The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1909-12-16
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

| Inere are now nifty boys and four
girls in the territorial reform school
at Benson.
A rich strike of hematite ore bear
ing gold was made at the Bi-metal
mine, three miles south of Kingman,
last week.
Phoenix isiplanning to have cele-
bl alton Christmas Day with races
and cowboy exhibitions, including the
riding of wild steer.
1t is reported from Winkelman that
the P & E. railroad between that
place and Christmas will be completed
in less than three months.
H. B.. Calishersand Joseph Calisher
state that they propose shortly to
open hundred thousand dollar de-
partment store in Douglas.
Extensive development work has
been commenced on the property of
the Western Mines Development
company % miles from Bouse.
Charles Scherman, a pioneer of
Yavapai county, who took an active
part in the campaign against Geron-
imo, died last week at Prescott.
The estimated cost of the new
sewerage system for the city of Phoe-
nix is s24O, 800 if the present system is
Included, and S28S,O1 if it is ignored.
1t is being rumored that the mill
tary posts at Fort Huachuca and Fort
Apache may be abandoned and con-
solidated post established at Doug
las.
Riley Casner, a pioneer of Yavapai
county, who died last week, planned
the first orchard in the Verde valley
more than a quarter of a century
ago.
The board of trustees of the union
high school of Yuma recently paid
81 GOO for lot on which at a later
date a fine high school building will
be erected.
The contract for Yuma county's
new court house has been let to
Olcester & Wadin of Yuma for $780,
697, the building to be completed by
June /, 1910.
1t is announced that the famous old
Swastika mine, idle since 1880, is to
be again worked for silver, and with
it the Black Warrior and Silver
Prince of the Bradshaw mountains.
Judge Doan has refused a change of
venue in the Pfannkuche murder
case. The case will be called for
trial December 20, but will probably
be reset at that time until December
27.
The contract for the purchase of
S125,00O worth of Phoenix school
bonds was awarded to the Harris
Trust 81 Savings company of Chicago,
although they were third in the list
of bidders.
In a recent seventy -four ton test
run of ore from the Union mine in
ChaparraI very satisfactory results
were obtained and extensive explora-
tion work will probably begin in the
near future.
Probabilities are that the new Cop
per Queen Benefit association will
cause many to drop their policies in
the old line companies on account of
the home concern being cheaper and
paying larger benefits.
NJ. Burns, government freight in
spector at the E. 2. s. S. W. railroad
in Douglas, who owns ranch near
that city has increased the average
number Of eggs laid per day by feed
ing the chickens jack rabbits.
The Colorado River Dredging COM
pany, organized by II. J. Meyer about
ayear ago, has permanently suspended
operations, having failed to find any
of the sand bars of the river profitable
enough to work.
A body of carbonate ore twelve
feet in thickness and running ten per
cent copper was encountered d few
day ago in an upraise at the Mary
shaft of the Great Western Copper
company at CORTLAND.
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cotton from the government expert
mental farm near there will be used
to decorate the Southern Pacific
railroad Offices at Los Angeles during
Christmas week.
The latest and most important
strike made in the Chiricahua was
that made in the Pawnee Mining
company's property west of Rodeo.
The property has high values in gold,
silver and copper.
CORTLAND claims to have the oldest
man in the country in the person of
Abraham Kallinsky. He will soon
pass his one hundred and sixteenth
birthday and is still hale and active.
He is Russian by birth and witnessed
the burning of Moscow in 1872.
1t is said by those who should know
that J. c.. Adams will send his re-
signation to Governor Sloan as presi-
dent of the territorial fair commits
sion. With it will be a:letter request