Bisbee daily review., 1903-05-22
IN THE MINING FIELD
Operations of Interest Throughout the County of COChise, Arizona
and Sonora

at Douglas and the Cananea road at Naco. A good smelting plant at Ben son would be admiralty located to draw ores from Mexico. The Dragoon mountains also would supply much ore for reduction at Benson and the new field which will be made tributary to this place when the Phoenix & East ern is completed will be an important smelter at this point.
 met the Hon. Steve Roemer, of this place, as l was leaving Benson this morning at o'clock. He was dressed in overhalls and jumper and was receiving and delivering Wells Fargo express at the train. Mir. Roe mer is looked upon in Benson as the towns principal benefactor. The town has MT. Roemer to thank for the new territorial reform or industrial school, erected on a beautiful site in the suburbs of Benson last year and which promises to become an impor- tant territorial institution. He has twice represented Cochise county in the legislature and each time distin- guished himself as a worthy member and unceasing worker for the welfare Of his immediate constituency. He proposed the new institution during his first legislative term and while he failed to convince all that such a school was necessary at that time he succeeded in getting the necessary ap- propriation to erect the handsome building which was completed last year. At the last session he secured another appropriation for the new in stitution which is to be used in equip ping and supplying it with furniture and corps of managers and teachers. It will be school where the incorri- gible youth of the territory may be sent with the assurance that he will be controlled and given an opportunity to secure an education and industrial training as well. It is now expected that the school will be ready to begin it's career in September next. The board of regents now iD charge of this school is composed of A. H. Emmanu- el, of Tombstone; Ben Heney, the Fair banks merchant and Ex-Mayor Henry Buchanan, of Tucson. The board has held several meetings recently for the purpose of pushing the necessary ar engagements for the opening of the school in the fall. But returning to Mir. Roener He has lived in Benson for dozen years, during which time he has been the agent of the Wells Fargo express company. During all this time he has been foremost in pro- noting and encouraging every proPo- sition which promised to benefit his town; at all the social events he is conspicuous, although batchelor and baldheaded; in politics he is a demo- crat. in religion he is a mugwump. in the legislature two years ago it is told of him that he pawned all his jewelry for money with which to keep the boys in a good humor while his reform school building measure was pending; this illustrates the character Of the man and the broad streak Of de.ermi- nation to be found in his makeup. Certainly Cochise county never had a more efficient representative in the lgislature than Steve Roemer and the people of Benson may be depended upon to insist on his going to Phoenix again two years hence, and no one need be surprised if his friends should insist on honoring him by an election to represent Arizona in the next na~ tional democratic convention.
 Editor Shardin, of the Benson Press, is yet wearing whole hide, not"lth-