The copper era., 1910-11-25
GLEANINGs FROM ALL OVER ARIZONi.
Reliable Happenings as They Occur and
 Are Reported by Our Exchanges

Are Reported by Our Exchanges
 There is a project afoot to build a dam 700 feet high that will store the waters of the Colorado river in the Grand Canyon and develop 1,5OO,OOO horse power, which is more than the necessary energy of Niagara.
 Myrtle and palm branches from Arizona are being found good substi- tutes for those from Palestine in Jewish religious celebrations in Cali fornia.
 Arizona oranges and dates are find ing warm welcome in Chicago, in a way commensurate with the crop.
 Ott & Payne brought in bunch of 42 steers to Williams last week, the average weight of which was 1,4OO pounds.
 On account of the large number of horses running loose on the range in the vicinity of Williams, which it seems almost impossible to catch, al though they carry good rewards, res idents are raising funds for general roundup, so that they may again procure horses for riding and driving purposes.
 The combined resources of national and territorial banks in Arizona is given as S23, ,I4A,6lO.63. There are 37 territorial and l3 national banks.
 Arizona paid in fire insurance prem iums last year sl,7O1 ,S72.O7.
 Big returns are being received by Arizona growers of alfalfa seed. The prices are good and crops insure large profits.
 The board of army engineers ap- pointed by the secretary of the in- terior have inspected the Roosevelt dam project and report the work al- most entirely finished.
 An irrigation census of the Salt river valley and Arizona has been undertaken by the department of agriculture. The reports will be of immense value to the country.
 Over 2l5 miles of railroad were constructed in Arizona last year; this does not include spur-tracks, switches, etc. Plans for many times this mileage are ready for the com ing year.
 Improvement in the London and New York feather market will ben eft ostrich raisers in the Salt river valley. The birds are rapidly on the increase and it is now estimated that there are 1000 in the valley.
 Two. hundred and eighty-three thousand three hundred and forty four acres have been eliminated from the national forest reserves in Ari- zona and will be open for entry De- cember l.
 The proposal to establish a state organization on board of trade lines is meeting with general favor. The outlook for strong body to work for the development of Arizona in all parts of the country is bright. The prosposal to establish permanent bu- reaus on the pacific and Atlantic coasts meets with general approval.
 For the first time this season, rain fell heavily in the Tonto Basin coun- try this week, insuring a material in. crease in the storage supply in the Roosevelt reservoir.
 Superintendent Philbrook of the Bisbee public schools is aboutto com mence a campaign against employers who have children in their employ under 16 years of age, during school hours. Also against parents who do not seud their children to school.
 That a corps of surveyors started working from Sasco toward the inter- national line for the Port Lobos rail- road Is the information which has reached Tucson. It is understood that this line is the last lap of the survey, the line from Port Lobos to the United States boundary having already been completed. As the last lap cOntaius only about sixty miles of territory it should soon be completed. The Port Lobos company has already announced that actual construction work will soon follow the completion of the survey, and therefore some thing definite is expected in the near