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renci - Clifton District.

Population - 15.000

The Oldest Copper Pro

ducing District in the)

State of Arizona.

AND flORENCI LEADER

VOLUME XVIII.

CLIFTON ARIZONA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 19 16.

NUMBER I.

IrSIH

SUPERVISORS ADOPT

STATE ENGINEERS

SUGGESTIONS

Construction Work Will Begin Within .

Sixty Days on Clifton-Solomonville 1

State Highway Convict Labor to

Be Used

CHAMBER COMMERCE BANQUET

Endorses Clifton-Mogollon Highway

at Enthusiastic Meeting at Reardon

- Cafe on Tuesday Evening

That the citizens of Greenlee coun

ty are enthusiastically in favor of the

early construction of good roads, east i

and wes.t and north and south, con- j

necting the agricultural and mining 1

districts of this county, with adjacent !

counties, both in Arizona and New

Mexico, was evidenced in full force at

a banquet arranged by the Greenlee

County Chamber of Commerce and

held at the Reardon Cafe on Tues

day evening.

The meeting was one of the most

important ever held by this organi

sation, both in point of attendance

and representation of taxpaying in

terests. Among the distinguished visitors

present from a distance were S. J.

Kidder, General Manager of the Mo

gollon Mines Co., of Mogollon, N. M.;

Hon. Lamar Cobb, Arizona State En

gineer, George A. Foote, Chairman oi

the Board of Supervisors of Graham

county, Adolph Young, County En

gineer of Graham county; Mr. Lay

ton. Clerk of the Board of Graham,

Chairman Witt, of the Greenlee Coun

ty Board; Jos. Conn, editor of the

Duncan News; J. R. Fowler, Presi

dent of the Duncan Commercial Club,

and others from Duncan, Morenci,

and Metcalf . In all sixty-five mem

bers of the Greenlee County Commer

' cial Club and guests were seated at

the dinner.

The affair was arranged to listen to

a statement from 'Mr. S. J. Kiddei

regarding the co-operative plan ol

constructing a highway from Clifton

to Mogollon and also a report .from

State Engineer T.mar Cobb regarding

Federal aid and Forestry approprla-

tiflnA fnr hitrhwav tiiiilrlinc in A T-i-

. zona, in addition to a reiort- from

him on the probability of the ' early

construction of the Clifton-Solomon-ville

State Highway. In addition to

the speeohes made by Messrs. Kid

dei and Cobb, the Chamber of Com

merce listened attentively to a re

.ponse by Norman Carmichael, Gener

al Manager of the Arizona ' Copper

Co. Ltd.; Adolpbi . Young, County

Engineer of Graham; George Foote,

of Graham; W. T. Witt, of Greenlee;

J. R. Fowler, of Duncan; and Dell M.

Potter, of Clifton.

At the conclusion of the repast W.

B. Kelly, President of the Chamber

of Commerce Introduced Hon. A. R.

Lynch as Toastmaster for the occas

ion and in introducing the several

speakers, "the little giant" was at his

best. . After poking fun at the com

mittee composed of Messrs. Kelly,

Webster and Redd, who visited the

mine managers at Mogollon several

weeks ago, Mr. Lynch introduced Mr.

Kidder.

Mr. Kidder made a business pre

sentation of the difficulties which con

tinually surround the transportation

over poor roads of mining supplies

and merchandise between Mogollon

and Silver City, a distance of approxi

mately eighty miles and stated that

for some time his company had under

consideration a shorter and better out

let from Mogollon to Clifton, thereby

a effecting a saving in haulage charges

"and also giving the Mogollon district

an outlet to an agricultural section.

Mr. Kidder stated that the roads in

this section were a revelation to him

and that he was personally convinced

that the road between Clifton and Mo

gollon was feasible and that if the

mining companies and others interest

' ed in the Mogollon district woutd be

Justified in making the expenditure

luuiMflnrv tr tftrfeTiatrnnt. thA rnad from

the Arizona line to Mogollon provided

point". Mr. Kidder estimated that

the haul distance could be reduced ap

proximately twenty miles over the

present Silver City route. His ad

dress was listened to closely by all

present and the concensus of opinion

was that it would only be a short time

before the Mogollon Mining District

would be connected directly with

Greenlee county.

Mr.' Kidder was followed by Mr.

Cobb who told the assemblage of the

progress made at this session of Con

gress for national aid for state high

way construction and the appropria

tion of ten million dollars additional

tor highway construction within For

est Reserves. Mr. Cobb Is a member

of the Executive Committee of the

Association of Highway Engineers in

the United States and has just return

ed from Washington and is firmly con

vinced that Arizona will receive

Federal aid in a substantial sum at

the hands of the present congress.

Reverting to local affairs Mr. Cobb

brought the good news, and was ap

plauded, when he stated that he was

now prepared to begin immediate

construction of the State Highway

between Clifton and Solomonville,

and with the co-operation of the

Beards of Graham and Greenlee coun

ty, would have a force employed

( Continued on Page 8)

U. S. SOLDIERS

ATTEMPTS LIFE

House Blown Up in North Clifton

and Owner has Narrow Escape from

Death.

About 11 o'clock Monday night the

residents of North Clifton near the

pump station were aroused from their

slumbers by a terrific explosion which

was thought by some to have been a

blast, but upon investigation by the

sleepy neighbors, it was found that

the home of Jose Jurado had been

dynamited with the evident inten

tention of taking the life of the occu

pant. The explosive was undoubtedly

placed under the man's bed on the

floor, the person gaining access to

the house, as the force of the explo

sion was in a downward direction.

The bed and the room in which it was

situated were a wreck and the side

of the house was blown away, and

had the occupant been in bed at the

time his fate would not be. at all

problematical.

Jurado, who works for the Shannon

Copper company, was on night shift,

and it was his usual custom to arrive

home about eleven o'clock, but on'

Monday night some good fairy must

have been on the job watching over

his destiny, as he did not arrive home

until some time after 11:30. It ap

pears that whoever was responsible

for the outrage was closely acquaint

ed with his habits and had his evil

intentions not miscarried ' Jurado

would have been killed.

An investigation of the affair was

made and early Tuesday morning

Jesus Apodaca was taken into cus

tody, it being believed by the officers

that he was cognizant of the plot to

wreck the house and had good rea

son to seek Jurado' s life. It is un

derstood that for some time past Ju

rado had been living with Apodaca's

wife and that several months ago the

matter was aired in the local justice

court with what was supposed to

have been an amicable adjustment,

but it seems that Jurado has persist

ed in his illicit relations with the wo

man to the present time much, against

the wishes of her, husband. It is al

so stated that Apodaca has at differ

ent times made threats against the

life of Jurado if he did not cease his

atentions to the former's wife.

Bt is the supposition that patience

had ceased to be a virtue with Apo

daca and that his pent-up anger

against the destroyer of his home led

him to make the a tempt on his life.

Apodaca is now confined in the

county jail awaiting a hearing.

Big Benefit Exhibition

The Retail Clerks Association, of

Clifton, under the direction of Al

Wasem, the light weight champion

wrestler, have arranged for a big en

tertainment in the sport line at the

Princess Theatre on Monday even

ing, next, commencing at 7:30 p.

m. Tickets for the event also in

cludes admission to the picture show.

There will be blackened gloves con

tests, westling matches, and Al Was

em will take on a mysterious un

known who is touted to put the Clif

ton favorite on the mat. The pro

ceeds of the entertainment will be

devoted to a worthy cause.

State Temperance Federation

Rev. Wm. J. Gordon returned on

Tuesday of this week from Phoenix,

where he attended the State Temper

ance Federation. He reports an en

thusiastic meeting, in which several

measures pertaining to prohibition

were discussed and mea fares were

adopted supplementing thepresentlaw

by providing for saerimental and scien

tific uses of wine and grain alcohol,

slaps the "personal use" decision

square in the face. The measure

will be published as soon as initiative

petitions are ready for circulation.

Visiting Mother

Mrs. Chas. Owen arrived in Clifton

from El Paso Tuesday night and is vis

iting her mother, Mrs. M. Brutinel.

Mrs. Owen and Mrs. Brutinel expect

to join Mr. Owen the first of next

week on a hunting and camping trip

in the Graham mountains.

WITH

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USING THE LATEST STYLE TRENCHES

FIRE DESTROYS

KARIBO HOME

North Clifton Home Destroyed in

Short Time. .But Very Little of the

Contents Saved.

The home of Charles Karibo in

Nirth Clifcon was aln o-si totstily

destroyed by fire Wednesday after

noon, but a few of the personal belong

ings being saved. The alarm was

turned in about three o'clock and

before the Clifton fire boys had

reached the scene the house was in

a mass of flames and a strong wind

whipped the blaze in every direction.

At the beginning it looked as though

all the houses in the immediate

neighborhood were doomed to the

same fate but after the arrival of the

fire department, combined with ex

cellent water pressure.three streams

of water were turned upon the build

ing and the flames were subdued.

The house was completely gutted

and only the walls were left standing,

and OR account jof the strong wind at

the time it is a miracle that the

whole structure was not completely

destroyed. It is not known how the

fire originated but is thought to have

been caused by an over heated stove.

None of the contents of the house was

saved except a piano although a good

ly amount of clothing and personal

effects were rescued, among which

was a quantity of jewels and money.

The house was owned by Mrs. Ar

chie Morrison and it is understood

that no insurance was carried on

the building.

The flames bad scarecly been sub

dued when a second alarm was turned

in and this time a dwelling directly

in front of the Karibo home was dis

covered to.be on fire on the roof.

This was shortly put out and the ex

citement in that end of town was

abated.

Too much caution cannot be taken

at this time of the year to guard

against fires, as -the dry condition of

the buildings and the high winds

might .easily result in a most dis

astrous conflagration. '

As chief executive of the town,

Mayor Fraser, in behalf of the citi

zens, wishes to commend the Clifton

Fire boys and the Clifton Water com

pany ' upon the adequate fire protec

tion recently given them. The water

service, in the case of the two big

fires in the past week, has been- ex

cellent and the pressure has been all

that could be asked for and the citi

zens now feel more secure from the

ravages of fires than heretofore.

MORENCI COUPLE WED .

Mr. Ross Prouty and Miss Florence

Morrison were united in marriage at

the tome of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Al

brecht in Hill's Flat Saturday even

ing at six o'clock. Bishop Atwood, of

Phoenix, performing the ceremony and

speaking the words that made the

young couple man and wife. The

ceremony was performed in the pres

ence of a few friends, those from out

of town being Miss Edith Johnson and

Will Porri of Morenci. Following

the service a wedding dinner was en

joyed after which Mr. and Mrs.

Prouty left by automobile for Mo

renci where they will make their

future home. The newly weds are

anticipating an extended honeymoon

later in the summer.

Mr. Prouty is connected with the

D. C. engineering department of the

Detroit Copper Mining company and

since his residence in the Hill City

has made a host of friends who con

erntulate him upon his. choice of a

life partner. The bride who is a win

some young lady, has been identified

with the teaching force of the Morenci

public schools for the past two years

and by her winning and affable per

sonality has gained a strong hold on

the affections of all with whom she

came in contact.

The newly married couple are busy

this week in receiving the felicitations

of their numerous friends in Morenci

where they are cosily situated in their

new home.

' Mrs. George Carlton left Tuesday

j morning for Houston, Texas, where

she will spend the next two months.

' Before returning to Clifton she will

: visit in other Texas points.

REGESTRA

GREENLEE COUNTY

300 Registered Voters Up To Date

Registration Figures of This Dis

trict. County Recorder Rodney Ellis es-

i timates that the registration for

I Greenlee county will exceed 3,200

names. ' In 1914 the total registration

,-as 3,300.

Under the law the time allowed for

this accomplishment is about five

i months. A little further figuring will

produce the further facts that an

I average of 650 names in duplicate

: for each of these five months must be

I obtained by the county recorder, who

ie entrusted with this important func

tion under the law, in order to get

all these names in the office . A glance

at the task ahead when the name is

presented. for registration will .dumb

found most people . . For each registra

tion blank' issued, the description of

the voy ma.it !;? -o.t.fc- Vned and the

atflrfa-i.a s to Uift to:k.v X vt.xxer

merits thereon taken. One of these

blanks is given to the voter and one

sent to the .recorder's office. What

is done before the receiption of the

blank at the recorder's office is noth

ing compared to what has to be done

afterwards. Two registers must be

made up, each containing a copy of

the signature of the voter. One of

these names is pasted- into the great

register of the county and the other

into the precinct register. But this

is not all. Along side of each name

pasted in these registers, and they

must correspond to the, merest detail,

is the number of the voter, his age,

liesorintion of anv deformities, and the

political party to whlcfel he is affiliated

! TrrmiHnfl 11 i a wnrlr Throo thnna.

and names to be pasted and fifteen

hundred descriptions, etc., to be cop

ied twice. The object of all this is to

protect the ballot and the system of

voting. The blanks are not destroyed,

but are kept numbeied and filed and

stored away in the vault of the re

corder's ofice as a part of the records.

When the registration closes on

September 2, the precinct registers

are made up- and sent to the

various precincts to be used for the

primary election, on September 12th.

They are then returned and the re

gistration is again opened and the

books kept up to date with the names,

etc., of the voters who register after

that time until October 15th when the

books are finally closed for this year.

The books are then prepared for the

general election on November 7th.

A force of extra help is always em

ployed during the registration period

and a force of extra deputies are ap

pointed for registration duty around

the county.

Up to the present time there has

been a total of 300 registered.

,

Trip To Grand Canyon

J. A. Albrecht, of the Cansler & Al

brecht auto service, is arranging for a

trip by automobile to the Grand Can

yon to be made in their new 8 cylinder

Cadillac which they have recently pur

chased . . Accommodations for four or

five persons will be made and it is de

sired to make the trip some time dur

ing the month of June before the rains

interfere with travel. The expenses

for the trip will be reasonable and It

will be made by the way of Globe,

the Roosevelt dam, Phoenix, Prescott,

and Williams. For anyone wishing

a two weeks delightful vacation this

is an opportunity that should not be

overlooked. it is expected that five

days each way will be consumed in

making the trip. Anyone wishing to

take advantage of this exceptional op

portunity will do well to see Mr. Al

brecht at once for a reservation.

Mtisicale at Princess

Friends and patrons are invited to

attend a musicale to be given by the

voice and piano pupils from Miss

Ki.nt's class on Thursday afternoon,

June 1st, at 3:30 at the Princess.

A Correction

The Era acknowledges an error in

last week's issue in regard to the auto

mobile accident between Clifton and

j Moreiu-.l. Instead of the Morenci

j car being driven by Lawrence La

Point as stated, the machine was the

Case car of J. H. Beala.

TOWN ELECTION

PASSES OFF

QUIETLY

A Full Democratic Ticket Elected

With One Exception. Republicans

Succeed In Placing Candidate on

City Council.

The city election which was held

last Monday passed off quietly, al

though several of the respective can

didates were busy in enlisting votes

for themselves. Several automobiles

were also requisitioned to bring the

voters to the polls, but interest gen

erally was apathetic.

The number of votes cast at the

election was 629 out of a total regis

tration of 912. The Democrats elect

ed a complete ticket with the ex

ception of one councilman, Richard

Stephens, the Republican candidate,

who was the only successful candidate

of the opposing party to land an of

fice. Tom Sidebotham, a candidate

for reelection to the council was de

feated by a small majority while Ar

thur Slaughter led the aldermanic

vote with Mrs. Joe Deck a close sec

ond. Vandercook, for street super

visor, defeated J. E. Penn, the repub

lican candidate, by 207 votes.

Mat Danenhauer, for clerk, led the

Democratic ticket with a total of 534

votes, while G. L. Crawford, for mar

shal, came second with 525". There

was no opposition for these offices in.

the general election and the pri

maries virtualy determined their

election.

The following figures tell the tale

of the eleotion:

FOR COUNCILMAN Dem.

O. J. Cotey 383

Mrs. Joe Deck 418

T. Sidebotham 294

Arthur Slaughter 456

F. H. Springer ..350

Walter Tappin, Sr. . . 385

C. W. Young ....324

Republican

J. C. Gatti ..146

Henry Hill 235

George Reitzer. . . i . . . . . ....261

Richard Stephens 305

F. Backstein.... 229

For Town Clerk

Mat Danenhauer . 534

For Marshal " ":

G. -tf. -Crawford, r V. r. v:623

For Street Supervisor .

B. Vandercook, dem.. ......... .. .405

J. E. Penn, Rep . ..198

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SUFFRAGE LEAGUE

Congressional Union For- Woman Suf- j

i . rrage worKingior susan.ts. ntnony

Amendment.

j Mrs. E. St. Clair Thompson, repre- '

Isenting the Congressional Union for;

I Woman. Suffrage, arrived in Clifton on f

Tuesday of last weeK, and delivered a ;

lecture in. the Highi School here Wed-,

nesday evening.

The object of the meeting was to

form a committee for the purpose of

bringing pressure upon' Congress to

make possible the passage of the.

Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the

Constitution to enfranchise women of

the United States.

A committee for Greenlee county

was organized here for that purpose,

which will co-operate with the State

committee, of which Mrs. Wm. A.

Sawtelle of Tucson is chairman.

Following the address by Mrs.

Thompson, the following officers were

elected of the Greenlee County Head

quarters of the Congressional Union

League for Woman. Suffrage:

Mrs. W. B. Kelly, chairman; Mrs.

R. K. Minson, Secretary; Mrs. Mar

garet Crawford; Secretary; Vice-chairmen,

Mrs. J. F. Deck, Mrs. Walter

Foote, Mrs. Mike Reardon, Mrs-. W.

Weiss, Mrs. Paul Reisinger, Mrs. W.

B. Mitchell.

In addition to the general officers,

the following Clifton Township offi

cers were chosen;

Mrs. Howard Max, Chairman; Mrs.

J. C. Frapps, Membership; Mrs. W.

B. Mitchell, Finance; Mrs. Sara York,

Resolutions; Mra. B. F. Bowman,

Legislative; Mrs. Edward Leland,

Subscriptions and Sale of Literature;

Mrs. John Irvine, Publidty.

Officers have been appointed also

for most of the voting precincts of the

county and during the week three

meetings were held on Shannon Hill

at which time resolutioas favoring the

Susan B. Anthony amendment were

adopted and forwarded to Washington

A meeting was also held on Satur

day afternoon last fn Hill's Addition

and similar resolutions adopted.

A monster rally will also be held

at the Princess Theatre on Saturday

afternoon at two o'clock when several

interested women will speak includ

ing Mrs. Hendrix and Mrs. Mitchell,

of Shannon Hill; Mrs. Willets, of

North Clifton and Mrs. Jos. Deck, of

South Clifton.

June 5, G and 7 the Woman's party

will hold a convention in Chicago.

There is only one plank in their

platform, and that is the Anthony

Amendment to the Constitution.

Thus far about 40,000 delegates have

signified their intention of attending

and by the time the convention is

held the number will be greatly augmented.

WOMEN

ORGANIZE

LABOR UI1I0I1S

RECRUIT MANY

MEMBERS

Enthusiastic Meetings Held In CI ft

ton, Morenci and Metcalf on Men

day, Tuesday and Wednesday Of

This Week in the Interest of ON

ganized Labor Largely Help CauM.

The three days' campaign in th4

interest of organized labor known M

the "Labor Forward Movement" wtl

opened at Clifton on Monday after

noon at which time a large crowd of

men and women gathered on the

plaza to listen to the speeches and

band selections.

A short preliminary talk on th

days' activities was given on the pla

za shortly after noon by John L.

Donnelly, vice-president of the Art

zona State Federation of Labor, who

is now stationed in this district. A

meeting for the ladies especially had.

been advertised for 4:30 o'clock la

the afternoon at which time Mr. Don

nelly chose as his subject "Woman'"

Relation to the Labor Movement."

Several hundred union men, headed

by the Morenci band, marched from

union headquarters on Chase .Creek

and assembled on the plaza for tha

speechmaking. Several prettily de

corated floats and carriages were also

in line, noticeable among which: were

those representing the New Bakery

and Julian Gabaldon.

The afternoon SDeakine was nnened

by some of the well known MexioaaV.

members of the union, among whom

were three lady speakers, after

which' Mr. Donnelly addressed the

audience on the above subject. Mr.

Donnelly was at his best on this oc

casion and treated his subject, in ;

thoroughly capable manner.

In opening Mr. Donnelly stated that

woman's work in the field of ' labor

had reached such proportions in the

lest few years that she deserved aa

much recognition among the labor or

ganizations, and in fact in ajl the in

dustrial pursuits of the world, as the

men, and that this was becoming to

be recognized more and more as the.

labor' movement progressed. He re

ferred to the early days when the wo-

men labored1 at the - spinning jenny

in order to make clothes for the tarn- -fly.

TbeyRl8olabored side by-side

with the men in the fields and thus

bore their share of the industrial la

bore which- have from that time to

tha nraoort haan in rrnn n cr mi -Vi

case of a certain New England town

in which today .the ' women . factory

workers outnumbered the men to a

great extent, and in fact the women

did the work in the mills and fac

tories while the men attended to the

household duties. In enumerating -several

other- instances of the kind

Mr. Donnelly clearly showed the part .

women are taking today in - the in-

dustrial world and ' that they should ,

receive and that they are demanding -recognition

for their- services that.

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just. "Through the evolution of la

P T I 'n Ji ,k..

bor and the economic conditions of the

world today woman is - laboring by

the side of man," concluded Mr; Don--nelly,

"and In the future she will take

her rightful place in having a voice

in t'de affairs of which she is playing

so important a part:"

At the conclusion of Mr. Donnelly's

remarks other speeches were made in

Spanish after which the parade once

more formed and with the band lead

ing, marched through- North Clifton

and from there to Shannon Hill. The

day was concluded with two big

dances in the evening, one at' tae

Prlncess Theatre and one at the- At

hambra on Chase Creek.

Later in the evening at union head

quarters a large number of new mem

bers were taken into the ranks and It

is understood that the Labor- Forward

Movement has added to the unions of

the district something over 800 new;

members. It was stated by a- lead

ing union worker that there are now

but a -few workers of the district out

side or the union and that these would

soon eome to see the light and join the

brotherhood of' workers,

brotherhood of workers.Of this number

Clifton contributed 250, Morenci 45,

and Metcalf 145.

On Tuesday the big day was at Mo

renci where practically the same pro

gram was carried out and a great

many recruits were added to the union

roster. The three days' campaign

was concluded with Metcalf as the ob

jective point. The labor leaders of

the district feel that the movement

in this section was productive of a

great deal of good and that the cause

of labor was much- advanced by the

concerted action for new members.

Excursion to Lordsbur

An excursion train will be run to

Lordsburg on next Tuesday, May 30th,

Decoration Day, at which time it to

expected that a great many Clifton

people will avail themselves of the

opportunity of visiting the New Mexi

co town and taking in the sports pre

pared for that day. The train will

leave Clifton at 11 o'clock in the

morning and will leave Lordsburg at

9 o'clock in the evening. The fare

for the round trip will be $3.50. A

big day of sports has been arranged

among which will be a ball game, box

ing match and other attractions..

Tickets are now on sale at Riley's

Confectionery.