The copper era., 1902-07-17
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.

Zl ] receive at least eight dollars a day,
 and fl any extra money is 70 be paid ] out in salaries, the public will best be
 served by having 1t 20 in that direc-
 ton. A man should not be asked to
 serve tue public at wages which will . not meet the ordinary expenses during
 he period of such service. An Ari-
 zona legislator can not do justice to himself and his constituents on four I dollars a day. and has to go down in ! his own pocket. or into some other . fellows pocket. to come home Gnau- ciaIly whole. Beggarly pay i- always bid for incompetence, if not corrup- tion.
 \ cores spondent of the Prescott Courier calls attention to the change
 in the election laws a. follows: "From my reading Of the new law and such opinions a. l have heard and
 read, it seems cloar to me that the
 voters in the next following election if the law is not changed, must vote in l precincts where they have residences and where they are registered. I think it is good law. Would if not
 be good idea to call the attention of the people 10 this fact, especially as q radical change from former practices. Much might be said in favor of the change, but presume there will be no opposition. d. it i, so far a, l know only conforming to tho usagea in other states.
 The commissioner Of Indian affairs has appointed supervisor of Indian schools. r. N. Oous.r, special agent to inspect all Indian schools of the southwest and eliminate thcrefrom all pupils who have Mexican blood in their veins. Indians who have white blood are 10 remain. Mr. Con7cr has visited q few schools and the result has spread conetcrnation among the school employees. At Fort Lewis, where over 100 pupils were enrolled. all but IjO were sent home. At Cantoncment HUI liitlll llStlt bi lllt siDI DdN c been dropped IL is believed that the schools at Albuquerque and santa Fc will be almost closed, and Phoenix will lose several hundred. The Trux- ton canyon school will not be affected d. no pupils of Mexican blood are en- rolled and only two half breeds Mo have County Miner.
 A new party has been u,hercd into existence in Gila county, and q county ticket has already been nominated as follows: T. R. Barnett, council: Hcn- ry Vivian. assembly; Kenneth Clay ton. sheriff; Con Mccormack, probate judge; r. W. Rowland, recorder; $. P. Barber, treasurer; T. B. Parks, supervisor; !. T. w. Brown. super visor; r. $. Courow, justice peace. The object of the new party, as stated in tEeir platform, is the abolition of capitalism, and calls upon tho wage carncrs to support tho ticket in the following terse language: We there fore call upon the wage working class to rally to the support of the socialist party because it represents the inter- csts of their class, and to begin with their votes to organize their class for the abolition of capitalism aud cstab- lishment of the socialist industrial society, system of society in which the wage working class will collective , iy own and operate the machinery of production aud distribution, thus giving the producers full control of the products of their labOr.'
 Justice of the Peace Gilbert D. Ora y ! returned last week after holding in- quests over the remains of the two l MeXicans who were killed at Gila 1 Bend by Southern Pacific trains One, | from all appearances. had fallen asleep : under freight ear with his legs !. across the track. When an engine ! moved the car to make up its train. the 1 man was caught and rolled over and i over, one leg. being entirely cut off. 1 the other cut o0 at the ankle and one ] arm cut of above the elbow. He was found immediately after the accident, . but was dead. The train had rolled ! him about thirty feet. His roll of ! blankets was lying on the track be- |. tween the rails. The other Mexican ] fell from q work train, about five miles !. out from Gila Bend. An empty whisky bottle found on his person |. probably explains the cause of the ac- cidcnt. He was badly injured about !. the head. and was dead when first 1. found The name of the Mexican kill 1. ed in the yards could not be learned, l except that he was called Juan. The ] others name was Soquia LeOnidas.- Phoenix Enterprise.
 The artesian water question has | been determined in Santa Cruz valley. ! Yesterday Captain Fulton, the mana ! ger for General l.. II. Manning, struck l the fifth flow of water, this about . three quarters of mile up the valley . from the first well opened. The flow 1 was struck at twelve feet. A four and 1 ;s5--SssfS.sE. Ssssssssys:sssyess :yss.-sl:H 39