The copper era., 1908-02-27
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I. NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

~ NEWS Or InE IERMIOKI.
The new Sasco smelter is handling
3Oe.tons of ore per day.
The Salvation Army is caring fol
many people in Douglas
ASlion measuring nine feet from
tipsto tip has been killed in YavapaI
county. = -
Thirty-seven applications for meu-
bership, were read in the Elks lodge
atDouglas last week ssssgzzzs
The Commercial club of Yuma is
making a display of products of that
section in the Espee depot.
The cold weather of the past few
days has-killed- many lambs in the
northern part of the territory.
sThe, business men Of Tucson have
Joined with those of Phoenix in a
campaign for lower freight rates.
Homer Hunter, a young lad of
Prescott, has invited a screen door
catch that promises to bring him a
fortune.
D. H. Holmes, of. Tucson, has
awarded the contract for the con-
structjop of an 5000 residence at
that place. -ss.----------
Gars0usthe Bisbeey electric
1fhe are now running through Lowell
and will be through to Bisbee in
week or ten days.
The postal department has notified
the postmaster at Tucson that two
additional clerks will be allowed the
postofice in that eitys
by vote ofs4z5to54 Florenee has
granted company composed of local
capitalists franchise for an electric
light and water plant. The same
company will also put in an ice fac
tory.
Orange grove thieves are SO COM
mon in Yuma that the justices are
imposing sixty day sentencessin the
county Jail, hopeful that they will be
able to stop the practice which is
confined largely to hoboes. : ~
The Flagstaff Gem reports that
Williams hasnine cases of smallpox;
that the town of Williams is under
quarantine and! there is mo visiting
between the residents of Williams
and Flagstaff on this account. .,-~-
George Greenwald, head carpenter
at the Roosevelt dam was swept over
the dam and drowned in a whirlpool
below. The victim of the accident
was engaged in floating a raft of
lumber down the stream, the river
being higher thar. usual. --.--,----.-
Horse thieves working in the yicin-
ity of Mesa, stole a team of horses
at one ranch, a set of harness. at an
other, a two-seated carriage at an
other, and feed for the horses at still
another farm Officers are on the
lookout, but as yet no trace of the
offenders has been found. S-5-=
Yuma is insisting that Uncle Sam
give her a new postoffice. building. Il
Yuma might persuade the. postal
authorities to occupy a new building !
but Yuma will be compelled to wait a
number of years before the govern
ment will erect federal building in
that city. ;--,.
sThirty-nine out of about eighty-fiye
insurance companies represented in
Arizona have already fled their ter
ritorial tax which represents two per K
cent. on the premiums of last year.
1t is expected that. the totals from {
this source this year will reach $780, {
600, which goes into the school tund.
It was about $25, 900 in 1907. 9 = s. ~ J
John Cline, the well known Tonto
cattleman, and his two sons Joe and ,
Jimmie, who were arrested and bound
over to the grand jury-without bail +
for the murder of Charles Edwards +,
five weeks ago, were released from )
custody and the scase against them f
dismissed by Judge Nave, who grant {
ed the applications-for~ the=-writ of
habeas corpus made by the attorneys i
for the defense. The decision of the /
court made after argument, had been 4;
heard, caused Considerable surprise, i
as it was generally expected that /
the writ would he denied. Mr.. Cline
and his sons left for their home north
of Roosevelt Immediately after their /
from m;custody.-Globe Belt. /
E APositYe Necessity. :