Arizona republican., 1906-07-14
OF LOCAL
INTEREST

SURVEYS APPROVED-The sur
 veyor general has approved mineral
 surveys Nos 2266 and 226S, for the
 Holy Terror and Shorter lOdes respec-
 lively. Both surveys are situate in the
 Warren mining district Cochise cOun-
 ty and are claimed by Thompson
 Brown, C. w. Long and J. C. Collins.
 A NEW PORATION-Articies
 of incorporation of the Mexican Mile
 Gold Vein Mining company were filed
 in the office of the county recorder yes
 teTday. The capital stock is $1,0OO,000,
 and the incOrporators are Floyd B.
 Wilson, Henry J. Davidson and Fred erick k. James. The articles of the Gold Canyon Mining company were
 amended by increasing the capital
 stock to $500, ,0OO.
 REALTY SALES-H. I. Latham &
 Go. and w II. Nall report three good realty sales this week. Two of the sales were of eighty-acre tracts south and west of town and the other was a tract of ffty-fOur acres in section Al sold by MT. Dolson. the bee man, to J. T. Bowles As the papers are not yet recorded the interested parties in the other sales do not care to have their names mentioned. but the total consideration in the three sales ap- proximates $15.000.
 A SCORPION WORTH WHILE- 1 There was added to The Republicans 1 insect collection yesterday the banner scorpion of the year. He was brought
 in from the Hematite mine, where he was found in the bunk house. Objec- tiOn was made by the rest of the occu- pants of the house, who are an eXclu- sive set. to the presence of the SCOT pion, and he was deported from the l B., Yrs that ever was but he is bigger than most people ever saw. He is nearly three inches long and fully an inch l across the shoulders.
 MORE TIME GIVEN-The secretary | of the interior has granted an eXten- sion of time to the General Electric company of Schenectady. N Y, for furnishing certain machinery for use in connection with the Salt river irri- gatiOn prOect. The contractors were prevented from manufacturing the ma chinery in question by reason of the l failure of the contractors for the water wheels to furnish them with designs of water wheels which are to be used as base for the machinery to be fur nished by the General Electric com | pany
 CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINATION- 1 The civil service commission has an- nOunced examinations to be held in this territory this fall as follows: Phoenix | September 12; Phoenix. September 20; l Phoenix, October r: Prescott, Septem- ! Der F; Prescott, October IT; Tucson, l September F; Tucson, September 19; ! Tucson. october r. On July IS there 1 will be an examination for the position 1 of farmer with a knowledge of irriga- 1 tion, in the Indian service One is es- l pecially wanted for the Navajo agency i in New Mexico. at a salary of S720 a year.
 ARIZONA NATIONAL BANKS.- | The following is an abstract of the re- ports made to the comptroller of the 1 currency showing the condition of the i national banks oi this territory at the 1 close of business on June IS: Loans ! and discounts, $3,26O 126; United States i bonds to secure circulation, S5665OO; | United States bonds to secure United 1 States deposits, $15O,O0O; bonds, securi- ties etc, SAL ,145; due from national l banks not reserve agents, S50O, ,530 due from state banks and bankers. $274,573; due from approved reserve agents, ST. S56, 467; lawful money. including gold . coin, silver dollars, specie and legal tender notes, $529, ,319; capital stock paid in, $755, 800; surplus fund, SPAS, $50; due to other national banks, $4T1O3; due to state banks and bankers, S56,- 693: due to trust companies and savings banks, $1S856; due to approved reserve agents, 80 SPA; individual deposits, $6.- 124,3S9; percentage of legal reserve to deposits, 17.9O; percentage to deposits
 of cash on hand, redemption fund and
 due from reserve agents, 39.S3.