The copper era., 1905-11-02
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

faulter in its history. The territory is somewhat behind the times in this respect. Ohio today has thirteen bank presidents in the penitentiary, but Arizona is not up to Beveridges' idea of Thigh civilization. .'-Gazette.
 At the United Verde Copper mine, Jerme, Arizona, the ore averages 64 per cent. copper. It carries from 15 per cent. to g per cent. sulphur. When heap-roasted such ore is piled three feet high on eight inches pf wood, which, being ignited, fires the sulphur in the ore, that burning from five to eight weeks, when the now de- sulphurized ore goes to the furnace.
 Never lose faith in human nature. This is a good place to be in, right here on this old earth. Lots of nice folks here, too. The trouble is that many of us get a notion that we are the only good people left in the world. But we are not. When we get to thinking that way, it is a sure sign that we need to take trip out into the world and see what is going on there.-Guardian
 The latest political gossip is that U. s. Attorney Nave is to succeed Fletcher M. Doan, associate justice for Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, It is positively known that Nave will be succeeded by J. L. B. Alexander of Phoenix, early in the years, and it is claimed that there is good author ity for the statement that Judge Doan who has been in office for eight years will give place to Frederick s. Nave. Before the appointment of lessen Nave was prominently men, tioned as likely successor to Judge Tucker.-Bulletin.
 The Copper Queen company in a new well at Douglas has struck ar tesian water. The well is 309 feet deep, and the water flows over the top of a pipe eighteen inches above the surface The company has had trouble in getting a supply of water for the shelter at Douglas, although the Calument & Arizona company has an abundance of water but short distance away. The Copper Queen company has sunk several wells, some of them quite deep, without getting a supply of water. It must be queer formation around Douglas where such different water results can be secured in comparatively small space.
 That J. J. Shaw has succeeded in controlling the fire and fumes in the fire district in the United Verde mine is now almost an assured fact, after only few days work with his compressed air system. A report that ore from the fire district in this mine was being sent to the smelter started representative of the News to the shelter, where he found the report was true. The tempera ture where the men are now working was 125 when first opened, but is now only S5. The machinery used in driving in the air is at the surface of the 300-foot tunnel, and forces the | air 12O0 feet to where the men are working.-Jerome Mining News.
 Judicial appointments to the terri l tories from Nebraska by the presi- | dent seem to be attended by i'll luck. Associate Justice Tucker of the su- preme court had to walk the plank last week, just as did Associate Jus tice Benjamin s. Baker of the New Mexico supreme court. Both owed their appointment to Nebraska infiu- ence and both had to retire on ac- count of the charges against them, which evidently were at least par tially substantiated, if the fact that | their resignation followed soon after | is to be taken as an indication. Judges appointed from the territorial bar or from the New England states seem to be much better judicial tim Der, a fact which President Roose- welt ought to remember.-New Mexi- | can.
 Concerning the building of the Colorado river levee the Yuma En- terprise says: The grading camp of Miller & Peasley, contractors for the levee on the Arizona side of the Colo rado river, below Yuma, is located on w. O. Harris place about two miles from Main street and one-half from the city limits. The right of way has been cleared for about one mile. and over a quarter of mile of the embankment is half done or better. The work starts at the Farmers Gravity canal, about 800 feet from where it leaves the river and they are working down the river from that