The copper era., 1906-08-30


r. E. Morrison, who was also in New
York a short time since, reported
that he had also visited the Borglum
studio and had found the sculptor at
work on the horse part of the statue,
and also making the nude figure of a
man so as to get the proper position
for the rider in the saddle. Borglum
had also commenced working on the
head of the statue with a view of
giving it the true expression of the
features of the Rough Riders cap
tain. The horse and rider part of
the monument will be nine feet in
height, and the commission expects
to have the entire monument COM
pleted by June l., 1907.
Auditor Page has prepared some
interesting statistics relating to the
Incorporation business done in his
Office during the fiscal year July l,
1905, to June 30, 1906. 1t shows that
Arizona has been doing her share in
providing the machiny for the opera
tions of high finance throughout the
country. During the year 2,206 cor
porations have filed their articles
with the territorial auditor, the total
capitalization of these corporations
being 1892, ,539,9O0, or very nearly
three billion dollars. The average
capital stock of the 2,206 companies
is about Sl,355,O00. Some of them,
of course, were small corporations of
from 1000 to 100000, designed for
local projects, commercial and other
wise, in which the stock would be
very largely taken up at once at par.
Most of them, though, are in meas
ure speculative and created for the
selling of stock to the public gener-
ally which seeks that sort of invest
ment. The largest capital stock of
any one corporation whose articles
were fled during the year was that
of railroad company and is $780,
600, 900.
In an interview with a Phoenix En-
terprise reporter, Col. Epes Ran
dolph had the following to say upon
the joint statehood question:: 81 be-
lieve that it will meet with over
whelming defeat in this territory.
Cochise county is almost solid against
it. Graham county's vote will be at
least 80 per cent. against it, L under
stand, and outside of few advocates
of the measure in Pima county the
entire southern portion of the terri
tory will strongly vote it down. 1t
would be an outrage to join these
two territories as one state. Arizona
New Mexico is deeply in debt, and
the outcome would be that this terri
tory would be compelled to pay for
New Mexico's debts, while the sheep
herders of New Mexico would make
our laws. A few disgruntled poll
tlcians down our way advocate joint
statehood against the taxpayers and
business elements, but they have
very little following. I have not
heard OF any good reason advanced
showing a single advantage in join
ing US to New Mexico, and I do not
believe that there is any. All of our
leading business men hope for its de-
feat"
While returning from a hunting
trip, George Lee, the 14-year-old son
of Professor w. H. Lee, of Phoenix,
was shot and killed one day last
week at the residence of w. L. Os-
born, who resides one and a half
miles northeast of the insane asylum,
says the Phoenix Enterprise. Lee.
with his companion, julius Irions,
was returning from a hunting trip,
and upon arriving at the Osborn
residence, they stopped to play.
Both boys had 22-caliber rifles, and,
as they thought they had emptied
them, chased each other around the
yard, swapping their supposed empty
guns. But there still remained in
Irions' gun a cartridge, which had
been struck several times. Continu-
ing their play, this cartridge finally
went off, and young Lee was seen to
fall back, with blood gushing from
his mouth. The bullet. which brought
about Lees death, struck the boy on
the point of the chin, penetrating
his neck and striking the jugular
vein, which was severed by the bull
let. He bled to death within ten
minutes after the accident occurred.
The evidence of the boys who saw
the shooting was heard, after which
the verdict was rendered, it being
that death resulted from a gunshot
wound and that said shot was fired
by one Julius Irions, and that said
shooting was purely accidental.
After pounding at the upper cof-
fer dam at the Tonto dam site all
one day last week, a heavy flood
from the upper reaches of Salt river
and Tonic creek broke it and let in a
flow of water that soon filled the
space between the two dams and
later broke the lower dam, permit
ting the river to flow through the
space where excavating was in pro-
gress for the foundation of the big