The copper era., 1901-05-23
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.
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Tucson and Nogales will soon be con nected by telephone.
 The Citizens of Chloride, MohavC county, propose to raise 5000 for theii 4th of July celebration.
 Yavapai county furnishes eighteen out of twenty-one prisoners serving life sentence in the Yuma penitentiary
 The million gallon oil tank east oi the shops is undergoing test prior tc the reception Of POO car loads of oil now en route to this point from California It will take a month to fill the tank Tucson Star.
 Governor Murphy has appointed the commissioners to the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition as follows; First district, Judge w. H. Barnes, Tucson; second district, Charles F.. Taylor, Globe; third district, A. E. Dalton, Phoenix; fourth district, w. C. Bash ford, Prescott.
 The Angora Goat ranch, started at Oracle last spring, Is a great success. The company started in last spring with 210 "Nannie" goats and now they have over five hundred "kids" which are in active demand in the Tucson market at $2.50 per head. It is evident from this that the goat business will yield far more profit on the amount invested than will the cattle business.-FlOrence Blade.
 Down on the Colorado river, near Fort Mohave, surveyors have been at work surveying a tract of land com prising 5000 acres, upon which 1t Is proposed to pump water for irrigating purposes. A colony is to be established on these lands and the various branches of agriculture carried on. The lands are very rich and are capable of sup porting a dense population. .--Kingman Miner.
 Governor Murphy has issued pro clamation offering reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the mur- derer or murderers of Constable Will liam Alexander at Yuma. It will be lHdb LhlcAdUuciY NIO lSlu just been convicted of the murder of Mrs. J. J. Burns, and had been sen fenced to the territorial prison for life. was being taken from the court house to the penitentiary on foot, when he was fired upon from ambush and shot, dying within few hours.
 On Saturday last George Law, the proprietor of the Corn Exchange sa- loon mysteriously disappeared and has not been heard of since. It is generally believed that he skipped" but his reason for doing so cannot be under stood for his debts were neither large nor pressing. The last seen of him was on Friday night when he com plained Of not feeling well and started for bed. As he has had several attacks, recently, of heart trouble, it was feared for time that he had suddenly died, but as no trace could be found of the Guardian.
 At the territorial grand lodge of hulR ubo Ol tuibcs iClu lii AAOo'' istS U week, the following officers were elect ed for the fiscal year: Harry Drach- man, Tucson, P. G. C.; Jos. P. billion, Prescott, G. C.; A. Wentworth, Tomb stone, G. V. C.; c. NJ. Funston, Flag staff, G. NJ. E.; J. C. Evans. Globe, G.. NJ. A.; Abe Gold baum, Tucson, G. l. G. i; F.. w. Beitzel, Congess, G. O. G.; Judge Webster Street, Phoenix, G. k. i; Williams, Coconino county, was select ed as the place for holding the next 1902. The Supreme lodge will convene in San Francisco, August, 1902.
 A party of United States engineers, in charge of H. G. Heisler, passed through Florence on their way to the Tonto Basin, where they will begin the work of sounding for bed rock in the box canon of Salt river It is said the dam when built, will create the largest artificial reservoir in the world [, with the single exception of the great lake of the Nile, in Africa. The res eryoir site covers eighteen square miles, and will get the drainage from 5000 square miles. The reservoir will be 200 feet at its greatest depth, and will, according to expert figures, hold enough water to keep under irrigation 100000 cultivated acres below it, be- sides enough to reclaim POO, 900 acres more of desert land. Besides its value in irrigation, the promoters of the great enterprise expect to get enough electrical power to aid in the operation of the mines at Globe, and in fact all mines within radius of fifty miles. The estimated cost is g, 5O0, ,0O0. Flor ence Tribune.
 Mir. ]. w. Baxter. of North Brook, N. C., says he suffered with piles for fifteen years. He tried many remedies with no results until he used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and that quickly cured him.-J. & A. Smith.
 Fought for His Life.
 "My father and sister both died oi ConsumptiOnn writes J Y Weather.