The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-07-18

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Old Joe Guerena, as predicted in ouI
account OF last Fridays shooting scrape
died OF wounds received on that occa-
sion. He died at the hospital on Fri
day afternoon at . o'block. Old Joe
was well thought Of among all classes
and was the victim Of dirty vendetta
among other parties. He met the fate
Of the peacemaker. Whoever contrib
uted TO his untimcly end should be
sternly dealt with, and receive the ful
penalty OF the Iaw.-Globe Times.
The furniture Of the Kingman In
dian school has been shipped to Hack
berry and when the blackberry institu-
tion is again opened it will be as a
boarding school There are several
hundred Indian children in the Walla-
pal tribe OF school age and the egreater
.rumber OF these will be sent 10 school
the coming term. 1t is proposed that
the children be isolated from the older
members Of the tribe that they may be
restrained from the aboriginal ways
and tend TO make them in the years TO
come citizens OF the country.
man Miner.
The Board of Equalization are busy
at work on tho assessment rolls. They
are making considerable proposed
raises and thus far contemplate over
Sl00, 900 increase on assessments OF in
dividual taxpayers while some sur
prisos are In store for the larger cor
porations. The board IS evidently fol-
lowing the lead Of Yavapai county,
who assessed the United Verde at &c.
600, 900 and other big mines OF the
county in proportion. The contem-
plated raise Of the Copper Queen is in
the neigh borhood of s3,000,000 and
other larger companies also receive de-
cidcd raises, the official figure OF which
will be known when the regular nOtifi-
cation is sent out.
Drilling the earth on the MOhaye
desert in search OF petroleum has re-
suited in the development of supply
Of artcsian water which will doubtless
prove to be more valuable than oil.
The discovery has been made near
Victor, Il mining town located in the
heart Of the desert, on the Cotton.
Barstow branch of tho Santa Fe sys-
tenn, mid way between those two places.
Three wells have struck strong ar
tesian flow of water within the past
week All OF them are represented to
be gushcrs. The last of the three
penetrated the water belt at a depth OF
1S5 feet and it is yielding a steady
stream of 2l5 miners inches. 1t
emerges from the earth with such
force that up to the present time the
owners have failed to cap the pipe, and
the flow is consequently unrestrained.
TX.
Regarding the body OF man which
was found in Mescal gulch, II few days
ago, the Jerome Reporter says the
man was lying on his back in the mid
die OF the gulch. He had cleared the
rock from under him and placed rock
under his head. There were no marks
of violence on the body. He was a
man between 81 to 10 years of age,
nearly six feet tall, sandy complexion,
and had about months growth of
beard on his face; wore canvas coat
and vest, with blue lining; blue over
alls and hob-nail shoes. In his pockets
were found a silver watch, small
purse containing three five-dollar pieces
and 81 05 in silver; knife, lead pencil
and some matches. In his coat pocket
was found Los Angeles Times OF April
II, 1901. From the date OF the paper,
and the condition of the body the man
must have been dead nearly two months.
While here Judge Abram 5. Hum
phreycs illustrated his natural gener-
osity and kindness OF heart by deciding
to pay the expense Of educating two
worthy but poor girls, namely, Miss
Rosa Miller and Miss Mary Wills. He
will send Miss Wills to the Territorial
Normal, at Tempe, and before leaving
gave her $50 to meet the expense of pre-
limiriary preparations and left funds
with Mrs. c. ID. Reppy to cover the
cost OF board, clothing, books, incident
al, etc. for the entire three years
Rosa will 30 to the Sister
School in Los Angeles and remain
there till she graduates. This will be
pleasant as she will be near her father,
who is in the soldiers home at Santa
Judge Humphreys was
prompted to these acts of generous
kindness by the remembrance OF the
courteous treatment he received from
these people while he was a resident of
Florence. He is 70 be commended