The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-02
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Sidewalks and other street ith pfdve
tfients to the extent of $4,000 are it
ptderess at Nogales.
Additions and improvements to
three school buildings in Tucson are
now under way and will represent an
expenditure of $4,000.
Chief Justice Kent of Arizona made
great hit at Cambridge last week
when he umpired a game of baseball
between two teams of Harvard grad
yates.
George Meek, the pioneer priuter
and newspaper man, for many years
identified with the Tombstone Epi-
taph as editor, being we'll known
throughout Arizona, for the past
: thirty years, has gone to the Union
Printers Home at Colorado Springs,
Colorado, to spend the remainder of
d useful life in a well earned rest.
The regular evening services of the
Salvation Army were suddenly stop
ped one evening last week at Bisbee
soon after they had begun by the ar
rest of Captain Hunt, commanding
officer, on a charge of obstructing the
streets. The arrest was made by De-
putty City Marshal Frank Johnson un-
der the direction of City Marshal
Jack Stevens The case is test of
the new city ordinance.
The statements of the territorial
and national banks of Arizona at the
close of business May IA, 1908, show
that Cochise comfy is by far the
richest county in the territory, and
that Bisbee is the second city in the
territory in bank deposits. Phoenix,
with four banks, has deposits of 81
74S, 923 .39; Tucson, with four banks
has 81, $50, ,34l SO; and Bisbee, with two
banks Exclusive of suspended First
National, with approximately Sl25,OOO
in deposits), has 81, 100, 1925.
o. A. Turner, of Baltimore, one of
the principal stockholders in the
Kelvin-Calum mining company, and
also interested in Nevada properties,
has arrived in Arizona from Ely,
Nevada, where he investigated the
mills and reduction plants being
erected there, and methods of
handling ore in large quantities.
The Kelvin Calumet expects to
shortly install similar plant in the
Ray district, the work probably be-
ing started this fall and will involve
the expenditure of upwards of $780,
900, $4,000 of which will be expend-
ed in milling plant.
There was a killing last week be-
tween Hachita and Victoria. The
section gang at Victoria had been to
Hachita, and were returning on their
hand car when a quarrel arose be-
tween two of the Mexicans. H. G. !
Randle, foreman, tried to stop the
fight, when one of them, named |
Jacinto Lopez, grabbed Mr.. Randle's |
pistol out of his pocket, and attempt !
ed to use it. In the struggle to re-
cover the pistol it was discharged, |
and the bullet hit Lopez, causing a
wound from which he died. Randle |
returned TO f1dCHlId, WH6Te du ln- |
quest was held, and a verdict of |
justifable homicide was returned
Liberal.
Two of the furnaces of the Greene
Cananea company were placed in
operation last week, and the report |
is now that all of the furnaces and |
mines will be running full capacity
by July /, after a shutdown of eight |
months. 1t is stated that the month
ly output of copper by the company |
will be about 100000 pounds. In an
interview, DIR. L. ID. Ricketts,, general |
manager of the company, said that
the reconstructed smelters will have |
a capacity of 5000 tons charge per
day, which will make the plant the
largest IN the southwest. The work
ing force at Cananea since the shut
ting down of operations on a large |
scale has been from 600 to 900 men.
They have been engaged wholly in |
making smelter repairs and in doing |
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