The copper era., 1909-11-11
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

Many carloads of lemons are being shipped out of the Yuma valley.
 Another large sawmill will be in- stalled at Flagstaff in the near future.
 It is estimated that 2OO,OO orange trees will be planted in the Salt river valley this season.
 The Ray Consolidated Copper com pany has increased its capital stock from 500. 900 to 100000 shares.
 During the months of September and Octoter s3O,OO worth of side walks were finished in Phoenix.
 The National Guard of Arizona is contemplating the building of a rife range near Phoenix to cost S3,0O0
 Incorporation fees for the month of October in the office of the terri torial auditor amounted to S3, 229. 40.
 Through Pullman service between Bisbee and the coast will be estab- lished by the Southern Pacific in the near future.
 Phoenix merchants will organize mercantile association for the pur- pose of controlling the trade of the Kelvin-Ray district.
 The Southwestern Mining S Milling company is putting in new twenty stamp mill on its properties in the Ellsworth district.
 The Masonic order of Bisbee will in about two weeks begin the erection of Masonic Temple to cost in the neighborhood of S20,000.
 Within sixty days trains will be running into Calzona, the new town on the California side of the Colo rado river, nine miles of Parker.
 The Southern Pacific railroad paid it's Maricopa county taxes to the amount ot about s25, ,OO9 at the treas urer's office in Phoenix last'week.
 There have been some very rich strikes made recently in the River side mountain mining district west of Calzona, San Bernardino county, Cal.
 Maricopa county board of super. visors has fixed November 27 as the day for holding a local option election to decide the fate of the saloons of Tempe.
 The number of deaths in Arizona last month totaled 237 and the num- Der of births POT, according to the report of the territorial health officer.
 Cochise county board of supervisors has called local option election for the entire county, under the rules of the segregation law, to take place January 20.
 The big hospital of the Copper Queen company at Bisbee is to be removed from its present site near the old slag dump to a point a half mile down the railroad near the town of Lowell.
 Fifteen thousand copies of the new primary law passed by the last legis- lature have been issued for free dis tribution in the territory and may be had by requesting Secretary Young of the territory to mail one.
 The Bisbee city attorney has been ordered to draw an ordinance provid- ing for closing saloons between the hours of 1 o'clock and o'clock in the morning, and the ordinance will un- doubtedly be adopted by the council. United States Attorney Alexander has announced the following dates for federal grand juries to convene in Arizona in the near future: Globe, November 15; Tucson, November p; Phoenix, December 6; Prescott, De- cenber 10.
 The Riverside mountain mining dis trict west and south of Calzona is divided Unto divisions, the eastern and western, lying between which is a large basin well mineralized. There are many dykes which are mainly of diorite and porphyry. Ores are found in micaceous quart zose. diorite country rock and granite in several stages with croppings of silicious limestone with an intimate mixture of decomposed lime in gran ite formation.
 The Rapynco Mining company, a private corporation, with properties located in the Riverside district seven miles from Calzona on what is known as the McKisson group of claims, have struck a five-foot ledge | of quartz and decomposed lime and iron carrying values in gold.of $500 to the ton and 20 per cent. copper. | On the upper tunnel strong ledge | was recently struck running S5 per cent copper. This company has just closed negotiations for the holdings of the Bradley & Morgan people con- sisting of seventeen claims adjacent to their property, the reported con- sideration is S125.000.