Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-07
ARIZONA
News, Views and
Gossip.

/ Q. T. Cotey, was up from the May.
/ flower this week, and reports that the
new people, who are In charge of the
development work on the property OF
the MayfOwer company, are preparing
to go to work on a somewhat extensive
scale. They have force of men al
work building a good wagon road from
Guthrie into the camp and arc timber
| ing two shafts on the mine, and will
soon put on a force to develop the
property. Mr.. Cotey states that there
are q large number of people in the
district, and that Messrs Cotey. Roach
and Ashton are preparing to open their
properties In good shape The May
the front.-Copper Era.
Geo. Kislingbury and o. D. NJ. Cad
dis have gone out to make an exami-
nation of the mines of the Union Pass
country. We understand that IL Mr.
Kislinbury's report is favorable the
mines will be taken over by Senator'S
Jones. of Nevada, and Pettigrew OF
Dakota. The mines are immense de-
posits of ore. located about six miles
from the Colorado river. the value of
which runs In golu. These mines can
be worked cheaply and by the cyanide
process -Mohave County Miner.
Judge Street yesterday sentenced
John Rubenstein to the penitentiary
for life. The jury which convicted him
had already done that. but 1t was nee
,.ft : 1,
court should be passed upon him. The
only defense offered in the case of
Rubenstein was that he was insane.
everybody who knew him agreed that
he was not right" and many thought
that he was irresponsible and that he
had been so for many years. The trial
OF Juan Flores for murder was begun.
Flores Is young faqui who killed
another man of his race at settle
ment seven miles south OF Tempe last
summer. The tragedy was an incident
OF a drunken dcbauch and the facts so
far have never been brought out--Re-
publican.
The Normal School is ever looking
toward advancement and improvement
ne loIfSt tNlbttlNf vi Lilih ldtt ib tIc
addition to their military accourtre-
ments of those handsome new swords
a bugle and company flag, The com
pany's drilling has improved until
now their manuevers are executed
with the precision of clockwork. They
are already the passcssors of hand
some trophy, silver cup. in attesta
tion OF their excellent training. plac-
ing them as leaders in the art OF drill
ing throughout the Territory. The
company has also purchased an en-
tire set of signal flags. Captain Irish
is forming a signal corps and the boys
will receive thorough course OF in
structIOn in this method Of telegraphy
The Railways throughout the school
building have been refitted and bright
ened with new mating. Republican.
Superintendent G. G. Sroufe of the
Tucson division of the Southern Pa
cilic, in an interview at FL Paso on the
subject of statehood for Arizona.
said The Southern Pacific will not
interfere with what the people want.
AS company we will not take any
part in the movement. The interest
Of the people are identical to ours.
and anything that will be to their be-
neht is certain TO increase the business
of the road in a corresponding degree.
The Territorial Convention .eld In
Phoenix a few days ago was one of the
most enthusiastic meetings ever he.-
In any part of the Territory. The two
great political parties were equally
represented and spirit of harmony
and unity of purpose prevailed through
out that augurs well for the result of
this movement to be admitted to the
union. The reasons why Arizona
should be a state are numerous. which
are best told by saying that there Is
not a single reason why admittance
should be denied We have the popu-
lation, the resources. and the wealth.
When one stops to think that there are
now states in the union that are not
one half as important. commercially
it is difficult to understand why we
should he a territory any longer than
it will take congress to pass an act
enabling us to come into the union.