ils maintainance has been assisted braces a fine library and purpose by the company, is a model of One reading room, of the most picturesque rail- by these two powerful concerns. The containing all of the the kind. It was erected in 1902, and ways in the country prominent dailies, is the Morenci building contains six separate school scientific papers and is a modern, up-to-date hospital, home Southern, also the property magazines of the of the D. rooms, an office and recitation room, country, together with a like in appearance with a piazza sur. C. M. Co. It is 18 miles long, is laid well selected with apartments in the basement for library of standard works of rounding it completely, is at once in- wita 50 pound steel and 36-inch gauge. history, use of the janitor. The furniture and fiction and biography; a large and viting and clean looking. The line has a maximum grade of blackboards are of the most approved commodious card. checker and chess There is a fine asceptic operating three and a half per cent, compensated room, where many hours and latest designs, all elementa- of friendly room, furnished completely with op- for curvature and a maximum curve of of the rivalry are erating tables, sterilizers instruments 40 degrees. The indulged. Adjoining this line has three tunnels ry and higher grades of education are the gymnasium, thoroughly equipped and every facility for caring for the with every modern appliance condu- injured, the building contains two cive to physical development and and cul- wards, each containing four beds, ture. A movable two private rooms; nurses room, of- stage and scenery makes this a hall of refinement in fice, lavatory, kitchen and detention which entertainments room for suspected cases of contagion. are frequently given, and always with The interior is handsomely decorated the "S. R. O." sign prominently displayed on and furnished and made as inviting as such occasions, possible notwithstanding a fine gallery surrounds the Lighted throughout by electricity auditorium. Once a month the entire floor is thrown into and heated by furnace it is as comfort- one room and handsome couples enjoy able as means will make it. It is, of the p'easures of course, in charge of the Company's Terpsichore, upon waxed floors, on many physician, Dr. Tuthill. Very little sick- occasions the music being furnished by the U. S. ness prevails' in Morenci, the health Military Band of the p'ace being exceptionally good , brought especially from Fort Grant , a hundred miles dist- as a rule, owing to the rigid sanitary ant. Probably there is nothing rules gen- in Mo- and cleanliness of the place renci in which old erally. and young take such especial pride, as the handsome MORENCI HOTEL. Club House. The membership fee is only $1.25 per month, or $13.00 per annum, Another provision the D. C. M. Co. entitling the members to all of the priv-- has generously made for the comfort ileges m'entioned. The club Is in of visitors to Morenci and of the many the bands of a competent athletic young men in their employ in the sev- instructor, Mr. R. P. Jamieson. eral departments is Hotel Morenci. the MORENCI'S SOCIAL CONDITIONS. While it is really a hotel, and a most elegant affair at that it is also more like a genuine good club house. It is The first query usually, mental or of the Moorish style of architecture, MORENCI HOTEL expressed, by an intending locator in incorporated in it being just a touch and five complete - loops, four of these taught. pictures adorn the walls, and a new place is, "What are the social of the original mind of P. W. Delancey, being within the canyon, just below a library generously furnished by Pro. conditions of the place?" who is responsible to a large degree Morenci and within the first two miles t'essor Douglas. Unsatisfactory answers to this di- for many of the handsome buildings out of that city. The school is presided over by an rect question, as a ru'e, determine the of the D. C. Co., in the cobble stone Bulk is necessarily broken at Guth- accomplished professor and four as- character and quality of the camp, facing to the foundation or first story rie, where connection is made with sis:ants, selected for their knowledge, town or city. Whatever may be the wall. The interior is not only hand- the Arizona and New Mexico R. R., for ability to impart the same to the minds money producing power of the place, somely decorated and furnished, but Lordsburg, connecting with the South- of others, and rnaintainance of thor- after all men deem the social condi- lavishly so. The lounging room would ern Pacific and at Hachita with the ough discipline, methods and routine tions and surroundings most important, be the easy way to put it, is a beauti- El Paso and Southwestern Railways, by firmness, guided by sound common because they concern the welfare of ful piece of interior architecture, and east and west. sense and kindness. Many larger pla- home, education and life. Man may go the fireplace constructed of, cobble ces could be proud to have Morenci's alone into places taking chances for OF MORENCI. stones produces an effect that excites PUBLIC SCHOOLS educational building and facilities, his own welfare, but he will hesitate the admiration of all who see it. The which the 220 children of the town en- when it comes to taking mother, wife, hotel has twenty-three large and spa- Among the other handsome building- joy during school term. sisters and children. Morenci in this cious rooms, elegantly furnished, with of Morenci, none will attract more at particular is singularly fortunate, due tile finest of everything that money tention than the public school build MORENCI'S CLUB HOUSE. In a large degree, of course, to the will buy for the comfort of guests, log, adjacent to the hotel. It will 1,,• act that the two powerful Companies each room is lighted by electricity and readily understood that in the early The "soulless corporation" ship, owning the land upon which the town heated by steam, with e - ectric call days of a mining camp, the population launched some years ago by the agi- i s located, thereby prohibiting the loca- bells and bath rooms with almost is more or less migratory, hence in tating jaw-smiths of that period of de- t ion thereon of any ot the vicious or every suite. The young men of the later years there is either a scarcity pression and name calling, appears to 1awless element. All of this has tended place use it more as a club room, and or surplus of "oldest inhabitants." As have stranded somewhere on the sands to build up a strong moral tone, and the large dining room is the scene of to the history of Morenci's schools of despair, and a long way from the organize a moral force which would frequent social dances and entertain- from their inception, there appears to handsome port of Morenci; for here liscountenance and debar of itself any ments, where all enjoy themselves to be no authentic data, and no "oldest may be seen one of the most substan- attempt at invasion by the undesirable the utmost. A beautiful parlor, fur- inhabitant" to supply the same. Suffi- tial evidences of what men with souls c lass. Morenci has one of the prettiest SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 churches in the Territory, heated by from the first degree to traversing the occurred. Being detained out one even- safe. Attempting to wrest the revolver steam, lighted by electricity, opera' hot sands of the desert in the shrine; ing. Mr. Becker returned to his store from the hand of one of the men and chairs and the floor entirely covered' Into the mysteries of the ceremonies to find a light in the back room where about to succeed, the accomplice with by carpet. The public schools are of the Knights of Pythias and the he usually slept, and on entering found the knife plunged the blade into the the wonder of every visitor to the A. O. U. W. the room occupied by a band of burg- back of Becker. who feeling that he camp. A choral society is sustained Dr Tuthill is also blessed with a lars who had gained an entrance had been stabbed rushed from the by the lovers of music. Then there most delightful hcme around whose through the transom over the door in room out into the street and into a Is the Azurite Club; while several it- fireside play two little girls , who par- the rear. He was at once seized and saloon, the knife still sticking in the erary and social organizations meet take of the father's sunshiny nature commanded to open the safe, which he wound, and which later was drawn regular at impromptu dances, in which and their merry laughter carries the refused to do, although threatened at therefrom by an observer. This mur- old and young participate. Whether a happy infection to the heart of the the point of a gun and knife in the derous attempt upon an inoffensive man is religiously, musically, literary. charming lady who became Mrs. Tut- hands of another. In the endeavor man resu:ted in the immediate forma- socially or educationaly inclined, he hill in 1896 in Los Ange' es, her maiden to protect himself from the murderous tion of a posse of the citizens of the can have no better time than in Mo- name having been Miss Mary E. Hei- knife, he caught the same in his hands, place. who started hot upon the trail rend x ann. daughter of a prominent mer- lacerating them fearfully, but still of the thieves and murderers, being hant of that city. stood manfully out against giving up able to trace them by tracks of blood, C. M. CO. DEPARTMENT HEADS D. and finally corralling thein in a small cabin on the side of the hill. Here a t• E. Mills 'uperinF.endent pitched battle ensued, resulting in the L. R. Wallace Metallurgist death of one of the citizens, but finally Milton H. McLean Mine Foreman in the capture of the desperadoes, and H. S. Van Corder Store Manager the hanging of one of the most cold- H. B. Rice Asst. Store Manager blooded murderers and cut-throats J. H. Puckett Supp'y Department that ever disgraced the frontier. That A. M. Tuthill, M. D Co. Physician man was Augustin Chacon, who was J. B. Fleming....Mechanical Engineer hanged in the jail yard at Solomon' Geo. M. Robertson Surveyor ville, Happily Mr. Becker recovered G. E. Hunt Concentrator Foreman from the deadly assault and has pros- John McDougall Charge pered in a marvelous manner in the Gas Plants and Engines mercantile business. R. McDougall Master Mechanic When the railroad tore up the old H. L. Laskey Converter Foreman townsite following the fire, Mr. Becker John Velten Smelter Foreman started the Newtown, having a mineral J. H. Cradey Smelter Foreman claim to the ground, and he now owns John Burns Sup't. Morenci the entire townsite, having 25 business Southern R. R hou4es thereon, whose owners pay A. M. TUTHILL. ground rent for the occupancy, and he DR. is also the owner of many fine properties in the town of Morenci. of this sketch ap- While the writer Mr. Becker carries on a general mer- preciates fully all of the delicate of the chandise business, is noted for his though sometimes absurd ethics, strict integrity and fair dealing, and practice of medi- professions of the enjoys the confidence and respect of and the law, it will not cine, surgery all of his fel'ow citizens. He is a man of any of these be considered a breach of wonderful energy and vast natural to speak of one who transcends all and pop- resources, and succeeds where others these in his own individuality would not. ularity, in anything that we may have Tuthill,' to say concerning Dr. A. M. DR. J. E. STOREY. chief surgeon of the D. C. M. Co.. and the writer assumes a'one I for which of the successful gentlemen fullest responsibility. Another the who have made Morenci what it is, a Dr. Tuthill is a native of the State. model place in which to ive , and to of New York. where he was born in the year 1871, but was reared and educated in California, whither hi parents emigrated when the young Esculapius was about six years of age Passing over bis early school days and anxious to take up the study 01 medicine and surgery, he entered the University of Southern California from which he graduated after takine the full course , and returned to Lo.. Angeles where he built up a most the follow- successful practice within ORE BINS AT FOOT OF LONGFELLOW INCL,NE ing three years, relinquishing this at the solicitation of the Detroit Copper PAUL ROBERT BECKER the combiraion of hi.s employer's Mining Company to become a member of its medical staff in 1898. If there ever was a man with an In 19o1 he took charge of the A. C. experience rich in variety in a fron- Co's. hospital, but returned to the D. tier town in its early days, and fraught C. Company again in 1903. as its chief with excitement and thrilling events, surgeon. that man is Paul Robert Becker, yet a It is not the purpose of this article young man and scarcely yet entered 'he doctor ard upon the prime years of his life. to speak particular 'y of DR. J. E. STOREY his knowledge of his profession. This Mr. Becker was born in Germany Is already established in 1nIorenci to a and emigrated to this country in the whom the town of Morenci has dealt degree that cannot be questioned, and y ear 1887, coming to Morenci in the liberally is Dr. J. E. Story, who enjoys is fuily recognized in the position to year 1889 at the age of 19. a most extensive practice in his skilled which be has been chosen by one of It will thus be seen that Mr. Beck- profession of dentistry. the largest concerns in the Territory. er may be counted among the "oldest Dr. Storey comes from the good old Not only does this consist of the prac- inhabitants." Upon his arrival in Mo- State of Virginia. where he was born tice which he fro called upon to per- rend, hehe obtained employment with in the charming little town of Emory, form as the surgeon of the Company. the D. C. M. Company in their store, Washington County. just thiry-five but in the large circle of the families where he continued faithfully for the ars ago. and removed to Texas in with which Morenci Is so fully popu- fo lowing six and a half years. Leav- 4 where he remained until the year lated ing their employ to manage a store in The Doctor Is an enthusiastic Mason. the then tough town, Mr. Becker slept ii the meantime Dr. Storey attended having passed through all of the vari- In the store and while there probably Ind graduated from the Baltimore ous prerequisites of riding the goat the most exciting event in his history , liege of Dental Surgery, and came SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

to Morenci in the month of October. a litte over three years ago, although zona Copper Company store. The at any day become as great a gold 1900, and commenced the practice of Mr. Spoon is an old-timer in Arizona trade in Morenci had so increased producing center as it is now of the his profession, where, as stated, he has having been in the Territory for the that it was impracticable to supply it baser metal. established himself with the people of past fifteen years. from the Clifton house. In December Speaking of a recent-strike made by the place until his office enjoys a large Mr. Spoon operates a line of stages the business in Clifton was sold, and Messrs. Stevens and Potter, two of the and lucrative practice. between Morenci and Clifton, the now both Mr. Stevens and Mr. Schade earliest pioneers of the district the Dr. Storey married Miss E. G. Puck- hacks leaving at any hour the passen- give their personal attention to th:.! Era says: ett, of Midland, Texas. in 1897, and gers desire to go. He pays particular Morenci Bakery. They are both prac- "The strike is not exactly a new one this happy union still continues, each attention to the drummers and looks tical bakers, and the bread, cakes, pies, as gold ore was taken from the claim being deeply interested in all of the carefully after their trade , which etc., delivered from their establish- many years ago and worked in an ar- social affairs of this particular social usua ly comes via Morenci and thence ment show that they are experts in rastra near by. In the early days of place. to Clifton. their business. the camp from one thousand to fifteen . The Doctor is a most enthusiastic The stables contain twenty-five head Mr. Stevens is 311 years old and was hundred men found lucrative employ- fraterniLy man , particularly of the of stock and vehicles of every kind. born in England. He came to this ment in the placers along Gold Gulch Knights of Pythias. and assisted mate- Sadd:e horses are on call at any mo- country when a boy, and to the west Pinckard's Gulch, Cottonwood and Bo- rially in the formation and organiza- ment for parties who may desire to twelve years ago, and arrived in Ari- nanza Gulches, from which for years ion of Morenci Lodge, No. 24. which visit any of the mining properties of zona in 1894. first going to Globe. He a steady stream of gold flowed into is one of the most thriving in the or- the vicinity and to ride about the town. was married in 1901 to Miss Henrietta the commerce of the world. Those der anywhere. He is a member of the Mr. Spoon also contracts for all kinds Steinman, a native of Germany. Mr. old timers were not quartz miners and Texas Dental Association. of freighting and heavy hauling. hay- Schade is 25 ,years old, and of Ger- after they had exhausted the alluvial deposits, like the Arab, they "folded C. W. MARKS. ing every facility for handling of ma- man birth. He had been nine years their tents and silently stole away." -- chinery and heavy freight. Mr. Spoon in the west, residing in California be- is a believer in good roads and for his fore coming to Arizona in 1900. Mr. The quartz miners came next, and the Mr. C. W. Marks may well be termed interest there he is serving his fourth Schade is unmarried. remains of the arrastras still line the the "Pioneer Photographer" of Moren- term as road overseer, and has built The Morenci Bakery is a successful gulches, but owing to trouble with In- ci, for he has been in the place for a good wagon road to Eagle Creek. as business, supplying almost the entire dians, scarcity of Water and the enor- the last 14 years, been in the West well as that to Clifton, which down the popuation. and as the owners do their mous expenses of mining in those days for upwards of twenty years. Mr. switchaback to Chase Creek is one of cwn work they are able to guarantee ,the section was finally abandoned. In Marks is a Southerner, haying been the most picturesque drives in the every article. Their ovens are be- recent years, however, an effort has born in Middle Tennessee nearly forty- country. neath the store room and connected been made to discover the gold leads five years ago. with it by an elevator. In connection by a few prospectors, who have met Such was the growth of the place MORENCI BAKERY. with the bakery is also a handsome with moderate success, and it was up- and the consequent demand for pho- soda fountain, and in season all Pinds on one of hese claims that a strike tographs that Mr. Marks decided to bakeries to be One of the completest of soft drinks are supplied. of considerable importance was made open a gallery here, which he did near- is found in the Territory of Arizona Messrs. Stevens & Schade are also, by Stevens & Porter. The strike ly four years ago, and the enterprise located at IVIorenci and is owned by in connection with Mr. Yoakum, own- was made upon a claim for many years has been more than successful from its Karl Messrs. Richard Stevens and M. ers of the Clifton Bottling works. owned by Mrs. Baker, now Mrs. Stev- inception. Ste- Schade, under the firm name of The products of the Morenci Bakery ens. The vein is about three feet in This is made possible from the fact These gentlemen are vens Schade are delivered to customers by a pack Width, cuts through a lime formation Graham County, the pioneer bakers in animal. This is made necessary be- for some considerable distance,- with bakery Mr. Stevens establishing a cause of the absence of any roads or a lime capping overlying it, except in Gila Valley, first at Safford. in the streets in Morenci over which a deliv- the bottom of the gulch where it Is where he remained for a few months ery wagon cou'd be driven. exposed for a short distance. Work and sold the business. In July, 1900, is being prosecuted with a small force the firm of Stevens & Schade was GOLD ALSO IN MORENCI and much of the quartz when broken formed and Clifton Bakery was estab- shows free gold. and it horns well. lished. There a splendid business Copper mining is not the sole pro Many specimens running into the thou- was rapid:y built up. and the traae of duction of the Morenci district. Gold sands per ton have been taken out. The Morenci was supplied with all bakery is known to exist in large quantities ore also runs well in silver and lead, products from the Clifton house, in several portions of the district, bu t. _he gold $18 per ounce. In early days Bread, cakes, ec., were hauled to Mo- has never been believed to be of grade this sanie property was worked by renci in a delivery wagon. and there sufficiently high, with present facil- Mexican miners, who had an arrastra delivered with a packhorse to the Mo- ities. to profitably work. down the gulch and there is a well renci customers. The following extracts from the Cop authenticated report that at a depth of In April, 1902, a building was built per-Era. publ n shed at Clifton, of recent two feet in one shaft $3,500 was taken in Morenci, just in the rear of the Ail , late , show that Morenci may almost from a pocket.

C. W. MARKS that Mr. Marks has every facility here for first-class work, being able to produce views and pictures up to the largest size, in any style of mountings and in all of the very latest designs. One of the principal reasons of the success of Mr. Marks is that while he might have done so, he did not take advantage and "charge all the traffic would stand." but established reasonable charges for his work, so that opposition has never seen fit to enter the field, or having done so did not remain, there hardly being sufficient work for more than one in this line of business, consequently, although several have attempted to enter the field, they did not stay long, but like the Arabs. silently folded their tents and stole away.

MORENCI FEED & SALE STABLES. -- Not a wagon road or street exists in the city of Morenci, yet there is located there one of the best livery and feed stables there is in the Territory. It is owned and operated by Mr. J. H. $poon, who established the business MONTEZUMA FLOURING MILL, SOLOMONVILLE, ARIZONA SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 19o3

HERE THE FIRST LAND WAS CULTIVATED IN THE GILA SOLOMON VILLE VALLEY....

So1m:1.1011\111e, the Counts Seat tu il the (ids. Va.1e3 Bank and Trust (Gm Graham County, is the first town the pany, with a bank here and one each at stranger reaches in making a pilgrim- Clifton and Morenci. The town of age to the Gila Val ey over the Gila Solornonville and the land surrounding Valley, Globe & Northern Railway. It it is irigated from the San Jose anz, is not the largest town in the Valley. Montezuma canals, two of the oldest but is the most substantial. when In the Valley. thereby having a prior measured by the prosperity of its citi- right which gives to the and under zens and business enterprises. It wat them an added value over lands uncle' here that the first effort was put forth canals which are not so certain in In the work of irrigating and reclaim- supplying ample wa,er at all seasons. ing the Gila Val ey from its desert Solomonville, in the early days ot state. The Montezuma canal, the old- the setlement of the varey, was known est and largest irrigating canal in the as "Pueblo Viejo" (old own). This Gila Valley, runs through the town. or name was no "misnomer." as there rather borders it on the North. The are many evidences visible in the lo- town was first settled by a man cality of a prehistoric population hav- named Munson, who sold out a small ing been present here, as in many shack in which be kept a few canned other portions of Arizona. The loca- goods and whisky to Isidor E. Solomon tion is admirable for a town the present pioneer citizen of the the soil packs bard. making place. Mr. Solomon came to this the streets smooth and free from place in 1876 for the purpose of burn- dust. A new two-story brick PRINCiPAL BUSINESS CORNER ing the mesquite timber, then plentiful The cultivated area extends up the in the Valley, into charcoal to fill a contract which he undertook to fill river from Solomonvi le a distance of eight miles and there is no more with the mining company then operat- pro- ductive land in the ing at Clifton. world. This land above Solomonville was near:y all The County Seat was 'ocated here in homesteaded by Mexicans. 1883. by an act of the Legislature, it and but lit- being moved from Safford, where it tle improvement has ever been made, was originally located when the count. further than to clear and cultivate the was created. Soon afterwards the land. Excellent opportunities are here offered to those Who present Court House was erected, desire to buy good land at a which has had many additions added reasonable price, and no more desirable place since, as the transaction of public can be found in the Southwest for . business required more room. The making comfortab e and prosperous County Jail is inclosed by a high wall homes. Above Solo- monvire and and adjoins the West end of the Court between Solomonville and Safford much of the land House. The jail includes modern produces two crops every year—a crop of steel cages. with ample room for the wheat accommodation and safe keeping of and barley which is harvested in the early part of June, and a crop of corn twenty-five or thirty prisoners. In the Court House Square is also loca:”d for the fall harvest. Solomonville is the center of the corn belt of the Gila the hospital building where county in Valley. The bulk of the corn digent patients are cared for. produced in the Gila Valley is marketed The population of Solomonville may he safely estimated at 1,000. Its busi- in this town, where the merchants handle every year ness of enterprises consist of fly- gen- about 2.000,000 pounds of this staple. eral stores a It ltel, a large flouring mill , a bank, an extensive corral and livery HIGH GRADE CATTLE. business, five saloons, butcher shop, barber shop. drug sore, one doctor, On this page we publish a picture of half a dozen lawyers, blacksmith some high-grade Hereford cattle, as shops, etc. It is the home of the Sol- illustrative of an industry which is omon Commercial Company, the larg- yet in its infancy in the Gila Valley, est mercantile business in the Gila Val- but which promises to grow into a very ley. SolomonvIlle is also the home PUBLIC SCHOOLHOUSE important one. In 1898 Mr. Frank EC hool bui:dir g was erected three Dysart purchased from H. C. Hooker. 3 ears ago, the handsome: in the coun- of the Sierra Bonita ranch, a herd of t -,;- ant: large enough to accommodate high-grade Hereford cows and calves, twice the number of pupi s now in at- and placed them on his breeding ranch tendance. The cost of this school on the north side of the river, oppo-

building was six thousand dollars, and site , Solomonville. It was the inten- it is a credit to the town. tion of Mr. Dysart to raise high-grade The churches in Solomonvil'e are Hereford bulls for the stockmen on the Catholic Presbyterian and Meth- the surrounding ranges. With a view odist. and were established in the or- to increasing the size and bone of his der they are named. All have creda- stock, and after careful investigation 1, able buildings and substantial member- of the conditions, he selected as the ships. The ministers now in charge sire of this herd the registered Here- are Father Derichmont, Rev Eadie, of ford "Arizona King." He comes from the Presbyterian and Rev. a strain of Herefords noted for their of the Methodist. large size. In the cut "Arizona King" Dividing the dis:ance equally be- is shown at the age of four years. tween the several towns in the Val- Pedigree of the Hereford bull "Ari- ley , there is more of the cultivated zona King," No. 80,658. Vo'ume 19. !:ind tributary to Solomonville than to American Hereford Record: Bred iv othes Inisires.s point in the Valley by O. H. Christy, Phoenix, Arizona; calved May 20, 1897. Sire, Harold 2d, RESIDENCE OF BEN R. CLARK fully one-third more. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION Tgol

day the banks were opened. The SOLOMON COMMERCIAL CO. \i'-ienci bank was opened on February »I, 1902, and at this time has deposits Closely identified with the history of amounting to $55,000. The Clifton Graham County is the firm of the Sol- hank was opened on March 5th last omon Commercial Co. Marking the individual de- , "ar, and now has an principal corners of the most promi- it account of over $125,000. The nent streets in this most substantial hilsiness at , Soromonville is also larger little -city stands the imposing commer- mv than a year ago, and has deposits cial establishment, a modern monu- I 'inning from $75 000 to $100,000. At ment to the continued faith of its a meeting of the stockholders held on founder in the coming prosperity of the 16th day of February, 1903, it was ordered that $2,500 be set aside as a

The principal place of business named in the incorporation papers o: the merger company is Solomonville hut the headquarters of Mr. Smith. the ashler, is at Clifton, where the largest husiness is transacted. The bank at clifton has elegant quarters, which ‘nn re prepared especially for its accommodation, and suppled with the strongest vaults and safes and modern frituiture. As stated above A. G. Smith is the cashier, and supervises the business of the three banks. At Solomonville Charles F. Solomon is assistant chasier, while at Morenci B. FRANK DYSART'S HEREFORD HERD M. Hurd is cashier. In the Clifton bank Mr. Smith is assisted by Miss No. 43,027; J. O. Curry, G. W. Henry. bank began business with a capital Mae W. Woodman, of Boston, Massa Dam, Lena Edwards, No. 37,658. Lena stock of $25,000, and among the stock- Ichusetts, who has been with the bank Edwards sired by Prince Edward, No. holders were I. E. So - omon, Ph. Freu- for three years, 7,001. denthal, D. W. Wickersham, Adolph and is thoroughly competent to handle every detail of The sire of Harold 2d was Harold, Solomon and H. S. Van Gorder. Mr. the business. Mr. Charles F. Solo who was also the sire of Concentrator, Wickersham was elected president or i mon, the assistant cashier at Solomon- PH. the bull which has sired more show the company, and A. G. Smith was FREUDENTHAL !vil . e, is a son of I. E. Solomon, and animals than any one bull in Arizona. elected cashier, both gentlemen being the valley in which Solomonville is , grew to manhood in the Gila Valley Lena Edwards was sired by Prince Ed- retained in their positions in the mer located, when the house was estab- and is possessed of superior business' I ward, No. English. ger company. The reorganization lished, over a quarter of a century ago. 7,001, which was an attainments. Mr. Hurd only recently bred bull, bred by T. J. Carnardine, of and the expansion of the business of The present Solomon Commercial came to England, one of the greatest Hereford the company occurred in February, Morenci from Denver; he is Company , as it stands today, an in- breeders. 1902, ac which time the authorized thoroughly competent, and one of the corporated concern, and one of the capital was made $100 000. of which A year ago Mr. Dysart secured in best accountants in the Territory. The most solid and substantial mercantile $50,000 was paid up, the remainder to Denver the registered burl "Harrison," business of the Gila Valley Bank and establishments in the Territory, dates be paid in as the business should re- No. 125,997; bred by John W. Lovell, its origin back to the days of 1876, quire. The wisdom of entering the Trust Company is largely due to the Denver, Colorado; calved in 1891; when the head of the house, Mr. I. E. banking field in the east end unceasing energy and universal popu- I sire, Randolph, No, 76,053 (imported); Solomon. came to the val ey. having of the ounty was demonstra:ed from arity of Mr. A. G. Smith. dam, Heliotrope, No. 88,996. Mr. taken a contract to supply the Lesins- Dysart now has a fine herd of nearly 200 Herefords. and his young bulls are in great demand as soon as they are ready for the range. His herd is maintained on alfalfa pastures and some foot hill and mesa pasture land, and the success of raising b'ooded stock in the agricultural valleys of Arizona has been demonstrated beyond question.

GILA VALLEY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.

The financial instituions of a county or town is invariably an index to it and growth. When bank:- are prosperous it is an unfailing sign that the people who patronize them are prosperous. The banking business is comparatively a new one in Graham County. the oldest bank being less than four years old. The Gila Va ley Bank and Trust Company is a merger, with offices and banking houses at Solomonville, Clifton and Morenci, all sprung from the Gila Valley Bank, of Solomonvire, which was established in January, 1900,Mr. A. G. Smith, who had recently come to Arizona from Denver. Colorado, being the active pro moter of the enterprise. Mr. Smith had years of experience in the banking business in Denver, but sought Arizona as a field especially inviting at that time. Mr. Smith succeeded in bringing together some of the best known and most reliable business men in Graham County. The Gila Valley BANKING HOUSES--GILA VALLEY BANK & TRUST CO. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 keys, then engaged in mining and ever made its owner rich. In fact it in the business center of Solomonville. smelting, with charcoal for their fur- was and is very seldom that the orig- The store is practically a new one, the naces, and decided to remain in what inal discoverer ever took a dollar out business having started in April of last appeared to him a prospectively rich of his claim. It would seem as though year. The stock is complete and the section for the future. Mr. Solomon nature knew full well the valu. , of her gcods first-class in every department. did so. and soon brought in a small riches, and were she to be prolific in Mr. Jones has personal' charge of the stock of general merchandise and lo- distributing her resources, man wou'd busines.s, and has had twenty years' cated on the present site of the _town. become disinterested, unambitious and experience as a merchant in the State where in 1878 a postoffice was- es.ab- unappreciative. of Mississippi. Incident to the store, lished and named for the founder of Lots of good men have as good prop- and as a branch of the business, this the place, and later the County Seat osidons as were ever put before cap- house handles large quantities of hay was estab ished here. ital at any time or place, but have and grain, shiping to the mining camps From that humble beginning steadily neither the approach to capital direct- of Southern Arizona. has the business of the firm grown un- ly nor the ability to place the proposi- Russell Jones is a native of South til it reaches today prodigious proportion before caphal in a bankable man- Carolina. and is 51 years old. He tions The store occupies a larg2 ner, while any number of worthless went to Mississippi in 1851, where he two-story brick business block with a properties are foisted on to good in- lived until he moved to Arizona a year basement, each floor being 30x110 feet, vestors by those whose glib tongues ago. Since arriving in Solomonville In which is carried a very complete present the matter in a -manner to land Mr. Jones purchased the home on Main and heavy stock of everything in the the game. street formerly owned by Ben W. Ol- line of dry goods, dress goods, boots Mr. John M. McPherson, together ney. and has cornp . etely overhauled it and shoes, ready-made clothing for with H. H. Gil espie is interested in and converted it to one of the hand meu boys and children. and ready- a group of seven claims in the Dixie somest residences in Solomonville. made suits and wraps for ladies. The district, in Maricopa county, close to The lot surrounding the house has firm also makes a specialty of suits Fort McDowell, and which gives assur- been beautified with trees and shrub- made to order, and costumes for the ances of being a very valuable pro- bery, and a productive garden spot has ladies, such as tailor-made suits. etc.. ducer. been prepared in which table vegeta- 'atest weaves and in the height taken from this are grown. Everything about the of the Late assays of ore bles BEN R. CLARK of fashionable styles. group show 12 per cent copper, $36.00 place is suggestive of a well kept an-1 Being located in an agricultural dis- in gold_ and upward of one hundred comfortable southern home. If all ket in SAomonville, which is in charge trtet, a full line of farm implements ounces in silver, and not yet into the the residents of the Gila Valey were of his brother, William Clark, who are always in stock, and the firm are strong ore. The development work as progressive and energetic in mak- moved here with his family from the sole agents for the John Deere upon these claims has been progressing ing improvements, the homes would be Mississippi four years ago. plows, Milwaukee binders and mowers for several years, and the indications greatly beautified, and that at a very In 1898 Mr. Clark married Mrs. Elen and for the celebrated Studebaker point to a bonanza of great mineral insignificant cost. K. Shivers, of Blackhawk. Mississippi, wagons. wea . th. A shaft has been sunk to a Ben. R. Clark has been a resident of and now lives in a comfortable borne A very :arge selection of the higest- depth of eighty feet, and the ore bodies Arizona for many years; a na-live of in Solomonville, which is shown on class groceries are carried., and the encountered. In order to facilitate North Carolina. Mr. Clark was born this page. A strict party man, he has general stock embraces almost every the working in the shaft a tunnel has in 1862. The family moved to Missis- for years been active in local and Ter- needful article for the home and been run below the shaft. and will con- sippi in 1870, and there the subject of ritorial politics. He it a member of housekeeping, running through the nect with the workings at the 200-foot this sketch received sach mir; education Montezuma lodge No. 16. Knights of catalogue from China, glass. porcelain level. The tunnel runs in on the ore as was obtainable in the dis.liet Pythias. Mr. Clark is respected and and granite ware, crockery, etc. The ledge, and has been in pay ground schools. His first venture in the esteemed by those who know him. firm also handles immense quantities from the start. Another shaft has West was in Western T-.,,xas, where he of the products of the valley, such as been sunk to intercept the ledge near engaged in the cattle business for A. H. AUSTEN. hay, grain cereals, etc., shipping to the main shaft, but an immense body about a year; then he went to the San – — all the surrounding towns and as far of water has been encountered and the Car os Indian reservation, where lie From a sox-year old English boy to a east as El Paso and to Los Angeles. work temporarily stopped. Pumps bought and sold cattle, and had a gov- full-fledged "Yankee" is quite a jump, Eleven salesmen are kept constantly will be insta led and the work soon ernment contract to furnish beef to the but A. H. Austen made the try and busy flitting the orders and supplying resumed. Indians. After that he served as Dep- succeeded. Mr. Austen is the ener- the wants of the patrons of the store. Mr. Mc'Pherson is interested in some uty Sheriff under Sheriff John S'augh- getic proprietor of the only barber Mr. Ph. Freudenthal is the general promising copper claims in the Graham ter. of Cochise County. Coming to shop there is in Solomonville. and to manager, assuming this position when mountains, which may soon be expect- Clifton, this County, he served as Dep- which he is adding new improvements the company was incorporated in Jan- ed to give a good account of them- uty Sheriff respectively under Sheriffs constantly, his latest addition being uary, 1900. selves. Upon these claims consider- Olney, White and Binchfield for a porcelain bath rooms and the construe- • able development work has been done. period covering six years. In 1898 he tion of a water beating apparatus of C. L. RAWLINS. DISTRICT ATTOR- but Mr. McPherson is now giving his was elected as the nominee of the his own design, which is said to be the NEY. special attention and effort to claims Democratic party to the office of Sher- most economical heating arrangement owned by him in Maricopa county. iff, which he creditably filled for two for the purpose that has been con- One of the very important official years. structed. Mr. Austen came to Safford JONES ee. CLARK. positions in every ounty is that of Dis- Since retiring from the office of at first, where he opened his business, trict Attorney. Mr. Rawlins is a Sheriff, Mr. Clark has turned his at- and later removed to his present loca- young man, and practically began the This firm is composed of Russell tention to business pursuits, and buy- tion, where he is prospering to the full- practice of law in this County five Jones and Ben R. Clark, and the busi- ing and selling real estate and cattle. est extent. years ago. coming here from the State , [..ss engaged in is that of general He now owns several valuable tracts One reason for the success of Mr. of Missouri, after be had finished his merchandising. The store is located of land in the Valley, which are being Austen is his constant attention to his law studies and received his diploma cultivated under his direction. He is business and the courtesy with which He has had a good practice ever since also proprietor of the Long Horn Mar- the patrons are served with, the highest he came to the County. and has peee connected with some of the most im portant litigation in our courte. At present he is the general counsel to, the GI 'a Valley Bank and Trust Com- pany, the Maravilla Copper Company 41! and other corporations. Much important business in the Probate Court Is entrusted to his care. Mr. Rawlins was elected to h n office of District At- torney at the last election, having been nominated on the Democratic ticket and receiving a majority of over three hundred over his Republican opponent JOHN M. M'PHERSON. °••••nn .111:61i 11111110m The vicissitudes. trials and vexa- tions of prospecting and the development of claims Is exemplified in every mining camp in the world. - St+ There Is scarcely a mine in a I the universe which from the very start SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

ful worker in the interests of his party,' Schools at Jessup, Georgia, which im- and the position to which he was so portant position he held for two years. flatteringly elected comes as a reward Like most of the energetic Eastern for such, and which he fully and duly young men, he turned his face towards appreciates, the great and glorious West, and in It is our impression that Mr. Simms December, 1897, landed at Phoenix. will be called upon to fill other and since coming to Arizona, a large por- higher positions of pub ic trust, should ii his time has been spent in he be spared to later years. iching. having occupied the impor- t positions of Principal of the THE GILA VALLEY TELEPHONE aded Schoo s at Florence and Con- COMPANY. , ss, respectively. Desirous of be- ling a disciple of Sir William Black- This company, organized nearly five me, he began the study of law in y ars ago, has become an important tuber, 1899, devoting his vacations factor in the daily business transac- 1 spare time to that great science. tions of the county. Under the pro- hile in Prescott he studied in the gressive and aggressive management .,1ice of Herndon & Norris, but after of the company's officers, the line has corning to Graham County read with been placed in a condition close to Judge Bunch, of Safford. Having suc- that of perfection. Still unsatisfied cessfully completed his law studies, he as to the capacity of the lines operated was admitted to practice in this Terri- they have called into their service a tory in June, 1902, acquitting himself practical manager. Mr. Wi ham Whal- I. E. SOLOMON in the examination most creditably. A. H. AUSTEN. ley, a gentleman who knows the tele fie opened a law office in Solomon- ljams, Henry Hill and Charles F. Solo- work of the phone business from the letter A toZ vi le in the month of August, 1902, and tonsorial artist. mon are the stockholders of the com- Mr. Austen owns his own shop, Almost any day :la's energetic person has since been practicing his chosen may be found in his office, the next pany. Constant improvements are profession. He is an energetic and which has two chairs, baths, etc., and being made in all departments, under in the accumulation of this world's with overalls on, out on the line, over- brilliant young lawyer, an eloquent seeing the construc,ion or repair work. the effective work of Mr. Whalley, public speaker, and has a bright pros- goods is materially assisted by Mrs. gradually bringing the line to a condi- Austen, who is quite as energetic and or the extension and improvements to pect awaiting him in the near future. the present lines. tion that places it in the first rank of industrious as the senior member of telephone tines. the firm. The service covers the connecting of Solomonvil e with Safford. Thatcher A. G. IVVALISTER. MILTON L. SIMMS. COUNTY RE- CORDER. A. G. McAlister, the subjet of this

,zketch, was born on the banks of the One of the most popular officers ever areal, Pee Dee river, at Tatum, South elected to fill any of the positions of arolina. on the 23d day of September, the county is Mr. Milton L. Simms. 1873. He is the descendant of an old who was inducted into office January south Carolina family, and is of 1st of the present year. -;cotch-Irish extraction. His boyhood Mr. Simms is a native of the State 'ays were spent on his father's farm of Alabama, tc coming from there ind in the schools of his neighbor- Clifton 1898, immediate'y in and was mood. At the age of 16 he entered employed in the dry goods department Marlboro High School. at Tatum, of the Ariona Copper Company for two South Carolina and finished his last years resigniTpe- to engage in tn , ? tailor- rear in that institution with many ing business for himself, in which he ronors. having received the gold was eminently successful, building up medal for scholarship. In 1892 he en- a trade which kept a large force of tered the competitive examinations employes actively engaged. ield at Columbia, South Carolina, and On the 4th of November. 1902, Mr. von a scholarship in the University of Simms was elected County Recorder Nashville, Tennessee , graduating from on the Democratic ticket, and, as Lbat institution with the degree of L. I. stated, was installed in office on Jan , n May 30, 1894. In the fall of 1894 uary 1st to serve a term of two years. Mr. Simms inaugurates his term NOAH GREEN with a most flattering showing for the LUTHER GREEN first month in his new position, the and Pima, in the valley, and with Clif- receipts show an increase of $150.00 ton and Morenci, serving also as the ARTURO M. ELIAS. for the month. ,erminal of the Western Union Tele Mr. A. M. Elias. among the wide- Mr. Simms for the two years pre graph company in the two latter places awake business men of the Gila Valley, vious to his election had taken a very that company having no entrance to was born in Guaymas, Mexico, but active part in the politics of the dis- those most important points. spent most of his boyhood days in the trict, being a most energetic and faith- Dr. J. H. Lacey, the president.E. T. city of Tucson, where he eagerly took advantage of the education afforded by the public schools of that city, obtain- ing employment later in several of the

prominent mercantile estab . ishInents Mr. Elias was attracted to Graham County in 1892 and moved to Solomon- ville, where he has since resided. He first was employed as a salesman in the store of I. E. Solomon, but only remained in that capacity for about one year when he began business on his own account which he continued for several years and sold out. Mr. Elias has been prominent in political work for several years, holding the Important position of secretary of the A. G. McALISTER democratic campaign committee of the he accepted the position of instructor county. On January 1st, last, he was in Latin and Eng:ish in Walnut Grove appointed to the office of clerk of the College, Alabama. Being offered a board of supervisors and is now at- more lucrative position, he soon left tending to duties of that important po- Walnut Grove College and became Su- sition, being thoroughly competent and "EPLEY'S PLACE" perintendent-Principal of the Graded quite popular as a public official. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 — ARTESIAN WATER IN THE GILA constructed between hills, where the demonstrated beyond controversy that POLITICAL. VALLEY. water can be-stored and held for use it is permanent artesian water, larger made. The largest flow when needed. By this means a six- wells will be Arizona has been largely Democratic 1: has been demonstrated that be- inch well, such a one as that owned by of water was struck at 240 feet. Some in politics for twenty years. During tween the Gila river and the Graham Mrs. Groesbeck, can be made to irri- of the wells are deeper, though flows mountains, seven to twelve miles gate at least 100 acres of land. With have been obtained at but little more that time the Republicans secured a south of Solomonv We, Safford and proper reservoirs constructed where than 100 feet. majority but once, in 1894, when N. O. Thatcher, respectively exists one of he water can be held, there wi 1 be It has been estimated by conserva- Murphy was elected to Congress. Gra- present the most permanent artesian well dis- absolutely no danger of crop failure tive men that the flow from ham county has ever been a stronghold the Southwest, through drought, and the expense of the aggregation of wel s now in exist- tricts to be found in of the Democratic party and is more and what is more gratifying and 1m- farming under this me hod comes ence equals the volume of wa er run- poi tant is the fact that the largest :town to a minimum. ning in the river during the month of so now than ever before. It occupies flows have been struck during the The extent of the artesian belt is April. While this estimate may be the position as the banner Democratic present year. notably those bored by difficult to estimate. Wherever wells incorrect, yet it furnishes an idea of County of Arizona. The Territorial Mr. Sisson, eleven miles from the river have been bored along the foothills what the amount of water flowing officials and the judges of the courts and close up to the base of the moun- good flows have been obtained, and if from these wells is. It is confidently are, of course, Republican in politics, tains. it should prove that the belt extends believed that artesian water can be being all appointed. The Governor The first artesian water obtained in into and through the San Simon Val- procured in any part of the valley, and Secretary of the Territory are what is known as the artesian belt was ley, which is simp . y a continuation of although it has been fully demonstrat- appointed by the President and the struck about four years ago, and since the Gila Valley, hundreds of thousands ed that the bed rock which holds the Governor appoints all the other Terri- then many permanent flows have been of acres of land will be reclaimed. wa'er down, dips to a much greater torial officials and the various Territo- obtained. The depth to this water And the indications are that the belt extent as it nears the river. At Pima, rial boards for the government of pub- varies from 125 to 225 feet, and the continues on through this valley, for S. S. Marshall went to a depth of over lic institutions; the judges of the flows vary from 20 to 160 gallons per one of the present wel s is located 800 feet with a six-inch pipe, and yet courts are appointed by the President minute. Many of the original wells where the San Simon begins. The did not strike artesian water, but he is and they in turn appoint the court were not cased, and on this account wells that have so far been developed confident that a greater depth will se- clerks in each County. some of them have ceased flowing, range in size from three to six inches cure the water, and will undertake the The present officials of Graham while others have diminished in the in diameter, but now that it has been work again. County are all Democratc, except the size of the stream. All manner of crops have grown under these wells and the soil is wonderfully productive. especially is it adapted to vegetable 0, truck farmin and melons produced in the artesian well district cannot be excelled anywhere. Of course the best of the land fit for cultivation in the vicinity of the artesian wells has been taken from the government under the homestead :aws. It is hard to deer- mine just where the lines surrounding the belt are. For instance, the last two wells bored give the largest flows recorded in the district, and they are three miles from the nearest of the former wells. Wells have been developed all along the mesa or table land, from Munson Cienega, seven miles southwest of Sol- omonville, to the Bear Spring, a distance of seventeen miles. It is es imated that a well ten inches in diameter would flow enough water to irrigate 160 acres of land. It is estimated that the maximum cost of such a well would be $1,000, and when once completed the expense woo' cease, unlike the canal system, wh is a con'inual expense each year maintain dams in the river and lo the carriers in proper condition. All along where the artesian wat,1 has been developed are innumerable MONTEZUMA CANAL, NEAR SOLOMONVILLE reservoir sites , where dams can be A few yers ago no one had even clerk of the District Court. The offi- predic',.ed that artesian water would cers are as follows: Members of the ver be encountered in the Gila Valley. Legislative Council, Harry B. Rice, of it this has been done, and will con- Morenci. Members of the Legislative nue until the vas,t deserts lying back Assembly, W. T. Webb, of Pima, and I the cana s are transformed from Gus Williams, of Clifton. 1 , ir desolate state into flourishing Members of the Board of Supervisors. il ms. It is but natural that a Eugene Caruthers, of Thatcher, Chair- 'I anger should believe ...he reclama- man; Henry Hill and Ira Harper, of ,, n of this vast domain will reduce Clifton, members. in market price of the farm produce Sheriff, James V. Parks, of Solomon- until no better price can be obtained ville. than in the Eastern markets, but this s% ill not be the case. The present Treasurer, George B. Garrible, of market price of produce here equals Solomonvile. the California price with the freight District Attorney, C. L. Rawlins, of charges added. This will continue to Solomonville. be the case even when every foot of Recorder, Mitt L. Simms, of Clifton. avarable land is cultivated, for the reason that mining and other in- Probate Judge, P. C. Little, of Met- dustries reckoned as consumers are calf. keeping pace with farm development. Assessor, John J. Birdno, of Safford. \ lready the county contains several of District Clerk, Frank Dysart. of Sol- ,0 richest and best mining camps in he West, and the mountains are filled omonville. i th the precious metals, where the Frank Richardson is Under Sheriff prospector and the capitalist are labor- and Charles Sands is Jailor. holding ing to build up more flourishing camps. appointments from the Sheriff. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

was built, at present pastor of the and he came to Metcalf, in the Clifton- church at Bisbee; Rev. M. Van der Morenci district. His reputation had Maesen, lately in Belgium; Rev. P. preceded him as a jurist and practi- Timmermans, pastor of the churches tioner, and a convincing speaker upon at C Won and Morenci; Rev. J. Bar- the political platform, and in 1902 he rette, of the Cathedral clergy at Tun- received the nomination for Probate son. The present pastor at Solomon- Judge before the Democratic County ville is Rev. F. Derichemont, who Convention, and was overwhelmingly came to Arizona from the East two elected, assuming tne duties of his years ago, and was appointed last year offi.:.e on the first of the present year. as priest in charge. DR. JOHN H. LACY. HON. P. C. LITTLE.

It is not alone as a skillful physician Young men are everywhele in de- that the name of Dr. Lacy is well mand. Regardless of the avocation known to the residents of Solomon- or profession, we find the young man ville and in the Gi'a Valley, for al- forging his way to the front. A most though the doctor enjoys the distinc- notable instance of this is the person- tion of being one of the most cultivated nel of Hon. P. C. Little, the lately physicians and surgeons, and of being Probate Court of elected Judge of the the only practitioner in the town, he Graham County. He was born has still found time to devote to many Oxford's Ford, Catawba County, in large enterprises which have proven of North Carolina, September 5th, 1862, SIERRA bONIIA inestimable value to the citizens of the the nadst turbulent period in the his- place. my life I hadn't then, but I have tory of the United States. Receiving now! California does not beat us his early education in the common The doctor is today, and has been with grapes; the fig and pomegranate schools of his home, he removed in from its inception, the president of the When Hon. Andrew Kimball came to and a I other varieties grow here; and 1879 to Fredericktown, Missouri, where Gila Valley Te'ephone Company, and the Gila Valley four years ago he sim- apples, the grand old greening and he taught school in the district schools by his persistent energy is pushing ply expressed the opinion of nine- winter par-mane, I declare they beat of the place, in the meantime a:tending that enterprise into further and greater tenths of the strangers who come here anything I ever saw or tas'ed. college and fitting himself for the prac- fields of usefulness, remIting in better when he penned the following words, "Five crops of alfalfa in a year. Mar- tice of his profession, and graduating and increased service to the patrons which sentiments he is still proud to ket? Why, we can sell anything. with honors from Concordia Co lege. of the line, and increasing revenues to adhere to: "Good district schools, and, as may In 1892 the Judge visited the Pacific the company. "From the moment I arrived in this be observed from the photograph and coast, and having in the meantime Dr. Lacy also conducts the only drug valley to the present time, I have been church articles, there is a friendly re- married, located at Riverside, Califor- store in the town, which is attractively happily disappointed in everything. A lationship among religious people, as nia, where he purchased a farm and stocked with everything to be found in more delightful climate does not exist, well as those interested in church mat- continued to practice law, and was for any similar first-class estabAshment, almost perpetual sunshine. ters. As for the peop - e, I presume a long period city attorney of Orange. such as the drugs necessary to the sick "The lay of the yarey is as though it there is a large percentage of Amer- California, being appointed by the Re- room, patent medicines and standard had been made for irrigation. And ican people in this particular district publican Board of Trustees, although remedies, and also a full line of per- the Gila river is unequalled for its per- of country than any similar locality in an ardent Democrat, a convincing fumes, novelties, and all of the prin- petual moisture. Immediately below this intermountain region. They are recommendation of his legal ability. cipal periodicals and magazines of the one canal which may sap the river dry intelligent, progressive and good; and In 1900 death called his wife from him, day. there is sufficient to fill another, and in all my travels, North and South. tr***************fzez**********1-rfx**** .ltrairtrtz****stz even after the several canals are teem- East and West, I do no know of a ing full of the fertilizing fluid, still the community wherein I would rather en- river runs below. trust the safety of my family in rear- ing them than in this part of the 1,1 'There is very little need of manur- country." ing the soil, for the rich sediment left h's after irrigating on the ear. surface SCLCMONVILLE CATHOLIC replenishes the soil with a new formation. We are not dependent upon CHURCH. this muddy stream for culinary put poses, the wells giving forth as clear The Catholic Church is the pioneer 8 and pure water as one would c2.re to church in the valley. As far back as 1,1 drink. The nights are always coo', 1882 a priest ministered to the Cath- {I and the vegetation is moistened by the olics scattered along the banks of the dew every night. ic is not a windy Gila. The priest came from Tucson. {j,,1 country, but there is most always a re- His visits were necessarily infrequent' - freshing breeze which fans the many and short in those days. Services v,efe l E windmills into operation, pumping this held in private houses, there being crystal water into tanks or reservoirs at the time no )lace of worship. As which by means of proper appliances the number of Catholics increased, a ,tx aid in supplying the home with com- church was bui t, which is today a fort. No snow of any consequence, prominent buildirg of the town. Later and but little frost. You can plow on a house for the priest was built, ad- and plant and harvest the year round. joining the church. A priest had by g While the men in the north are feeding :hat time been placed in charge of the up their last year's substance and district, which comprised, besides the burning the hard-earned fuel to keep valley, Globe and the mining towns in 43 them warm, awaiting the departure of the east of the County—Clifton and the snow, and the advent of a late Morenci. Solomonville, being central spring when the hardened soil may for the district, became the residence lose its frost, our farmers are at work of the pastor. In later years the in- putting in their crops; and when the crease of population in the east of the northern people are planting early gar- county made it necessary to divide the den stuff, we are eating the fruits of district, and a resident priest was ap- the soil. pointed at Clifton. The priest at Sol- "While in your northern potato omonvi le remained in charge of the countries you raise the hardier and Valley and of Globe. Among the import the more delicate, here we grow priests who have labored in this sec- both. On May day in our celebration tion of the Territory may be mentioned festivals we can eat new potatoes and Rev. A. Juvenceau, the first priest who green peas, and all late summer and came to Solomonville, and who died next winter sweet potatoes. I thought a few years ago in Tucson; Rev. J. when I visited the Idaho fair at Boise Gbeldof, the first priest in charge, un- RAILROAD SCENE NEAR CLIFTON 3 City that I had never seen finer fruit in der whose administration the church 1;si lP;t11,1;x,WI41.1;0 4,.1;P;14;412;t•V•1;11i&-V•t;t4 1;t2;1-114431.11-7,114-to-1;t11. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

WHERE WAS SMELTED THE FIRST COPPER EVER PRO- CLIFTON ,4 DUCED IN ARIZONA

ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY VIEWS SPECIAL SOUVENIR ED[TION 1903

THE TOWN OF CLIFTON. nothing more was heard about this sec- peared on the scene, becoming a half inches apart. The cars first used tion. owner in the Longfe low mine and the were hauled by mules from the smelter Isaac N. Stevens, now a resident of In 1872 Colonel Ryerson, with Swiss- claims located on Metcalf hill. After • to the mine and a load of ore and the Clifton, is the only man today living in helm and his two partners returned to ward Leszynsky and Metcalf had some mules were returned on the down grade either Clifton or Morenci who saw the this section and located three more serious disagreement. which came near with a man to regula e the speed with beginning of mineral development in claims near the Arizona Central loca- ending in a killing. and Metcalf sold a brake. When the engine arrived this section of Arizona. He did not tion, which had been made in 1871. to Leszynsky his half interest in the from La Junta it was hai ed by all as locate the first claim, but was on the The four claims were the Arizona Cen- Metcalf mines and the Longfellow an evidence of the progressive spirit ground before any work had been done. tral, the Copper Mountain, the Yankie claim for $5,000. Some years after- of Arizona. The engine was set up The first mine located in this section and the Montezuma. After doing the wards Metcalf. through a failure of by Henry Arbuckle, who continued to of Arizona was the Arizona Central required location work, Colonel Ryer- Leszynsky to do the annual work, re- run an engine on the "baby" gauge mine, which is now one of the principal son and party again returned to Silver located the Metcalf mines, final y sell- until it was succeeded by the present properties owned by the Detroit Cop- City, which by that time had grown ing them to the Arizona Copper Com- stadard narrow gauge railroad which per company. This mine was located into a lively camp and was headquar- pany, af or that company had pur- runs between Clifton and Metcalf. Mr. by a party of three men, Messrs. B ters for all the mining men and pros- chased the Longfellow and other mines Arbuckle now has some valuable prop- lard, Yankie and Swi3helm. This was pectors who were being attracted to fzom the Leszynsky brothers. erties which he is engaged in develop- about the first of the year 1870. No the mines of Arizona and New Mexico. The ore encountered in the Longfel- ing. one was looking for copper in those In August, 1872. a man named low's first workings was of a very high In 1882 the Leszynskys sod their en- days; silver and gold were the only Pearce, who was a mining expert, wila grade, and was easy to smelt. Henry tire property to the present company. metals which attracted the attention of headquarters at Silver City, secured a Leszynsky and his brother were pos- who on assuming possehsic n began the the early prospectors in this country. bond from Colonel Ryerson, Yankie, sessed of the true western pluck and construction of a railway to connect The locators of the Central mine sunk Bullard and Swisshelm on the four determination, and with an ordinary with the Southern Paeillf, at Lords- a ten-foot shaft, and then, in February claims which they had previously lo- blacksmi,h's bel ows 10 furnish the burg, New Mexico. This railroad runs of that year, in prospecting the hills cated, where Morenci now stands. blast, and a very small adobe stack north from Lordsburg, striking the around the camp, discovered some rich Pearce, the mining expert, took sam- furnace, smelted the first copper in the Gila river at Duncan and crossing it gold rock in Gold gulch, near the pres- ples of the ore and went with it to De- Clifton-Morenci district, the first operat Guthrie fifty-nine miles from Lords- ent town of Morenci. The gold was exceedingly rich, and when panned out gave a value of 52 cents to the pan. This was considered something good, so the three men took some of the gold rock and returned to Silver City, New Mexico, then an infant settlement, inhabited by only thirteen men. The story they told of Gold Gulcn and the rich mineral country they had been into created considerable excitement. Ike Stevenson and Robert Metcalf were at Silver City when Bullard, Yankie and Swisshelm returned. They lis- tened to the story of the new find, and tested the samples of ore exhibited. which they concluded was rich enough to justify a trip for a more extended examination of the country. In the meantime men were arriving at Silver City rapidly, and very soon a party of forty-six men equipped themselves for a trip to God Gulch, where the rich gold rock was said to have been found. This party included Bullard, Yankie and Swishelm, Ike Stevens and Robert Metcalf. Crude "rockers" were prepared for washing gold, and the party carried one "rocker" to every two men. Some camp equippage packed on burros was brought aiong. The In- dians were dangerous at that time, and a vigilant watch was necessary to preserve the scalps of the gold hunters.

, Several days were required in traveling from Si ver City to Gold Gulch, GENERAL OFFICE FORCE OF ARIZONA COFFER COMPANY, CLIFTON which was reached during the dry season in July, before the coming of sum- troll, Michigan, where he made a deal ations being carired on at the foot of biog. From this point L ascends a mer rains. On reaching Gold Gulch with a man named Ward. Ward 1 ongfellow hill on Chase creek.. The two per cent grade for a distance of it was found that there was only a agreed to pay the four owners $2.000 I heal was furnished from charcoa', four miles, crossing I he broken foot- small hole of water to be found in the each, which he did. After making the I burned from mesqui e timber, which hills of the Gila and San Francisco vicinity, and this v.ra'er was so "cop- payment he sent a man named Joy out was then plentiful along the river and rivers for the entire distance of twelve pery" that it was almost unfit for use. to Morenci to do what work was re- in the surrounding valleys. Chase roles, making the total length of the Finding camping facilities so un- quired to entitle him to a pa.ent to the creek not supplying abundance of road seventy-one miles. favorable, the party moved to Eagle claims from the government At Sil- water, the Leszynskys moved their Up to this time, and for some years Creek and made a camp there, where ver City Joy met Ike Stevens. who had smelter to the river at the mouth of afterwards only firstclass ores were they waited for the rains to supply the been prospecting in that vicinity and Chase creek, the present location of treared,- and these were converted into water holes in the mountains, so that in the vicinity of Lordsburg since his the great reduction plant of the Art black copper at one smelting by the prospecting in the district wou'd be first trip to Gold Gulch, and Stevens zona Copper company. The copper water-jacketed futnaces, which had possible. After several weeks ha I and others were employed to begin ore being free smelting, required noth• shortly before been perfected and in- passed the party, tired of waiting for work on the four claims at Morenci. lug but fuel and blast. The copper troduced by the Messrs. Williams of rain and not finding any considerable About that time Robert Metcalf was hauled by bull teams to La Junta, Bisbee. The smelting works were quantity of gold in Gold Gulch, con- again arrived in this vicinity and lo- six hundred mires away, the Santa Fe bui t for the treatment of such ores. cluded to return to Silver City. On cated mines on laetcalf Hill, and also railroad having at that time reached ad no provision was made for the its way west. of the lower grade ores which the Gila river, above where the 'Frisco the Longfellow mine. When the Long- La Junta on milling plant had in after years, when all seemed lost. goes into it. Mr. Stevens and thirteen fellow was located. Mr. Sevens was at After the crude smelting location proved to be the salvation of the com- men left the main party and went into work on the Yankie mine and adjoin- been moved from its original mouth of Chase creek, the baby pany. Up to 1891 the company relied the district in New Mexico now known ing claims. At this time the Copper to the as Steeple Rock, or Carlisle. In that Mountain Gold Mining District was gauge railroad was built from the almost wholy upon the rich self-flux- "works" to Longfellow. The rails and ing ores found on the limestone con- vicini'y they encountered a small band organized by the men employed on the Indians, who were driven away original loations and by Mr. Metcalf engine for this rai'road, the first of tacts of the Longfellow and Detroit of mines, then on the point apparent from their camp. which was captured. and those of his party. Soon after . any kind ever operated in Arizona, of La Junta, The party all arrived back at Silver this Henry Leszynsky, who had staked were hauled by wagons form exhaustion. The conditions were ex- ap- Colorado. The rails were laid twenty tremely discouraging. The company City safely, and for more than a year Metcalf for his prospecting trip, SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 had been in existence for nine years, row gauge. with 36-inch track. The ers, two seven and a half tons capaci- there are many other important and no dividends had been paid and its ore is taken from the ore tans Into ty, and three five-tons. prosperous stores, representing every best mines were apparently exhausted. cars of thirty tons capacity, and trans- Fourteen tons of sulphuric acid are line of trade, and all the professions Of low-grade ores there was an ported to storage bins above the works made in the acid plant daily, all of are well represented. In fact, so far abundance, but these ores were differ- at Clifton. which is used in the leaching process. as business is concerned, it is a mod- ent from all other ores, and before they Five concentrators are employed The Arizona Copper company also ern city, though, like all the miming coud be treated successfully, new pro- treating the low-grade ores, four treat- have a bluestone plant of 125 tons ca- camps, there is little regulation as cesses had to be invented and applied ing sulphi:les and one treating oxide. pacity, a foundry turning out fifty tons to streets or location. Every avail- on a large scale. From the four concentrating mills at of castings per mon..'h, new machine able spacespace has been seized upon. There Scotch pluck had held the company Clifton the concentrates are hoisted shops with the la. est improved ma- are but two streets passing through together so far, and the same spirit did by means of an automaic skip into chinery, boiler shops, saw mills, car- the place, one on either side of the not forsake them in this their hour bins on the furnace feed floor. Jig tail- penter shops fully equipped with mod- San Francisco river. The place may of trouble. It was apparent that, if the ings from the mill treating oxide ores ern tools, ice plant of twenty tons be described as being divided into four company was to succeed its success are elevated to top of leaching plant daily capacity, and a very large supply sections. must come from its low-grade ores. In by automatic skip and are then put .warehouse, which distributes supplies First, is the old, original business 1894 it erected its leaching plant. through a ixiviation process. The to different departments of the works. location on the north side of the river, which was designed especia ly for the capacity of the leaching plant is about The power required to operate the ocupying a space just large enough to treatment of its ores by a process in- 250 tons daily. works amounts to 2.700 horse power, accommodate a row of buildings with vented and perfected by the manager First class sulphide and oxide ores and this is furnished by gas, distillate room for a street in front of them. of the company. Here are located the principal hote's, The process was a brilliant success both the banks, barber shops, a livery and it put a new heart and a new life stable, and the store of J. & A. Smith, into the company, and encouraged one of the principal ones in the place. them to make further advances in These boys are both natives of Scot- other directions. Interesting as it land, and are the pioneer merchants of would be, it would require too much Clifton, having both worked in the space to describe the gradual evolution store of the Copper Company previous of what is now one of the most up-to- to beginning business fer themselves. date plants in the west. At the upper end of this sireet are a The mines of the company are scat- few residences, but the greater part of tered over a wide territory, at dis- this section of the town is nevoted to tances from the works varying front Hisiness purposes. Here are located four to twelve miles. The altitude co [110 principal saloons, watch will corn- Clifton is 3,450 feet, while the altitud , lare with the best in cue territory in of the mines now being operated var. he matter of handsome finish and ele- from 5,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level gance of furniture. Ctifton is not un- The ores, after being mined, arc. like the other mining camps so far as trammed to inclines, down which they its saloons are concerneCt; some are are run to the Coronado rai'road, first-class and creditably conducted, which winds its way up Chase creek some are of tile ordinary, and others and forms the main artery for the are strictly of the "dive" class. Gam* whole system of mines. The ores bling is a feature of the first-class sa- consist of almost every variety of loons, and of course it is wide-open here copper ores, and these in turn call for as in other towns in the territory, but the different methods of treatment there are few local "high rollers," and The principal mines are situated op a large percentage of the play of the the Humboldt and Metcalf hills, and games comes from Chinamen, who are these furnish nearly al the ore treat- numerous and prone to "buck the ed. The company has a number ot tiger" when not engaged at their laun-

undeveloped properties, which giv , dry or restaurant business. promise of becoming important pro- The second important business sec' ducers in the future. lion of Clifton is located on either side If nature has denied these mine:, of the main street leading up Chase great bodies of rich ores, it has made creek and on to Morenci. Here are ample amends for that by placing with- stores, hotels, restaurants, a drug in easy reach enormous bodies of low- store, two large butcher shops, ownea grade ores , and it is safe to say that as respectively by Ernest Everhardy and this company was the first to product' Shannon & Cromb. The principal Arizona copper, it will be among th< stores in this part of town are owned last to cease production. by L. Ferber .gr Co. (the Bazaar), S. J. Forbes, general store; Elbie Smith, ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY. general store; E. Strauss, , dry goods MINES AND WORKS. and clothing. Here are located many Mexican shops and eating houses; The present works of the Arizona also a Japanese restaurant. One of Coper Company are the largest in Ari- the most up-to-date business enter- zona. and more men are employed by prises on Chase creek is the Morenci this company, in its mines and at the SHANNON INCLI NE AT METCALF Bakery, now owned by A. F. Williams works, than by any other company & Co. This concern practically sup- save the Copper Queen Company at and coke are conveyed over stardard ad steam engines in about equal pro- plies the town with bakery products, Bisbee. The works are located at and narrow gauge tracks sixty feet portions. and the business is a very large one. Clifton, with the exception of a large above feed floor and dumped into bins The company employs about 1,900 In connection with the bakery is a bot- concentrator which is operated at of 2,000 tons capacity for each of these men, about 900 at the mines, and the tling works and soda water factory. con- Longfelow. The mines of the com- materials, from which they are balance at Clifton and on the railroads. The Chase creek part of Clifton has pany are located at Longfellow, Met- veniently handled to furnaces. Production of copper last year was nearly all been built within three five calf, Coronado and Garfield. The ca- The furnace plant consists of 15,000 tons, which will not be in- years. There are many substantial water jacket furnaces each pacity of the immense reduction plant 39x240 inch creased during the present year. two-story brick business houses, and Is 1,500 tons of ore daily. Ninety per with a daily capacity of 250 tons. RECENT GROWTH OF CLIFTON. one that is three stories high. Above cent of the ore taken from the mines These furnaces are enc . osed in steel the btisiness houses located on Chase slate roof. The feed owned by the Arizona Copper Com- buildings with a creek are a number of residences. There is hardly a city, town or camp pany is low-grade concentrating ore. floor Is made of cast iron plates laid some of them clinging high up on the In Arizona that has made a more rapid The ore is conveyed from the mines In cement. hill sides. over six gravity inclines to storage The product of the furnaces is a 50 growth during the last four years than bins on the Coronado railroad, which to 55 per cent copper matte, which is Clifton, the pioneer copper camp of the What is known as North Clifton Is nins from Clifton up Chase creek a charged into converters by means of terri!ory. For many years after the located further up the San Francisco distance of seven miles, its present a ten-ton ladle operated by a thirty-ton location of the place the business was river, but on the opposite side from terminus being a short distance above electric crane. In the converters the almost exclusively done by the Arizona the original business section; here is Metcalf, where It takes the ore from matte is converted Into copper assay- Copper Company, and while the mer- located the handsome new school build - the mines owned by the Shannon Cop- ing 99.5 per cent. In the converter cantile business of that company is ing in which the first school is now one of the handsom- per Company. Th s railroad Is a nar- 1 plant there are five stands of convert- still by far the largest in that place, being taught. It is SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 est school houses in Arizona, and the day to read up on the news of the p:ed the position of store manage' class of goods are kept together. The school is in the hands of a competent day and l'or social conversation. of the Arizona Coppsr Company since office is in the center of the salesroom corps of teachers. The building was Many important improvements are July 1, 1900. Previous to that date and is connected with every part built by the Arizona Copper company, planned for Clifton in the near future. he had charge of the b - ance store at of the building by a perLy.t cash and cost about $15 000. The largest including several new buildings to be Longfellow for two years. carrier system. Seventeen employes part of north Clifton is covered by erected by the Arizona Copper Com- The Clifton store is at present in a are required to attend the waiab residence property, and here are some pany. A new store is to be erected congested state and it can be truth- customers, who daily purchase goods of the prettiest homes in the place. of sufficient size to accommodate the fully said that no whe:.c ear be frund at the Longfellow store. The midd'e Two or three important stores are lo- business and also a new o ffi ce build- a larger business transacted on so of the second floor accommodates cated here—Mr. Holt and the Becker- ing. small a floor space. The present flour, furniture, hardware and liquors. Franz conipany, and the large lumber Whatever may be the impression main store building was e'ected four On the lower floor all the goods are business of W. F. Hagan, who for prevailing as to a camp, by which years ago, since which time several received from the little "baby gauge" many years conducled the only mer- misnomer so busy a place as Clifton additional rooms have been ihovitIod railway and held in reserve until cantfe business in that part of town. is ususally termed, it would require no to meet the demanas of increasing sent to the floors above to be placed From North Clifton residences more than a casual observance to sales. The sales room is practically on sale. There is an entrance to every strung up the river for several miles, find that the social conditions of Clif- a square room with a second floor, or floor of this store form the various on both sides, including the handsome ton are fully upon a par with balcony, in the rear. While it is "levels" or "trails", which onstitute property of Del Potter, described at such existing in other large and influ- crowded, still the goods are displayed the streets of Morenci. The three length in this edition. ential communities. No false pict- handsomely by competent clerks and floors are connected with a freight What is known as South Clifton is ures are in the least intended to be divided into separate departments as elevator and the entire building is occupied entirely by residences, and presented in the pages of this work, follows: Dry Goods, Groceries, Shoes. lighted by electricity. Mr. George k. includes many handsome homes, begin- for it is true that the visitor arriving Ladies' Furnishings, G-enta' Furnish Green is. in charge of the Arizona ning wii.h that of President James Col- in Clifton will not be favorably im. ings, Hardware, Furniture, Drugs, Copper Company store at Metcalf, a quhoun and including those of E. M. pressed with the surroundings of the and meats. Reently the congested position he has held for many years. Williams, Alexander Veitch, C. W. railway station. It will be borne in condition of the Clifton store was He is the oldest man connected with Beck on the south side of the river, mind, however, that this unfavorable somewhat relieved by the transfer- the store department of the Company and those of Henry Hill, Baylor Shan- situation prevails really in a major- ence of the drug department to a and one of the old-timers of the Clif- non, George Webster and others in ity of the cities of the country. In separate building. But still more ton district. The Metcalf store, like' what is known as Hill's Addition. A Clifton, nature has had much to do room is required and in the near fa the one at Clifton, is too small to row of handsome residences in South with this feature in permitting, only ture it is expected that the Con,. properly accommodate the amount of Clifton is known as "Riverside." such an enrtance within her limits pany will erect a large and commo- business which daily comes to it. it. On the mesa on the south side of the as the ingenuity of man could accom- dious building. requires eight men to handle the Ari- river, overlooking South Clifton, is the plish. A walk, however, of five or works of the Shannon Copper Com- ten minutes, North or South, will re. pany, a modern plant, completed last veal what the real social conditions of year, so far as the smelting machinery this great copper producing city are. is concerned, but to which has recently Here are handsome, moaern houses, been added a concentrating plant, lawns, evidences of refinement and which was found to be neessary in cultivation as may be seen anywhere. the successful reduction of the low The particularly pleasant feature of grade sulphide ores for which this Clifton and her people is the entire district is noted. Around the Shan- absence of every affectation or pre- non works has been erected a large tension which will evince itself gen- number of residences for the accom- erally. modation of the men connected with A whole-souled, generous people, that company, and the company is who have taken up their abodes In soon to put in a large store in South one of the richest and most prosper. Clifton. ous regions of Graham County, have The population of Clifton has prob- macle the environments with which ably been doubled within the last they were at first surrounded, one four years and may now be conserva- of beauty and genial hospitality. tively estimated at 5,000, and it is The best of public schools is here inreasing at a rapid rate and the ac- for the young, fine churches, holding tive development work now being car the communicants of numerous ried on by half dozen mining corn creeds, social organizations, varied in panies on properties so located as to character, attract the hours stolen be tributary to Clifton, warrants the from nature's productions and serves CLIFTON HOTEL will double the social conditions of Clif- prediction that the place to make Already a new building is twins /aria Company mercantile business st its population within the next five ton what they are. erected for the accommodation of th Metcalf. A new store will soon be the indications are certainly years; meat market connecteri with the Ar;- erected here and it is certainly badly a rapid growtli most flattering for ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY'S zona Copper Company store. It is lo- needed. Metcalf is rapidly growing the price of cop- Clifton and should STORE. cated adjoining the Company ice fac- in population with the increasing per remain at its present price for tory and will be supplied with unlim- work being done by the Shannon. a year. Clifton will not long take sec- The mercantile department of the ited cold storage to preserve the Stevens, Coronado and other mining ond place, so far as size is concerned. Arizona Copper Company is one of meats, vegetables fruits and other companies in that vicinity. to any camp in the Territory. One the important features of that enter perishable goods. thing which makes Clifton a specially prise. Three stores are doing busi- as the Longfellow desirable place for a laboring man, What is known one at Clifton, one at Morenci. and is who desires to provide himself with ness, store is located at Morenci and one at Metcalf. Hon. E. M. Will- under the management of Mr. C. B a permanent home, is the fact of iams is the manager of the store de- who is assisted in th , . the excellent feeling that has ever Nonomaker, partment and has general supervision business by R. II existed between the companies in proper care of the over all three establishments: his Both of these gentlemen that district and the men working Waugh. headquarters are at Craton, where he have been for years with the Con) for them. This applies to all classes gives. employment to fifty-one men pany. The Longfellow store wa - of labor. The Arizona Copper Com- in buying and selling and caring for commodious new build pany is known far and near as abso- moved into a the immense stock of merchandise ing December last. It is a hand lutely fair at all times in the treat- in handled at that point, all the goods and carries an in) ment of their men; if there is any some building for the stores at Longfellow and Met- stock of . goods, though th , trouble or dissatisfaction the Corn mense are purhased at Clifton, and pany is always ready to give a re calf amount of bustaess is not so large when received there are re-billed to , ' spectable hearing to grievances. Lib- at the 'home store in Clifton. Th branch stores. A large office force' is cut into the mountain sic] , eral allowances have been set apart the building under the direction of Mr. C. W. Beck is three stories high. The top from time to time in the provision and carries a perfect system in handling floor is all occupied by the main of comforts for employees; a hanC. , daily business and recording !ts is supplied with an some library building is well filled the sales room and results. The checking systems here light by windows over with books and popular periodicals, abundance of are such that any loss is impossible magazines and newspapers; the build- the shelving. The furniture of this after the goods bave been delivered ing is kept in order by the Company room is first-class—counters, shelving in the store and the invoices filed in room is and the library is a popular place, and show cases. The large the office. Mr. Williams has occu- departments, where each where hundreds of men gather every divided in E. M. WILLIAMS CLIFTON SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

A MAGNIFICENT HOME ter had been prospecting for years set himself to perform. Rocks were San Jose Valley, trees and vines with mineral lands and claims, open- blown out, hills were removed, holes which the "wise men" announced The casual visitor to the city of ing and developing the same, and were filled up and soon the oldest in- could find no home in Arizona. Clifton. as she or he walks the rather living in the manner customary with habitant would scarcely have recog- The grounds well under way, Mr. irregular streets. azd looks upon the all prospectors, in cabins and houses nized the place, for instead of the Potter then commenced the erection residences which to a large degree Which afforded a place of temporary barren waste, forty acres of land were of his magnificent new home, the compose its residential make-up. (ex abode, never knowing when or how quickly placed unaer a state of the plans for which he had prepared him- cepting the rather charming portion the fickle goddess of wealth might highest cultivation. Most of the land self, although carried out as to detail of the town, called Riverside,) would turn the wheel of fortune in favor or was reclaimed from the river by a by one of the prominent architects of scarcely be convinced, even when against him, who had so persistently series of breakwaters, which changest Los Angeles. A more perfectly ar- told, that within a very short distance endeavored to woo one of her kindli- the course of the river, and enabled ranged plan for a model home could of the city itself, yet removed from est smiles. The former came at last, the owner of this beautiful property scarcely well be convinced. It is of all of what might be termed the disa- and then Mr. Potter determined up- to still further utilize it ,as will be the mission style as to the exterior, greebale poriion of it, namely; the on carrying out what he had long si- shown later. surmounting a high basement which occasional fumes of the copper or lently contemplated, namely; the There are 1,500 fruit trees and underlies the entire structure, sur- sulphur, and the ceaseless exhaust of realization of what he had continually vines upon this place now nearly two rounded completely with a broad pl- the engines, which, however, are the mentally draughted upon "the trestle- years old and all showing the most fazza, great square windows admit- life and vitals of the city's prosperii.y. board of memory—a home at the very remarkable prosperity, so much so, ting to every room a flood of light. there is one of the handsomest resi- spot that had brought him a compe- that all of the fruit to be borne by The house is double, the main door dences and grounds surrounding it to tency, returns for a strenuous life of these trees has already been contract- admitting to the reception hall, which ed for at a handsome revenue for extends the entire length of the the owner. house, doors opening into the rooms In adnition to these, which we on either side, without passing might call trees of income, there are through any other, or having been 300 ornamental trees of various admitted to one, all may be thrown kinds, and to show the indomitable, into a series of connecting rooms. will of Mr. Potter, many of these practically making each side of the are trees heretofore known only to house one continuous room. The the peculiar climate of California and woods which finish the interior are which he was told would under no all hard and most beautifully pol- circumstances thrive in any other ished, the floors being of narrow section, particularly Arizona, but it waxed hardwood, and the wood and wouldn't cost a vast sum to try, and tile mantels samples of the highest try he did, and today in the beautiful art and workmanship, while the fire- grounds may be seen prosperous as places are so arranged that the dust though they were in the soil contig- and ashes are automatically conveyesl uous to Los Angeles or in the famous to the basement, thus avoiding the many inconveniences besetting most housekeepers. The basement is constructed oZ massive walls of masonry, showing the substantial manner in which every detail of the building has been provided for, these covered with concrete, the floors all laid in cement, with stationary laundry, hot and cold be found in all the Territory of A water, etc. bath room, furnished with show- zona. The the lavatory and sani- And yet, here among the mountae er apparatus, arrangements are the production and jagged hillsides, 'neath whe tary the plumb- and buried deep, nature has hide of the highest character of pantry and her richest treasures, by the strenie er's art. The kitchen, arrangements are carried efforts of one determined man. elevator and perrection of de- home has been erected and evidete out with a nicety the minut- of refinement placed around ai tail that showed not even in provision about it, that to the visitor will est detail was overlooked simply a matter of astonishment of every thing that would detract and anxiety of house- Imagine, if you can , a little rive , . from the worry the domes- shallow and crooked wearing its way keeping, partiularly where down between steep mountain sides, tic help feature is a problem veV high rocks jutting into its course hard to overcome. sands Probably one of the very first sug- here and (here : the glavel and gestions that would occur to the mind of ages forming its sides and bottom. sometimes narrowing down to a canyon of almost box shape, then widen- ing out, until acres of desert waste form the basins and ampitheatres with which its course for miles abound. Could anything appear more formi- dable to a mind however sensitive to the beautiful, however fertile in re and artificial architecture. sources hardships and the prospects of a life t4.‘e laying out of a grounds and than ease. today the at of future -residence which are That this could be done on the si:e tractions of the citizens of the city, selected seemed preposterous. All and the admiration cf all who may the "old-timers" wisely shook their be PO fortunate as to visit them? Yet this is exactly what Mr. Dell M. heads, and silent smiles passed to as they Potter has done in the complete and and fro at "Potter's folly," handsome home and acreage. with were pleased to term it, when they saw a small army of men at work which he has surrounded himself and and shov- family, overcoming every difficult: , with grading outfits, picks and trampling down every obstacle. els. with a civic pride that Is more tnan Mr. Potter had secured in the neigh- commendable, he has given to Clif- borhodd of 240 acres of land, which ton one of the handsomest places in he has since had patented, and prae the Territory. tically in the river bottom, the for under Mr. Potter's direction A little less than two miles above of men. out the task be had the city on the Frisco river, Mr. Pot- were carrying

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h3w cultiavted o:" during the last enormotsly would be, the ever present man, in taste and a lover etc., for the army, and , field, adding to the wealth thought of wate: supOy was to be the beautiful. Geronimo campaign, was also guide producing sources for which Arizona obtained, in a country no pa.Licular INTERESTS CF DELL M. POTTER and scout, acting with rroop H, of the and the United States are so phenom- ly plenteul o: e:aremely esseu- Cavalry. enal. that It will be as interesting, probabI n Sixth United States tial neces,tiiy. deputy United One of the most peculiar develop- more so, to know a little of the hisi , Later be served as out in aetail, which ments on the properties This is carried ry and career of the man who is 1- States Marshal, under Marshal Rom of Mr. Pot- must p:ove of interest to the reade_'. deserving of the fullest praise for all ero, and was also acting deputy sher ter exists within a few hundred feet Mr. Potter has provided for this iii that he has done to demonstrate thze iff under Sheriff Whitehill, and in each of his front gate. a manner which has excited the in- even in the so-called wastes and de-- Position had many exciting encounters . Here a tunnel was being driven, in all over fact is being driven now, terests of tnousands nom erts of a mining camp, home may be Even these proved listless to the the distance the country in places usually barren made not only attractive and comfort- restless spirit which yearned ever for , being about three hundred and sixty feet, and of wate:, and with a generosity in able, but assocaited with all the luxur. 1 the riches of the rocks and veins of the as the miners forged their regard tnaL is characteristic of way in to the mineral, the tunel be- this ies of the metropolitan city of the earth, so undaunted he set out on his the man, and to which Professor East or West. mission, sometimes alone, at others came warmer and warmer, until the Blake, President of the School o'Z Mr. Potter was born in the pretty in company with some grizzly old- men could not possibly work over a Mines and Territorial University made little city of Canton, Ohio, the home timer, who could read rocks as the three-hour shift. The tunnel extends ;nspection, pro. a personal visit, of Or the late President McKinley, in the primary scholar his lesson in the first directly into the -rill from the main nouncing the, most complete road, and at the end of it one of year 1862, which makes Mr. Potter com- reader, and in 1881 located some it, clad as lightly systems he had ever seen. Above the paratively a young man, an just enter- claims in the Telegraph district, along as one may choose to go, though not a particle grounds of Mr. Potter he has erected ing the very prime of life and activi with Hank Dorsey, the discoverer of of moisture exists with- holding a in it, the a dam and breakwater, ty. Leaving school at an early age, the Greenlee camp in the Clifton-Mu- heat becomes almost unbear- live able, while never failing supply of active the humdrum of a quiet city life did renci district, Various ups and downs the hands may scarcely be water, from which is conveyed in held on the rocks for any ler,gth of 18-inch mains a supply which passes time, as though a furnace within wa.; into two galleries and having a fall heating them up, and severa 1. noted or some ten feet, furnishes the power geologists are quoted as saying that to operate by water power, two hy- in all their experience they had never draulic pumps. These by an action :-en anything to equal it. aen simple that Lae little son of Mr. In addition to these mines Mr. Pot- Potter, six years of age, can operate ter is largely interested.in the many them, may be entirely drained within , rich mining districts of Old Mexico, is three minutes, or the supply sent in !thoroughly familiar with all of the to the storage tank with a capacity mining districts of the Southwe..,t and of 20,000 gallons at the rate of 10,000 makes the handling of these properties gallons per hour. This tank is 35 feet a specialty. high and a force can be given that Mr. Potter is a man of intense en- will raise the water a height of 250 ergy, to cope with which nature has feet. From this tank a series of endowed him with a magnificent eight, six and four-inch mains are physique, commanding in presence. run over the entire improved portion As an illustration of how even the 01 Mr. Potter's premises and used for minutes of a busy man are valued he irrigation purposes, and accounts for constructed at his own personal ex- the unusual prosperity of his orchard pense the first inoividual telephone and residential grounds, for garden hoe out of Clifton and at nights when hose, the two circular fountains which the "hello girls" are sleeping, his line play on either side of the main walk is connected with a central phone, so and for mains and troughs providing i hat in case of sickness, or a telegram the stock and barns with their water n if importance, communication is at supply. A more perfect supply and ence established betwen his residence complete water system is probably and the telegraph or other offices with not to be found anywhere in the coun- whom he may have to transact any bus- try. iness, call a physician or otherwise. The ornamentation of the grounds, Needless trips "to town" for mail are which has all been done under the per- also avoided. No means are spared, sonal supervision of the energetic no detail overlooked in the manner in owner, is one of the sources of gratifi- I which Mr. Potter has carried out his cation of not only his immediate plants at his beautiful home, and fully friends, but of the citizens of Clifton, thirty thousand dollars must already who are as enthusiastic over the pave been marked up to improvements beauty of them as the proprietor who I nd the work is still going on. must be well satisfied with his labors Mr. Potter is married, and has a and expenditures. amily of three boys and one girl, the All along, and for quite a distance latter a charming young lady of 19 on either side of the frontage of the .emmers, whose graces have won her place, an enormous amount or grad- the distinction of being the belle of ing has been done, reducing the rosi Clifton. One son is in the milVary to a level with the place. A wide -, Boo) at Roswell, New Mexico, while driveway admits carriages or horses to i lp,, younger heirs apparent. spend .1 the grounds, the driveway being POTTER'S DAM 0 N 'FRISCO RIVER. most of their lime upon the back of a perfect bower of evergreen trees. friendly "burr.e7I' as they supervise ideas has been the experience which summer and winter spread al not quite conform with the followed, as the work of the elder Mr. Potter, their in his of nearly all mining men, until Mr. ways their shade of emerald over which had been formulating father. detremined to Potter's attention was directed to . those who enter. The residence stands mind, consequently he Clii within a full acre lot. This has been cut loose the "apron strings" or home ton and the country surrounding it in ELBIE S. SMITH, Clifton. beautified with walks, sodded lawns, and rfic.:.lier and seek his own fortune 18ffii. Coming here he located gold One of the most prominent young wooly" west. claims almost in front of his present choice shrubbery, and plants of vain the "wild and men who has made his mark in Clif- rious kinds artistically plotted and Hence, at 18 we find him in Silver l new residence and now owns 26 ton during the last decade is Mr. Elble I in this group, and a large num- and constantly watered City, New Mexico, with a full stock of claims Smith, now proprietor of au impor- arranged, ber of properties copper belt. revolving water sprinklers, as courage that he would some day be- in the tant mercantile establishment in that with full-fledged miner and mine On the gold group he has done some referred to in preceding paragraphs. come a city. He is probably the best in- latter being the hope eter- thing over 3,000 feet of development The residence when entirely com- owner, the formed business man of his age in nal in the breast of every work meeting with a remarkable suc- pleted will be lighted by electficty, probably Graham County. He is a Irma of edu- miner. cess, a recent shipment of ore to the furnished with dynamos operated cation, a high social and moral c.har- ends meet in smelters showing twenty-seven , from the water power plant, and will Trying to make both dollars acter and years of stadio• s business district before you have to the ton. Professor Blake, to whom brilliantly illuminate the grounds up- a mining training and is justly per,u1a- and a hard proposition, we have already alluded, stated, "that on occasions desired. made a strike is very highly respected. A native of of other the properties of Mr. Potter were All this is surrounded with a hand- so Mr. Potter availed himself Montgomery, Alabama. he went to means to keep toe wolf from the door. among the highest gold showing prop- Atlanta, some fence of ornamental design and Georgia, when a mere boy and In 1882 there occurred a bad Indian erties he had ever seen," and mining entered the whole stands as a monument to a large department siore in outbreak, and young Potter enlisted as facilities soon to be established will the determination, indefatigable ener- that city, where he remained for ten guide and scout, carrying dispatches, put these great gold producers into the years and until he gy and civic pride of a genial gentle- had reacherl SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 majority. Imbued with a spirit of EMPLOYES OF THE METCALF progress and ambition to l.y his hand STORE. in the fierce struggle ever going or_ for The accompanying group shows success in the commere'ai world and five of the employes of the Metcalf COPPER CO. concluding that the west offered the store. This store is owned by the SHANNON most favorable opportunity for insert- Arizona Copper Company and has ing an opening wedge which would been under the managemen, of Geo. open the way to a business of his A. Green for a dozen years. Mr. Green Prominent among the many excel- mines, but also control of ground own, Mr. Smith turned his attention is 47 years old and was born at Chil- lent copper properties of Graham which was necessary in the extensive to Arizona, and being offered a posi- sea. Massachusetts. He has been con- County are th,Vose owned by the Shan- tion in the store department of the nected with the store aepartment of work which had been mapped out for non Copper Comapny and located near Arizona Copper Company. he acceptel the Arizona Copper Company longer the Shannon mine. the town of Metcalf, four miles from and was soon in Clifton. He soon dem- than any other man now in its em- Clifton, on Chase Creek. The Shan- After several months of develop- onstrated to Mr. Fraisnet. then mana- ploy. Mr. Green, when a young man, non Company was organized three or ment work, the Shannon Company be- ger of the store department of the learned the printer's trade, but soon four years ago for the purpose of pur- gan the erection of a reduction works, company, that he was a young man of of the business and took up tired chasing the Hughes & Shannon copper superior ability as a store man and ;t merchandising, at which he has made securing a magnificent location on the mine , which had for many years been was not long until Mr. Smith was pro- an unusual success. He is a Mason 'Frisco river, just below Clifton, a pict- considered as the equal of any copper moted to the position of assistant to and has received the higher degrees ure of which accompanies this article store manager and con- mine in Arizona. It had been owned the general in that order. About a year ago one of the most mod- tinued as such until he determined to Norman S. Bradfield has charge of by Hon. Chas. M. Shannon, the well ern smelting plants to be found in the engage in business on bis own auount. west was completed, having a capacity Mr. Smith arrived in Clifton in 1894 and was with the Arizona Copper Com- of six hundred tons per day of twenty- pany until 1901, when he established four hours. The smelter was blown im- his present business, which has been mediately after its completion and was remarkably successful, demanding on- found to be perfect in its operation, ly last month larger quarters into but it was soon discovered that the Shannon mine, like all which it was moved. No young man ore from the the ore in the Clifton-Morenci district, in Arizona has more just reason to in its most be proud of his success in Grahain required concentration the purpose County than the subject of this sketi. economical treatment. For concentrating plant and this is all due to his constant at of erecting a the tention to business and the careful smelting was discontinued during consideration he has given to every six or eight months required for the business proposition as it was present- erection of the mill which was com- put in opera- ed to him. pleted and successfully tion about the first of April, this year. new concentrating mill occupies MET C ALF. The a position on the hillside, just above This is where many of the valuable the smelter. The mill was designed mines of the Arizona Copper Corn. by William Corkeek, an experienced of Butte, Mon- pany are located, and the town has millman and engineer was erected and equipped a large and increasing population at tana, and miners. The place has had a rapid under his directions. The structure for a 600-ton mill, growth during the last few years, and is of sufficient size for only half this capac- the development work now being but equipment The upper sec- done in the vicinity by new compan. ity is in at present. for the trommels, rolls and jigs, ies other than the Arizona Copper tion, the lower section for the Company, is insurance that a great is 95x64 feet; tables is 57x144 feet. The many more men will be employed in vanners and engineroom is 32x60 feet in size and the near future, as many of the be-' a 330 horse power Nordberg mines in the Clifton-Morenci distrp contains tandem compounded engine, driven by the located here and recently passedl two 250 horse power Sterling boilers. into the hands of men who have tlp The water for the boilers and mill means to open them up and entH, work is forced from wells near tile them in the list of proincera in the river by an electrically operated tri- Territory. The Shannon Mining Com- plex pump -of 600 gallons capacity per pany, the Coronado Copper Company, I minute. The 95x15 Blake crusher is the Stevens Copper Company, the operated at the ore bins. It reduces Santa Rosa Copper Company, the the ore to egg size and finer. From Standard Copper Company and the the crusher the material is carried by Standard Company are all operating! a Robins belt conveyer to the foot of in this locality. an elevator at the head of the mill. superintendent Alex McLean is the METCALF STORE EMPLOYEES It is thence delivered to trommels of Arizona Copper Company's of the the grocery department of the Met- known pioneer of the district, for four sizes, viz; 5-8, 6-16, 3-16 and 1-3 mining and other business at Metcal:, calf store and has been there three twenty years. Mr. Shannon was not Inch. The oversize from the first size is one of the most prominent and years. He is 23 years old and was able to interest capital to develop the trommel passes to a set of 16x36 rolls: mining men of Arizona, having been born in Payson, Illinois. Property so as to bring it to a produc- the oversize from the other three goes engaged in the business for many J. C. Ottrnan is also in the grocery ing stage until he attracted the atten- to jigs of various sizes. The undersizes years. Perhaps. there is not a man department. He is 27 years old and tion of Mr. W. B. Thompson, of the from the first three trommeels each in the Clifton-Morenci distrit having married. Born in Germany, he came Thompson Investment Company, of to a set of jigs suited to its size. The better knowledge of mineral, or a to America when seven years oH. Boston. and Mr. Thompson would not finest trommel undersize goes to a how to economically extract it from He has lived in Metcalf two years. undertake to handle the property un- hydraulic classifier, which is divided the recesses. less Mr. Shannon would agree to sell into four compartments by which four W. E. Blake is 21 years old and Theo. Shirley is Justice of the the property outright, which was final- sizes are made that pass to the finer was born in Richmord, Virginia. He Peace, a fine old gentleman, who ly agreed to with the understanding that jigs. All the jig tailings, from 5-1G- good is also in the grocery department. takes a fatherly Interest in the Mr. Shannon would be allowed to re- inch down are reground in the Hunt- Olney is 22 years old an - . order of the place and the general Will T. tain an interest in the company as ington mills, whose screens are 1-25 Miss in Graham County. He ha:, welfare of its inhabitants. was born a stockholder. The new company im inch size. The Huntington prod- -. the Arizona Copper Corn Sophie Shirley, daughter of Justic been with mediately began the systematic de- uct passes to twelve tables. There and two years; was first in the Shirley, is the postmistress pany for velpoment of the property, which has are six other tables which handle the now holds a po teaches the public school. Harry Longfellow store and continued steadily ever since. Besides overflow material from the calssifiers. , . office of the Metcalf McLean is deputy In the postoffic sition in the the Shannon mine, the company suc- The tables which handle the coarsest George M Burkner is the constable store. ceeded afterwards in purchasing some from the calssifiers have a corrugated as Wm. Thorpe was born in England Ari- and also holds an appointment adjoining claims to it from the surface, the others being straight- He came to deputy sheriff. He Is a splendid offi- and is now 20 years old. zona Copper Company, the pioneer faced belts. The final overflow water cer and has made a good record. America when he was five years old. company of the district. This gave is settled and clarified in a tank 60x12 in the grocery department There were 123 registered voters in He works them not only some very valuable feet in size, with fifteen divisions. The Metcalf precinct last year. of the Metcalf store. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 settlings here are drawn off at. the hot- down pulling an empty up. At the carbonates in the lime are in kidneys tom and the clearer water is pipe./ heading of this incline is a set of load- and pockets, but many of these are back to the head of the mill again. inz bins which receive ore from the very large. By continuing the work The ores to be handled compris ,- main double track tunnel in the mine, northward it is expected to strike at copper and iron pyrites and coPPer At a point on the incline. 168 feet be- depth more of solid porphyry forma- glance. It is expected to concentrate low the head, are other bins which don about five tons into one ton. The jigs receive ore from the lower tunnel that The lower tunnel, which connects products will be in six sizes. The connects by trackage with those bins with the incline tramway and which other product will be from the table,. Thus the ore from the two main tun- is 168 feet below the double track tun. These jig and table concentrates ar( nels is conveyed direct to bins which net, passes through the mountain from mixed on the smelter charge floor unload into the incline cars. west to east and is 2,500 feet long. withcopper oxides and carbonate- The main double track tunnel is This cuts through porphyry, lime and which come direct from the mine. The about 300 feet below the apex of the quartz far below the carbonate belt tables in the mill consist of eighteen mountain. It runs 1,700 feet and ter- and below the zone of oxidization, al Frue vanners and two Standard tables minates at the surface on the opposite though the ores at this level are not both styles to be used for the same side of the mountain. From this tuu- free from oxides and carbonates. The LAMAR COBB. JR class of work—that is,there is no re nel drifts have been run in all direr- east section of this tunnel passt, concentration. tions, many of them to the surface. through about 260 feet of copper sill- Civil and Mining Engineer and Uni- ted States Deputy Mineral Surveyor, The smelter product is a copper By this method the ore has been ,thor- phide ores in a porphyry gangue. Ad- matte which is sent to the plant ut oughly blocked out and exposed. Also jacent to porphyry Is a belt of lime was born in the city of Athens, the Arizona Copper Company to be from this level many raises have been which is not highly mineralized In Georgia, and received his education resmelted and converted. made to the surface and stopes opened the western section, through whim o as an engineer at the University of all the ore thus mined being passed this tunnel passes, the work opens of Georgia. THE MINES through chutes to the main double characteristic bodies of' sulphides, He had his first piectical experi- H. S. Anderson is now manager or: track tunnel. The stoped out ground with pyrites and some carbonates. ence as an engineer in the engineer de- the Shannon Copper Company. The is timbered up 12x12 square sets. One This mine has been developed under partment of the city government at

REDUCTION WORKS, SHANNON COPPER COMPANY, CLIFTON mine of the Shannon Copper Company stone showed an ore body 319 feet the superintendency of W. T. Chin Washington, D. C. From there he is near Metcalf, which is about seven wide at one point. At the same place who has put it in excellent condiibe. went 'to Colorado, where he spent sev- miles north of Cliiton. The latter the stone was worked out thirteen The smelter is a modern plant and eral years in the practice of his pro- place is on. the San Francisco river, sets high. All this work shows an ir- was finished about a year ago The fession. where Chase Creek empties into it. regular formation , with almost every concentrator is now in operation. During the last two years of his Metcalf is on Chase Creek and the variety of copper ore, which exists in The smelter has two copper matting residence in Colorado. he was em- Shannon mine is on a mountain spur pockets, kidneys, chimneys and shoots. furnaces, each of 300 tons' daily ca ployed in the office of the United between Chase Creek and King Gulch. This mountain, which is opened from parity, with blowers and other acoa- States Surveyor General , but tiring The Arizona Copper Company's Coro- all sides, has a capping of hematite of lrement of corresponding size and ca- of the service of Uncle Sam, and hear- nado railroad, thirty-six-inch gauge, varying thickness which is said to pacity. The flues connecting the furn ing of the wonderful progress and de- extends from Clifton up Chase Creek average about 45 per cent iron. This aces with the steel stack for collecting velopment in the great Southwest, he to Metcalf. On this line regular trains is especially valuable as a flux at the the flue dust, are extensive and built decided lb come to Arizona and cast are run, doing a pasenger and freight smelter. Within the iron capping are of metal lath and cement, with hopper his fortunes with her thrifty and pros- traffic, besides hauling the ore from the regular pockets of copper carbon- shapedappertures in the bottom perous people. He located at Clifton the Arizona Copper Company mines ates which usually are very rich. whereby the dust is periodically gath- in the Spring of 1900, since which and that from the Shannon mine to These are azurite and malachites. ered. After the plant was completed time he has devoted himself exclusive- the smelters at and below Clifton. with some chrysocolla. the last named last year it was operated four months ly to his profession. the The ore is conveyed from the Shan- being a silicate of copper. Below on high grade oxidized copper ore from Soon after his arrival in Arizona, non mine to the shipping bins on the caprock are- mineralized dykes of por- Mr. Cobb identified himself with the the Shannon mine, turning out a black railroad at the bottom of Chase Gulch. phyry and dolomite lime. The copper Democratic organization. He has The incline is 1,500 feet in length, the carbonates and oxidized ores are found copper aud a high grade copper matte. since been a prominent factor in local vertical distance between the lower mostly in the lime, while in the pot.- Art this stage of the work the necessi- politics and was Chairman of the and upper terminals being 800 feet. phYry are found great bodies of sill- ty for a plant to concentrate the low County convention at Solomonville This incline is a surface tramway with cious sulphides. with a considerable grade copper sulphides from the mine in September, 1902. three tracks nver which about 2.000 amout4 of copper-Iron pyrites in :r- Mr. Cobb resides and has his offics became more apparent and the smel- tcns of ore coul. be lowered daily. regular bodies. There are also in the at Clifton, Graham County, Arizona, Ten-ton cars , attached to cables, opei- Porphyry, streaks of copper glance in ters was closed down till the concen- where he can be consulted by parties ate hereon by gravity, the loaded car many places. As indicated above, the trator could be erected. desiring his services. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

face have been leached, their copper contents dissolved and pecipitatee, below on the unaltered sulphides. STEVENS COPPER CO. The Stevens Brothers have never had sufficient capital to sink for these sulphide deposit below. This work

is now being carried on by the Pre ,- This company was organizel in 1902 Treasurer, all of Bridgeport, Connecti en t company. to take over the Stevens group of cut. Extensive faulting has produced a claims in the Clifton district. The directors are, Henry Setzer, crushed zone of rock through th , This group of elattos was di!rov- Charles H. Hawley, Archibald McNeil, center of the group for 600 to 700 feet ered by Mr. Isaac M. Stevens, the old- S. C. Osborne. Bernard Selzer, Henry in width, and 4,000 feet long. This est pioneer in the Ciltfon districc. Blodget. Thomas P. Taylor, Allen W. enormous body of country rock Las Mr. Stevens was in the district long Paige and Frank Miller, all of Bridge- been thoroughly decomposed and before any a:tention was paid to the port. Connecticut. David A. Boody, of mineralized by copper bearing solo enormous outcrops of copper ore. At New York and Isaac N. Stevens, if tions and forms the mail ore body of that time all attention was centered Clifton, Arizona th.e group. It is possible that thiA rue on the placer diggings of Gold Gulch The office of the company is at ore body may contain 50.000 000 ;ens two miles southwest from Morenci. Bridgeport, Connecticut. All of the di- of low grade concentrating ore in the After the existence of copper ore had rectors are prominent men of affairs enriched sulphide zone. rite lea.-hing been demonstra:ed in paying quant i. and their names are a synonym action of percolating waters has left ties at alorenci, Mr. I. N. Stevens anti of success. The counsel are George some copper in the form of carbonates his brother, Mr.Charles E. Stevens. E. Hill, of Bridgeport. Connecticut, and above, but the majority has been car- immediately located the Stevens group Frank B. Leine. of Clifton, Arizona. ried down below and deposited as of claims, on account of the enormous chalcocite or copper glance ISAAC N.STEVENS outcrop of gossan. or iron oxides, con- MINES The main tunnel of the group cuts taining carbonates of copper existing The Stevens' group proper censists about 450 feet more to intersect this on the surface of these claims of sixteen claims, located about one across this mineralized zone, and vein. Considerable quantities of oxide and Through many vicissitudes of fortune. and a half miles from Met -salf Ari- now shows seams of high grade glae.se the Stevens Brothers held to the calims zona. Any workings or shafts on wherever the rock was hard enough carbonate ores are now exposed to view on the surface along the oufcropa of both, of these large veins

The policy of the componL , is to hold these in reserve for the fluxing of the sulphide concentrates from the deeper workings. The Gertrude group lies about ()ne mile to the east of the Stevens group on the northeasterly extension of the famous Shannon Mountains. It con- s.ists of fifteen claims. The formation is similar to that of the Stevens group. The group shows the outcrops of a great many fissure veins of good SiZ2, but with no development work upon them outside of the assessment work, The East Lynne claim shows a good vein of carbonates on the surface. averaging 12 to 13 per cent copper The Olive claim shows a fine vein on the contact between porphyry and limestone. Development work on this !vein has just recently opened up two feet of ore assaying 12 per cent copper. The other claims all show outcrops of veins that have never bsen prospected. The El Monte group consists of two claims, the El Monte and Midway. These claims are near the Standard mine and are in a similar formation. The Ontario group lies south of the

STEVENS COPPER COMPANY VIEW and did their assessment wo "l'he) these claims can easily be connected to prevent the leaching action. have since discovered and located with the three-foot gauge of the Coro- Another fault line lies 600 feet to some of the most valuable mines viz; nado railroad, either by surface tram- the west above. This fault shows New England Copper Compauy, Stand way or wire rope tramway. a vertical displacement of ova'. 2,0e0 ard Copper Company, and many claims feet. It runs lengthwise through the FORMATION of the Arizona Copper Company. Stonewall Jackson and Globe claims Thtey, however disposed of their in- The general formation is granite. and is accompanied by a laigs pot terest in the above, in order to retain overlain by Cambrian quartzites and phyry dyke. On the contact of ti , h their original locations upon the Stev- Silurian lintestones. dyke and abutting limestones and ens' group on account of its aunerio ,. A tremendous upheaval has occurred quartzites is found a large fisssure surface showing. Since he orgaliza- which, caused great faulting in lines vein of an average width of 25 feet for tion of the Stevens' Copper Company. nearly north and south in direction in 2,000 feet in length. The surface of they have acquired three other alua- this particular locality. This se !tor. this vein is also leached. leaving 'loth ble group of claims, known as the I s also traversed by three large por- log but iron oxides and some copper Gertrude, El Monte and Ontario phyry dykes, running parallel with oxides in bunches. From this vein was groups making their local holdings the faulting. Subsequently fissuring shipped the first custom ore to the Ari- 39 claims, aggregating 800 acres. Mr. has also taken place in lines parallel zona Copper Company many years Isaac N. Stevens and Ctarlea F. Stev- to the faulting. The ores of the group ago. About 1.000 tons of 23 per cent ens have named a large inte:est have been deposited in this later fits- copper ore has been taken out of this t h.e company. *luring of porphyries, limestones. vein. The main tunnel of the pres,ent The officers of the company are, quartzites and granite. Owing to the company has for its object the outting Henry Setzer. President; Charles H. extensive fissuring and mineralization of this vein at a depth of 400 feet from Hawley. Vice-President; Fred Eno.. and consequent open porous nature of the surface. The tunnel is now in Secretary and Frederick S. Hunt, the rock, the ore bodies near the sur- 1,100 feet and will have !.o bl driven C. E. STEVENS SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

mines of the Coronado Copper Com- Mexico, where there was a gold excite- work. Mr. Stevens is the owner of man who by close study and appli- pany and between those mines ana, ment. Mr. Stevens saw tne beginning 160 acres of valuable land on the cation, has established himself in the the Detroit Copper Company of Mo of Silver City and was in the Rallston 'Frisco river, above Clifton, which he confidence of his employers, and mak- renci. excitement, near the present town of took from the government a few years ing for himself a high reputation as a They show large mineralized por- Lordsburg, about the time the first ago, now holding a patent. When the chemist and metallurgist. mr. Spann phyry dykes that have never been settlers arrived in Silver City. Stevens Copper Company purchased was born in Meridian, Mississippi, in prospeted beyond the annual assess- He was one of the first white men the Stevens group of mine, Mr ;. E. 1882, where he attended the public ment work. to visit the Clifton district and has Stevens was made superinteneent of schools until the age of 10. His par- The policy of the company is to resided in Clitton since 1872. At the the devloprnent work, which has been ents then removed to Silver City, New thoroughly develop their holdings be- first election held in Graham County carried on successfully and ecinonti Mexico, where the subject of this fore undertaking the erection of re- in 1882, he was elected to the office of rally under his direction. He is thor sketch attended the public schools for duction works. Supervisor. He resigned this pos'tion oughly competent and few men have five years. and then followed a course With such extensive mineralized to return to New Mexico, where he a better knowledge of the geneta: in the Normal School for four years. areas on the surface, this company yet had mining interests. Mr. Stevens mineral formation and character of or Leaving the Normal School, Mr. has possibilities equal to any mine has located many valubale claims in In the Clifton district than Mr. Stev. Spann entered the employ of the Sil- in the territory. By careful work and the district, confining his operations ens. ver City Reduction Company in the the untilization of methods and prac- mostly to Chase Creek. The Copper assay office, remaining in their em- tices already in successful operatic, 1, King mine and the Standard group FRED P. CLARK ploy until April 1902. when the oppor- they hope to avoid many mistakes that were once owned by him. He. with -- tunity was offered to associate him- have been made by the copper mining his borch.er, C. E. Stevens, and his Mr. Frederick P. Clark, Metallurgist self with the Arizona Copper Com- companies in the territory. sister, Mrs. Susan Ramsdall, of Globe, and Chemist for the Arizona Copper pany at Clifton, of which he availed F. C. ALSDORF. were the owners of the copper proper- Company, is one of the most courteous himself and may be found daily in the tise now owned and being developed labratory of this concern, a persistent by the Stevens Copper Company. student of mineralogy. Mr. Spann may ISAAC N. STEVENS which was promoted largely by his be looked upon as a• coming young saw the Ciltton mining district be- efforts. man, who will make his mark in the fore any other man now living in that interesting and profitable professiod C. E. STEVENS mineral country. He has seen the he has wisely chosen, savage Apache Indian driven from the is 45 years old and also a pioneer of SMITH'S CONFECTIONERY AND war path and into peaceful life, and the west and has devoted his life to POOL AND BILLIARD PARLORS. has witnessed the transformation of a mining and prospecting. He was wild and uninhabitated country into born in the State of Minnesota, and Along with a party of some fourteen one of civilization and industry. Mr. went with his parents to Pike's Peak others, nearly eight years ago, Thomas Stevens was born in Penobscott in the year 1860. From Pike's Peak Mac Smith arrived in the city of Clif- ty in the Northeast corner of the State he went to New Mexico and remained ton. All had left their homes in Mont- of Maine, October 19, 1848. When in Silver City and that vicinity for gomery, Alabama, with the intention of eleven years old he crossed to Pike's several years. He came to the Clif- making this city their future home. Peak and never visited the place of ton district in 1887 and has remained In this they were urged by a brother his birth again until last year. When here continuously since that time. He of the subject of this sketch, Mr. Ohio- he first arrived at the present site with his brother, located a number of S. Smith, who had preceded the party of Denver, the spat was marked only the claims now included in the Stev- some six months, and who is now one by a few log cabins. He was in ens group that year and it has since of Clifton's most prosperous and pro- San Juan excitement in 1861, and from devolved upon him to look after these gressive merchants. Mr. Smith at there went to Elizabethtown, New properties and look after the annual once entered the employ of the A. C. FRED P. CLARK Co. as a bookkeeper in the office .f and intelligent members of the ex- that mammoth concern, where he re- ceedingly bright staff with which the mained for six and a half years, re- officials of the Arizona Copper Com- signing to engage in business with his pany have surrounued themselves. brother, who had a short time pre- Mr, Clark is an Englishman by birth, vious established himself in the mer- and from the capital of the kingdom of cantile trade. he British Isles, having been born in An oportunity offering to a man of London in the year 1875. At the age l enterprise that would engage in it, of 19 be crossed the Atlantic, being Mr. Smith purchased the establishment impressed with what impresses an un- where he is at present located, and en- usual number of young men, namely, gaged in the manufacture of home- that the United States offers better made candies and chocolates, employ- opportunities for a young man than ing a professional candy maker, and does the limited fields of the older one of the best in the country any- world. where. Successful from the start, Upon his arrival in New York he Mr. Smith supplies principally all the immediately obtained a position wita dealers in sweetmeats in the district, the Amalgamated Copper Company including the large company stores. with whom he remained for the fol- 1 Mr. Bradley, the candy maker, is from lowing seven years, being with the Globe, and is well known all over the United States Metal Seiiing Company, 1 west as one of the very best in his an affiliation of the former company, line. Near the Clifton House a very with their works located at Perth Am- attractive store supplies the retail boy, in New Jersey. A little over a trade with the products of the factory, year ago Mr. Clark having the oppor- and the most dainty confections tempt tunity to connect himself with the the purchaser, fresh every day. Arizona Copper Company, resigned his In connection with the confectionery PC ition with the company with which store, Mr. Smith has the only billiard ne had been so long associated, and and pool parlor in the city, which is came to Clifton. where in the labrato- patronized by the very best people of ry of the Arizona Copper Company, the city, no bar being attached, nor he bas been steadily engaged as the any kind of liquors sold on the prem- Chemist of the company. A great stu- ises, resulting in absolute good order dent, combined with his experience, and the absence of any boiterous lan- has made his services valuable to his guage, it being just a pleasant place for employers, and he enjoys their confi- a party of gentlemen to while away a dence to a large degree. There are little leisure time. The business of rumors that the pleasant climate of Mr. Smith has grown to such propor- Los Angeles has attractions for Mr. tions that his present quarters are Clark. but of these the historian is proving inadequate, and as this edition scarcely permitted to speak. He is a goes to press a new building is being strong social favorite, owing 'to his erected at the end of the bridge, ex- sunny nature , and ever genial dispo- pressly designed to accommodate the sition. constantly growing trade which his Associated with Mr. Clark in the energy has been building so subtan- AT THE STEVENS COPPER COMPANY TUNNEL laboratory is Mr. S. T. Spann, a young, (tally. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

Clifton and found what he states is 1 way of their, own constructed from the greatest copper camp he ever ' that property within a very short time visaed." He entered the service of the and when completed, the Antietara Copper Matte Company and served will become a very heavy shipper. THE ANTEITAM MINE them as foreman. All of the shipments up to this time About this time Mr. Crowley pur- have been made by the use of Burro chased a half interest in the mining trains, which notwithstanding the expense and rather slow methods in- Perhaps no instance will better il- Here he went through all of the ex- claim called the Antietam, and took voled in this method of transporta- lustrate the ups and downs of a man, periences of frontier life, which in the charge of the property in February, tion, has enabled Mr. Crowley to con- who for a life time almost has followed mining camps of those days were not 1902, and with indefatigable energy set tinue his work without a dollar of as- prospecting and mining, than the case as they are now, with convenient sup- to work developing this claim. A shaft, sistance from other sources than the of Paul F. Crowley, of Clifton. plies of food, clothing, etc., but in (No. 1,) has been sunk to a depth of mine itself, and continue his work The strange tascination which al- constant contact with many and se one hundred and forty feet, 4x8 in the with all the labor required. ways surrounds those engaged in rious privations, but employed con- clear and timbered with Oregon pine. The mine has upwards of $1,200 of climbing the hills, enduring the hard stantly in locating claims, mining and Shaft No. 2 on the same ledge has surface improvements thereon at the ships is ever present and the plodder contracting. been started and is now down fifty present writing, and additions are be- is constantly buoyed up with that hope feet and is situated 500 feet from No. Leadville, Silver Cliff, were enjoying ing made thereto constantly, all of the which leads ever on and on that, the 1. One level has been run from No. their days of booming at that partic- work being prosecuted with Le vigor reward will finally come in the "big 1 -shaft, a distance of 110 feet. and ular time, and were known all over for which the energy of Mr. Crowley strike." which he knows is awaiting both shafts and the above drift are in the world as pretty tough places, in is noted. him. a continuous body of ore, carrying an which either to work or reside. Shoot None but white labor is employed average of six feet in width. There is a story full of all these ex- ings, hangings and hold-ups rendered in or about the mine, and at the high- periences and it would appear that a spice to the life almost daily, and He has sold from the main shaft est-standard wages, and it is a remarkable statement, but true, neverthless, that the Antietam has paid its own way from the very grass roots. It will thus be seen from the history of th 2 Antietam, that after enduring the full share of all the hardships which usually befall the prospetor and the miner, there comes to the ceaseless worker and determined operator that reward which satisfies and is so justly the reward of the digger in the mines. THE CLIFTON HOTEL Probably there is no better known etel in the Territory of Arizona I ban the Clifton. of which Mr. Sam Abraham is the proprietor, and probably no better known, more thorough or efficient hotel manager anywhere than the proprietors brother, Mr. Jake Abraham. The Clifton was established in 1882 by Jake Abraham, when the conditions in this locality were totally different from what they are today. Supplies were hauled into the country by wagon travel was heavy, made so by in- 'coming' and outgoing prospectors, and 'even a score of years ago the Clifton had made a reputation as a first-class hostelry, which has continued and .4rown ever since. As the requirements have demanded, additions and onprovemer.ts have been added from time to time, always keeping pace with the times, and has ever maintained its hold upon the traveling pin- lic. The traveling man from as far East as Boston, and from San Fran- cisco in the West, having business in the Clifton-Morenci district, head as rapidly as possible for The Clifton, so that a daily coterie of irrepressible drummers may always be round at this hospitable and comfortable cara- vansary. The Clifton contains 58 rooms, in which are the most comfortable beds, covered with snowy white linen and counterpanes, and amply provided

with the finest of bedding and cover, ings, and spotless as to cleanliness. AT THE ANTEITAM MINE There is one of the finest sample In the case ot Mr. Crowley he is at were as common as ordinary cases of and drift upwards of seven hundred rooms attached to the hotel to be last to be fully rewarded for all that Intoxication in a Mexican settlement. tons of self-fluxing sulphide, averag- found in the Territory, the use .1f be has endured. Meeting with only varying success ing eleven per cent in copper and which is free to guests requiring use Paul F. Crowley was born in 1858 In his mining adventures, Mr. Crow- $3.50 in gold and silver. of same. American help exclusively In St Clair County, Michigan, and at ley accepted a commission from a So far, no stoping at all has been is employed; the cuisine in the hands the age of 19 set out to make bis own firm in Denver to go to Mexico dur- attempted and they have several of an exceptional Cher, a spacious din- way in the world and Colorado markel ing the year 1899, but did not like the thousand tons of high grade ore in ing room for use of guests, which is his first stopping place. country and went from the old repub- sight, and as far as can be prospected again to be enlarged as this edition In 1878 he packed a roll of blankets lic to Cook's Peak, New Mexico, for not a font of barren ground is to be goes to press. across Marshall Pass in the month of another firm in Colorado. found on the Antietam. The Clifton is one of the landmarks April Into Gunnison County, and final. During all of this time Mr. Crowley The Antietam is situated only thirty. of the district and has well earned the ly located at Lake City, Hinsdale had heard so much of the great cop- ix hundred feet from the now famous thgh reputation its proprietor and County, In the same year. per camp of Clifton that be came ti Shannon mine, and will have a tram- manager have made for it.

SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 A. L. TOWNSEND. An innovation to this city is the recent opening of a gentlemen's tailor- ing establishment, where the garments CORONADO MINING CO. are cut and made right here at home. It has been the custom heretofore for orders to be given to house:, in the east or in Los Angeles, but Mr. A. L. This company has started develop- the same series of dikes and the same lownsend, with that spirit of enter- can be followed on the claims prise which is fast earning him a high ing its claims in a systematic way, and contact of both companies, so that a bright fu- reputation as a business man, now af- the eastern portion of are opening up ture probably awaits the Coronado fords the wearers of fine tailor-made lode, from the well known Coronado Mining company's stockholders. De- suits the oportunity of having all their Copper company which the Arizona velopment work will be pushed ahead work done here, practically before the many years been extracting a has for with all posible speed. A shaft is be- eyes of those ordering their suits in large tonnage of high grade sulphide ing sunk on the main dike, and the his establishment. James Col- ore. A few years ago Mr. management anticipates striking the Mr. Townsend is not a newcomer to Superintendent of the Arizona quhoun, ore body which was exposed in the Cor- Clifton, having come from Montgom- decided to explore Copper Company, onado shaft. At a depth of 100 feet ery, Alabama, in 1898 to enter the em- the gran- the porphyry dikes adjoining connection will be made with the ploy of the Arizona Copper Company, Coronado mountain, and ites of the winze already sunk from the Sapphire in view sank a three- with this object tunnel. The shaft will be 7x41/2 in the a deptn of 300 HOLT compartment shaft to clear, and for the present will be J. E. have been feet, from which levels equipped with a six-horse power gaso- plish, cannot be better exempli- large body of rich driven, exposing .t line prospect hoist to facilitate opera- fied than in the mercantile establish- Much credit reflects sulphide ore. tions. The Sapphire tunnel, driven to ment founded and built up by Mr. J. in carrying out on Mr. Alex McLean the granite contact, looks very well, E. Holt in North Clifton. Mr. Holt put the shaft this work, he having there being a good showing of second- was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 100 feet a month. down at the rate of class ore. About 400 feet east of the one of the principal division points of Cop- It is the intention of the Arizona Sapphire tunnel, and 135 below it, an- the great Pennsylvania Railroad, and carry the shaft down per Company to other tunnel has been driven, known his earlier days were spent at the but for the present to a greater depth, as "Emerald No. 1," which has ex- switchboard and key of the telegraph Mr. McLean is devoting his attention posed several leads of rich high-grade operator and dispatcher's table. of the ore to the lateral exploration glance ore. Such favorable develop- The monotony of so sedentary a life bodies. ment warranted the company in start- was hardly suited to the energies of Mr. Alex McLean, who has been the ing a third tunnel about 600 feet east a man so active in mind, and like able mining superintendent of the Cor- of Emerald No. 1, which is being driven many good men he accepted the advice onado and Metcalf mines for many west on the granite contact towards of the long departed Horace Greely to years, soon recognized the value of the Sapphire shaft, and will cut th?, "go west." this property, and acquired by location shaft at a depth of about 250 feet. The This Mr. Holt did, coming first to and purchase a grouo of claims adja- Emerald No. 2 tunnel is passing Oklahoma, and thence to The Needles, cent to the Coronado mine of the Ari- through porphyry averaging about and finally to Globe in the year 1897. A. L. TOWNSEND zona Copper Company, on the same per cent copper, and the indications Globe proved to be too slow for Mr. dike. He developed the claims nutil are very encouraging. and immediately entered upon his du- Holt, and the activity of Clifton im- they were in a condition to offer for A new camp is being built on the ties in the dress goods department of presed him as a safe place to go for a sale. He succeeded in itterest.;ng hill slope immediately above the Sap- the company's score upon his arrival, man possessing energy, determination Mr. W. B. Thompson, of the W. B. phire shaft, where the employes will his experience having been gained in and vim. 1899 found Mr. Holt in the Thompson Company, of Boston, Massa- be housed. The company is conduct- the mammoth estaUshment of John Copper City, where he soon found em- chusetts, in the prJperty, and alter ing its own store, and in a short time L. Cobbs & Co., in Montgomery. ployment with the old pioneer, Mr. careful examination, Mr. Thompson it is hoped that "Sapphire Camp" will For two years Mr. Townsend filled Daniel Hagan, in whose service he bought the entire group, and straight 7 take its place among the numerous his position with the A. C. Co. with continued until the past year, when a way organized the Corcuado Mining prosperous camps of Arizona. fidelity, and winning the confidence of new and commodious brick warehouse Company. Mr. Thompson is yell Mr. Frank H. Probert, of Los An- his employers to the fullest extent in being erected, 24x36 in size, he pro- known in the district, having success- geles, California, consulting mining that time. cured a lease on same and in March, fully promoted and financed the Shan- engineer to the W. B. Thompson Com- A more lucrative position having 1902, embarked in the mercantile non Copper Company, which is making pany, is in charge of the operations for been tendered him by a Texas house business for himself. such an excelent showing in its mines the time being, and will generally su- upon the road, Mr. Townsend resigned The success of that venture has been on the oposite side of Chase Creek, pervise the development of the Coron- his position with the A. C. Co., and fully explified to all the residents of adjoining the famous Metcalf mines. ado Mining Company'; property. again returned to the district, having the city, for the store of Mr. Holt is The value of the Coronado Mining It is to be hoped that such enterpris- been tendered a generous offer by the one of the busiest in the city at almost Company's lands is based on the jux- ing gentlemen as Mr. Thompson and Detroit Mining Company's store, at any hour of the day, with a steadily taposition they occupy to the Arizona his associates will meet with as much Morenci, which he accepted in 1900, increasing patronage. requiring sev- Copper Company's holdings. The sev- st ccess in their latest venture as they and continued in their employ until eral asistants to attend to all the eral engineers that have been on the have done with the Shannon Copper nearly the close of the year 1902, when wants of the patrons. Mr. Holt car- ground have expressed the opinion that Company. he embarked in business for himself, ries a well selected stock of general as manufacturer and maker of gentle merchandise, consisting of dry goods men's fine tailor-made suits. of all kinds, dress goods, ladies' wear, Mr. Townsend fitted up a very at boots and shoes for men, women and tractive and handsome establishment children; an especially carefully se- on the East Side, convenient to the lected stock of grocieries and delica- Clifton hotel, displaying his materials cies for the table, which are sold at and Workmanship in an effective man the most reasonable prices. Ile T. We bespeak for this establishment a A very large and handsome line of still further patronage, upon the imported and domestic woolens of ground of the reliability of the goods latest designs are shown, and at the carried by Mr. Holt, and the thor- most moderate prices. oughly- conscientious manner in which Mr. Townsend has engaged one of the every transaction of this house is best cutters in the country, and em- carried on, the smallest child, or the ploys at present five experienced work- person who knows the least about the men, which number he is about to in article purchased, being treated in pre- crease to ten, thereby turning out all cisely the same manner as though he work promptly and guaranteeing per- or she were absolutely conversant with fect fit and best of workmanship. every article. S. J. FORBES. J. E. HOLT. -- --- In common with many of the young Stronger evidence of what perse men who have made their marks in verenee, close attention to business the commercial world, that of S. J. and strict integrity in the condut-t Forbes has excited favorable comment, of OF GEORGE WEBSTER, CLIFTON that business, will accom- and today he stands among the fore- SPECIAL. SOUVENIR EDITION 19o3

Mr. P. P. Greer is the cashier, a gen- most of Clifton's busines men. use, large and elegant mirrors and fix- carrier system will reach every part tleman of broad intelligence in bank- Mr. Forbes is a Canadian by birth, tures supply the stands, a marble wash of the building. Every modern con- ing and financial matters, and of but at an early age, with his parents, stand, with nickle fixtures and plumb- venience for carrying on business will course, being the executive officer of sought the greater opportunities afford ing placed in center of the room, and be supplied. This building will prob- the bank, upon him has fallen the large ed by the United States for the am- attached to the shop, are spacious ably be completed by the time this share of the responsibility in the man- bilious, and located in Omaha, where bath rooms with porcelain tubs. Hot, paper reaches the public. in the agement of its affairs, the results he pursued bis studies in the public cold, shower and sea salt baths may The Bazaar Store was started shown speaking flatteringly of the judi- schools of that city, graduating from be had at any time, with alcoholic latter part of the year 1900 by Mr. L July, 1901, the firm of cious care taken of its finances. the high school and immediately adopt tubs, which are of such physical value Ferber. In Associated with Mr. Greer in tug a commercial career, entered the -to the system. Mr. Springer has two L. Ferber & Co. was formed, including D. Kaplan, active portion of the bank's affairs is employ of a large wholesle grocery able artists as his assistants, Mr. Jos. L. Ferber, A. Goodwin and of Mr. J. N. Robinson, who fills well the house where he served a faithful Maldonado, formerly of Tucson, and all brothers-in-law. Each member energetic, and position of assistant cashier, a gentle- apprenticeship of three years. and in who has been uninterruptedly with the firm is young and by their untiring persever- man popular and well liked by the pa- 1889 went to San Francisco, where he Mr. Springer for four years, and Mr. they have one of the most trons of the bank. engaged with a large importing and James Ro-ckey, of Fort Worth, Texas, ance made the Bazaar in The board of directors is one of the exporting cencern, thus familiarizing who has been with the Fashion for popular mercantile establishments have worked first thing the public is apt to scrutin- himse'f with the export and import over a year. Graham county. They and de- ize in the selection of a depository of business. Cleanliness and neatness in every side by side, soliciting trade rapid business funds, and about the first question In 1895 Mr. Forbes came to Arizona detail is carried out in every branch livering goods. The il asked by a depositor is "Who are the and in 1897 to Clifton, where he asso of this model establishment, and only growth of the Bazaar is a splendid what energy and push board of directors?" In this regard dated himself with the A. C. Co's the highest class of tonsorial work lustration of in an Arizona mining the First National is in a peculiarly store, remaining there but for a few done. will acomplish the business happy position, when they can refer to months, leaving their service to en The shop is a model of neatness and town. Not satisfied with firm, several such gentlemen as Mr. J. N. Porter, the gage in business for himelf. its genial proprietor deserves all the to be had in Clifton, this delivery well known banker and cattle man of He carries on a very extensive bust credit and extensive patronage whicu months ago, put on a free Arizona, who is president of the First ness, carrying a general stock of mer- bis artistic knowledge and personal wagon to Morenci, thus drawing much National Bank of Globe . Arizona, and chandise. and making a specialty of popularity commands. trade from that town. also president of the Bank of Safford, miners' and cattlemen's cupplies, his The new Bazaar will be a complete THE BAZAAR STORE. at Safford, Arizona. trade asuming large proportions, cus department store, and will be filled One of the largest stockholders in tomers coming from long distances to with desirable goods in every line in- One of the important new improve- the First National Bank of Clifton is trade at the store of Mr. Forbes. cluded in general merchandise; each ments for Clifton is the new Bazaar Mr. J. C. Pursley, who is vice president In civic affairs Mr. Forbes is always department will occupy space especial- Store, now being erected by the proof the First National Bank of Globe ready to participate to the fullest ex ly designed for the accomrmodation and prietors of that enterprise. It will and of the Bank of Safford, Arizona, tent , and to give substantial aid to any advantageous display of that particular occupy the site of the old building, on and is connected largely with several enterprise that will add to the good of class of goods. The new Bazaar will Chase Creek, and will add much to the other banks throughout the State of the city and the citizens thereof. also enter the wholesale trade, and part of Clifton. appearance of that goods will be purchased in carload lots Texas. THE FASHION BARBER SHOP Contractor W. A. Pitt has charge of almost exclusively, thereby enabling Among others who may be referred are -- the work. The building will be of them to compete with any establish- to in the directory of this bank its height will be twenty Sam Abraham, an old-timer in the Conveniently boated on the Main brick, and ment in the West. Mr. the eight feet from floor to ceiling. A town, hotel proprietor and one of the Street and in close proximity to The Boston Store, also located on Clifton Hotel, is one of the most mod second floor will form a balcony solid men of Clifton; Colonel L. A. Chase Creek and accommodated in the ern and model tonsorial establish- around the entire room : and all goods Dunham, manager of the Clifton Con- Norte building, near the reduction ments to be found anywhere in the will be displayed in separate depart solidated Copper Mines of Arizona; works of the Arizona Copper Com- ments. The front will be of plate Mr. S. F. Sullenberger, cashier of the Territory. pany, is also owned by L. Ferber & Co. fhe Fashion Barber Shop was es- glass and iron. Two entrance doors First National Bank of Globe, Arizona, The stock of goods carried in this tablished by Mr. F. H. Springer in 1897 will be provided on either side of a and a gentleman of wide experience in store includes only clothing and gents who to Clifton from Globe, handsome glass showcase, which occu the banking business. came furnishings. where for years he had conducted the py the center of the front. The large CLIFTON TRANSFER COMPANY. leading establishments of the kind in windows on either side of the entrance THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. the days' of Globe's ascendancy and doors will be used for displaying goods, One of the oldest landmarks in the prosperity. and will be large enough to accommo- city is the business of the Clifton One of the institutions to which the The place was fitted up with a lib- date a bed room set of furniture. Transfer Company, which was estab- citizens of Clifton point with pride is erality and prodigality which surprised The size of the building will be 46x lished upwards of eighteen years ago, the first National Bank of Clifton, not Clifton and immediately brought ta 18 feet. The upper floor or balcony will and which has continued in business only because of the fact that they have its modest but aggressive proprietor be six feet wide, running around the ever since the day of its inauguration. a National Bank in their limits, but a custom satisfactory indeed, but big store room below, and will be The company is owned individually by its solidity and substantial- which has continued to grow since reached by a wide stairway, which will because of Mr. Thomas Smith, one of the most en- ity, as represented in the men of into a trade substantial in every re- start from the center of the room. terprising and energetic business men wealth and standing who were its or- spect. The office and cashier will be located of the city, an old residenter, having ganizers and have since continued to Not content with already having in the center of the room, between the lived here for the past eighteen years. pillars upon which its sub- done so much to make his place at- landing Of the stairs and the front be the Mr. Smith was for twelve years the tractive, Mr. Springer has recently ex- doors, thus affording an abundance of stantiality rests. station agent for the Arizona & New The First National Bank was organ- pended a large SUM in renovating and light, which will be ample throughout Mexico railroad, and an equal number ized June 1st, 1901, having succeeded refurnishing his establishment. The the store. The office will be enclosed by of years in the same capacity for the absorbed old Bank of Clif- most modern automatic chairs are in iron pickets and from it a modern cash to and the Wells-Fargo Express Company. Three ton, with a paid-up capital of $30,000 years ago Mr. Smith was elected of and such has been the prosperity County Recorder, his time expiring the the bank and the care with which with the first of the year 1903, at loans have been made, that they have which time he assumed active control now a surplus of $6,000. of the Transfer Company as its owner. The officers of the bank at present Having many other interests requiring are Mr. E. M. Willisms, president, who his personal attention, the manage- is also identified with many other pub- ment of the tranfer business is left in lie-spirited enterprises associated with the hands of his manager, Mr. Thomas the advancement of his city. Mac Smith. Probably no gentleman is better The Transfer Company carries on the known to the banking interests of the most complete livery and transfer entire Southwest than Mr. J. C. Low- business in the district, having upward don, of Abilene. Texas, who is asso- of forty-three head of horses and dated with half a dozen or more bank twenty-five vehicles of every descrip- ing institutions as a stockholder and tion. They also operate a line of active officer in most of them, among stages between Clifton and Morencl, t hem the Lowdon National Bank of El and maintain a branch at the latter Paso, which has had a growth that has place. simply astonished the financial records The stock is especially well cared of that place by the remarkable suc- for, and all of the rigs furnished to cess which it has attained from its very patrons are of the very best character, inception. Mr. Lowdon is the Vice and courteous treatment„ accompanied President of the First National Bank by the most reasonable charges, ac- FASHION BARBER SHOP. CLIFTON of Clifton. corded to all. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

CLIFTON WATER AND IMPROVE- ply with which they furnish them- Arizona Copper Company as bookkeep- GEORGE WEBSTER. MENT COMPANY. selves for use in the seveial depart- er in the store, and has rapidly ad- – — ments of their works. vanced to the responsible position of One of the most enterprising men in Nothing can ever be more conducive I A rather unusual generous policy cashier, which he has filled with the Clifton is Mr. George Webster, who, to the good health of the citizens of has been adopted by the company, con same ability and integrity as the po- although compal atively a young man, any locality than good and pure water. sisting of furnishing all plumbing and sition which he had filled so satisfac- has already made his mark in the In fact, this is one of the very first connections that would be of sanitary torily as to win him the advancement a world. essentials to the well-being and even effect, without any cost to the con- he had merited. Mr. Williams is a native of Salt Lake City, in He is the prosperity and success of village, sumer, and must be one that should be single man, and takes great interest an early age came to Gra- being Utah, but at mining camp, town or city. aprpeciated by the patrons of the the social matters of his town, ham county, settling near Safford, en- prominently identified with the local Clifton has been exceptionally for- water company. Not only does this gaging in farming and raising and far, but all of the Odd Fellows and Knights tunate in having gentlemen with liberal policy extend that lodges dealing in cattle. In -this he was emi- the last general elec- means at their command who realized water for fire protection in -the city of Pythias. at nently successful, and few have made Williams who is a consistent that, and have provided the city of is furnished gratuitously, five stations tion Mr. a greater financial success of his un- advocate of the political principles as Clifton with a water supply that is for fire hose, in places where they dertakings than the genial subject of most, hav- represented in those of the Democratic pure as regards health purposes, and would likely be needed the this sketch. Coming to Clifton, hav- has the ample for all the fire protection that ing been established. No place party, was chosen to represent ing leased his finely irrigated farm to had the water supply more energetic- constituency of the district in the Ter- may ever be required. responsible parties, some six years ago. ally looked after than has Clifton, ritorial legislature, and received an The Clifton Water Company was Mr. Webster purchased the Clifton- I which should be a matter of congratu- election that was certainly a hearty organized in the month of April, 1902, Morenci stage line, and extensively en- lation for those residing here, and endorsement of the people in the be- with Dr. W. J. Davis as president, an gaged in the livery business ,operating assurance to the undoubtedly many lief that their interests would be in expert in this line, and Mr. A. G. Smith stage lines, corrals and transfer busi- thousands of population that will be safe hands when represented by Mr. as secretary and treasurer. In May ness, hauling some of the heaviest added to the population before Williams. of the same year they selected Mr. M. city's machinery that was ever brought into many years. L. Elliott, for many years a tried and Clifton, doing all of the freighting for Dr. W. J. Davis, the president of the MR. C. B. NONOMAKER. trusted employee of the Arizona Cop- Copper Company. The company, has been and is still inter- the Arizona per Company, to fill the position of Webster continued to ested in many of the enterprises of the interests of Mr. superintendent, believing in Mr. Elliott grow in various directions, so that they had a man, while comparatively city and of the district, being, in addition to his executive position with the lately he was compelled to relinquish young in years, yet in those years had many undertakings in company the subject of this sketch, a part of the gathered an experience which would which he had been engaged, and dis- serve them well in the capacity to also president of the Morenci Water Company, the International Water posed of his corral and transfer busi- which they were calling him. In addi- ness, that he might give more of his an Company of El Paso, Texas, and is tion to this, Mr. Elliott possessed attention to the cattle industry and to energy and executive ability that sug- a director in the Gila Valley Bank and Trust Company of Clifton. a new industry in which he is largely gested the vigorous work necessary in interested at the present time. the construction of a work of the mag- Mr. Eliott, the superintendent, is a nitude with which they had to con- native of Ridgeway ,Pennsylvania, and A fine herd of cattle are constantly tend from the very first, In the way came west in 1894, being interested in on the range at his "Rattlesnake" of construction, and many problems the mining districts of Cripple Creek, ranch, near Clifton. About a mile and that had to be cautiously worked out Colorado, until 1897 -when he came to a half above Clifton, east of the Frisco to a successful conclusion. That the Clifton, and, as stated heretofore, en- river, at Ash Springs, Mr. Webster has confidence reposed in his ability was tering the service of the Arizona Cop- 160 acres of land and an entire moun- well placed, the amount of work done per Company, occupying a confidential tain range near Sunset Park, on which since that period speaks fully for itself. I position in that employ until called to he has something like 1,600 head of The suply of water for the city is ob- assume the responsible position he Angora goats and twelve thoroughbred tained from wells located a distance now holds, and so competently fills. billies with pedigreed records from the of three miles above the city limits, best stock known to the goat tribe. HARRY WHITAKER ,Civil Engineer. The raising of goats has developed into and on the Frisco river. This water -- One of the prominent men connected a remakable industry, the demand for is retained in a series of galleries and At the last election Mr. Harry Whit- with the operations of the vast busi- is taken from a depth of 250 feet, the ness of the Arizona Coiner Company the mohair far exceeding the supply, aker, of Clifton, was elected to the each goat yielding an average of three nearest house probably to the north of office of County Surveyor, because of is Mr. C. B. Nonomaker, wh has this supply being twenty miles. charge of the Longfellow store at Mo- pounds, for which an average price of his well known competency as a civil thirty-five cents is obtained. It will be seen at once that no possible engineer. Before coming to Clifton rend, owned by that company. Mr Impurities may contaminate or affect Nonomaker has had exclusive charge Hair that will average ten inches in Mr. Whitaker had been for four years length, however, will bring as high a the purity of the water here obtained. with Engineer of this extensive business foe several the United States Civil price as $1 per pound. Like every From these wells seven miles of corps connected with the war depart- years. He came to Arizona in ib97 to mains have been laid, in sizes six, accept a position in this store wiLa Mr. other thing that Mr. Webster under- ment. During his two years residence takes, he enters into it upon a business eight and four inches, and the engine in E. M. Williams, who is now in Clifton he has been engaged by vari- basis, and carries it out in a thorough room, which contains the powerful ous mining companies charge of the entire store department in surveying manner, making a careful study of pumps which forces the supply to the claims of -the company; Mr. Williams having and ground. Recently he, as every feature involved. Even the lo- consumer, is of the most substantial United States had occasion to note the abiaty of Deputy Mineral Survey- cation of his place is studied, as the character, being built of iron, with or, a position Mr. Nonomaker, as well as his trust- to which he was ap- goat thrives better in a higher altitude, concrete floors and walls. pointed by the Surveyor General's of- worthiness, put him in full charge of There are four combination pumping the business at Longfellow, Nvlere 11;:! and his ranch was selected having that fice, surveyed forty-one mining claims in view. engines, with a capacity of 1,000 gal- for the Coronado Copper Company in has since remained. He now has a lons per minute, and affording a connection with an application for force of eighteen clerks and book- From the time of arriving at his ma- pressure of eighty-five pounds to the I patents. Mr. Whitaker was born at keepers under him and by his univer jority, Mr. Webster has been a strict Democratic partisan, square inch. This is only the or- 1 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is now sal courtesy holds the respect and es- not in the sense dinary pressure required to keep the 25 years old, and for one of that age. teem of all of them. of desiring political office or emolu- demand well suplied, as well as the stands remarkably high in his profess- Mr. Nonomaker is a native of the ments of any kind for himself, but in several large •storage tanks that are ion. There is no work in his line State of Ohio, having been born in the interests of his party's success. used in different parts of the city, but ; which he is not competent to handle the town of Buffington in 1868. In 1886 Though frequently tendered places of In case of fire or exceptional emergen- ; to the entire satisfaction of those he went to the town of Fullerton, Ne- honor among candidates, these have cy the pressure may be increased to wh'o may seek his services. braska, where he was employed In uniformly but firmly been declined, three hundred pounds. the large mercantile establishment of preferring to devote his attention ta As this volume goes to press, the HON. A. F. WILLIAMS. Punny & Son for ten years. Mr. No- his business interests than mingle la entire construction necessary to fully - - nomaker was married in the year 1897 the strife for political preferment. supply the city has been completed, Another instance of what pluck, de- to Miss Stella Redington, also of Full- Mr. Webster has a most beautiful with the extension of the mains to the termination and close application to e7ton, Nebraska. brick residence in Hill's addition, new plant of the Shannon Copper Corn- every duty assigned a young man can Mr. Nonomaker takes a commenda- Clifton, which is as handsomely fur- pany, below South Clifton. and will do, is illustrated in the re- ble interest in all matters which prom- nished throughout, with every modern All water is supplied by measure- markable rise and success of the sub- ises to improve the conditions at Mo- convenience, as any to be seen any- ment to consumers, and in addition ject of this article. renci and he and Mrs. Nonomaker are where. One child has blessed the to the individual consumer, the water Mr. Williams was born in the city prominent in social circles. He stands union of Mr. Webster's home, who, company supplies the water for use in of Jacksonville, Alabama, in the year as one of the reliable and substantial like his father, takes naturally to the boilers of the Arizona Copper Com- 1875. and was educated in the Normal citizens of the east end of Graham horses, and the young heir apparent pany, they having found it very much school of that State. Only four years County and is frequently called to the may be eon daily at the age of four superior as a maker of steam, from its ago he came to Clifton, where he had county seat to serve on important ju- riding his handsome little imported freedom from impurities, than the sup engaged to enter the employ of the ries during court terms. Shetland pony.

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HENRY HILL. the citizens of this busy city. Mr. Whiple and his most estimable IN YE OLDEN TIMES The Doctor's office is most cen- wife were both born in the Territory There is probably no person better trally located, in the busiest section of Utah, whore of all things the people Captain Clark B. Stocking, the well or more favorably known throughout of the city, in addition to which tie of that section are taught from their known pioner of Arizona, who now Graham County than the gentlemaa has a most attractive residence in Infancy industry, toil, thrift and perse- lives in Clifton, and is a watchman who forms the subject of this sketch. that desirable portion of the town, ' verance. for the Arizona Copper Company, was Mr. Hill was one of the very earliest known as Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. Whipple are among the asked to write something of his first corners to the camp of Clifton and A genial gentleman personally, the oldest pioneers of Arizona, coming to experiences in this section of the from the day he allied himself with Doctor enters into the social spirit this Territory in th) year 1876, and country, now embraced in Graham Its future down to the present, he of the place with enthusiasm, is a have continuously resided here ever County. The following was kindly has continued to become one of its strong supporter of everything that since, with the exception of about handed us by Captain Stocking: most progressive public-spirited and will advance the interests of the three years. It has been so many years since substantial citizens. ulace which he has adopted as his They first located on the Little Col- first came to Arizona that it will be Engaging in the corral and freight- home, and a willing contributor to all orado river, and Mr. Whipple assisted difficult for me to remember the ing business at first and making a that will make Clifton stronger and In the construction work on the old names of my comrades and old time financial success of this, he disposed the Territory of Arizona greater. Atlantic & Pacific railroad, residing at friends, but our Troop, Company A, of the same and entered largely into that time in Presco ..t. 5 California infantry, was with the ad- the real estate business, laying out HON. BEN M CRAWFORD. In 1883 the couple removed to the vance column that came from Califor- the level tract of land just below There is perhaps no man in Clif- Gila Valley, locating and purchasing nia. In the year 1862 we tramped Clifton and now occupied by some of ton who has a larger acquaintance 240 acres, and they have made Graham from Yuma to Las Cruces. The most the most substantial and handsome in Graham County, or in Arizona, Coufity their home from that date. In of our time was put in guarding the residences of that city. than Hon. Ben M. Crawford. He is addition to placing their newly ac- water holes and a few prisoners that As this edition of the Bulletin goes a pioneer of that town, arriving there quired farm under cultivation, Mr. the California cavalry had made sur- to press, Mr. Hill is engaged in the in 1879. A man of education and Whipple taught ten terms in the public render. construction of a breakwater, seven social disposition, he has won and schools of Pima, Safford and Layton. This party of men were under Colo- feet in height, of solid masonry which held a large circle of friends and is In 1895 the time oppeared opportune when completed will give him twelve especially popular among the old-tim- to establish a dairy in the city of Clif- beautiful lots 40x120, facing the beau- ers of the camp, with whom he has ton, and thither Mr. Whipple and his tiful row of dwellings and cottages participated in the ups and downs family removed, taking from their which are picturesquely located and of pioneer life in the west. Attracted now well stocked farm down the valley always occupied, that section being to Clifton by the mines, he has fol- a number of their best cattle, and es- known as Riverside. In Hill's addi- lowed the mining industry ever since tablished the Clifton dairy, which tion fifty houses have already been he reached the camp. He has pros- proved to be successful from the very erected, which will soon be increased pected the hills and located some of first. to sixty-two. Mr. Hill is also owner the most promising claims which Mr. Whipple was materially aided in of large property interests in the are now attracting attention in the this enterprise, which required a very business section of the city, which district as profitable producers. But considerable outlay, by successfully bring him handsome and ever in- Mr. Crawford has never been fortu- disposing of several mining interests nate creasing revenues In the way of rents. in securing any remarkable In which he was interested, in the San To him much is due for the constant._ prices for any of his properties. Dur - Carlos reservation and elsewhere, and ing the last few years. he has con- ly impro-ring aspect and condition of now operates some twenty-five head the city. nected himself with several mining of the very best known of milch cows, Although a Republican in politics, enterprises which have yielded him supplying fifty gallons of this requisite the people of Graham County, which some profits, but he has not bean able to the best families of the city. Is strongly Democratic, have twice to yet place himself as firmly on Some seven or eight different outfits called him to public office. In 1895-6 "easy" street as he would like to had attempted the dairy business, with- he was Chairman of the Board of be, though he has some valuable out success, at times previous to Mr. Supervisors and now is a memblr mining interests which promise to Whipple embarking in the business, of that board, having been elected make his declining years devoid of and from small beginnings he and bis In the year 1900 for the four year pinching poverty. faithful helpmeet have seen their busi- term. For a number of years M:. Mr. Crawofrd is 47 years old and ness and income grow to its present Hill was roadoverseer of the Clifton was born near Atlanta, Georgia. In successful position in the array of district and to him was assigned the 1884 he was elected the second sheriff Clifton's enterprises. duty of building the mountain road of Graham County and was re-elected This may in a very large measure be which connects Clifton and Morenci. again in 1886. Again in 1891 he was accounted for by the extraordinary The home of Mr. Hill Is in bis addi- called upon to serve the people of means taken to preserve the utmost tion to Clifton and it is one of the Graham County and was elected as cleanliness at and about the dairy, the best in Arizona. His family consists a member of the constitutional con- pure mountain water obtained from a of wife and two daughters, the latter vention held in the fall of that year. well seventy-eight feet deep for use having been educated in the schools A constitution was prepared and of the stock, and the exceptionally rich of California. where they secured adopted and ratified by the people in quality of the milk. =any accomplishments anticipation of early statehood. Mr. Crawford has always been a.n active INDIAN HOT SPRINGS DR. L. A. W. BURTCH. worker in the Democratic party and is looked upon as one of the leaders Alexander Bros., of Fort Thomas, are Among tlose who may now be con and has helped in all the campaigns. proprietors of the famous Hot sidered as "old timers" In the Clif- While he has with unvarying fidelity Springs, located five miles north of CLARK V. STOCKING ton district, none are esteemed more upheld the Democratic banner, he has Fort Thomas. The hot water which nel Showlwater, who was trying to get than the gentleman whose name retained the personal friendship of boils from these springs have been from California through to Texas to forms the caption for this article, Republicans, and his popularity is not long known to possess almost miracu- join the Southern army. With figthing Dr. L. A. W. Burtch. confined to any party or sect. He lous curative power for many diseases. the Indians and carrying the mail and Dr. Burtch is a native of the State has been untiring in his efforts to Sufferers from rheumatism, salt rheum dispatches, we were kept very busily of Illinois, and having selected the eczema, blood attract attention of capital to his or skin diseases of any engaged; from Las Cruces we come to medical kind, stomach profession as his anticipated county and has succeeded in doin* or bowel troubles, indi Pinos Altos. Remember that was walk in life, entered Rush Medical much to advance the mineral industry gestion, dyspepsia. etc., may be sure long before Silver City was thought of. College in Chicago. where having by of his home section. of relief a visit to these springs and After our fight at Pinos Altos and kill- taken the course that most full of drinking and bathing in the hot water. ing of old Mangus Colorow, the great THE CLIFTON DAIRY. noted Institution, was graduatod There are a half dozen of these springs Apache chief at Apache Taho, we were therefrom, receiving his diploma situated in a niche in the mesa, and ordered to Fort Stanton, New Mexico. and at once gratified the ambition No matter where the place, whatever the water reaches a heat, varying from I am only following one troop, but he had early decided upon, namely, may be the difficulties or however hard 110 to 140 degrees. For rheumatism there were many other troops of sol- making his residence In the west the obstacles in a neck place, there al of the water from these springs is a cer- diers with us. After many a hard Selecting ways seems to he the right man come the great Territory of tain cure, and hundreds have received folght battle around Fort Stanton, we along at the right time to surmount Arizona as his future place of abode, permanent relief. The water is piped were ordered to march back into Ari- these, and then people Laok back and the Doctor rame to Clifton in the to the hotel building, where comforta- zona; we came down to Las Cruces wonder how it ever could have ueen year 1897. which at that time looked ble bath rooms are provided. Since and loaded with commissaries and done. promising, as it has continued since I purchasing this property Messrs. Alex- quartermaster goods and started for This is Illustrated in the wonderfull3 and hag continued to practice his ' ander Bros.. have made many improve- t.! Gila River. Our destination was profession unintcrruptedly during the successful established business of ments for the accommodation of visi- some where on the San Carlos River, Mr. W. M. Whipple, the proprietor o'; Not six years, enjoying the fullest tors, a new commodious hotel, baying but after many days we made our the Cli!ton Dairy. confidence of his large practice and I been recently completed. camp ani It was named Fort Goodwin,

SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1Q03 near the present town of Fort Thom Eis.i At one time we found where-a white We cut the timber from the river and man had been flung into a cactus bush, made adobes; built some government that specie of cactus called Cholla qaorters; that was in May 1864. The plant. Indians were harassing the soldiers, Graham County was not known then ABERDEEN COPPER CO. running off stock and yelling from the but many was the expressions made hillisdes; very seldom the cavalry that the flower of the United States n•n• could get near enough to do any dam- would some day spring and bloom on Virginia mining district, lying centrator was erected. Th.s has been only way was for The age to them, and the the Gila River. and I have lived to from two to eight miles south of Lords- in operation more than a year and infantry to ambush them, but that the .P it J wish all to know that for burg, is one of the oldest mining dis- , regular shipments o the concentrates was very infrequent, for they were health and fine climate it cannot be tricts in Southern New Mexico and have been made to the smelters. The shy. excelled. Arizona. It was worked for its rain. C( frpany has extensive plans for fu- Some time in the month of Septem- Truly Yours, eral long before the Southern Pacific ture developmentsl and intends', Lo ber, King W,00lsey, the great pioneer . CLARK B. STOCKING. road v as built. Owing to the variou make Aberdeen one of the largest pro- Arizona, came to us with eighty- of causes, such as lack of water. insuffi- ducers of both lead and copper In they were hunting gold. four men; ARIZONA'S DELEGATE TO CON- cient capital, high freight rates, etc., Grant County. It is rot going at this Old Sam Miller, of Presott, was among GRESS which have caused quietness in many work in a hap-hazzard tte prospectors; these men were most manner. Before other mining camps, the district was all well off at home, but in Arizona any larger reduction works are built in a state of desuetude. Some three it will and at that place, they were hard up. Democrat of Pres- have developed ore bodies John F. Wilson, years ago R. Horton Batchellor. of nothing to wear or eat. large enough to keep the red ut.tion No shoes and cott, was born in Giles County, Ten- New York, was attracted to the camp, in this coun- works busy. It has no intention of Walker and Weaver were nessee, May 7th, 1846; was educated and gave it a thorough examination try before that time; I remember of building reduction works, and then at Rhuhama, Alabma,; is a lawyer by He secured by purchase a number of seeing Mr. Walker. piofession. When Lfteen years old he hunting for ore. The company ha I A portion of our cavalry went to the entered the Confederate army and good prospects and organized the plenty of money, so that when it de- San Carlos and took possession of the served to the end co. the struggle. He Aberdeen Copper Company to work cides to build it will be in a position to Indian corn fields; there was no get- was in the line at the battle of Shiloh, them. The company is organized un- build the most modern and economical ting them to treat with us or making after which he was promoted to First der the laws 01 New Mexico, and capi- works. H. N. Bowen is the superin peace. One day a few Indians came Lieutenant and assigned to Gardner's talized at one million dollars. From tendent in charge. The Aberdeen and Into camp at the San Carlos and were staff. After the Kentucky campaign its organization, Mr. Batchellor has the Greene are the only companies in taken and made prisoners; a Mexican he went on General Hindman's staff. been its manager, and the work has this section of the country, whose stock woman, who had been a prisoner with He was with Hooker in the Georgia always been under his supervision. is regularly dealt in on the New York the Indians, come in also and begged campaign and was Lieutenant Colonel for protection. Major Brake ly. a new commanding a regiment at the end of officer from the East. was in command the war. Colonel Wilson removed He wanted the woman to go out and from Alabama to Arkansas in 1866; tell the tribe to come in. She told him served in the legislature of that State that the Apaches would kill her. That and was elected prosecuting attorney man took hold of her and pushed her for the Fourth Judicial District of that out of camp, butt, at the same time State in 1884; removed to the Territo- told her he would hold nine Apaches as ry of Arizona in 1887; was elected to hostages for her safe return. She had the Constitutional Convention called not gone over a couple of hundred by the Legislature in the year 1891; yards when she screamed; the sol- was appointed Attorney General for diers ran to her and found her lanced the Territory by Governor Franklin in through and through. She was dead; 1896, and served two years; was elect- It only took an hour for the hanging ed to the Fifty-sixth Congress in 1898 of the nine Indians, and when I left to and elected to Fifty-eighth Congress go back to Fort Goodwin they were in 1202. up the trees yet. Our troop officers consisted of Cap- A GOOD OFFICER. tain E. B. Frink William Oman and Thomas C. Chapman. After toiling No county in Arizona was more for- over the hot desert all through the tunate during recent years in placing summer, we were ordered to Masi Ila, its school interest in good hands New Mexico, to be discharged. than Graham County. For nearly five On one of our trips after the Apache years the office of Superintendent of we came on to a few Indians, but they Schools has been held by W. A. were too far to shoot and our officer Moody, of Thatcher. Mr. Moody is a: CONCENTRATING PLNT OF ABERDEEN COPPER COMPANY concluded to try and talk with them; man thoroughly qualified fo -.. the posi with the advise se he beckoned for them to come over and consent of the curb market. The report of this mark- tion and has disp 7 ayed commendable other directors and to us. A. heavy stockholders. et shows that nearly every day there great gulch lay between us. energy at all times in the work The The stock of the company is widely are from one to several hundred savages returned the salute with of building up the public school sy:s a ha-ha, distributed, but a great deal of it is shares of Aberdeen sold on that mark- but come not. tern of the county and has accom held in the anthracite coal region of et. The latest quotation. $44 25, Then, of course, we started over; plished a bid great amount by his inces- Pennsylvania. Since its organization, and $44.50 asked, the par value of the they motioned for us to come forawrd sant work. One imporYtnt imnro7eatent the company has purchased many stock being $'5. The and I think it was Captain Joe Smith. noticeable in company has a our district schools from more claims and has located many, un- store for the benefit then Major Smith; he alone went to year to year during of its employes, the administra- til now it owns some fifty claims. At but has made no effort the front, but the infantry kept their tion of to attract gen- Mr. Moody is in the quality of the present time it has a corps of sur- eral trade. A rural free guns ready, if any treachery was teachers employed. delivery route This official has veyors on the ground and all the is one of the improvements shown. Each one gave the Major a proceeded on the correct contem- theory that to claims on which sufficient work has plated. A lead smelter will probably hug, but they would not come in with have good schools it is necessary to ben done will be patented, and the be erected the coming summer, if the us, so we had to leave them. have competent teachers and he has rest of them will be patented At as fast present indications of ore develop as another time a little Mexican never lost an opportunity to impress as the necessary work is done. Mr. boy, expected. fifteen years old, came to us; be this fact on the district trustees. For Batchellor has a great horror of litiga- had been a prisoner Th veins which have been cut In a great many four years prior to last January the tion and trobule with his neighbors, years. His name is many places, carry gold, silver, copper Joseph Mendiville subject of this sketch held the office and wants to have the title of his prop- and lead . The claims forming and lives twenty miles above Yuma, of Probate Judge, that offi ce and erty unassailable. Ever since he first the on the eastern part of the group carry California side at the present school superintendent being included purchased a claim he has had men at values time. He was taken In silver and lead, while the and educated by in one up to that time. In all official work developing them, and this devel- central Captain Frink and western claims carry and Lieutenant Quilly. duty Judge Moody has demonstrated opment work has been carefully their value He is an honest in gold and copper. The and fine man. his firm belief in the democratic doc- planned, so as to get the greatest re- veins vary A little Yaqua girl In width, the largest one ran to us. She trine that "public office is a public sults for the company at the least ex- being at what had been made a prisoner, and is know as the Malachite her ex- trust." Judge Moody resides at penditure of money. The most work shaft, and posure and hard treatment showing a body of ore made her Thatcher, where he holds the impor- has been done on the Malachite, which, ten feet in look like an old aged woman; width. King tant position of Bishop of that ward despite its name, is a silver lead prop- Woolsey took the child and kept her of the Church of Jesus Chirst of La:- erty. When the shaft was about an The company is now well equipped until grown, then married her; I have ter Day Saints, which is an evidence hundred nd fifty feet deep for pushing economical develowent seen a few of her children. water was One of the high regard in which he is held encountered, and as soon work lived at Harquahala as enough and have some excellent mod- mines. by his neighbors. had been developed, a thirty-ton con- ern machinery in operati SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

reward for the many lonely year , themselves with such a people, and Arizona, is the president and principal -pent on the dreary plains accumulat- place in their midst a financial institu- owner of the First National Bank of mg the means they now so richly en- tion, for commercial interchange and Globe, a director of the First National SAFFORD joy. The man of butriness, crowded for the convenience of handling fund Bank of Clifton, and is interested in , ..ut by the strong competition existing conveniently and safely and for the several other banks in Texas and Los in the older and better developed accommodation of those who will pa- Angeles. la-1.4- 1414 a'..,r17las la ia States, finds here an opportunity for tronize it. Mr. M. C. Taylor, the cashier, and The town of Safford is where one of ofitable investment, and adds a busi- Safford is afforded suuh opportunity, Mr. H. E. Dunlap, assistant cashier, the early settlements of the Gila valle.) ness b!ock, and so the town grows and to a degree that must cause the are experienced bank men and thor- appeared. It is located six miles be This brings us to a taking of stock busy agriculturist of the Gila Valley oughly loyal to the established policy low Solomonville, and is now the In order to see what the last few years to sleep sound nights and with a cori. of the institution, which is to foster largest place in the valley, with many has added to our wealth and material fort that must be satisfactory, for in elations of confidence and friendship substantial brick business houses and advancement. We have a commodi- the Bank of Safford they have one of .etween the management of the bank handsome residences. Here are lo- ous brick school building, accommo- the solid institutions of Graham and its customers. cated some of the pioneer and sub- dating four departments of a graded county. The Bank of Safford is fully insured school, with in one of the strongest companie.; stantial citizens of Graham county. four teachers fully quali- The Bank of Safford was established fied for the work. against loss through daylight robbery Among them may be mentioned D. W. June 1st, 1899, by W. F. Holt, but soon or burglary, and, in addition to this, Ps Wickersham, E. D. Tuttle . R T. hams. Religious advantages are conferred thereafter passed into the control and conservative policy in respect to the George A. Olney, Peter Anderson. J T by several different organizations. ownership of Mr. J. N. Porter and J. C. loaning of money, and the fact that Owens and others. When Graham The Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, Pursley, who are still equal partnees the major part of its leans are to land- county was organized in 1881, Safford were first in the field to build. They in the bank, Mr. Porter being the pres- was named in the act as the seat have a holders, renders it one of the safest neat church of brick, located in ident and Mr. Pursley the vice , presi depositories in the Territory. SOLOMON & WICKERSHAM.

This is one of the oldest, best- known and most substantial business firms to be found in Southern Arizona. It is composed of D. W. WickershaT„ who lives in Safford, where the principal business is carried on, and Adolph Solomon, who resides in El Paso, Texas. The firm originally in eluded I. E. Solomon, of Solomonville, as a member, but he sold his interest several years ago. This business wa; started at Bowie Station soon after the track of the Southern Pacific railroad was laid through the Territory. During the early life of the firm it held large government freighting contracts and supplied many military posts in Southern Arizona with grain, hay, etc. A large forwarding bad- ness was also carried on with the merchants in the Gila valley and at Saa Carlos and Globe up to the time of the building of the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern railway. Since then particular attention has been given to the wholesale and job- bing trade. All kinds of groceries are received in carload lots, and the stock is one of the largest in this part of MAIN STREET SAFFORD Arizona. Long years of business has proved the absolute reliability as wall government, but in 1883 the legislature , r beautiful sulmrb called 1 ayton, dent, the latter being also the vice as the liberal removed the county 3eat from Safford and accommodating where many are settled belonging to president of the First National Bank policy of this to its present location. For several house. that organization. As their settle- of Globe and a director in the First In 1900 years afterwards the town remained the wholesale business ments are made under church super- National Bank of Clifton. was moved to the town of Safford to in a dormant condition, but with the vision, the church militant receives the Mr. Porter, long and favorably bring it nearer its cuztomers, coming of the Gila Valley, Globe & who are active support of every member of the known as a prominent cattle man in merchants in the Gila Valley, San Northern railroad, Safford sprang Ir to community, and is a powerful factor new life, and for two or three years for good. The Methodist Episcopal had a rapid and substantial growth society have organized and built an It is well located, and the lots are di- adobe church, not showy, but comfort vided by wide streets, and the prin- able and commodious. The society cipal ones have recently been graded holds regular Sunday meetings. and covered with a coarse gravel The Sunday School is well attended, which will soon pack hard. The fol- and regular prayer meetings are held. lowing concerning Safford is from the The Good Templars occupy this church who was one of the pen of E. D .Tuttle, for their weekly meetings. The leridA pioneers of the place: church owns a large lot in the center "The town's environments are pleas- of town, and is out of debt. ing, being situated in the midst of The largest business enterprises in rich farm lands under gcod state of Safford are those of the Bank of Saf- cultivation, and having excellent build ford, Solomon & Wickersham, the Ol- 9!.111111 el11111111initilliiii1111111111111 Rigs, largely constructed of brick, in- ney Hardware Company and the Saf- dicating not only thrift and comfort ford Ice Factory, owned by Olney & but good taste and appro.‘lation by the Prina. There are many stores, ho- inhabitants of the better life made pos- tels, saloons, an extensive lumber sible by improved surroundings. Taese yard, while all professional lines and farts Impress the traveler and horn tradesmen are well representer:. seeker, and are thus attracting to our town a most desirable class. Retired THE BANK OF SAFFORD. cattle barons here seek a residence, I buy a lot and build a luxurious home, It is well that a community can so where their families may enjoy so- establish a solidity and general welfa - ciety and their children have educa- that men of means, seeing this, may tional facilities at their doors, as a be invited to step in and establish RESIDENCE OF HON. GEO. A. OLNEY, SAFFORD. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 19°3

Carlos and Globe. The business is ae- large interest in the El Paso Transfer Galley Sixty-one Special Ed. BEACH carried on the store, doing all the buy- commodated in a large building. whit', Company for a long time. This he all kinds, hog, bailing and barbed. ing, and selling of the merchandise and was originally erected for a laige flour- sold out three years ago, and went Another important feature of this busi- “Ilaing the business to its present ing mill. It is a, Low modion ; btiiidi with his wife on a trip to Europe, re- ness is a plumbing department, where proportions, showing thnt Mrs. Welker and has been coaveniently trans- maining six months. all manner of pipe and pipe fixtures is a business woman of exceptional formed for its pre.ent use. Three Mr. and Mrs. Solomon will go again are carried and all repair work in that ability. floors are stacked full of grocerics- to the continent this year, and will be line is promptly done. Windmills are Upon his return from the Samoan the basement, ground floor and uppe: away probably eight or ten months. also handled and of the very best islands Mr. Welker wti, made Bishop story. Goods received make. of the church and in charge of Layton are in carload OLNEY HARDWARE COMPANY lots exclusively, and are stacked away George A. Olney, the proprietor of ward, in which capacity he still serves. in order in separate departments. The -- this business, was born in the State of Mr. Welker owns a beautiful little local merchants find this house a Covering a floor and ground space Texas, coming to Arizona when quite a home near his store, with two and a great convenience, as it enables them of 75 feet front by 300 feet deep, the young man. His first residence in half acres surrounding it, and has an- to supply themselv-s daily with what Olney Hardware Company, located at Graham County was at Clifton, whelk: other tract devoted to fat ming, and they desire, and at prices often much Safford, is the largest hardware and he was a deputy sheriff and made a containing fifty-aci es. lower than if they seat east or west for general ranch supply house in good record as an officer. Moving them and paid the aigli local freight Southern Arizona. Besides al- from Clifton to Solomonville, he en- "DOUBLE CIRCLE" CATTLE RANCH rates. The members of this firm also most every known article of shelf gaged in the cattle business, which he The "Double Circle" Cattle ranch, hold stock in the Soiomonville Com- hardware, stoves, crockery, dishes, successfully followed for ten years or located on Eagle Creek, and so-called mercial Company mid the Gila Valle more, selling out his herds four or five because the name is descriptive of the cattle brand used, is Bank and Trust Company, Mr. Wicker- years ago, when he removed to Saffo - d one of the largest sham being president of the latter. and built the finest residence in Gra- possessions to be found anywhere on The business is cont:nued at Bowie ham county. the Arizona range. On the range sur- Station, where a good stock of gene-al In 1890 Mr. Olney was elected Sher' rounding this ranch are the largest merchandise is carried, such as ale if of Graham county, and was again herd of high-grade cattle to be found required by ranchmen z.‘nd miners. A elected to the same office in 1892. In in the West. The beginning of the large warehouse is built on the South- 1898 he was elected to represent the "Double Circle" brand and ranch was ern Pacific railroad tracks, where county in the Legilative Council, and in 1883 when Colonel J. H. Hampson, large reserve stoeks are held, and now he is a member of the Territorial the well known railroad builder, pur- from which customers east and west Board of Equalization, to which he was chased a small cattle holding then lo- on the Southern P2.cifi:! railroad are appointed last year by Governor cated there and owned by Geo. H. Stev- supplied. A good retail business is Brodie. In all his official positions ens, one of the pioneers of this coun- done at Bowie under the supervision of Mr. Olney has discharged every duty tY. The headquarter ranch is on Eagle Bert Frye, who lz ably assisted by without fear or favor, and by so doing Creek, about forty miles from Clifton Captain J. H. Levis. held the confidence and respect cf and about seventy miles north of Sol- those he served. omonville. Here are the ranch houses, D. W. Wickersham, who has alwa stables, corrals, etc., and also about been at the head of the management LAYTON. one hundred acres of fertile land for this of house, was a pioneer in Arizona, the irrigation of which Eagle Creek coming in 1875. He first settles on Layton is a small settlement aq , supplies an abundance of water. Corn, the San Pedro river and took up some joining the town of Safford, thriving, barley and alfalfa hay Is raised in suffi- land and commeneed i, take out a well-to-do and populated with substan_ cient quantities to afford feed for the ditch, but the frequent presence of tial people, engaged in agricultural domestic stock, saddle horses, dairy hostile Indians in that vicinity at that pursuits. It is the ward of Bishop cows, etc. time discouraged him. He sold out HON. GEO. A. OLNEY Welker, who has for his councillors When Colonel Hampson purchased or gave his land away end cams to the John W. Morris and Austin Evans, this ranch', he was then engaged in Gila valley. Here he taught the first etc., which are displayed in the sales- with Abraham Perkins as clerk, constructing the Arizona and New public school ever taught in the Gila room, this establishment careies all There are 385 souls in the ward, and Mexico railroad, between valley, at Safford; he also held the kinds of road wagons, hacks, buggies, Lordsbu-g the Sunday School has a membership and Clifton, as contractor. cattle. office of Justice of the Peace there. etc., plows, harrows, rakes, and all The of 120. During the past year they secured with the ranch was small Afterward he entered the store of I. E kinds of farm implements. Mr. Olney a have erected a new church building bunch of the ordinary grade in the Solomon as a clerk, and from there holds the exclusive agency for x70 feet. with a vestry in the rear country at that went into his present business. His the Bain wagon, one of the best used time, and the work of 20x24, which is devoted to class pur- building up these cattle to the highest family is now residing in Los Angeles, in this climate. These wagons are poses. The ward is an extremely grade began at once, the Hereford California, where his children are at- manufactured in South Bend, Indiana prosperous one, and the settlement a stock being chosen tending school. Mr. Wickersham's as the best for that and have long been a favorite througn- continuously growing one , purpose native State is Pennsylvania. and locality. Large numbers out Arizona. Benecia hacks are also of high-grade and best-bred bulls were J. Last year Mr. Wickersham pur- a favorite, because of their reliable R. WELKER. purchased and shipped to the ranch chased a commodious and handsome strength. These are manufactured from time to time, until now the house in Los Angeles, in which his by Baker & Hamilton, the well known One of the remarkable successes in "Whiteface" is the distinctive mark family is now located. He visits them California hardware firm. The agri- the commercial history of the Gila of the "Double Circle" cattle on every three and four times a year, and re- cultural implements include the Han- Valley is that of J. R. Welker, still a hill and plain. Besides the Eagle mains during summer months. the hot cock disc plows, than which no bette_ young man, but an enterprising, Creek country, the "Double Circle" Mr. Adolph Solomon has been a resi- ever stirred the soil in the Gila Valley. public-spirited citizen whose daily rec range covers considerable territory dent of El Paso, Texas, for about fif- Blacksmith tools and blacksmith ecal ord shows him a degree further along further North on Black River and Blue teen years or more, where he held a are also found here, along with wire of than the day previous River, and many of the cattle graze Mr. Welker was born at Bear Lake. on the White Mountain Apache Indian Idaho, in the year 1866, remaining reservation, and annual rental is paid there until 17 years of age, and receiv to the Indians for this privilege, ing a good education in the public through their agent at San Carlos. schools of his native town. John W. Hampson, a brother of In 1882, with bis parents, he came to Colonel Hampson, has been connected Graham county and located near Saf- with this property from the beginning ford, where in partnership with his of the enterprise and two years ego father he prchased a quarter section became the sole proprietor. He lives of land, cultivated it and later sold il In Kansas City, where he has an office at a good price, from the proceeds of in the New York Life building; he is which he invested some capital in a a prominent figure among the stock- stock of general merchandise, opening men of that city, and it is there where his store at its present location in a nearly all the "Double Circle" cattle small settlement called I.ayton, where are marketed. he has continued to prcsper to a de- J. A. Terrel, a pioneer of the Arizona gree that must be extremely gratify- range, is general manager of the ing. "Double Circle" ranch and range, hav- Mr. Welker being a member of the ing been with the company for six Church of the Latter Day Saints, in years. Mr. Terrel lives at the rancis the year 1894 was sent by that organ- while his family now have the;r hume ization as a missionary te. the Samoan at Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Islands, where he remained four years, cattle are shipped from Geronimo. ou learning the language of the people the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern RESIDENCE OF GEO. B. GAMBLE ON HIS, FARM NEAR SAFFORD During all of this time nis faithful wife railway. SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

D.; vice president, H. H. Bru; cashier, W. B. Rhoads, and assistant cashier, O. H. Bru. These gentlemen are, with the exception of Mr. Wilson, all local men, of the highest standing and reputation, and well known to all the citizens of the valley. The new bank is already receiving the most cordial support from all the people, from Safford to the foot of the Gila Valley. Mr. H. H. Bru, the vice president, who was largely interested in the organization of the bank, was a citizen of San Francisco until he came to Ari- zona and located in Globe, and was subsequently employed with the G. V., G. & N. railroad as agent for three and a half years, resigning his position to accept that of vice president of the bank in October last. Mr. W. B. Rhoads, the cashier, is a native of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, and came to Thatcher a little over a year a dozen. a great convenience to the business 44+++++++++++++4—i-t-+++144-4re excellent as:istants, perhaps ago, teaching school. In Kentucky company of the Na- men of the place. Here also is a he had the valuable banking education Arizona enlisted and Thatcher has a village incorporation, tional Guards of while associated as he was with Mr. year, under the com- half a doen mercantile establishments, THATCHER t equipped last A. J. Wilson, one of the directors of mand of Professor Maeser, of the a handsome and commodious school it is safe to say there is this bank. Academy. building, and not a more prosperous farming com- Mr. Rhoads was one of the organ- The present population may be cor- munity in the Gila Valley. izers of the Graham County Bank. and _- rectly estimated at 800 to 900 people. If those persons best acquainted in The streets are bordered with stately this section of Arizona were asked tr shade trees, and the attractive houses name the "beauty spot" of the Gila are surrounded by flower gardens, or- Valley, a great majority of them chards, etc.; ditches are kept in rr--- would point to Thatcher, almost in th s feet condition, and at every street- valley. It is the head. center of the crossing a life-giving stream flows in Joseph stake of the quarters of St. the shade of the luxurious cottonwood, Mormon church, and to this may be ash, Lombardy poplar and umbrella and cleanly ap attributed its orderly trees. The principal street runs east Thatcher was first settled pearance. and west, and is more than a mile year 1885, and the as a town about the long, with unbroken shade on either - off a claim" was first man to stake side. W. D. Johnson. who yet remains in the Layton, Allred & Co. are the pioneer l place, a highly respected citizen. The merchants of the place. This business land was entered by President C. Lay was founded by the late Christopher ton, of the Mormon church, and !ale Layton. The present members of the off into large lots for the benefit of the firm are Charles M. Layton, son of the people who settled on them. The peo- founder, and Joseph G. Allred, a son- j ple here are nearly all members of the in-law. These gentlemen are public- Mormon church, and are progressive. spirited. They recently built a flour- energetic and prosperous as a rule ing mill at Thatcher, and it is dJing a The land surrounding the place, like most successful business, drawing all the land in the Gila valley, is re sections of the valley, markabiy fertile, and all crop yield: trade from all because of their liberal spirit in deal- are large , especially small pain. ing with the farmers. At Thatcher is located the Latter Day Saints' Academy, a splendid edu- An important enterprise established cational institution, patronized by the at Thatcher during the past year was Mormon people residing at all points the Graham County State Bank, with In Southe.n Arizona. Professor Emi' Dr. L. E. Wightman, of Pima, as presi- Maeser is at the head of this school, dent, and H. H. Bru, an experienced and is a highly educated and trained banker, as cashier. The bank is do- AT THE GRAHAM C OUNTY STATE EANK teacher. He is assisted by a corps o_ ing a nice business and its coming was GRAHAM COUNTY STATE BANK • also of the Miners and Merchants' Bank of Globe, of which we shall have It speaks well for a place always something to say later in this arti-le. when a bank seeks entrance to a sec- Mr. O. H. Bru, the assistant cashier, tion in which no bank has heretofore is a brother of the vice president, and been located. Thatcher, located in came to Globe in the year 1895, being the very heart of the Gila Valley, af- employed at once with the Old Domin- forded the opportunity, which was ion Mining Company, having resigned readily taken_ advantage of by a party his position with the Dresden Iron of gentlemen who saw in the establish- Works of San Francisco to accept the ment of a bank a fair chance to ac- foregoing appointment, and remained commodate the interests of the sur- with the Old Dominion Company until rounding country, and to a reasonable the organization of the bank at Thatch- profit upon their investment. er, coming here to fill the position The result was the organization of which he now holds. the Graham County State Bank. which The bank is very conveniently lo- was effected August 26th, 1902, and cated in their present quarters, but with the following list of directors: L. have in view the erection of a building E. Wightman, M. D.; H. H. Bru; A. of their own, and specially constructed J. Wilson, banker, of the Green River to meet the condur', of the tanking Deposit Company, of Rochester, New business. York; W. B. Rhoads and Alex C. With these the principal stock- Hunt of Thatcher; and from that holders are Freeman Hubbard of Pima,

beard the following officers were elect- Frank Allr- 1 'Ind -3 -eFide-t Andrew ed: President, L. E. Witchman, M. Kimball of Thatcher and Alexander SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

Bros. of Fort Thomas. The Rev. Christopher Layton was character, namely, preparatory. li:gh Lyons. The Miners and Merchants' Bank accompanied to the Gila Valley by Mr. and commercial, with the following Mr. Anderson previous to that time of Globe, Arizona, has just been Allied, and these two gentlemen laid staff of faculty. lived in Pima, in the Gila Valley, organized by the principal owners of out the town lots upon which the Professor Emil Maeser president where he still has one of the finest the Graham County State Bank, and pretty little town of Thatcher is built and principal; Professor John Nash, ranches in that fertile section, and that institution was opened to the pub- today. principal high school; Professor J. from which they obtain hay and feed lic on March 1st, and with a capital Soon thereafter the business of Lay- W. Welch, principal commercial for the cows of the dairy. stock of $25,000, the president of which ton, Allred & Co. was founded, and school; Professor Enier Plumb, prin- Forty-two head of stock are kept is T. A. Pascoe, a well known capital- from its inception has proved to be cipal preparatory school; Mrs. Josie here, and bomething like eighty gal- ist, owner of large ranches and mining most successful, the firm enjoying the Clough, matron; Miss Serene Mc- lons of milk delvered daily in the two Interests, and president of the Globe esteem and respect of the community Guire, principal kindergarten; Pro- cities, which is delivered in Clifton by Water Company. to a remarkable degree. feisor 1. rank \Viehima.. wagons and in Morenci by pack The vice president is Hon. George Since then the firm has been incor- teacher; Miss Mae Curtis, teacher in- animals. W. P. Hunt, president of the Old Do- porated and is doing a very large and trumental music; Mrs. F rank Robin- Many a mile will have to be traveled minion Commercial Company, bankers, lucrative business occupying their own son, teacher Spanish; Mr. John Bilby, before as fine a herd of milk cows are and who was a member of the Eight- building, which is a handsome brick custodian and bibliological teacher. to be seen as those at this dairy. Fat, eenth Territorial Legislature and is structure of thirty-five feet frontage Under the accomplished supervision well kept, sleek and cleanly, it affords prominent in the councils of the na- and sixtyfive feet in depth, with a of this faculty the two hundred stu- one pleasure to even see them. tional Democratic party. completely finished basement extend- dents are fitted to the affairs of the Anderson & Lyons understand the Mr. H. H. Bru is the cashier, whose ing to the same dimensions. world in as thorough a manner as dairy business thoroughly, devote their name is mentioned in the foregoing Their stock embraces a comprehen. could be desired. entire time and attention to it, look- paragraphs, and Mr. J. H. Pascoe, a sive assortment of general merchan. A fine libraly is connected with the after every detail and are especially prominent mine operator, is the assist- dise, covering everything in the line of academy under the charge of Miss assiduous in pursuing all the best- ant cashier. groceries millinery, dress goods, do- Laura McBride and Miss Ellen Blaz- known rules of sterilization and the Dr. L. a Wightman, a physician mestic, dry goods. etc., which are sold zard as librarian and assistant libra- adoption Of all that will render their formerly of Pima, thoroughly known to at the most moderate prices. rian. product absolutely pure. nearly every person in the Gila Valley, For fifteen years this firm has been The best choir in the Gila Valley is Is one of the principal stockholders, before the public not only as purveyors that of the academy, consisting of MAKES FITTING CLOTHES. and is also president of the Graham to the people, but as manufacturers. forty voices, and which has made a County State Bank. The firm operates the most complete reputation for a harmony of voices Of all the men who sell goods in The directory of the Miners and and up-to-date roller mill, with a ca- scarcely excelled anywhere. Arizona there are none better known Merchants is especially strong, when pacity of fifty barrels per day. For or more popular than R. C. Irvine, the HON. THOMAS S. BUNCH. the names of G. W. P. Hunt, T. A. Pas- one half of the season the mill is kept representative of R. C. Irvine & Co., as having coe, J. H. Pascoe and Joseph B. Henry running day and night to supply the Graham County is known tailors. Chicago. Mr. Irvine has been are mentioned. demand upon it. one of the very best Bar Associations selling clothes to Arzonians for over of Arizona, Among the stockholders may be Another enterprise in which Layton, there is in the Territory twenty years and many of his present wide- mentioned the names of A. M. Beal, Allred & Co. are engaged is the mak- composed of members having a customers have been supplied by him superintendent G. V., G. & N. railroad; ing of butter and cheese, and exten- spread reputation for their profound for all these years. Mr. Irvine is Charles T. Martin, clerk district court; sively in the creamery business, their knowledge of the law, and eloquence known for his reliability and ability to of A. J. Wilson, Green River Deposit plant for this purpose being at Central. in their practice before the juries Bank of Rochester, New York; W. R. They are also very large shippers of the courts in which they practice. Rhoads and O. H. Bru, assistant cash- hay and barley to the outside markets Hon. Thomas F. Bunch, whose half- ier Graham County State Bank; J. as far east as El Paso, Texas, and to tone we have the honor to present Suter, merchant, Globe; R. C. Sloan. the westward as far as Los Angeles. with this article, occupies a conspicu- prominent cattle man; Alexander ous position as a member thereof, and Bros., Fort Thomas; Charles M. Lay- as a result enjoys a practice that must ton and J. M. Allred of Thatcher; E. be indeed gratifying. F. Kellner, Jr.. Globe; W. D. Fisk, Mr. Bunch is a native of the State of county recorder Gila county; Free- Arkansas, where he was born in 1853, man Hubbard, Pima; William Steven- but left the scenes of his early days at son, J. B. Newman and W. H. Butler home to locate in the West, and in of Globe. The bank starts under the 1883 came to St. John, Arizona. Mr. most favorable circumstances, and a Bunch at once entered into active prac- bright future is predicted for it. tice, and was but a short time in Apache county until he received the LAYTON, ALLRED & CO. nomination for District Attorney and was elected, and continued to serve the One of the most conspicuous modern county in that capacity for two terms. successes in business, and what the In 1895 he removed to Coconino CHAS. M. LAYTON constant devotion to the interest of County, and in 1898 received an over- patrons as well as a keen conception Mr. Layton is deeply interested in whelming endorsement and election to of the future of a district will do, is the affairs of his church also, as was the Arizona Legitlature, and was one the well known firm of Layton, Allred his honored father before him. It of the most ertre . getic members of & Co., of Thatcher. will be of no little interest to note the what was at that time the best legisla- Away back in the year 1852 Mr. exceeding prosperity of this church at tive body the Territory had, or ever Christopher Layton, father of the pres- Thatcher. The members are now has bad. BOB IRVINE In 1901 ent senior member of the firm, and erecting one of the most modern and Mr. Bunch removed to Ora- make good all his recommendations. ham county, locating in the busy little who was one of the most indefatigable handsomely constructed buildings in His success in fit has been remarka- town of Safford. where he has contin- workers in the advancement of Utah. the county. 45x75 feet, built of stone ble and when an order is placed with ued to add to the already well-earned moved the first machinery into that with dressed trimming, and the main him the purchaser has the assurance reputation he had establihed and still territory. This was some years be- structure is to be of pressed brick and that the quality of cloth will be what enjoys. fore the fertility of the Gila Valley had stone. It is represented, and that the fit will As a public prosecutor Mr. Bunch begun to attarct the attention of the Judge Moody is the bishop of the be a perfect one. This season Mr. Ir- has but few peers and no superiors, persistent workers who have since church at present, with William D. vine is carrying the handsomest lines being a most vigorous speaker, a that time made this section of Graham Johnson as first councillor and C. M. ever exhibited in Arizona. He also searching cross-examiner, and a terror county what it is—one of the garden Layton as second councillor. and to carries a beautiful line of shirts of the to the evil-doer when It comes to a spots of Arizona. their able and aggressive administra- very best grades, including under- trial, and a It may well be imagined by those tion of the affairs of the church is to force before a jury. Mr. clothes. who now look upon the green fields be attributed much of its prosperity. Bunch practices in all of the courts of and the acres under cultivation, that The building Is to cost something like the Territory, inctrding the Supreme FORT THOMAS it required the sturdy natures of ten thousand dollars, and when coin- Court. and is looked upon there as a very careful, conservative barrister. pioneers who knew no halting to enter pleted will be attended by Its ten hun- The principal business point in the upon the development which has dred and fifty members and four hun- lower end of the Gila Valley is Fort brought wealth, society, progress and dred members of the Sunday School. MORENCI & CLIFTON DAIRY. Thomas, which was one of the earli- an era of prosperity to the citizens of Possibly no Institution either is -- est settlements in this section of Ari- this prolific valley. more considerably favored by Mr. Lay- Situated half-way between Clifton zona. For several years the Govern- Of such were composed the family ton and Mr. Allred than the Latter and Morenci, In an ideal spot, sheltered ment maintained an extensive military bearing the name of Layton, and that Day Saints' Academy, which is located by the surrounding mountains, is the post here, where from three to five the of Mr. J. G. Allred, the secretary of at Thatcher, at the head of which is Morenci & Clifton Dairy, which was companies were staitioned. The mili- firm whose names take the caption of Frof. Emil Maeser. which institut on established in January. 1902. by H. J tary post was abandoned in 1892, since this article. has three grAes, each of excellent Anderson and his son-in-law. Arthur which the military reservation has SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903 been thrown open to public entry and present large proportions through tegrity and merit. Mr. Gamble is a CITY OF PIMA. all that is available for cultivation close and persistent application to ev Tennesseean, having been born in the has been taken up and much of it is ery detail of their business and a industrial and historical city of Chat- This town may be said to be the in cultivation. The present busi- thorough knowledge of every part of tanooga that State, where he received now center of the Gila Valley, Fort Thomas consists of two It- from the receiving of the raw mate- his early education. geographic- ness of ally. It is stores—Alexander Bros., and C. L. rials to the turning out of the finished In 1878 he came West and located in six miles below Thatcher. Here are two Co.; a hotel kept by product. They are builders of Mining Clifton, where for a long time he was large stores, one owned Stevenes & by W. T. Webb and the other by Phil Mrs. L. Rupkey. affording first-class ac- and general machinery, and not only employed as engineer on the then Merrill. Both have commodious brick accommodation; T. D. Morris has a know how to construct the machinery "Baby Gauge" railway, hauling ores bildings to accommodate their busi- blacksmith shop. The store of Alex- wanted when the designs are given form the mines to the smelter and ness. These gentlemen ander Bros. is one of the largest in them but they make it their business concentrator. In 1889 Mr. Gamble pur- are both prominent citizens county. There is no section of the to know whether that machinery will chased for himself a fine farm of 120 of the county, and the prominent in the in a condition to offer as good do the work for which it is ordered. ares near Safford and later erected Mormon church. valley The Marshall inducements to immigration as are It is that practical experience which thereon a handsome residence, where hotel, owned by Sher- iff Marshall, is in the vicinity of Fort Thomas— as a solid foundation, has reared the he has since resided. one of the best hotels found in the valley, above and below on the river. The Fort structure of the firm to it's successful An unswerving Democrat, and a! and affords a comfortable resting place for Thomas canal has been extended to operation today. ' ways taking active part in politics, Mr. travelers where excellent accommodation is provided. cover a large area of fertile land be This firm makes a specialty of the Gamble in 1900 was nominated and H. F. Wightrnan the town and it is now in cultiva water Leyner Rock Drill and the Ley- elected to the responsible position of is the proprietor of low a handsome drug Above the town there are sever- ner Air Compressor, and of the County Treasurer, which he has con- store, well stocked tion. with almost every article al hundred acres in cultivation. Here former they are having most remark - tinued to fill with marked ability, hay belonging to that line of trade. also there are several hundred able sales and their users most re ing succeeded himself in his election Tributary to Pima there acres of land now ready for the farm' markable success. It is the only main 1902. are several mine.. on e4. and with an abundant supply of chine that is different from all the Mr. Gamble has a large family and which considerable devlop- ment water for irrigation. Louis Voelckel other eight makes that are on the mar- three of his eldest children are now work has been done during the University past two or three years, resulting and Zeckendorf L Co. own fifteen hun- ket and the wonderful work of the students in the Territorial in considerable trade to dred acres of land in one body above Leyner is exciting the attention of all in Tucson—Miss Josie, Willie and the business James—while the younger children at men of the place. The town has a lo- 4 Thomas. with pleaty of water to mining men. In a test made at Ida F rt cal government, a irrigate it. This land is offered for sale ho Springs against a number of others tend the public schools at Solamon commodious church, ample public school at a very low figure and on easy terms. the Leyner drilled 25 to 30 feet mose ville. buildings and a Fort 'Thomas is destined to become per month than the next nearest. Mr. Gamble has been a member ol creditable weekly newspaper, the Par- the Masonic lodge far veaic and aeon. a most imporant business point. The ; The economy of the Leyner and the few years ago was a prominent spirit Black Rock and Clark minina districts , lightness of the machine are material HON. W. T. WEBB. and the Mount Trumbull mineral coun- matters and show the perfection to in organizing a lodge in Safford. He Fort Thomas. which this machine has been brought is also a member of the Knights of try receive supplies from One of the most remarkable suc- the trading point for when it is required to move but 17):1 Pythias lodge at Solomonville. There and hesi,:es it is cesses of this couiEy is that of the import .nt cattle ranches pounds of the Leyner against 2 2 5 f are few men in Graham County more a number of Hon. W. T. WeN3, of the little city of Six miles below Fort Thomas Is the ordinary machine being so con- universally popular, or more deserving his fel- Pima. Mr. Webb was born in Salt Geronimo, on the line of the San Car- structed that the greater power is of the esteem and respect of Lake City, Utah, in 1864, and 16 This town came there but with much lighter ma lowman at was los Indian reseration. a stranger in the then "fast and temporary ter- chinery. furi- into existence as the JUSTICE MILES LESLIE WOOD ous" city of Tombstone, where he be- of the Gila Valley, Globe and Gardiner, Worthen & Goss Co. have minus came for a very brief period the Northern Railway. Since the railroad one of the most complete plants to be Among the pioneers of Graham "devil" in the Epitaph office. In 1881 passed on to Globe the place has de- found anywhere. They employ on an County none has been he . e longer or he was employed in the famous Con- as a business point, ttbugh average 25 to 35 men, and turn our clined is more prominent than M. L. Wood, ot tention mine, but his ambition did not castings as high 3,000 in there is yet one store there owned as pounds Bonita, in the Western portion of the quite congeal with weight, have a fine , pipe the monotonous Alexander Bros., of Fort Thomas. pattern shop county. He came to what is now Gra- and laborious work cutting machinery, machines for re of a miner. Con- ham County thirty-three year ago and sequently the Gila GARDINER. WORTHEN & GOSS CO grinding and corrugating the rolls of Valley had attracted has remained continuously for that his attention and in flour mills etc., and they make a 1882 Mr. Webb time. He was first at old Camp Graat located Special attention is directed t specialty of in Graham county, ,yhere ha installing entire plants in the Aravaipa Canyon, bee,ara the display card of the above firm on has continued to reside, and through the for either mines or milling, smelting present Fort Grant was established. third page of the cover to this his efforts, as much as any one man's, the or concentrating, and intending pur- After the removal of the military post A firm of the highest repute he has been instrumental in the up- work. chasers will find it to their advantage to its present location, Mr. Woods In the first place, and one of the larg- building of his city and the welfare of to send to this firm for prices and was for a time at old Fort Bowie, and leading machinery and mining the county. In 1898 he erected the est catalogues. where he remained for six years. Then supply houses in the southwest is de- large brick mercantile establishment he went to his re esent home, which serving of special mention. GEO. B. GAMBLE. in which he conducts a general mer- he took as a homestead from the gov- chandise Gardiner, Wbrthen & Goss Co.. like business, in which he has ernment. Here he improved 240 acres nearly all of the successful business From locomotive engineer to treas- been very successful from the start. of fertile land and built him a comfort houses was not made—it grew from urer of a county is quite a preferment Mr. Webb has always taken a very able home. On hic land he raises good modest and small beginnings to it's and is a just recognition of ability, in- active interest in the political affairs of grain wh' n summer rains are crops of his adopted home, and has been hon- abundant and it 'ords excellent past- ored by his fellow citizens in many ure the year aro, id. He has a large ways. Mr. Webb has been mayor of orchard of varied fruits. Mr. Wood Pima, and is now a member of the I has engaged in applying the Fort Twenty-second Legislature, and owing Grant military post with hay, wood, to his well known capacity for work, straw, charcoal and other supplies for occupied a prominent place on many many years and has become the most of the most important committees, prominent government contractor in legislative business being pushed the county. He has a contract this through as though it were his own year of supplying nine hundred tons business he was handling. An ardent, of hay. When the seasons are favora- active democrat always, Mr. Webb is ble, Mr. Woods cuts hundreds of tons nearly always to be found in close of hay from the plains between his touch with the people on all matters home and the Southern Pacific rail- appertaining to their welfare. road. This wild hay is pronounced the equal of alfalfa for horses. When PHILEMON C. MERRILL. there is no wild hay to be had, Mr. Woods calls on the farmers of the Gila In a handsome two-story brick struc- Valley for a supply. Mr. Wood has ture, 50x100 feet, Mr. Phil C. Merrill 1..ld the office of Justice of the Peace is conducting one of the most pros- in his precinct for many years, and perous mercantile establishments in also holds a commission as notary the Gila Valley. public from Governor Brodie, besides In this spacious store is carried a his official duties are important, be very large and well selected stock of ause of the location of the Fort Grant dress goods and all that ladies can de- military post within his jurisdiction sire to see or use for their wear, while Justice Wood Is one of our substan- the variety of men's wear comprises LEYNER DRILL tial citizens. everything in the line of clothing, hats SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION 1903

and caps, boots and shoes, etc. DUNCAN. thing and everything in abundance, as All the staple things in groceries are these is very little alkali in the land, to be found upon the shelves, and of - -- and the water is not excelled, in fact, the best quality. Duncan is situated in the extreme Duncan prides itself on having the best Located in the very heart of a great east end of Graham County, Arizona. and most abundant supply of water in agricultural district, Mr. Merrill car- and is within five miles of the New all Southern Arizona, Anywhere in the ries a full line of Osborne machinery Mexico and Arizona Territorial line, vicinity of Duncan, water can be had and farm tools, and is also the agent on the Gila River. within from eight to twelve feet and for the John Deere plows and for the The River Gila in places has cut is inexhaustible. In the summer time Milburn wagons. gorges through the mountains, which as it is drawn from the wells it is cold In addition to the products of his are known as box canyons, and as enough for drinking purposes without own farm, Mr. Merrill is a heavy ship travel is very difficult and slow and in ice, and will remind you very forcibly per of the products of the farms of the many places impossible through the of the tact, if you have any teeth that valley to the marke:s of the outside, boxes, the necessity of travel created need the dentist's attention. and is largely interested in several roads that were more accessible and Barley yields rrom forty to eighty good mining properties which promise these roads and the valleys through bushels to the acre on the mesas, to yield rich results in the not distant which they pass have a local geograph- while over one hundred bushels ot corn future. ical descriptive name in' each Terri- to the acre have been raised in the Mr. Merrill is the acting postmaster tory; thus, in New Mexico Duncan is bottom lands. One farmer, a few years of Pima, the post office being locate: classed in the lower Gila country, ago, shortly alter coming here, laid in his store, while the upper portion of while in Arizona from the same catre, out one-sixteenth of an acre of ground the building is a very neat and com- it is classed as in the Upper Gila coun- for a family onion patch, being gov- modious opera house, in which enter- try. It is, however, very delightfully erned in the amount of land necessary tainments are quite frequently given. situated, the cultivable land extending for that purpose by his experience in o some fourteen or fifteen miles up the one of the States. He sold over $60 JAMES V. PARKS, Sheriff. river and four or five miles below, or worth of surplus onions off that one- about twenty miles in length. About sixteenth of an acre, or at the rate of of Graham Coun- The present sheriff eight miles below, it opens out again nearly $1,000 B. F. BILLINGSLEY Parks, now .servIng his an acre. ty is James V. for about four miles, and here is York The having been first elected soil is an alluvial deposit and as they do in other countries, they second term, Flat, made famous by the Indian fights produces year after year without di- in 1900 and re-elected at the election would soon become a lot of bloated in early days, and later by a novelist munition, the water that is brought of last year. Mr. Parks was dracti bond-holders. who made this place the basis of the from the river in ditches for irrigation cally raised in Graham County, first There are three general merchandise thrilling adventures in "Miss Nohod7 containing fertilizing elements and living at Duncan, where he arrived stores in the town, conducted by B. of Nowhere." mixing with the soil, releases those with his parents when a mere buy. The F. Billingsley, R. S. Stewart &E. Co., About three miles below York Flat, elements lying only education he secured was ob- latent theze. and W. A. Starks. J. T. Tong, a suc- the Coronado Valley opens up for three All garden truck grows wonderfully tained during a not very regular at cessful mining man, runs a first-class or four miles. and vegetables, even cabbage, raised tendance of such schools as were in blacksmith shop. Mrs. Tong is pro- Duncan is the only town between here, possess existence at that time in the small a toothsome, appetizing prietress of the only hoted in the place Clifton, Arizona, and Lordsburg. New settlement around Duncan. As soon and delicate flavor that is noticeable. and refreshes the weary traveler witb Mexico, and Clifton, Arizona, and Si!. as he was able to ride, he went to Alfalfa, or lucerne, produces four cut- a bed that makes him think of home, ver City New Mexico, and is the natur- tings a the range, where he looked after the year and six tons to the acre, and food that tastes like mother's. cattle owned by his father. When he al supply point for not only the farm- per annum, is a safe estimate of the Mail is deliered seven days in the reached his manhood he was thorough- ing country, but for the Steeplerock yield, as the writer has baled several week. J. L. T. Walters, one of the and Mayflower ly trained in the cattle business and mining districts and crops that went over two tons to the oldest old timers, he ha l i g stock was employed as range foreman by ranges. acre at the first cutting. It sells at within a radius of one hundred miles several large cattle companies at one Duncan is almost midway between from $10 to $15 per ton, the latter of Duncan over 22 years, is postmast- time and another. Tiring of the range Clifton and Lordsburg and it is here figure having prevailed all this year. er and has also a drug store. Mr. Wat- he finally went to Clifton, where he that the weary railroad traveler gets Your readers can figure the results. te:s says, as there is no newspaper served for several years as deputy almost his first glimpse of verdure Our close proximity to Clifton and published in the town, he will gladly sheriff, and so well did he attend tc since leaving the Rio Grande, coming Morenci markets ought to put a pre- answer any inquiries if the in nier official duty and displayed such deter from the east. The Arizona and New mium on the farming lands, as every- will enclose a stamp for postage. This mination in maintaining order in that Mexico 7..ailroad has a neat little de- thing raised here, can readily be suit, little town has a good class ot people camp, that it was quite natural for pot here and many are the expressions there, and the farmer's profits is near- who will rate up with any town of its the people to turn to him as the prop of delight from travelers, as the train ly twice that in less favored and more size any where in the Unite] States. er man to elect to the office of the stops, on the beauty of the situation. distant places, and yet land can be It has a good school and the M. E. sheriff, which occurred at the time The Steeple rock ana Saddle moun bought here cheaper than any where Church, South, has a prirtor here, named. During his occupancy of the tains in the east and northeast form- else in the county. Corn and barley who divides his time between it and tie sheriff's office, Mr. Parks has made ing a beautiful background to the have sold here for months at $1.75 per Richmond district, e:ght miles distant an excellent record as an efficient and waving fields of grain and alfalfa and 100 pounds. Butter sells at 35 cents in New Mexico, energetic officer. He fears no man. majestic cottonwood trees, many o' per pound. Chicken, eggs, hogs, cat- B F. BILLINGSLEY, Merchant. and has succeeded in briaging a rum them studded with clumps of mistle tle and everything else raised on the ber of hard characters to the bar of toe. The soil of this little valley is farm sell rapidly and at high prices. justice to answer for their crimes or most productive and will grow any- If farmers in this country would work One of the best known busino:s men driven them from the country. Mr. in the Last end of the county is B. F. Parks is the owner of extensive cattle Billingsley, c: Duncan Mr. B Ilingsley holdings in the county, with his broth- stands as a progressive citizen and er, John D. Parks. They own several successful business man. He has oaly valuable cattle ranches been engaged in business ab5ut ten years and now has a fine business and THE COPPER ERA carries the largest stock to be found in his section of the county. His store This paper justly ranks as one of arries general merchandise and the the best weekly papers in Arizona. It goods are of substantial quality, Mr. was originAlly established in 1899 by Bilingsley having an aversion C. for any- E. Bull. In December, 1900, Mr. W. thing cheap or in the "shoddy" class. A. Leonard became interested with His trade comes from farmers, cattle- Mr. Bull and the paper was enlarged to men and miners and It has grown from ils present size. the day Mr. Billingsley acquired it. This paper is a credit to the east Mr. Billingsley has a family—wife end of the county and keeps the pub and one child—and OWBS a lic informed nice borne. of all happenings in and He is a Democrat and while he has around the two great coppsr camps. never sought an office, he takes It gives special atqmition to an the interest In the affairs mining industry of his party. Mr. and is always correct Billingley's acquitintance is not con. and reliable in its statements. Last year Messrs. Leonard and fined to Duncan, but he is well ItnoNIn. Bull sold out throughout the county. and the Copper Era Printing Company He is frequent. ly called to assist at the court terms as was organized, of which Mr. Leonard a juror beame a stockholder and in Democratic county con• and became gen- ventions eral manager of the business. he has many times entered B. F BILLINGSLEY'S STORE, DUNCAN the councils of his party. •

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tia .,m3 V, afin, and Publishing Corn- San Francisco and New Orleans which Geo, H. Kelly. of Sol- omonville. is the president, and W. Elegant Dining Cars on all Trains CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $20,000.00 B. Kelly, oi Bisbee_ Arizona, is cotre For Further information call on or address GUARANTEED RESPONSIBILITY over 100,000.00 tai -y and treasurer. It has a general , C. M. By KRIiALTIIIl, D. F.& P. Tue,ou tliculation throughout the Territory J. T. CLAYTON, Agent. Bowie an3 its office is one of the best equip- T. 11. Quoi M AN, O. P. A., San Francisco p.,: d in Arizona_ GRAHAM GUARDIAN ▪ ; pubIi&h(.1 at Safford y rS.!. 7, and is Insured against Loss through Robbery or Burglary. Il w I' L' ,litnn 3. Illit•lao. It is SMOKE as.e. wnich are Not only your deposits but your business confidences are abso- t it ir elat 3. "1. abana County, Gala V al- • a-. lady Safford. Carl Upman's lutely safe in our keeping. C ENC I STANDARD A bank is, in a sense, a public servant. We ENDEAVOR to • 1)apc...r is published at Morenci Bouquet Cigars ar,31 is also ow"ned by the C:msolidated render such valuable and satisfactory ser2'ice that emu depositor will Piin;ing anti Publishing, Company. It BECOME a permanent friend and customer. Let us prove it to you. estalkisbed February 10th, 1902; They Are Excellent it gies the local news of the camp in a conservative and reliable manner. in Quality * * PIMA PARAGON This paper was established in the latter part Di' the year 150, by W. A Build Your Own THE DANIA. OF SAFFORD Wilson, who come from Louisiana. Mr. Incubators and Brooders Bien the 'SA- Bison died in 1901 and nince (Lumber or Adobe) SAFFORD, ARIZONA paper has been continued by Mrs. Wil- son. who mabes creditable at PATENTED JANUARY 28, 1902 J. N. PORTER, President J. C. PURSLEY, Vice President times and a tur€ nil of the Ceita Cheapest, Most Practical, Larg- est Capacity, Best Results M. C. TAYLOR, Cashier H. E. DUNLAP, Asst. Cashier Family Rights, with Full instructions how AND RELIABLE HOUSE A WORTHY to Build and Operate, for a Limited Much of the excellence of this edi- Time, by mail, $2.00 each. tion of the Bulletin is attributed to the fact that it was printed on the best Illustrated Catalogue by Mil Tree quality of -type and on the highest Good Agents Wanted classes of presses To do first-class Pumps Assay Supplies work one must baye first-class material and appliances at hand. In this con.- Bell Incubator Co. reier i on, after years of business with FORT THOMAS, ARIZ. the Los Angeles branch of the Amer- ir•an Tr is Ffitunders' Company, we de THE sire to recommend ihis establishment to all vi- ho require printing material ,31' QUAIL BRAND any characier. as one. that is reliable. courteous and liberal. Mr. C. W. Smelter Fleming . a Mine and the manager. has built up large l»rsinesis from a very small b s. CANNED ginning four years. ago. He is ever f atlY to supply the wants of the trais GOODS Supply Company with type, borders. rules, sorts. rouele and i s deserving of tie' splendid • c-resti he has atttainctit in bp.corning Are the Best the - Printer's Favorite - of I he' 3o' t' El Paso, Texas • • t Send 25 cents Machinery and Mining Harry Whitaker And we will mail a copy of this Souvenir Supplies Edition to any ad- d .ess CIVIL ENGINEER Clifton, Arizona Hoisting Engines Address County Surveyor U. S. Dep.Mirt. Surveyor ARIZONA BULLETIN Solomonville, Arizona All orders for work promptly C. N. TIBBETS, Local Manager • MORENCI STANDARD attended to Morenci, Arizona CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Safford Ice 'Fred Dysart BLAKE, MOFFITT & Abstracter

Factory. I have in my office TOWNE, The Only Set of Abstract books PRINA & OLNEY. and Mine Indexes in Graham Co. Proprietors. . . They have been prepared at the expense of much time and labor, but with them I am able to make thoroughly CAPACITY TEN TONS RELIABLE ABSTRACTS. I make such abstracts as attorneys need to enable them to confidently Largest Jobbers of Paper and pass upon titles. The Ice manufactured by this Many who have factory is of a superior quality had abstracts made have found that their deeds and and is delivered to all the towns patents for their land were not re- in the Gila Valley Stationery in the Southwest. corded, and that their property had long ago been sold for taxes. Tax deeds have been issued for many tracts of land before they were ALSO HANDLE patented.

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ill say to the general public that the Gila Valley is Limited in the amount of land offered for - sale. Our People W are sensible enough to stay with a good thing when they have it. Most of the land offered is the larger ranches that are being subdevided in smaller holdings. The advantages of markets and the surroundings of the country are such that eventually the whole valley will be a net work of small ranches offering a sufficient competency for each family to live in comfort. Would call your attention to a few things, if you are seeking a new location the opening is here for you, let your means be small or large alfalfa will easy pay To per ceet. on an investment of $100.00 per acre net, the average price per ton for the past five years has been $S.00 per ton baled on ranch. $1.50 per ton pays baling expense, $1.00 per ton covers all expense of irrigating, cutting and stacking, and the winter pasture on the land will offset taxes, keeping up canal expense and an average yield of 5 tons per acre, is a very conservative estimate. Alfalfa ground rents for half of crop or readily at Sio.00 per acre cash In the matter of poultry raising and egg production, we have the markets and climate for fouls to do Well. A man here with io acres and giving his attention to the poultry business, would soon be independent. Our mining towns of Clifton and Morenci with adjacent camps pay out $ to,000 per month for eggs alone mostly shipped in from the states The hog industry is proving a very money maker to those ranchmen who are engaged in it. One acre of alfalfa will keep io head of hogs until they are grown, netting the farmer over $5o per acre each year. A Market Gardner Wants the Markets.—We have them here and prices too, and behind that we have the soil, climate and water to produce all vegetables in abundance, for onions, cabbage, sweet potatoes, chili, melons—this is the truck farmer's paradise. 1,Ve have advantages fully equalto any section of country in the states in the way of churches and schools. Arizona stands to the front as paying largest salaries to teachers of any state in the United States.

raising. As a whole, it forms a grand SPECIAL Montezuma flouring mills, on stage No. 23 stock ranch, as, in addition to ranch road to Clifton. There 80 acres on proper, there is inclosed in pasture No.4097 B.C. north side of road lies to view, some NORTH BLUFF RANCH NOW ON about 2,000 acres, leased land, on 50 acres watered by San Jose canal, THE MARKET. mesa and in draws. Should reconcile that class of chronic 30 acres in grain, balance for corn and Terms on this ranch, $35.00 per acre, kickers who obect to the real estate other products. A new ranch, good Lying on north side of Gila river, tue' including water rights. One-half man getting any return for his labors. fencing, fair buildings, desirably lo- miles from county seat. Is the best cash, balance in five years, at 8 per If they were not so rusty in ancient cated. At $40 per acre, including history, they would know that the watered ranch in the valley. Prio3 . ity cent interest, sufficient water rights. You will find "land man" has always been in on the of water rights, secon 1. on the rhrei, , this a good investment for your established by decree of court. hide- ground floor. As a matter of record, money. Or if time you require, one- the first mention of money was in a pendent canal of 50 , 1i miner's inches, fourth cash and 8 per cent on balance. of which nee-sixths goes with ranch. land deal, when 400 shekels of silver, Surely you would not ask for terms Buy No. 17 current money of the country, was "['his r- anch c.: onsists of 6:30 acres deed- more easy. your given for a tract of land having a cave ed 5oo is covt,,,re,1 by If you desire quick returns on canal and 350 of tha:. in cultivation, thereon, and other appurtenances fully investment, know ye! There is no need described in the deed thereof. le ne es be:n;„, in a...Italia, 159 in grain, of sending your money to St. Louis or No. 34 . for (_orn , Tais ranch produces And in that country said to be in some get-rich- warmer than even our eastern oppo- roore ( - cirri than any ranch in the Chicago, to invest Is just what you want, if truck farm- one of the ()Hest ram:bes on quick scheme, when snaps like this nents of statehood picture Arizona to ing or fruit raising is your vocation. be, these never satisfied kickers will n e ncr. Valcrops never are offered you, that are safe and sure. A daisy place for the production of be there trying in vain to find a lively 1:LOWn. Sitna , efl, as it is, on south hen-fruit. Tip-top farm for hog-rais- Forty aci es in side rU hAgh bluff and mesa, lying low alfalfa is yours to real estate agent to locate them far ing, as canal runs through the land. alerte ricer toe two grain view; the juice, you know, is just $65 away from that cauldron of heat-- New ranch of 40 acres, 25 in cultiva- here ircirn osn to fifteen per acre, including Montezuma canal commissions no object. tion, ready for corn. Including water earlier than in Ic-ss favored pares of water, eight shares all told. Time, rights, $25.00 per acre buys this place; -n:1.11-, he iS a gland oriel you want? Certainly, on $1,500; one-third cash, long time, at 8 per for a c, *).r.iy, ranch SOng suitable for cent, on balance. A nice foundation. balance, just dig up the cash. As for No. 33 subdivision in small tracts. Fine for a cozy little home. Across the west of county wair:HT I ri v;'(. ar, twelve to fifteen location: One mile You will find east of Solomonville, road, south from No. 33, is where you beat ion for fruit, seat, on main road to Safford. one ond a half miles, just beyond the will find this lan-d.

had twelve years experience in farming in irrigated ( ountries of which the past five years has been spent in

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This Cut Shows how we convince our Patrons of the Relative Merits of the Water Leyner Drills and Com- pressors can be found in use at the Mammoth-Collins Gold Mines following mines in this vicinity Water Leyner Rock Drill Gila Pinal Mines Co. United Verde Mines Lake Superior and Arizona Min- King of Arizona Mines AND ing Company Old Dominion Copper Mines Virginia Copper Company La Cananea Consolidated Copper Oxide Copper Company Co's Mines LEYNER AIR COMPRESSORS. And numerous others Troy Manhattan Copper Co. Estimates and Catalogues Cheerfully Furnished.

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