Arizona republican., 1908-01-31
OF LOCAL INTEREST
CALIFORNIA MINING MAN.-John

CALIFORNIA MINING MAN.-Johr F. Campbell a California mining man
 passed through Phoenix on "Wednesday | for Kelvin.
 A FINE SON.-Mr. and Mrs. A. N. 1 Newhouse. of 374 North Fourth Ave, are celebrating the arrival of fine,
 S-pound son on Wednesday night. WELL DRILLING IN BUCKEYE i w. A Wood and A. A. Gilmer of Buck f eye have purchased well drilling ma chinery and propose to keep it busy in the Buckeye section.
 NEW NoTARlES.-The following named have been appointed notaries public by Governor Kibbey: J. S. An derson of Arivaca. j. D. Wick Jr.. of Globe, C. A Peters Jr.. of Prescott, and Jennie Polhamus of Yuma.
 NOGALES CUSTOM HOUSE.-The estimated, cost of the running of the customs house at Nogales for the next fiscal year is $39.OS2.5O: This sum makes provision for the salaries of thirty employees.
 SURVEY APPROVED. Mineral Survey No. 2490. embracing the Gray Eagle. Bloc Neley and Home lode claims. situated in the Black Rock Mining District, Yavapai county. has been approved by the surveyor gener- al. These lodeS are claimed by George Margaretic and the Unida Gold Min ing Company.
 ARIZONA INVENTORS. - Patents have recently been issued to residents of this territory as follows: J. D. Bur gess of Tucson, process for bessemer- izing or conversion of copper mates into blister copper; C. B. Tarbell of Tombstone, eXtensible water tower or son, railway signal.
 WOOL BUYER HERE. - MT. and Mrs. Ed Burke of Hartford Conn, have arrived in Phoenix and will remain for several weeks, or during the wool buy ing season. MT. Burke is well known here. having made an annual visit for some years on wool buying eXpedi- tion. t is something of a wedding tour this :-ear as Mir and Mrs. Burke were married last october
 FINE ONlONS.-J. F. Paule!- has brought to the board of trade three fine onions from C. w. Carter's ranch six miles south of Kirkland in Yavapai county, just to show what can be done in the little mountain valleys of the hill country. Each of the onions k large enough to furnish the onion course in the dinner for a large family. They are all about the same size and the circumference of one of them measured 15% inches one way by Is inches the other way.
 A CORONER'S NQUEST-Acting Coroner JohEstone yesterday morning held an inquest on the body of Severo CoptinO. an old man who died in the Irvine addition the night before, un- by a physician. It was found though, that the cause of death was COpetinO was seventy four years of age and was d native of Sonora. though he had lived in PhOe- nix for several years. He leaves no relatives in this part of the country, but for a long time had been a charge upon his neighbOrs.
 IMPRESSED WITH VALLEY. IL ! V. w. Brown of Riverside California. i has been looking over this valley for several days and is greatly impressed with it. MT. Brown is one of the | largest orange growers in the River 1 side district his father having planted 1 the first orange trees in that locality ] He is himself planting 1000 acres 10 i oranges this year. But what he has seen in this valley has so impressed | him that he will undoubtedly become ] interested here also. He left for home ] Wednesday night but his assurance ! was strong that he would De back | again soon.
 FINE REFERENCE BoOKS.-Sec- retary Cowgirl of the board of trade | probably has the only bound copies in | Phoenix. O. the Orchard and Farm , magazine. and of the midwinter edi- ! ton of the Los Angeles Times Both | are in Morocco covers and will make | fine reference volumes for matters az | ricultural. The Times is in magazine | form and makes d pretty big book, for ! a single issue of a daily newspaper. i The Orchard and Farm is the monthly | publication which is of fering a clubbing proposition with The Republican, together with selec- -ions of the large panorama pictures Df this valley. It is a fine reference book also. for it contains many valu- able articles on agricultural topics turing the years issue and also has he large special irrigation number is sued last fall during the session of the irrigation congress. That number alone els about all there is to know of the achievements to date of the reclama- ion service.