The copper era., 1909-03-11
NEWS OF TIE TERRITORY.

Victor Dieu has sold his interests in the peoples Bakery in North Globe to Harry Dial and expects to leave Globe to make his home in Chicago Both of the above parties formerly resided in Clifton.
 Reports received here are to the effect that the contract for the new concentrator which is to be erected by the Miami Copper company has been given out and that the work will commence at once says the Globe Belt.
 The Arizona Democrat has been sold by the State Consolidated Publishing company to Frank DeSOuza, E. r Wilson and w. D. Bell, all of Phoenix DeSouza and Wilson had the Demc- crat last year on d lease and since the first of this year have been negotiat ing for the purchase of the paper out right, and have now succeeded in do ing so.
 Saturday of last week George H Crosby, Jr., the well-known attorney a-d former newspaper man, pur- chased the interests in the Journal held by Mrs. L. A. Moore and Jack Todd, and took full charge of the paper Monday morning. MT. Crosby intends to make the Journal a straightout republican paper, and will move pa per and plant to Thatcher about May lst.
 Final payment on the purchase price ot the dividend group of mines near Prescott has been paid by the Mount Elliott Consolidated Mines company to the Dividend Consolidated Gold Mining company, and the title of the property passed into th= hands of the purchasing company. The deal for the transfer of the Dividend group was closed April 15, 1906. The purchase price was s2OO, ,OOO, payable in install ments. The property which com prises eleven patented claims, is now known as the Mount Elliott group.
 That Col. w. c. Greene, who has been reported to be "down and out financially in nearly every paper in the country, is not so badly off nnan- latest report coming from Cananea, his home city, and is seemingly well authenticated. If the report is to be believed there is hardly a man in the district who would not be willing to be on the same "down and out" list. When all of the tangles caused by the effect of the recent financial stringency have been straightened out of his affairs, he will be the possessor of between two and four million dollars, it is said.
 F. c. Schrader, government geolo- gist, and J. NJ. Hill, junior geologist t in the employ of the government, ar rived in Tucson last week from Washington, where they have their headquarters. They are here for the purpose of making a geological sur vey of the Santa Ritas, Empire noun tains and the Patagonia section. They expect to spend the next two or three months in the mountains mak- ing their survey. They will make a report to the government on the gem eral physical features of the district which they are to survey. They will also report on the possibilities of the districts from a mining standpoint c tizen.
 John Salcido, aged B, had very narrow escape from death when he exploded a dynamite cap he had picked up near his home at South Bisbee. One large piece of the shell struck him in the neck narrowly missing his jugular vein. The boy found the cap and not realizing the danger of his course, commenced trying to explode it between two stones. Upon finally succeeding, pieces of the cap and small frag- ments of stone flew in all directions, many of them striking th- lad. He was picked up unconscious and D. Edmuudson was, summon-d. His wounds while serious, were. found not to. be fatal@ Aside from the wound Tn his neck there were several severe!cuts on his arms, body and legs He will be contfaed to his .bEd for several ays+Review.