The copper era., 1909-03-04
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

pany is capitalized for SlOO, 900 divided into 10, 900 shares of the par value of s1OO each.
 The new Mesa high school, just completed, was dedicated Monday afternoon of last week with elaborate services.
 Work on the Troy-Manhattan prop erty in Pinal county, Arizona, in which some Ishpeming people are stockholders, has ceased for the. time.
 If the plans now being formulated by the officials of the Copper Queen are carried out, handsome new com pany hospital will be erected in the vicinity of Lowell at cost of about $1NO,OOO, and the old building just be- low the slag dump will be abandoned within the next few months.
 w. F. Bath, of Bisbee, has been granted patent by the government for a contrivance on which he claims to have been working for nine years, whereby a switch can be thrown from the cab of an engine at no matter what speed the train is nov ing. Bath hopes to sell the right to manufacture his invention.
 M. J. Cunningham, president of the Arizona Bankers association and cashier of the Bank of Bisbee, was by w. H. Brophy, general manager of the Copper Queen store in Bisbee. It was current rumor that President Cunningham was looking for a site in Courtland on which to build q branch of the banking institution of which he is the cashier in Bisbee.
 The Fl Paso Iron Works have re- piled to an inquiry by Clement H. Colman, secretary of the Yuma Commercial club, that they can con- struct the Colorado river bridge on the cantilever plan with a span of 800 feet, exclusive of the masonry, tor about s2S,OOO. This means, says the Examiner, that the bridge can be built for between S40,O0 and S50,- 900. Their plan calls for a roadway of twenty-eight feet.
 Freight business on the Tucson division, which has been rather light forthe past two weeks, took a sud- den spurt and several of the crews which had been placed on the extra list were called back into service again. In one day 150 carloads Of oranges passed through Tucson. The fruit shipment is from California ranches to the eastern markets. These shipments were delayed by the recent. floods which seriously handl- capped railroads in California, caus. ing freight to be cOngested.
 The toss of coin with $25, ,SOO hang. ing Tn the balance as it fell, marked the meeting of the Bisbee city coun- cil last week. Matching w H. Brophy of the Copper Queen Store, MT. Dicus of the Dicus Plumbing and Heating Company, won the contract for supplying 6O,OOO pounds of lead to the city for Tombstone canyon i'm. provement work at S.43O per hundred pounds. This was the method re- sorted to when it was found that two bidders, those named above, had quoted exactly the same price upon the lead.
 George Duke, one of the best known and most respected pioneer: of Yuma, passed away at his home last week after suffering an illness ot several months. While this saC event was not unlocked for of late by his most intimate friends, it comes as d shock to the people at large Several years ago Mir. Duke suffered a severe burn, which created scar of very large proportion. It caused a steady contraction of the muscles and glands which rendered MT. Duke a constant sufferer.
 The only saloon in Courtland at the present time, with single exception in an isolated spot in the Douglas addition will not be closed. The case of the people against James Heron, proprietor of liquor house adjoining the McFate townsite on the east, was tried last week on demur- Ter and dismissed. The evidence SuOWGu ludI I1SllOu ndQ dDDllGu lOI and received a license from the board of supervisors of Cochise county on August 20th, just few days be- fore the establishment of a railroad camp within six miles of the saloon $ location. HerrOu's attorney contend ed that his cliept had been granted a county license for which he had paid and under it had been conducting his business in good faith. Justice Cabell sustained the demurrer and the case was thrown out.
 The Chivatera Athletic Associa- tion, s. A., an organization which purports to cover a wide field of sports and amuse ment, is extant, was recently organized at Cananea. A considerable quantity of equipment. consisting of punching bags, boxing gloves, Indian clubs and pool and billiard table were ordered. The quarters of the club are to be in the bunk house directly south of the Chivatera store, and this building has already been arranged for its new requirements. There are over thirty charter members, and the following officers have been selected to look after the worthy project: C. J.