The copper era., 1909-03-25
VOLUME 10.
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

James Hinton, stock superintendent
 of the White Mountain Indian reser-
 vation, last week killed one of the
 largest lions that has been captured
 in that part of Arizona ill many year;
 The beast measured nine feet two
 inches and was about six years old.
 The Arizona maintenance bill made the following appropriations Asylum s1O, ,O0O; Tempe, s2O, GOO: University at Tucson, S29, 400; Florence prison, S13O, 900; Flagstaff school, s25, ,OOO;
 Benson, s4O,OOO and buildings;
 Prescott Pioneer Home, 5000;
 Florence bridge, $50, ,OOO.
 Beginning with April l, all tele-
 phone rates in the business district will be reduced from the present rate of 8 to S4 month says the Globe Belt. This change will affect not only new contracts, bat those now in effect as well, and will apply to all instruments in use in radius of one mile from the central station.
 Yuma strawberries are ripe and have been on the markets for some time. The crop this year will be a large one and the quality is superfne. Asparagus from the valley is another delicacy for which there is a constant demand and the supply is becoming weekly more abundant, says the Sentinel.
 Engineer Jack Carillo and his force are busy people these days, says a Yuma paper. All the sub-contractors hundreds of mules, train crews and gangs of laborers are busy too, for word has been passed that five weeks must see the completion of the Inter California railroad from Calexico to Yuma. But six miles now remain to be constructed, and it is said that the road will be ready for government in- spection May g.
 With a membership roll of over fifty, the Globe branch of the Ameri- can Mining congress was organized last week at meeting of prominent mining men of Globe. Officers were elected as follows: President, J. D. |Coplen; first vicepresident, F. A. Woodward; second vice-president, NJ. E. Mccarthy: treasurer, A. G. Smith; secretary, K. Satchell, Directors, R. lB. Hegardt,J. D. Coplenand Louis A. Wright, three years; NJ. E. Mccarthy, IF. A. Woodwardand sc. Phillips, two years; w H. Woodson, T. w. Hamil- ton and A. G. Smith. one year.
 The work of standardizing the Tue son division of the Southern Pacific is under way. Two mammoth rock |crushers, having a capacity of sixty carloads of crushed rock daily, are in |operation at Stein's Pass, crushing lstone for the ballasting of the line. The present plans contemplate the rock ballasting of the greater portion of the Tucson division. The improve ment will cost in the hundred thou sands. The expenditure per mile in track betterment will be between 8, GOO and S4,OOO per mile.
 Claiming that the agreement for the sale of a number of mining claims, now constituting the property of the Arizona National Copper com pany, has been altered since the transfer of that property was made, some four years ago, Con Crowley l filed suit last week to compel the pay ment of the purchase price of 975, ,000 | immediately The suits filed against l the Arizona National Copper com pany, with T. NJ. B. Hicks, Le Roy | Scholl, Thomas P. McNealy, E. r. ! Shanley and Mrs. Anna Walsh also named as defendants in the case.- Globe Belt.
 The King of Arizona mine at Kofa | continues to be the big gold producer of the Territory. It is only an illus tration of what a magnificent prop erty can be made out of a good claim. It continues its production and devel- | oping; only those on the inside know how much it is worth or what the yearly output is. That it is very large ] is a certainty and it's value is away up in the millions. The North Star mine, about three miles north of the King, which is a more recent develop | ment, promises to become even a | greater mine than the King. It is | very rich, a great producer and covers lot of ground.-EXchange.