The copper era., 1909-08-12

came as rather surprise, for the defense put no witnesses on the stand even the defendant declining to make statement, while the prosecution in troduced the testimony of five wit nesses.
 Ben Daniels, U. $. marshal of Ari- zona, returned from Washington last week. He announces his resignation is accepted to take effect September 30. Daniels has been given appoint ment as agent of the Menominee In- dian tribe of Wisconsin. His sue cessor will probably be c. A. Over lock, of Douglas.
 Delegate Cameron has recom- mended to the president the appoint ment of Franklin F. Towle of Globe as census supervisor for Arizona. MT. Cameron is taking up with the office of the public roads ot the department of agriculture the matter of securing government supervision of the con- struction of roads in Maricopa county which are contemplated on an exten sive scale.
 General Manager Powell, of the Superior & Pittsburg and the Calumet & Arizona company was in Boston last week attending a meeting of the directors. It was announced that the Superior & Pittsburg earnings are now on basis of s1O, ,OOO monthly, and that the outstanding indebtedness would be cleared away very shortly
 Frank B. Thompson and W. B. Rob inson of Phoenix, Arizona, were ar rested in Denver last week on request of Phoenix authorities charging them with the embezzlement of S7O0 cash belonging to the government land office and soldiers land scrip valued at s6,OOO. Thompson, it is all legged, confessed to taking the money and exonerates Robinson.
 While drilling operations on the Inspiration property at Globe, Arizona have already demonstrated an enor- nous body of ore, the most notable de- velopment, indicating the existence of sulphide ores capable of mining by steam shovel, has been through the sinking of the Joe Bush shaft which is located about 800 feet from Miami end lines. In the sinking of this shaft the ore was first struck at depth of 90 feet.
 Lewis H. Warriner, who was a postal clerk on the Clifton & Lords burg railway postoffice several years ago, recently committed suicide at Colorado Springs. He was caretaker for the Stellar Observatory at that place. He spread oil on the floors of the observatory, set fire to it and then shot himself. He is the second man who was a clerk on this run who has committed. suicide. Clerk Baker who now has the run, thinks the hodoo has been broken by transferring the run to the Texas divison.-Lordsburg Liberal.
 Current reports last week in the territory were to the effect that a
 
 States attorney in the territory. This report is said to have eminated from Tucson, and was to the effect that Attorney Alexander is to be, or has been, asked to tender his resignation in the near future, and that Attorney Joseph E. Morrison will be his suc- cessor. A report that something of this kind was planned has been cur rent off and on for several months, and it has been known that MT. Nor rison had the strongest kind of endorsements for the office.
 The following extractf are taken from a report made recently on the property of the Ray Consolidated by experts representing Trippe, Thomp- son & Co. of New York, and serve to show, in meager way, the immensity of probably the most enormous low grade copper property in the world: The Ray Consolidated Copper con- pany may be chased as one of the largest of the low grade so-called pOl pbylJ OOppCI hJ1hCo III IhC OhllOu States. Although the property is not producing, it has long since passed out of the prospective stage and has at the present time approximately 4O,OOO,O 900 tons of ore in the developed and probable reserves.
 Pedro Arreola, who was convicted of murder in CoChise county and sentenced to serve twenty years from June IT, 1901, has been paroled. This action was taken on the recommenda- tion ot the board of control, and the acting prison superintendent, U. G. Wilder, and the prison physician. Arreola has been suffering of tuber culosis for long time, and the prison physician reported his condition as hopeless of recovery. He has been employed for a long time as the prison photographer and as such has done satisfactory service. The re- quest for his parole was made by Arturo M. Elias, Mexican consul, and was granted on condition that he report his whereabouts to the prison authorities at least once in three