The copper era., 1902-08-07
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.

.I l-. ed attorney general Of Arizona.
 4 new Masonic temple i- 10 be erect ed al Prescott, along side of the Pre-- c,tt Natioua. Bank.
 ". II. Clark of Ho.broa. La- ship pod oyer l0o,o0o pounds or wool within the last two weeks to Boston wool buy CTS.
 The famous old Bull Whacker mine near Prescott wa sold few days ago by Henry E. Clifford to the Invest m.nt Banking company Of Columbus, Ohio.
 \ propo-itioG has been presented to the Nogalc- town council for adoption Of an ordinance prohibiting women in saloons. and quite a strong pressure made for immediate action.
 T. i- ,timaIcd tat fully one thou-- and pleasure seekers have gone from Phoenix this season to the coast. A conservative estimate of what each one wilI -pcnd i- $2Go. or a total Of $2Oo,OOO
 The Tombstone water works were badly crippled tbi- week by the unPre- ccdcutcd high waters in the San Pedro. The pipe line and also the telephone line to .hc reservoir were severed in the storm.
 It i. reported that Col. II. C. Hooker and r. B. Hooker will gather and ship
 L.f sg. f T iroruia and gHit the cattle business. The colourl will hold his Hot springs place however, Douglas lntcrnalion- al.
 Gov. A. c. Brodio ha- appointed [. N. Chri-ty of Phoenix, territorial treasurer and he will also inau@ura'c the policy of keeping the territorial funds on deposit in different banks and not allowing ouc bank to keep the whole amount in it~ vaults.
 Judge A. S. Humphreys, who i- we'll known in Arizona, has resigned his position as circuit judge of the ter ritory of Hawaii. Judge Humphreys ! wa+ formerly a resident of this terri . tory ana member Of the Phoenix !. bar. He has been mentioned as possible candidate for IIawaii's dele gate to Congress.
 George IT, Gallagher Of the firm of FiGcld ,I Gallagher returned To Phoe , nix from Congress, where he closed a contract with the mining company . recently for the erection of buildings . whicE will cost S2O, ,OO0. One will be ! d store building, loo&io feet, two 1 stories and a ba-cmcut. The other i will hc an office structure. q part of l which. 32v32 feet, will be two stories and an equal area one story. They ! will be built of Phoenix brick. Work . Ina, begun 0n the contract.
 Articles of incorporation of the Bis | bee M;ucr Publishing company have . been filed in the recorders office at Tombstone. !. C. Pritchard, cN-post- ! ma,tcr of Bi~bcc, i- the president Of ] the company; II. Schmcidinf is sccrc- tlt.v aud treasurer and ". \. Nash k To be the editor and maragcr. It k learned that the new paper will he called the Miner and will he published a- a daily afternoon paper Mr. Nash i- an old time newspaper man in Ari- 2ona. and will mako an interesting n,wpaprr
 Ii i- likely that this Territory will be well represented al 'hc meeting of the sub committee of the Senate Com mittcc on Territories. which will he held in Lp, Angeles some time this sumner The Statehood Committee Of the Board of Trade wrote to the leading citizens Of tho territory a- soon d. ij wa~ learned that Senator Bard intended to secure a meeting of the uh.committco. Replies have boon received from mos, of those to whom the letters had been addressed and the writers signify their wiling nc-~ to attend the meeting or do any thing they can to forward the state hood movemoui-RrpuhliCan.
 In reference to the Irrigation law, it i> well enough to look at the matter seriously and withou, jumping to the conclusion that because a bill has 1 passed we havc nothing more to do. 1 lt k true that since the arid lands . wore withdrawn from settlement two wears ago about S6.OO0 600 has accu- mulatcd that will he available. It is also true that the san Carlos being one of the smallest reservoirs and the need of it k most urgent, it will prob ably be one ot the first to receive the . benefit ut lhc ucw law, and We may expect that preliminary operations . will be commenced within year, but . a work of such magnitude will uccc>- . sarily require considerable time even l to collect materials and to perfect 'hc ] machinery. A period of five years 1 would not be more than enough to get | the work fairly well under way 1 Blade.