The copper era., 1909-01-07
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.


 who was accused of permitting gamb- ling in his place of business, was found guilty, the jury being out but a few minutes.
 The first hanging to take place at the territorial prison at Florence oc- cured January 5, when Jose Lopez, the Pinal county woman murderer, was executed.
 The only saloon in Kirkland closed it's doors last week in accordance with the proclamation issued by the board of supervisors following the recent local option election.
 J. M. Berger, who has been in charge of the Indians at San Xavier for nearly twenty years, has resigned his position, the resignation taking effect January 1, 1910.
 A double handful of gold nuggets tells mute story of gold strike near Troy, which, if it had been made in gold instead of a copper camp, would have caused veritable stampede.
 Work on the big government syphon -uear Yuma has reached the live stage and will now proceed continually 24 hours day, including Sundays, until its completion, probably about six months hence.
 Quite a number of the big sheep raisers of Coconino county have been looking over the pasturage in Mohave county with view to taking in a large number of sheep this coming spring to feed on the early weeds and grasses of the valleys.
 Rail laying and grading along the line of the Arizona & California rail- road from Parker to Bengal is now under headway at all points and is being pushed with all the speed pos sible by the contractors, Messrs. Scott. Smith and Black.
 Seven freight cars standing on the side track at Orborne, waiting to be taken to Bisbee, were broken into recently by would-be merchandise plunderers, who were evidently dis appointed when they found only coal, hay, steel rails, etc. The contents were not molested.
 During July, August and Septem- Der there were 71S births and 68O deaths in Arizona. Maricopa county had the greatest number of births, 164, and Coconino and Mohave tied for the lowest, each having 6. Only three deaths were reported from Mohave county.
 F. NJ. Murphy gave to St. Joseph's Academy of Prescott as a Christmas gift eight pieces of land of dimen- .on each of 50 by 15O feet and worth at least SlO,OOO. The tract comprises practically all the mesa lands on which the academy buildings are situated.
 A band of six horse thieves, said to have its headquarters in what is known as "No Mans Land" in Pima county, and that has been operating in southern Arizona and northern Mexico for some time, was overtaken by company of Hurdles in Sonora and in the battle which ensued four of them were killed and the other two taken prisoners.
 On Christmas night after the rest of the family had retired, Anita O'Brien, of Tucson, a young lady twenty years of ago, attempted to commit suicide by shooting herself through the left breast. She will probably recover. She does not know what caused her to commit the rash act.
 The Globe committee to whiGh.w was entrusted the investigation San Carlos irrigation projecfof the termine whether the consumption of that project or the building of the proposed line of the Southern Pa cifc company through Box canyon should be recommended, were sched- uled to report to the Globe chamber of commerce on January 5th.
 Joseph Myers of Prescott dad a narrow escape when a cave-in entombed him in tunnel on one Of his own mining claims, fifty feet in the earth and four miles from the nearest camp or habitation. After five hours of strenuous labor in the darkness, with no living thing to wei come or assist him except hls faithful dogs waiting at the mouth of the tunnel, he succeeded in digging his way out.
 Ore running into the hundreds of ounces in silver and copper and lead, and bi-product of gold sufficient to pay all the operating expenses are the indications which have brought joy to the hearts of the Douglas men who own the control of the Pawnee group, located in the Chiricahuas, eighty miles from Douglas. Accord tug to Secretary J. A. Combs, the company, working only very small force, has another shipment of sixty tons of very high grade ore.