Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-25
Brief News Items
Of the Town.

At 3 O'Clock this afternoon trains
and 10 were reported on time,
The Democrats of the city will hold
a mass meeting in the city hall at 4 30
tomorrow evening to select candidates
for the coming election of councilmen.
A force OF u s. geological survey
ors are at work in the Bisbee section
and will make report OF a district
which will include much OF the south
eastern section of the country.
Mrs. Crankshaw gave masquerade
at the Natatorium Saturday night
There we're about 100 guests present
and some of the finest costumes ever
seen in Tucson. Prof. Frank Fuller
and Prof. Ernest Lange furnished the
music.
The Tucson division of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers took
charge of Engineer a.. B. Sanders who
was recently taken quite Ill. He was
sent TO st. Marys hospital and when
sufficiently improved. sent to his home
in Covington. Ky. The local lodge
bore all expenses.
The Republicans held convention
in the city hall on Saturday evening to
nominate candidates for councilmen
to be voted for at the coming election.
Mayor Schumacher presided and there
was a fair attendance only at the
meeting. VIM. Reid. for councilman
| at-large. George Schofeid. for the lst
Ward. and o. N. Anderson of the End
Ward were nominated by acclamation.
After short speeches by each of the
nominees, the meeting adjourned
The crack shots of the Bsbee Gun
Club stopped here yesterday enroute
to Phoenix where the annual shoot OF
the Arizona Gun Club begins today.
In the party were F. Nj. Jones and
wife. w. NJ. Adamson, SEQ, Whaley
and wife, Joe Beebe and wife, Tony
Downs and wife, j. w Whaley and
Miss Bernard Yesterday afternoon
they engaged in friendly contest with
the Blue Rock club of this city on
their range about a mile north of town.
The party left last night for Phoenix
accompanied by X. l.. Hart, DIR. w. B.
Purcell, Charles Weber and Fred Ron
stadt OF this city, the crack shots of
the Blue Rock Club.
The Elks will hold an initiation and
celebration In their club rooms this
evening Three delegations are here from
Tombstone. Bisbee and Nogales to take
part. They are making things lively
In town today. The irresistible Skinny
Johnson is VITA the Bisbee delegation
which is quarlered at the Windsor.
In the Bisbee delegation are, w. K.
Swan, c. F. Nichols, f. T. Murphy,
John A. Tate, and G. w. Sweetland.
Those who came from Nogales are, T.
F. Kiel. f. l.. Doan Geo. B. Maish, l..
J. Turner, Robt. H. Reinhold, NJ. NJ.
Conn. M. G. Van Freese, o. o. Sax
hung, l.. B. Schwab and J. c. Gates.
Part of the Nogales delegation is
quartered at the Orndorff. The Tomb
stone delegation includes. II. A. Pierce,
A. Wentworth and w. A. O'Conner.
]. s. IIurste of Eogales is in the city
on business connected with the Pena
Blanca mine Of which he Is manager.
This mine is located II miles east of
Nogales and has been steady produ-
GER for the past three years. 1t is q
lead proposition and thirty eight car
loads of ore have been shipped from
the mine to Eel Paso since 1t was open
ed. Mr.. Hurste just shipped car of
ore from Calabasas. the nearest station
to the mine on the Nogales road The
company at present operating the mine
recently purchased 1t. They eontem-
plate the erection of 25-ton jacket,
about Jan. 1st The mine Is on the
American side of the line The ore
runs 62 per cent lead IA ounces in sill
yer and 81 in gold. AS there Is a large
body OF this ore, the mine promises to
be steady producer and money maker