The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-23
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.


as a director of the Greene-Cananea
Copper company.
The grape crop in the Salt river
valley is said to be record breaker.
The crop is now being harvested.
A new postoffice has been estab
lished at Ventura, YaYapai county,
with Forest Mckinley as postmaster.
The assessed valuation of Coco
nino county this year amounts to 81,
324, ,O77.S2, which is an increase over
last year of sl47, ,637.67.
The Dragon, Santa Catalina and
Santa Rita national forests have
been consolidated under the name of
the Coronado national forest.
The contract for the building of
the new hall of science at the Uni
versity of Arizona has been let to J.
Grof, of Tucson, at price of S34, ,475-
The contract for the building of
the new postofice at Douglas has
been let to William Bashore, of Los
Angeles. The contract calls tor
completion by the first of October.
The board of supervisors of Pinal
county has decided to discontinue
the bounty on wildcats and coyotes
after August 10. About 81 SEQ has
been paid in bounties already this
year.
meat packing plant is being built
in Flagstaff by Babbitt brothers.
Lard and compound will be manu-
factured and bacon smoked and cured
and all kinds of sausage manufactured
in large quantities.
Douglas chamber of CONNIE rec is
preparing a thirty-two page booklet
advertising the resources of that sec
tion, which will be printed in large
quantities and given wide distribu
tion all over the country.
The annual report of County
School superintendent jolly, of
Yavapai county, shows that the educa-
tion department of that county last
year cost the taxpayers S75,411.50.
The expenditures of the previous
years amounted TO S59,2O9.lO.
Martin Costello has, according to
the Bisbee Miner, foreclosed the first
and second mortgages he holds on the
Copper Belle property at Gleason.
The amount involved is said to besin
the neighborhood of $4,000. The
sale of the property has been set for
July 25.
The Regal and Regal No. 1 lode
claims and the North and South
placer claims in the Alama, or King
of Arizona district, twelve miles
northeast of Kofa, has been sold by
o. r. Ginnaty and John G. Wetter-
hall to the United States & British |
Columbia Mining company for the
consideration of $780,
Arizona was highly honored at the
National Educational association, I
held a few days ago at Cleveland, |
Ohio. Professor A. H. Mcclure, |
superintendent of the Yuma schools, |
was chosen third vice-president of |
the association and served upon
HuuuDCl VI COulLlllLCCos duO lOIOoSOl
A. J. Matthews, of the Tempe nor
NAL school, was made one OF the |
directors of the ASSOCIATION.
On the Great Eastern claim of the |
Superior & Boston, the ore in the
winze which ran per cent. copper |
has widened to s feet of solid car
Donate and glance. This Wine,
which opens on the 42O level, is down
So feet in fine ore. The ore now runs |
from 10 to 10 per cent. copper, but |
the vein carries a good sized strata
of glance assaying go per cent. A |
new 1O0-h. p. boiler has been ordered |
for the Great Eastern. The Gardner |
shaft is now down 2l0 feet, where |
station is being cut, but no level will
be opened for the present.
a. p. Fleming, a popular young
miner, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed one day last week as
he was coming off shift and starting
home to his bride of a few weeks.
The unfortunate worked in the NAL
lory shaft and had gone but short
distance when he was stricken to
earth, the bolt alighting full upon
his head. His hat was hurled away
from him, torn to tatters, and his
shoes stripped from his feet by the
erratic fluid, which, but for making
the head and face of the dead man
purple, scarcely left any visible signs
on the body. Fleming, who was born
in Germany thirty-three years ago,
was a member of the Globe Miners.
union, and held in high esteem by
his companions.