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 themselves Texicans; then they modi-
 fled it to Texians, and now all have
 agreed on Texans as the proper word;
 and if Texan is citizen of Texas,
 Arizonan is a citizen of Arizona
 Prescott Courier.
 The Copper Queen shelter of Phelps-Dodge company at Douglas
 will soon be producing 12,O00,OOO
 pounds of copper monthly. It made 6,500,O00 pounds last month. The 400 ton furnace just installed and the
 new one that should be in commission in November will give the plant a capacity of 800 tons daily.
 The Moctezuma Copper company
 has reported at the customs office the arrival at Douglas of fifteen concen- trates from the mine in Mexico, valued at 800. The shipment con tains 80O,O0O pounds and is one of the largest ever brought to Douglas. Owing to the rushed condition of the Douglas shelters the concentrates will go on to Globe, where they will be handled by the Old Dominion shielter.-Internati
 THe president has established a new forest reserve in Arizona, which will be called the Tonto reserve and is intended to protect the watershed of Tonto creek, an important feeder of the irrigation reservoir to be created east of Phoenix. The re- serve will contain 1,12O,OOO acres and will extend north and south from the Mogollon plateau to Salt River and east and west from the Verde valley to the White mountain Indian reser-
 vation.
 The Santa Cruz grand jury now in session might not go amiss in making inquiry as to the way some of the rangers use their semi official power in threatening and betimes actually assaulting citizens with deadly weap- ons. Some very aggravated cases have been discussed in the newspa- pers. The rangers are all right "hSh bhOJ OIACA SlOoC u OQl anu wrong when they use their official power to do wrong. Another thing men charged with such grave re- responsibilities as these rangers should be absolutely sober and immediately discharged from the service when discovered under the influence of strong drink.-Tucson Star.
 Suit has been filed in the district court by the Silver King Mining com pany against Dr. Chas. H. Jones, B. Matley and J. P Welles, of Maricopa county to recover possession of the Silver King claim in the Pioneer dis trict. The Silver King Mining com pany recently filed an adverse in the patenting of this claim under the name of "El Medico," by the above gentlemen. The Silver King is one of group owned by the Silver King Mining company, and was relocated, the locators claiming that the con- pany had failed to do the proper amount of assessment work Florence Blade.
 E. A. Mcfarland, chief engineer of the Randolph systems, arrived in the city this morning from Sonora where he has been for several weeks super intending the work of surveying for the new line from Guaymas to Guad- lajara. There are at present nine engineering corps at work between these cities and five more will be sent out shortly. The line whic h is now being surveyed extends over a dis tance of 850 miles, which includes branch lines and line up the Yaqui river to Douglas. This line will par allel the Sonora road, but will be 150 miles east, and will tap a new and rich country. Each surveying corps has about thirty men who are we'll protected by squads of Mexican rurales. MT. Mcfarland states that the Mexican authorities are doing all in their power to aid the railroad people and are furnishing soldiers to provide against sudden attack from the Indians. He states that General Torres and Governor Ysabel and their staffs are showing every cour- tesy and are very capable officials. l Tucson Citizen.