The copper era., 1908-12-31
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

at the Lynx Creek hydraulics last week.
 The Southwestern Sugar and Land company, of Phoenix, has contracted with the farmers of Salt river valley for 1000 acres of sugar beets the coming season. At least another 1000 acres are desired.
 Articles of incorporation were filed at Phoenix by the Salt River Valley bank, which is soon to open for busi- ness in Mesa. The capital stock of the new bank is S5O,OOO, divided into 500 shares of the par value of SlCO each.
 The guns which were confiscated from the Douglas city officials who strayed across the line after a trip to San Bernardino and proceeded to shoot at some of President Diaz ducks, have been returned by order of the Sonora state authorities.
 The building ordinance of the city of Phoenix, as amended, torbids the building of wooden, frame or corru- gated iron structures within the city limits. This prohibition should have a tendency to lower insurance rates and improve the appearance of the city.
 The transmission of electric power from the Roosevelt dam to Salt river valley is of great importance to Phoenix and other towns in the val ley. One good effect already promised is a reduction of rates by the Pacific Gas and Electric company of Phoenix.
 The Imperial Copper company at Silver Bell is shipping fifteen cars of ore daily from the mines in that camp to the company's shelter at Sasco. The Imperial company is making steady progress in the devei- opment of it's mine and increase of copper production.
 Two new insurance companies have entered Arizona for business and have filed statements ot their condi- tions with the territorial secretary. They are the Guarantee Life Insur- ance company of Houston, Texas, and the North River Insurance com pany of New York.
 L. R. White, a sweet potato raiser of the San Pedro valley, has just finished marketing his crop of sweet potatoes from d 15-acre tract of ground. He sold from this fifteen acres 1,200 sacks of potatoes at an average of S3.35 per sack, the total amounting to S4,O2O, or an average of S268 per acre. Here is something for farmers to think about.
 Mrs. William L. Stiles, in a letter to the Bisbee Review, confirms the published report that the deputy sheriff going under the name of Will liam Larkin, who was killed by a man named Barr, at Kings River, in Humboldt county, Nevada, was her husband, William L. Stiles, the notorious Arizona bandit.
 The Laguna coffer-dam at Yuma was saver from destruction by the great flood in the Colorado river through the strenuous efforts of the force of employees who worked twelve hours stemming the tide of the swol- leu stream with sand bags. The coffer dam is uninjured but the track age system and working implements are under water.
 Three surveying parties are in the field reconnoitering for a railroad to connect the promising new copper camp ot Courtland with Douglas The new camp is about thirty-five miles north of Douglas, and seven teen miles south of Pearce, which is the terminus of Southern Pacific branch road. The line from Doug las will be Phelps-Dodge enterprise and called the Colorado & Mexican, which suggests that the new road may ultimately be extended and be- come an important arm ot the Fl Paso & Southwestern system.
 The Jerome News claims that Jerome now has another big copper mine besides the United Verde, ex- tensive ore bodies having been open ed in the Cleopatra. Although the ore was developed by tunnels at depth of 900 feet, the company is preparing to install machinery for the sinking of deep shafts.
 
 would be prosperous one for the Jerome-Verde copper mining district. New companies are being incorpor- ated, and many of the old ones are making preparations to increase their working plants.