The copper era., 1901-07-11


the contract for wood at Grant for this
wear at $500 per cord, which is the
best price obtained for many years.
VIM. Whalley is now proprietor OF
the Globe Telephone line, he having
bought the interest OF d. S. Heron for
a consideration OF sl75O. The line is
gradually being improved and ex-
tended.
The big new mill of the exposed
Reef Co. in the Huachucas was started
up last week and reports state most
satisfactory run was made. The capa-
city OF the mill is 100 tons daily and Is
to be kept constantly in operation.
A man by the name OF Davis is put
ting in new pump at Yucca this week
wnic;I-a III be operated by compressed
air. II the experiment is successful it
will be used on other wells owned by
the railroad company along the line of
the Santa Fe.-Kingman Arrow.
A dispatch from Guaymas, Mexico,
TO Phoenix announces the forging in
kat city OF checks TO the-amount OF
= e3,6tU by J. NJ. Shinn, who represented
himself to be "A retired United States
army major. Shinn is wanted in Phoe-
nix and Tucson for several like charg-
es, as well as at Los Angeles, California.
Sheriff johnson OF Coconino county
made an important capture at Pima
Springs. The prisoners name is Al
bert Mcclure, ali5 Burt Morgan, and
there are seven indictments against
him in Utah for horse and cattle steal
ing. After he broke jail in San Juan
$3.50 reward for his apprehension was
offered.
Pinal Mountain Water company,
Globe, haye found it necessary to sub
stitutc heavy iron pipe for the light
pipe which has failed to meet require
ments. The water company has
brought sufficient four-inch, heavy
pipe TO restruct their line from the
we'll south OF town to the reservoir. 1t
will cost upwards Of 5000.
}. II. Norton & Co. delivered 1000
head Of cattle which they sold to Mil
Ter & Lux of San Francisco. The cat
tlo are in good condition and most of
them rolling fat. There are plenty
more left in these parts fully As good
and buyers who want good cattle should
investigate before purchasing else
whcro.-Range News.
Bisbee is at present the dirtiest
..,'!.5! /. S1!vrH9 - Arizona. The business
portion is filthy in the extreme. Tho
gulches and back yards present an un-
slightly appearance and the odor aris-
ing from the decaying garbage perme
ates the atmosphere, and is enough to
drive almost any ono to the sea shore
or some other placc.-Iteview.
Some good reports reached Tomb
stone of the striking OF rich copper ore
at the Swain, Wiser and Cox proper
ties in the Dragons near the Copper
Crown and Middlemarch vicinity. |
Verify the copper developments OF the
Dragons will show some of the big |
copper producers OF the west. pevel-
opment and capital alone are needed to
demonstrate same.
a story is going the rounds of a man |
who came to Tombstone several years |
ago, lived there until the camp went
down, and then moved on to Tucson,
Florence, Phoenix, Yuma, San Ber-
nardino and finally landed in Fresno,
California, whore he died and went to
hell. But the change in temperature
was so gradual that he never noticed
it.-Florcnce Tribune.
The machinery for the plant Of tho
Arizona Clay Manufacturing company
is expected Mt Benson daily. The
structural iron is already on the ground
and sidetracks have been built to the
proposed site. The plant is expected
To he in operation in time to make the
brick for the Reform school to be
erected at Benson this year, for which
500, 900 bricks are required.
Globe is soon to be electrically
lighted, the generators to be placed on
salt River, twenty miles away. Globe
is not the only town in Arizona that
will in future be lighted by power gen.
Grated by the rivers of the territory,
As there are many streams capable of
furnishing unlimited power near
several large towns, which power
will soon be utilized. .-Kingmsn Miner.
Southern Arizona, since the census
of last year, has almost doubled in pop
ulation and northern Arizona is grow
ing equally as fast. II we are admitted
to statehood ii is our belief that the
territory will double in wealth and
population within two years. State
hood would give stimulous to our in
fant mining industries that would be
felt all over the territory.
Miner.
On Thursday definite steps were TAX
en- toward the securing OF chemical
fire engine for Bisbee. a committee
was appointed TO investigate the ad-
yantages of the several kinds of these
engines and given full power to order.
1t is now thought that in six weeks
time we will see fifty or sixty gallon
chemical engine installed as a part of |
the paraphernalia of the Bisbee fire de-
Observation-Disclosures.
The jury in the case OF the Territory
VS.. F. B. Miller, charged with COM