The copper era., 1902-04-24


largest in Northern Arizona, is grad
ly selling Off all its cattle and restoek-
ing its range with sheep.
a local company is being formed
which it is said will engage in the es.
tablishing Of an electric light and
cold storage plant in Tombstone with
in an early date.
a new Indian school Is TO ba erected
near Geronimo, on the San Carlos In
dian reservation. The buildings viii
cost s75, 900 and will accumulate POO
pupils.
Three days ago the oody OF newly
torn babe, the daughter Of Sarah Nor
relI, thirteen years old, was found
buried in sacant lot at Phoenix. To
-,hs ls girl ra ..qsE4sed, charged with
paroatage of the child ahd will be CON
fronted with charge of murder.
Geo. Bugbee, the well known South
crn Pacific railroad agent, once at
Bowie, then at Lordsburg and recent
ly at Benson, has been promoted to the
position Of travelling auditor OF the
Sonora branch OF the Southern Pacific
between Benson and Guaymas, Mexico.
The promotion Of Bugbec will be graf
flying to his many friends in Arizona.
J. Windmiller, formerly Indian tra-
der at San Carlos, was en- route to
Tucson last Thursday on business.
Mr.. Windmiller is now living at Glote
where he is interested ia mining. His
old partner, George Stratton, is now
in the mercantile business on the Az
+. railroad supplying the section
houses and providing laborers between
Albuquerque and Los Angeles
letin.
The Star says il is estimated that
over five thousand people OF Southern
Arizona will visit Los Angeles and
Pacific coast resorts during the coming
summer. This means that more than
Sl,2j0,00 will be distributed on the
Pacific coast by Southern Arizona
during tho next six months. This
conservative estimate ought 10 in
terest the Pacific coast people in Ari-
ZOna prosperity.
f. y. ljams left on Tuesday last for
Tucson and Los Angeles on telephone
business. For long time Mr.. Iiams
has been working to form company
to construct telephone line from
Tombst~-A'o 90 Stafford, by means OF
,.'ur Independent lines OF
the territory would be connected, then
to connect the Gila valley line with
Globe, which would give telephone
connection with all the principal towns
in the territory. This is the business
which has called MIR. Ijams to Califor-
mia. ia.-Prospcctor.
Tho latest tragedy to be enacted in
Tucson was the murder of Mollie Con
rad by gambler named Horace B.
Allen, who Immediately thereafter
committed suicide. The two had been
living together for sometime and ac-
cordinG To their friends had Of late
quarrcled frequently. Aliens chief
grievance was that the woman had
formed the ha abit of going out at night
without his knowledge and against his
wishes. Allen was about Is years old
and had been n gambler all his life.
He came to Arizona from Colorado,
where he had participated in many
bloody encounters and was badly scar
red from former wounds.
Pinal county is in better financial
coalition at present than it has been
for years. The Blade says when the
supervisors called on the treasurer
last week to count the county funds,
they found in the treasury over nine |
teen thousand dollars, 4 larger amount
than has been in the treasury in the |
month of April for many years past. !
This plethoric condition of the treasury
enabled the board to reduce the coun- /
tvs outstanding Indebtedness to such |
an extent at this weeks meeting of the |
board that they will be enabled to
wipe it out entirely at the July meeting
provided personal property taxes are
paid u" "-.----e-----'-- Is they have been
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