Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-04

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 The Aztec Turquoise Mining com pany has discovered large deposits of the semi.precious stone on it's proper ties in Mohave county.
 An innovation was made thls year in the commencement at the University of Arizona, the graduating exercises being held on the campus Wednesday evening, when large class of gradu- ates received their diplomas.
 Professor s. F.. Tschernak of Vienna and Professor Dr. Wax Ruemker of Breslin, Germany, two prominent sci entists, are spending short time in the territory studying desert vegeta- tion.
 Thomas Fraser, prominent mining contractor of Patagonia, and Miss Ray Lindley of Redlands, Cal, have been granted license to wed.
 Five eastern gentlemen of long ac- quaintance and long known in the cop per world are making inspections of Arizona property, with Phoenix as headquarters. They are A. T. Pryor, president, and W. T. Smith, vice presi- dent, of the Alvin Development com. pany; and President Brady, Vice Pres ident John l.. Harris and Director E.. A. Seaman of the Yuma Copper com pany.
 Suffering from the Authorization. that the children of a prominent physician in Tucson have been murdered and that he is under sentence of death for the crime, Wallace Ford, negro of the same city, has been adjudged insane and sent to the Phoenix asylum.
 ExCity Marshal Robert A. Ander- son of Yuma has been appointed on the police force of the Panama canal zone.
 The boarding house of Thumb Butte mine was totally destroyed by fire Sun day, but will be rebuilt at once.
 What is considered the greatest strike of gold ore in recent years in northern Arizona was made last week on the Pearl claim in Lower Turkey Creek, Yavapai county. Assays run nearly $500 to the ton, the ore is free milling and was struck at a depth of seventytwo feet.
 Prescott business men, imbued with the good roads idea, are setting an ex- cellent example by putting in their spare moments an manual labor on the city's streets.
 Six baseball teams have signed for the big tournament to be pulled off in Prescott later in the season.
 The Phoenix team took three straight games from Prescott on the Phoenix grounds, Saturday, Sunday and Mon day, the last game being a shutout, at IA to 0.
 The Pacific Gas & Electric company of Phoenix has announced a general reduction in rates, effective August 1.
 The United States grand jury is in session at Phoenix this week for the purpose of considering several cases of liquor selling to Indians.
 Phoenix business men are circulating petition asking the city council to have improvements made in the sprinkling service.
 After more than four years service as agent for the Maricopa & Phoenix railroad at Phoenix, l.. H. Landis has been succeeded in the position by A. R. Cater, formerly travelling freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific in Arizona.
 The quarterly conference of the church of Latter Day Saints for the Mesa stake was held in that village Saturday and Sunday.
 Tempe has already begun her annual battle against the mosquito pest. Oil is spread over the surface of all open water bodies, holding the wiggletails prisoners underneath the film until they die.
 City Health Officer H. E. Crepin of Tucson and Territorial Superintendent of Health E. s. Godfrey have completed an examination of the dairies in the vicinity of the Old Pueblo and find them to be in very satisfactory shape.
 The Anaconda group of mines in Yuma county has been incorporated with a capital stock of $500,OoO.
 The Helvetia Mining company is earning $50 day out of ore shipped, but are spending twice that amount in development work.