The copper era., 1908-12-10
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Tempe has adopted the curfew bell and all children under sixteen must go home when the peskY thing sounds.
 The production of copper in the Warren district for the month of No vember amounted to 14,OOO, ,O00 pounds
 The members of Globe union, West ern Federation of Miners, voted De cember 8, for state officers in Arizona
 The First National Bank of Bisbee which closed it's doors during the panic, has declared 20 per cent. dividend.
 The indictment against Frank Nor ris, of Prescott, has been quashed an1 the district attorney will appeal to the supreme court.
 R. c. and E. S. Miller, capitalists of Liverpool, Ohio, are Investigating conditions in Tucson with a view to putting s1OO,OOO in big department store.
 John s. Kolar, a pioneer business man and one of the most influential men in Kingman, died in Los Angeles last week, where he went to be oper- ated on for cancer.
 The Hotel Willard of Tucson, which has always been conducted as ho . telry strictly on the American plan, has announced that in the future it will be conducted in such manner that the guests can take their meals at the hotel or not, as they desire.
 Hon. Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona's delegate-elect, has gone to Washin g. ton for a stay at the national capi- tai of several months. The visit is for the purpose of attending the ses- sions of congress as a spectator, and learning the ropes.
 A rich gold strike has been made on the Ibex-Plomosa property near Vendor. The mine was supposed to be copper property, but the new discovery makes it the richest gold mine yet discovered in Yuma county, according to reports from the hills.
 Mrs. J. c. Wardwell, the leper widow of Gen. Wardwell, whose case recently created such stir in Arizona, died last week of her leprosy in the county hospital in Los Angeles. Since her return from Arizona, and the death of her husband, Mrs. Wdrdwell had grown steadily worse and death had been expected for some time.
 Governor Kibbey last week pardon ed a convict named A. Valencia on account of his bad health, as it was certain he could not live long and he wanted to be with his people and not die within the prison walls. Valencia died one hour previous to the arrival of the papers at Yuma.
 At the request of Engineer Louis c. Hill, the city council of Phoenix has granted permission to the gov ernment to put up poles and string wires within the city limits, in ac- cordance with the franchises held by Uncle Sam, the wires to be used to distribute power generated at the Roosevelt dam.
 
 Rillito, on the Aracle-Mammoth road. has been accepted by the board of supervisors of Pima county. It is substantial structure designed to withstand any flood likely to occur in the Rillito. The superstructure con sists of five steel spans each sixty feet in length. The cost of the bridge was about S11, ,OO0.
 Lewis Goldberg, a wandering Jew, was arrested at Douglas last week charged with stealing about S7O0 worth of clothing from a dealer in Cananea. A very small portion of the goods were located at Naco. There is some question as to whether Goldberg can be prosecuted. An ef- fort will be made to have him ex- tradicted.
 Viola Sharp, the little tw o-year-old daughter of Albert Sharp, who re- sides on the Hahn ranch, eight miles north of Five Points, Maricopa county, was drowned last week. The body of the child was found by men employed along the canal, floating in the swift current some distance from the house, where it had caught by the clothing to the roots of a tree.
 Owing to the indictment being de- clared faulty by the court, the case of the Territory vs. c. A. Overlook, indicted on a charge of criminal libel, was ordered resubmitted to the next grand jury. Overlook is alleged to have committed the libel when he procured the publication of an article to the Cochise County Press reAecting on the reputation of As sistant District Attorney Ross, in connection with a mining stock deal at Douglas.