Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
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NOTARIAL lSSIONS-Gov- ernor Brodie yesterday appointed J. F. O'Connor of Pinal county a notary public. Charles Edgar Mills of New York was appointed commissioner of deeds for Arizona.
 MINERAL SURVEY APPROVED The surveyor general has approved the official survey of the Queen of Sheba lode and Queen of Sheba millsite, sit uated in the Chiricahua mining dis trict. Cochise county. The survey is designated as survey No. 1892 A. So B., and is owned by the Queen of Sheba Mining company.
 NEW ATIONS-Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday: Campbell Mining company; capital stock, SI50,0O0; incOTporators, F. A. Norton, R. HinsOn and A. D. Campbell. Winning Commercial com pany; capital stock, S100,000; iEcor- porators. R. w Winning. J. F. Rudd and C. w. Webster. American Sand and Supply company; capital stock, s15O.OOO; incorporators, the same as above. Grace Valley Development company: capital stock. S150000; in corporators. C. H. Pratt, Dick Wick Hall and others.
 BOUGHT RESIDENCE PROPERTY J. Ernest Walker has sold to Prof. Ira E. Stanford, who came here re- gently from University Place, Neb., the Nels Burkey property, which Mir. Walker recently bought and which is in University addition. Prof. Stanford will occupy one of the two houses him self, and has placed the other on MT. Walkers selling list. He thinks he might as well make a little on an in vestment as anybody else, even if he is a newcomer. This country looks good to him. It is pretty wet just now, but there is no danger but that it will dry out again some time.
 THE BUCKEYE SUITS-The first of the damage suits against the Buck eye Land and Canal company was con cluded in the court of Justice Burnett yesterday, the action of Ellis Barker, who claimed damages amounting to S24O by reason of the defendant failing to deliver him irrigation water last summer. The case went to the jury a little before noon, and after four bal lots the jury returned a verdict for the amount sued for. On the first three ballots the jury stood eleven to one. An appeal will no doubt be taken. There were three other similar suits filed and motion was made by the de- fendant for a change of venue. They were sent to the court of Justice John stone, but they will probably be fur ther transferred.
 ADJUDGED SANE Deputy Sheriff Williams came up from Gila Bend yesterday with a man by the name of Jack Johnson, to be tried for insanity. The case came before the court in an unusual way-on a petition signed by most of the prominent citi- zens of Gila Bend and vicinity. The petition set forth that Johnson had been a resident of that country for a long time; that he was Q cCmpemet stationary engineer and had been em- ployed at various mines in the south ern part of the territory. About six months ago he began to act straEgely wandering along the railroad track and talking incoherently. He grew worse with time, until it was thought that he ought to be protected against himself. Johnson was given a hearing in the probate court yesterday afternoon and was committed to the asylum.
 OIL AND WATER-When The Re publican stated in yesterdays issue that --crrv Bennett was too nervous to go to sleep Tuesday night there was some gresswork and joking intended, but Mir. Bennett said yesterday that there was no joke about it, and he did pass a very exciting night Most read CTS of The Republican know that iy was on his place, in the University ad- ditiOn, that oil was discovered last summer and a company was formed to exploit the enterprise. Indications were first found in a well near the back door of the house, and later an- other well was sunk at the end of the