The copper era., 1902-07-31
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A- llilI, 4'inD D-i'Ac Gt'-S'i, c4'e al his home lust week.
 Police Officer Katzcn-tcin va, shot and killed at Tucson by Teodoro Elia-, The officer was unarmcG ac the time
 Suip- says that the Apache board oi supervisors have ra--cd resolution ordering all poker -ames 10 put up g gambling license.
 D. J. Jones, one of the best known mining men in Arizona, died in Los Angeles a few day ago. IT, "aS for mcrly connected with Tombstone mines.
 Mike Hickey. an old Tom5-toncr and widely known mining maG, has announced a- a candidate for -hcri1 of Yayapaf county. subject to the democratic nomination.
 The Prescott Journal-Miner saEz tnat rrau1 Brothers have over 69J men at wort, on the railroad grade between Mayer and Crowned King, and are still hustliug laborcrs.
 Tie fifth artc-ian well has been struck near Tucson. The last wcil flows 25D.ODO gallons a day. The five wells Aow .50), ,O0J gallons a day. The deepest of the wells l. only fourteen fcct.-Star.
 The local option people of Apache county are to try their luck soon in threa precincts of the coauty. It l. significant that wherever local option elections have been held ia Arizona tine local option people have won.
 Tomb-toncr. now fcIi certain that the Bisblc road wll build from IaIr- bank To Tombstone at once. Chief Engineer simmons and Manager Wal ter Dousla. visited Tombstone last Thursday To confer with the citizens for. rjght-of-way through the camp. The city council, it k reported, are willing to offer the road any reason able Inducements.
 \ telegram from Washington says that ''jhc war department has appro- priutcd 5l20000 for the re-e- tabii-h- men, of Fort Whipple, Arizona. The rehabilitation of the post, which was abandoned several ycar- ago, wa, be- gun last -priug, and some improve mont, were made and d small force wa- established there. This force will bc increased a- soon d. the pro- posed Improvements can he made. The department regards Whjpplc as the most hoal,hfuT and best situated of ail the army posts.
 [, i, said that the Ci'a Valley, Globe and Northern railway will make sweeping reductions in it's freight rate shortly, -o d. to satisfy the mining companies around Globe. The Old Dominion company ha~ been in excess ol s5oO. .ODo per auuum in freight rates, which fact has had much to do with the high cost of the old Dominion cop per. This reduction in rates will not only permit 'hc OId Dominion to work lower grade ores bat will permit of q larger profit upon the present produce ton. as it iS understood that the pro- posed reduction in rates will b. about our-third.
 N l.. Ca"ruth"r-, a pro-pector we'll known all over Ariloua met with a tragic death on the desert fifteen miles west ol Needles last month. (. A. Cotton knew of his departure, and not hoariu. from him became uneasy for his safety. and organized an expedition to search lor him. Tho trail was fol- lowed for fifteen mlle-. when the party camc upon the remains of the pros prctor scattered over an acre or moro. From the appearance of the remains it would appear that Carruthors was prostratcd by the heat, and while unable to defend himself, had been torn to pieces hy wild animals.
 The Board of Equalization is still in session, and continues 70 "raise" the dirclict tax payer. The Copper Queen company has been raised on merchan- disc, machinery. tools. etc, a total of Sla3, ,365.S2. which added to their re- turn Of S635.57I.34, makes tho total u-scssment of thal company, including the mines, SN2S 936.I6. Owing to the fact that shit k now pending on ap- poal whereby that company sues Co- chisc county, the Board has not deem cd it cNpcdjcut to take any action in regard to tho present valuations placed upon the mines by tho Copper Queen management -Prospector.
 \ Salt Lake, Utah, dispatch says: IL isn't every man that can carry tarantula around in his ear and live to brag about ij. Colonel II. l.. Pickett has just performed the feat, but il nearly used up the colonel. He has recently returned from his copper mines in Arizona. About month ago nc was taken with intense pains in one of his ears. The pain increased and became SO distressing that he could
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