The copper era., 1909-07-15
VOLUME II.
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

is examining plans and specification
 for new courthouse.
 The Dixie Queen mine in the Wick
 enburg district has been sold to Cali
 fornia and Utah capitalists.
 The Yuma anti-saloon league i
 circulating petition to close saloon
 and all other places of business ol
 Sunday.
 The city council of Phoenix hal granted permission for the building O. 9 miles of sidewalk in that city since
 April 1st.
 During the month of June, the con tractors working on the great Roose yelt dam laid IA, 900 yards of masonry Water in the reservoir is now 11( feet deep.
 Completed tax rolls of Cochise county show total valuation of SlS,. 636, ,734.S1, which is a falling of of more than a million in the figures of a year ago.
 An engineer corps headed by Earl Parker is working in the Casa Grande valley making detailed survey for the purpose of installing an adequate irrigation system.
 Active work on the Tucson auto mobile boulevard which is to extend east ot the city along the Speedway and East Eleventh street was com menced last week.
 Uncle Sam wants an editor and will hold a civil service examination July IA to secure eligibles for that position in the department of the interior at salary of s2,OOO per year.
 Twenty-nine carloads of canta- loupes from Imperial and Yuma were in the Tucson yards at one time last week. To date this year nearly thousand carloads have been shipped from these points.
 Announcement has been made of the appointment of Colonel Epes Randolph to be general manager of all the lines of the Espee in Mexico in addition to his present string of lines in Arizona.
 The Ray Consolidated Copper com pany is advertising for 150 pick and shovel men, drill men and teamsters for work upon the new railroad being built by that company between Kelvin and Ray.
 The project for the construction of a railroad from Yuma south to Tide water, and from Yuma north through Bouse, Winchester, Vicksburg, north ern Arizona and Utah, has taken definite form, says the Sun.
 No1onger need the thirsty traveller on the Southern Pacific through Ari- zona suffer, for wet goods have again been put on the diners. The railroad company has taken out a license in each county through which it passes.
 The Inspiration Copper company, of Globe which has one of the most | mines of the Miami district, has taken over the Black Copper group of claims lying to the north of the Inspiration property and adjoin- ing it.
 To decide whether or not the Phoe- nix school district desires to vote SI25, 900 in bonds tor the purpose of sites and erection of new buildings, the school board last week resolved to call an election on Saturday Sep tember IS.
 Tariffs showing a reduction of ap- 20 per cent. reduction in the express company rates between Tucson, Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe have been received in the offices of the Wells-Fargo company in those cities and are now in effect.
 A masked thug, armed with six shooter, entered the Atherton bar in Douglas one night of last week held lp the bartender and porter and robbed the safe of $50 in cash, a gold Elks' ring and a number of checks. He has not been ap- prehended.
 4hC ndI0A idhCl lS e1OlOdO III IhO Salt River valley. He is sending out the unprecedented story of hens in ais community which lay eggs with three yolks each, and asks the ques- ton of whether they should go to as one egg each or three egg each.
 A petition carrying over 800 names has been forwarded to President Epes Of the Southern Pacific branch lines in Arizona, asking that ,he lines of that road be extended to Douglas within year. The petition was prepared and forwarded by the Douglas Chamber of Commerce.
 A formal complaint has been pre- pared by Traffic Manager Jones of ,he Maricopa County Commercial ;lab against territorial railroads, Detitioning the interstate commerce for the regulation of pas ,enger rates in Arizona, especially on the lines running into Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe.