The copper era., 1901-03-14

arc four thousand more men tha
women in Arizona. Old maids Of Ne'
England, come west and help reduc
the surplus.
Percy Williams, the genial proprie
tor OF the Williams house, at Maricop;
station, is the oldest postmaster il
Arizona 10 point OF service. He ha
been postmaster at Mlricopa FOR fif
teen years.
oil is repOrteSfn the Lynch district
Yayapai county, and the Cherry Creel
. s'-''ra11rm count. No.
have been put down. but experts say
that there is every Indication OF oil il
each Of these districts.
Billy Stiles, notorious for his alleged
connection with the Southern Pacific
train robberies, is at the head OF a big
posse rounding up Il band OF cattle
thieves near Casa Grandc. Two rus
tiers were caught yesterday
Francisco Garcia, who was sentenced
from Yavapai county to 5c hung for
the murder Of fellow miner at the
Model mine, in that county and appeal
ed to the supreme court, must hang, "a
that body has refused to interfere.
Richard Luz ,rus Gardener, a maniac.
who has been dong his best 10 as-inate
every person in Phoenix caught in the
ACT Of whisiling "Goo2oo Eyes" and
other popular melodies, stood oil the
whole police force for hours. when
they went to arrest him. He was
finally ovcrpowered and locked up.
The recent Jail delivery at Flagstaff.
in which five desperate prisoners e.
capped, has been previously referred 10
in this paper but the manner OF the cs-
cap. was not then known. 1t il now
asccrtaincd that when the jailer enter
ed the Jail al p. m To feed the pris-
uners, he was attacked and overpower-
Ave Of the men escaped.
The members Of the Congressional
church are in good spirits over having
cleared the church Of all debt. Re
Gently "A check for SlO15 arrived from
Now York, which was further increas-
ed by $40 donated by the Ladies' Aux
Hilary, the totol of which will cancel
the debt. Plans arc now under way
To make Sunday school room in the
bascmcnt.-Icromc Reporter.
ID. y. LcBaron is establishing Il new
apiary about four miles east Of Flor
cncc and expects to have about one
hundred stand ot bees there soon. He
has one hundred and twenty-five stand
ut his apidry west of Florence, and
will have large output of honey
this season. The honey produced in
the valley is conceded by experts to be
the finest produced in America. .-Flor-
Cncc BLADE.
There appears To bc Il boom in home
Stealing lands to the south aud east of
Tucson, several sections having been
filed upon with view To extending
the south and eastern Tucson additions
to those points. Should artcsian water
be developed in this basin these lands
will command high price, not 81
much, however, for building a. for
gardening and horticultural purposes,
especially grapes, which are Il success
in this bdsiu.-Star.
John Morehcad, the son of the
county treasurer, left Globe last week
for south Arizona near Benson tn ac-
cspt clerical appointment with
Phelps, Dodge II company in the con-
s'ruction of the railroad into FL P;iso.
The young man is one of the most
popular boys in Gila c,uuty and de-
servedly 81. That company is for
tunatc in his selection. His wife ac
companicd him, a bright and queenly
lady. They are fine pair.
The Tucson Citizen SAYS George
X hlrr has returned from trip to
Yuma and the AlSodoueS grant which
will b. thrown open to settlement on
March 18th. Mr.. X phler says that the
settlers of the Algodones grant have
already begun to prepare their land for
permanent cultivation since there will
be no question of absolute title falling
into their hands. He says that large
tracts OF the laud have been settled
upon aud cultivated. He believes
there Is great future for that country.
There is wealth in the mineral
capped hills Of Arizona. What, in
deed, must there be in her rich val
leys. The sun shines upon no richer
land than that which lies ;,lon- and
aljaceut TO the Gila, Salt and Colorado
rivers. Valleys, bottoms. foothills.
table lands and me>as await in their
virgin richness but the touch of the
farmer, the horticuturisl and the vine
grower to produce results that exceed
in splendur the widest dream of the
most sanguine.-Yuma Sentinel.
The bills for this maintenance Of the
educational Institutions have all been
pissed aud signed by the governor.
They are much more liberal than those
of previous years have been. ESpec-
tally is this true Of bill authorizing Il
bond issue of $4,000 for the construc-
tion Of new building at the university
aud authorized a tax levy of /! cents To
pay the interest At the end OF ten
years a sinking fund i 10 be establish
ed for the redemption Of the bonds. 1t
h Is been pointed out that the amount
o. money collected by the levy will in
t1e course OF twenty years amount to
more than $4,000, no part of which