Arizona republican., 1899-01-09

tON caught IL Ol Iu6 dua HneH NO. went around for his stick he had nC
 more wood than a rabbit.
 THE RAY MINE.-Jm Francis. g lprospector who has spent some time in the vicinity of the Ray mine, says that
 there is considerable life in that local ity just now. A new diamond drill ha:
 bsen placed in the mine and twenty
 five men are employed Their prfnct-
 pal work now is prospecting for large
 body of ore so as to justify an outlay for extensive machinery. He speaks of
 the property as being one of the most
 promising in the territory. There is a great blowout of copper on the sur face, which Is of high grade sulphuret
 ore, but he thinks it will be necessary
 to go deep for the main ledge.
 NEW COUNTY OFFICERS. There is not much of a. a6change in the person.
 nel of the court house at Solomonville
 as a result of the recent county elec- ltion The new officers who took their
 seats last week are Ben R. Clark, sher- if; William R. Waddd, supervisor. B.
 B. Adams, treasurer; Pedro Michelena.
 recorder, and William A. Moody, pro
 bate judge. are to be found at
 their accustomed places, doing business
 as before. At present Wiley E. Jones,
 district attorney-elect, is represented
 by his deputy, c. L. Rawlins. s. T.
 McClintock is the new under sheriff,
 and Vicente Suarez and a brother of
 Ben Clark are the new jailors.
 JUMPING CLAIMS. -Tke p-sses sors of unpatented mining claims are required to do a certain amount Of asSocsent work each year to be com pleted by +Fe first of the new year. Prospectors aroe returning to the valley from the mountains, where they have been engaged in tl 2 work fo- some time, and there are others who have not compiled with the manI"te of Uncle. Sam. As consequence a gre8L many claims are being jumped this year If a claim is worth possessing it should be worth the amount required fer se- curing a patent from the government, although a great many new claims can not be patented for Cne reason that $500 worth of work has not been done on the claim, and this the government requires. The Mexican mining laws are infinitely better than Gilcsa of the United States in this respect. Miners owning claims in that country receive title to them and pay $10 year to the' government for each "pe:tinen1ia" owned by him. He holds his property from one year to the ether by simply paying his taxes and claim jumping is unknown there.
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. To night will occur the annual election of officers of the fire department ana there is considerable interest in ,he outcome shown by members of ti- dcpar1ment. There will be a depar,u-e from the usual method of cleo ing officers which I.-- rf.o -Esf1 f101 the companies voting through d. -eg 1te5 chosen by them. There are 103 mem bers of the department, ard it is eX- pected that an almost full vote will be cast owing to the inteTeso in th5 elec- ton and the number Of candidates which have appeared. Tom M0lloy and | Bob F'romm are candidates for chief, : and for vice-presideIlt there gre s0 two candidates, F. Gonzales and George Kirkland. A s. Arthur wants to be secretary. Alex Renstein and Charlss are aspir3nts for tEe office of treasurer and there are three candi- dates fer janitor. They are William Simons, James Logan and Theo Olea.
 JOHN LYONS DEATH. MT. John Lyons of Everest. Kan, died in this city yesterday after lingering illness. Mir. Lyons came to Phoenix two years ago and engaged in mining. He was the owner of the famous Dead Dog mine in Yuma county, which he op- 9rated for some time, returning to his home in Kansas last spring. He ar rived in Phoenix last fall and since that time has been in the valley, but his friends saw but little of him, as h's health was so poor that he could not appear on the streets. The remains will be taken to Everest by MT. Harry Huber. who came here With Mir. Lyons md was most faithful companion turing his long illness. At ? o'clock ,n Tuesday services will be held at the Bradley undertaking rooms fer the ben lift of the many friends of MT. Lyons Il the valley, who will be given an op- 1ortunilty to pay a last tribute to their lead friend. MT. Lyons was 43 years )f age. He was married and leaves cur children. At Ever5st he was pres dent of a bank and was also engaged n the hardware business. He was pleasant man, a congenial companion md he made many strong friendships turing his residence in Arizona.
 MADE A RECORD. Judge F. NJ. Doe of Flagstaff arrived last night to pend several days in the city. Judge Doe has just returned from several
  vent to secure a right-of-way for the Saginaw & Southern railroad through ( he forest reserve in northern Arizona. Work on the road has alr5ady begun md it will now be continued on from ] Williams into the pinery and even ually terminate at Jerome. T was ( fortunate" said Judge Doe to a reporter for The Republican. My matter was taken up immediately nd in ten days the concession was granted by the government to the oad. This is a record which 1 am proud of" Judge Doe also visited the ecretary Of the interior in the interest f the sheepmen of northern Arizona, f nd was successful in obtaining some notifications Of recent rul- ngs made which would be disastrous o the sheepmen were they carried into fleet.