The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-08-05
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Gently employed on the Blythe ranch
was the victim of self-inflictet
wound, accidentally. Tuesday last
De Anda was handling his gun, Al
ca1ibre revolver, when the weapon eX
ploded, the bullet ranging downward
from six inches below the left knee
to the instep and lodged. No med
ical aid being obtainable nearer tina
place, De Anda was brought to Yuma
coming to Glamis by automobile, ant
then in by train. The injured mar
was taken to the Gandolfo, where hi
was placed under the care of DR.
Clymer. He is doing we'll, though +
has not yet been possible to extrac
the bullet. De Anda is native of ia
lisco, Mexico, and has been in thf:
country about six years. He had late
1y gone to Palo Alto
Henry Cow1ey, workman in the
employ of the Basin Camp mine al
Pfcacho, was brought to Yuma Sat
urday from the mine, suffering from
the effects of severe burns, the result
of an accident which occurred earlier
in the week. Cowley was at worn
cleaning the engine when an eXp1o
sion occurred, burning one side Of
his face and his arms and hands, but
fortunately leaving HIS eyes untouch
Cd, although the injuries extend al
about them. He was accompanied t;
Yuma by Dr. Roy Knott, and was uu
der the care of Drs. Clymer an
Knott while here. He left on the 7:1E
train Saturday night for Los Angeles
where It is hoped the cooler weather
will hasten his recovery.
F. J. Pferson, a member of the Ari
zona-C California Development Co.
spent Thursday and Friday of last
week In Yuma looking after his ex
tensive business interests. Although
resident of Mankato, Mimi, Mr.
Pierson in the last few years has ac
CURED large land holdings in the
west, owning a valuable tract of land
in FL Paso, where he spends much
of hts time, in addition to his Yuma
property. He left here Friday night
for his Eastern home via the coast
where he viii make number OF
stops, spending some of his time at
the Seattle exposition. Mr.. Person
will return to Ell Paso, in the fall, and
will probably be In Yuma during the
winter.
L. 3. Ortega, OF the Castle Dome
district, and one of the interested
parties in the Crackerjack mine, in
the Dome district, is at the Gandolfo.
Mr.. Ortega will return to Dome, the
last of the week. Despite the hot
weather and shortness of the water
supply, mining operations In the dis
trict are not at standstill, Mr.. Or
tcga states, and, with the coming of
fail, he looks for a revival of activi-
ties on a larger scale than ever be.
fore.
Rev. Scott Cotton, pastor of the
Valley Baptist church, whose resfg-
nation, on the score Of i'll health, was
recently accepted by the church
board, will leave Tuesday for the
coast where he will enjoy a brief per-
tod of recreation before proceeding
to his home in Texas. Mr.. Cotton
came to Yuma primarily for the ben
eft Of the climate upon a throat af
lection from which he had suffered
for some time.
Mrs Walter Bradford, wife of the s.
P. fireman of this division, who re.
Gently went to Los Angeles for treat.
ment for an injured arm, will, it is
said, be forced to have the affected
member amputated The trouble orig
inally, was a small wound in the arm
which became infected, developing
blood poisoning Mrs. Bradford's has
many friends in Yuma who greatly
deplore her present ill-fortune. Mr.
Bradford is with his wife.
Councilman w. G.. Peterson has
moved his family into the eommodious
new dwelling which has just been com
pleted for him, as roand-house fore
man, by the s. p, Company. The
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