Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-21
Brief News Items
Of the Town.


sends the following prediction for south
ern Arizona today Rain this afternoon
and tonight; cloudy Tuesday.
Suits were filed in the district court to-
iay as follows; Severin Rambard VS..
| .ouis Ochoa, to foreclose mortgage;
W. NJ. Roberts and Others vs.. Philip (
Schaaf, to quiet title.
Bob Paul is lying i'll at his home suf- |
fering with disease OF the kidneys. Mr..
Paul's host of friends hope for his re- ,
covery, and no fears are felt for the
worst.
The following homestead entries We're
made today at the United States land
office: Matu |. Raduvich of 81 acres in
Cochise county; John Gallan OF ld0
acres in Graham county.
The great interest shown in horseback
riding in Tucson this winter and brought
about the organization OF the riding
club and it is reported that a club
will take it's first ride this week and all
the saddle horses in the city will be
pressed into use.
Editor William Hattich, of the Tomb
stone Prospector, pleasantly remem-
bered the Citizen office by stopping yes
terday and visiting with us. Mr.. ha-
! ttieh was on his way to Phoenix to at
tend the meeting OF the Press Assoeia-
tion of the territory which meets in the
capitol city today.
! At the Congregational church yester-
| day the congregation was treated to ex-
ceptionally good singing which was fur
| nished by quartet composed OF Mrs.
| W. J. fitzpatrick, Miss Jessie Hughes,
| MIR. Herbert Tenny, and Mr.. Hoffmeis-
ter. Mrs. A. V. Grossetta was the or
ganist.
The Tucson gun club held shoot yes
terday which was participated in by a
number OF the members. The best
shooting was done - Dr. Purcell and
| y. c. Wilson. thr .,rmer securing q
out oi 25 and ga. tA't-. Is out OF 25
| Kirk Hart, D-uauy found at the head OF
the list, ieli by tie ayside and secured
only L. out ot %,
Articles of Incorporation were today
5iel T. c Cleveiand-Arizona copper
.1mpar., an organization which was
ted by A. J Shotwell, one of the
PES; known mining men in Arizona.
NJ aompany will develop and operate
the Ajo copper mines. The incorpora-
tors are A. J. Shotwell T. A. McCastin,
Charles w. Kelly, A. l.. Kalston, J. \,
Mack, J. d. Sackett, George l.. Ralston.
The capital stock is $1,000, 900 divided
into shares of the par value of $40. Aio
ia named as the principal place of bust
ness and Cleveland, Ohio as q branch
office.
! \. Orflia is president and attorney
for the bstract * Title Guarantee COM
pany, which was recently organized un-
der the laws of Arizona. W. c. Maddox
is the secretary. The company is also
agent for the Columbia Savings d Loan
association OF Denver, and has offices il
the Pearson block in Tucson. The new
company will engage in a general alb
stract business, and under the manage
ment of Mr.. Orfilia will no doubt do an
extensive business. 1t is company or
ganized by Mr. Orfilia and is credit tc
the city and Mr.. Orfilia's public spirit
and progressiveness.
Messrs. Donovan, Siggins and Bur.
CESS, who have a bond and lease on the
Golden Culver group, at Mineral Hill,
let contract to Mr.. Geo. Westfall, last
week, to extend tunnel No. =, on the
, Golden Culver mine, one hundred feet
: This tunnel lie now in over one hundred
feet, all the way on the vein and all in
ore. The Florence Blade says that they
also let a contract for sinking in the
4 shaft on the Silverado, one OF the claim.
belonging to the above group. Tier,
faFe four claims in the group and there
haa been about five hundred feet o
develOpment work executed ON then
and it is'an in ore except about fifty
feet done 0utaide of the veins. The
property belongs 10 the editor OF tht
Blade and E d. Bouviolle.
Pima county was wen taken care o.
by the democrats in organizing the legis
'llative bodies in Phoenix this morning
sol. Drachman, son of s. III. Drachman
otTucson, was given the best position In
'h' assembly, that of chief engrossing
: anu enrolling clerk, Mrs. Lottie Hol-
oroof OF Tucson received lucrative ap-
polhtmt"t, and a clerkship fell to Miss
lApscum, a niece OF Nose Drachman
who recently came to Tucson from the
east, and Ed. Oxindell captured plum.
Al. Bernard, wIe was a candidate for
speaker of the aAeemby, was defeated
by Captain Parker { Phoenix and Eu-
gene :. Ives was cho4 zen president OF the
council. 1t is said I'll It there were over
three hundred candidl ties for the differ
ent positions, which Fmeans that Phoe-
NIX Is full OF sore pie hunters today.
But as they are all democrats they are
accustomed to disappointment and they
VIII soon recover. The Citizen is
pleased to note the recognition Pima