The copper era., 1909-04-15
VOLUME IT.
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

The death at Phoenix last week of R. A. Hightower, assemblyman from Yuma county, leaves a vacancy in the membership of the twenty-ffth legislature, which, under the laws of the territory the governor is com pelled to call especial election to fill.
 Since the Laguna dam was built above Yuma, navigation, except by small boats, has ceased on the river. All the old time steamer men have gone to other fields. Eventually, the : river below Yuma will be dredged, admitting large vessels that far to an Arizona port.
 The monthly report of County Treasurer Hicks of Cochise county for the month of March shows that the finance of that county are in very good shape. The county now has the distinction of being the only one in the territory that has not a bonded indebtedness.
 The electric plant of the Octave -MiRing company at Wickenburg, is being rushed to completion to deliver at as early date as possible light and power to the company's mine and mill, and also to the City of Wicken- burg and other mining companies on contract.
 It is the aim of the Courtland Min ing and Milling company to fully ac quaint the public with conditions present and prospective-and in or der to do this states that 700 acres of the mammoth holdings of the com pany have been almost constantly ex plotted for the past ten years at an expense of more than S45 900.
 Charley Coleman was killed at Sasco on Sunday last. Coleman was well -kPown as interruptions and bad. For the past several years he had lived in Bisbee and while there in 1905 killed a man, and his mission to Sasco was to kill two others, at least so he had pre- viously announced. He was killed by a man maned Wilson who was run ming a saloon at that place. The trou- ble was over women.
 L. c. Shattuck, general manager of the Shuttuck & Arizona mine, when asked if there was any truth in the rumor that the Copper Queen people had or would purchase the Shattuck mine, said that he did not know anything about it. 'I don't believe there is anything in the re- port,'' he said. "It is hot air sent out by brokers perhaps. If any such negotiations are on I am not aware of them, and I would probably know something about it if the company contemplated selling out"
 Five months after having been honored by his county with election to the legislature which closed a few weeks ago, R. c. Hightower, of Yuma, a young man of about 2 years of age, went down to his grave, His is sad story of a young mans ruin, chronicled with regret. MT. Hightower showed considerable abil- i ity during the legislature and intro duced the segregation measure vetoed by the governor which bore his name, besides number, of other measures. He was known as an hon. est, industrious square dealing young man at Yuma, and his death will be much regretted.
 While there is nothing of special nature to report in the Warren min- ing district still it will be gratifying to the readers of the Review that all the producing companies are mining the usual amount of ore that has come from the mines of the district during the past year and half and about 4,OOO men are now employed in this work. The total production of the smelters at Douglas for the month of March was near fifteen millions pounds of copper and of this product the Copper Queen smelter turned out nine million pounds, including the concentrates from the Moctezuma Copper company at Nacozari.
 Official opening of the new west coast line of the Southern Pacific from Guaymas as tar south as Mazat Ian on the 18th of this month, is of unusual significance to Tucson and its people and has been the cause of much discussion in commercial cir cles. The operation of this line will not be without a material effect on business in Tucson. A direct line from this city to Mazatlan, a city of 12,OOO population, will benefit local merchants materially and Tucson will figure heavily in the importation of commodities into the metropolis of Sinaloa, known as the "California of Mexico" A number of Tucsonans have already arranged trip into this new country for the purpo; ;e of investing in real estate and other opportunities on the Mexican Pacific slope.-Citizen.