The copper era., 1907-12-05
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

NEhS UT HE IEhhiIUkI.
 Work on the grading for the five sets of tracks to be run to the Sacra- mento shaft of the Copper Queen company was begun last week. About thirty-fve men are at present employed on the work, which will be completed in about three months.- Review.
 Telegrams were sent out last week fro n Globe asking for the look of Ed Hodges, who escaped through the roof of the Globe jail. Hodges was sentenced to serve twenty years in the Yuma pen for burglary. He plead guilty to-two charges, receiv- ing fifteen years on one and five on the other. Hodges is a confirmed dope fiend, and it is believed that wherever he goes he will be caught through his efforts to obtain the drug.
 The new Gadsden hotel at Douglas, which is undoubtedly the finest in the southwest, was thrown open to the public last week, after being un- der course of construction for d num- Der of months past. The serving of a big Thanksgiving dinner was made a feature of the opening. The hos telry surpasses any structure of it's kind in this section of the country, and has been stated by travellers to b- the finest in appointments west of the Mississippi river.
 Here is chance for horsemen if they are prepared to deliver the goods. NJ. 5. Wirebach, 490 Center street, Schnectady, N. Y., writes to a me nber of the Republican staff ask ing for the address of the man who has "the horse with the horn hoof." |" The writer also states that he wants to get horse with a long mane and tail, and his manner of writing leads one to believe that he has heard of uple of freak horses here in Ari- zonl and would like to secure them. If any one can give any information he is invited to correspond with MT. epublican.
 A new pump was put into operation at the Junction that is the the first of it's kind in the district. It is known as a crank and fy-wheel puTp and has d capacity of 1000 gallons per minute. Another pump of the same construction will be placed in op, ration next week. This pump is the latest in the pump making in- dustry and has proved to be the best now in use, according to reports of various mining men. At present 3,Il5 gallons of water are being | raised at the Junction every minute, and with the installation of the | second new pump, the total per min ute will be brought to 4,l15 gallons. | At the Briggs shaft 915 gallons are being pumped per minute.-Review.
 Lautaro. Roca has returned from | Duluth, Miun., where he went on a | business trip. He was gone from the | city for about two weeks and was in | the big iron ore shipping port long en )ugh to get a taste of genuine | wintry weather with the thermome- ter far below the freezing point. On his trip MT. Roca met Col. Alexander Brodie, who is adjutant general of the department of the Dakotas in the regular army. Col. Brodie was for several years governor of the territory and was immensely popular. He stated to MT. Roca that he wished to be remembered to his Arizona friends and added that he intends to pay visit to the territory on his | first leave of absence. Col. Bordie, a fter leaving the territory, went to l the Philippines where he was gov crnor of one of the island provinces. Citizen.
 Mining men who come to Tucson from Silver Bell state that the 150- ton concentrator of the Cleaveland | Arizona Company is heinz operated in very successful manner and that the company is going steadily ahead | with its work in the mines which are located just adjacent to the town of Silver Bell. The Cleveland-Arizona concentrator has been in operation for several weeks and has been handling only the company ores. Work is progressing on the big 350- ton concentrator which the Imperial |