The copper era., 1909-03-18
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

when ArlZOnd ereCtS her ndt. Ol fame, it's a certainty that therel be no niche reserved in it for a statue of Senator Beveridge.-Wil-
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 Mark Smith says he will not return home until he finds out what show statehood will have at the special session Of congress. Advocates ot statehood believe that there will be some chance to have it passed at the extra session.
 No county in Arizona has as large a per capita school fund as Coconino, says the Flagstaff Gem. A large part of this fund arises from the sale of timber on the forest reservations. Coconino county also has more acres of forest reserve land than any other county in Arizona.
 The register and receiver of the land office at Phoenix have decided that the townsite of Congress Junction is not townsite and is again open to public entry. O. l.. Geer, who had filed upon the ground as townsite, claimed that Englehart and others had no right to the ground on which their places of business and residences stood.
 The starting up of the North Verde which has been closed down fo- two years, was the principal incident of interest in the mining world of Je- rome during the past week. The North Verde is one of the oldest companies operating in the Jerome Verde mining district, and one of the first companies to install powerful machinery for development work. The property is located on the north side of the United Verde and east of the Arkansas and Arizona.
 The latest advices from the prop erty of the Greene Cananea Copper Co.,, at Cananea, Sonora, show that the copper output is averaging from 3,5OO,OO to 4,OOO,O ,O0O pounds of red metal per month. This result is being accomplished by using six blast furnaces and one reverbatory furnace. In addition, only three sections of the concentrator are in commission, leav- ing one section idle. Improvements are going on at the property con- tinually, and some ot the savings that are being secured are almost phenom-
 According to the Tucson papers, preparations are already under way for the entertainment of the Grand Lodge of the Order of Odd Fellows, which will be conyened on the 18th of April. From letters received it has been estimated that 150 members of the order will attend the meetings of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. At the session of the Grand Lodge the question of a site, with acreage to the extent of twenty acres, for an orphans home, will be discussed it appearing that there is flaw in the title to the land offered near Stafford. This land and bonus in cash repre- sented about SlO,OOO.
 The properties of the Chiricahua Cattle company, one of the largest ranching outfits in Arizona, have been sold to Texas company for a price stated to be more than $250,000. This was the report received from Los Angeles by Tombstone people. Presi- dent J. B. Vickers, of the Chiricahua company, has been there giving at tention to closing final details. The Chiricahua Cattle company is the oldest ranching outfit in Cochise county, owning thousands of acres in the Sulphur Springs valley, where the largest portion of it's herds in that county are located. In that county they have close to 10000 head of cat tie, with other large herds scattered over the territory, most of them being in Graham. The deal is one of the most important made in the territory in recent months among cattle inter- ests. The name of the purchasing company is not yet obtainable.