The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-03-08
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

The Needles Eye says an electrical
power plant will be established al
that growing railroad center.
The mines in the vicinity o1
Vivian have commenced to ship ore
to the new smelter at Needles.
A San Francisco company has com
menced constructing at Yuma one OF
the largest dredges ever known in
the coast. 1t will be used at the i'm
perial canal heading.
The German-American Mining
company of Yavapai county have
decided to operate their mines in the
future under the lease system. They
are gold properties and fairly well
developed.
Tucson has a population of 1900.
This is the estimation made by A. P.
Skinner, the directory man who re-
\cently took a census of the city and
whose directory for Tucson is now on
the press.
The energy of the Colorado river
is to be transmitted to Los Angeles,
according to plans now being matured
by local and Philadelphia capitalists.
At first the power is to be distributed
among the mining camps on the Ne
vada and Arizona border. 1t is
claimed between Colorado and Black
canyon it is possible to take advan-
tage of certain sites and develop
100000 horse power.
Mohave Indians, filed with bad
whisky, have been hitting the high
places of late, and as a result two
prominent Kingman citizens have
been arrested on charge of selling
liquor to Indians. Referring to the
matter the Kingman Mineral Wealth
observes: 'No doubt the Indians
have been getting more than their
share of the white mans beverage,
and it is no more than right that the
law should step in and let the white
man catch up"
Arthur Francis has commenced an
action in the district court of Pima
county against Albert Steinfeld for
$4,000. He alleges that he owned
several mining claims in the Silver
Bell district. He asserts that they
are worth $4,000, but that Mr..
Steinfeld purchased them from
Margaret Francis, his mother and
guardian, five years ago for S89.28.
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that time, and that his mother was
appointed his guardian by the pro-
bate court at the instance of Mr..
Steinfeld, and that the purchase was
made at private sale.
S. H. Mcclure last week brought in
a ton of ore from his recent strike
south of Needles and sold it to the
Arizona-Mexicau smelter. A few
days before he brought in a shipment
which returned over $l00 per ton.
Mr.. Mcclure gives the informa-
tion that his last shipment returned
to him about $135 per ton in gold
This ore was taken from a depth of |
less than ten feet on the ledge. The
pay shoot is very rich but the extent
of it is not known as there has not |
been sufficient work done to demon
strate whether it is very large or
Eye.
1t is stated the Secretary of the |
Interior will shortly issue an order
for the leasing of public lands. This |
will mean great changes in the man.
ner of ducting the sheep and cat
tie business in the west. In order to |
secure grazing privileges on the pub
ic lands, it will be necessary for the |
owners of stock to lease the lands
they expect to use. Promiscuous
grazing as in the past, will be cut
out. 1t is believed by the authorities
at Washington, that by leasing of
further than at present, and that
over stocking of the public range
will be done away with. The out
come of this innovation, should the
order be issued as expected, will be
with great interest.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, who was
the first white woman born in Ari-
zona, died at Lowell from a sudden
of heart disease, to which
she had been subject for several
years. Mrs. Stevens was remark
able woman from several viewpoints,
but at this time particularly because
Of the fact that she was the first
white woman in the territory of Ari-
IONA. Her birth occurred fifty-two
years ago, near old Fort Bowie.
She was at that time the first white
;hild born in the territory, and was
% considered by those then familiar
With the circumstances. Mrs.
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