The copper era., 1904-02-04
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

The cattlemcn says there are over 3O.OOO head of steers on pasture m Salt river valley, and there are l2,o)O dairy COWS in Use in the valley.
 Col. Kosterlitzki, Of the Mexican
 rurales, says he is positive that Alvord and Stiles are not in Sonora, and he further says that they have not been in Cananea since they escaped from the Tombstone jail.
 The artiefes of-fucorporation of the Arizona Southern Railroad company have been filed in the recorders oihce at Tombstone. The company intends to build branch road from Red Rock on the Southern Pacific, to the Im- perial Copper company's properties, a distance Of twenty-one miles south ot that station.
 James Flanagan, the Tombstone at torney, who passed through Tucson Thursday morning cn route home from Phoenix, stated that he had an inter- view with Burt Alvord in Mexico less than week ago. Mr. Flanagan has acted as Alvord's attorney in the criminal charges against him in the United States and territorial courts Tucson Post.
 Prof. and Mrs. w. r. Blake received from New Haven the sad news of the death by pneumonia on January l3, Of their only daughter, ConetanlIa, wife of Prof. J. w. Tourney. Of the Gale Forest school and formerly of the University Of Arizona. Mrs. Tourney had many friends in Arizona who will grieve to learn Of the death or this lovely and gifted woman.
 The editor of the Southwest Stock man, of Phoenix, Chas. w. Pugh, who has been in retirement at Yuma for couple of years because he mixed his cash with that belonging to the gov crnment while employed as special census investigator, has completed his period of probation and returned toI his home at Phoenix. During his ab- sence his paper has been conducted by his wife.
 The Dos Cabezas Gold Mining com pany has received at its camp in Gold | gulch two large boilers, which the company expects 10 have installed and | running withing three weeks. The ! Range News states that the dirt is es- timated to run about & per ton, and | that when the boilers are installed, the present machinery will handle | from 1O0 to 200 tons per day, running full capacity.
 Death in the deep black stope | claimed Charles D. Morgan last week. Morgan and his partner had drilled a round Of holes, loaded and spit the | fuse. All of the shots went off but ! one and despite the objections made 1 by his partner. Morgan proceeded to . investigate the cause Of tho non-eX- plosion. When he reached the scene | of his work the explosion took place ] and Morgau's soul took it's flight. Death WIS instantaneous, the body be- ing horribly gled.-Prospe pector.
 For some time there has been movement on foot by the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Mining and Smelt- ing company. which has large mining iutercscs at Middleton, tO purchase . the Val Verde shelter for the purpose of reducing the ores of the company and also for custom purposes. The . deal has finally been consummatcd and ! the Bradshaw Mountain Copper Min ing and Smelting company will take charge of the smclter some time next . month.
 The new mail service that will be used over the E. F. X S. w. railroad will go into effect on the first Of Feb ruary. This service will use two more mail clerks and will give a thorough railway postoflice between Benson and Fl Paso. The new service will be called the Benson El Paso railway postoflice. Mr. Newell, who is the only mail clerk nov on the F.. r. X $. w. will, after the new service is in- stalled, make his headquarters at Fl Psso instead Of Douglas as now. In giving Douglas and the other E. P. IS & w. cities this service the postal de- partment is doing a good thing.
 Excitement runs high at Gold Road, Mohave county. over the numerous rich strikes of leasers on the Billy . Bryan, one of the company mines. While ore runs up into the thousands the average is said to be hy miners coming in from there, Sl000 ton. Even the saloon keepers are closing or selling their fountains of youth and . joining the leasers. Jim Carter has l2sssss'zZ ' sliI iI:. zsZ . lE
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