The copper era., 1910-12-23

peremptorily rejected at Washing
 ton.
 At Bisbee the new electricIhoist al
 the Southwest in the Czar mine of the
 Copper Queen is in operation and i:
 giving complete satisfaction.
 Charles White, for many year:
 past a resident of southern Arizona
 and who for the past several year:
 mad been postmaster at Dog Cabezas
 died this week at St. Mary's hospital
 Tucson, aged 59 years.
 J. A. Black a prominent je eler of
 Tucson, tried the second time in dis
 trict court on charges of embezzle-
 ment from the Tucson Building X
 Loan association, was disch rged for
 lack of evidence to convict.
 The Pioneers home. as it stands,
 practically finished, is not only a
 handsome tribute to the good cause
 it represents, but it is likewise the
 best and cheapest public building
 Arizona has ever received for the
 money.
 Within the past ten days the sur
 yeyors of the Port Lobos railroad from Tucson to Port LObos, have
 progressed southward rapidly in mak ing their location survey from Sasco 70 Sasa be on the international border, and are now located at Fresnal Wells m the Quijotoa district, about 50 il ,Outh of Sasco
 That the Fl Paso& Southwestern railroad has decided finally and con clusively to extend it's lines west to Tucson and establish extensive division headquarters and shops there, is rumor, belived to be well authenticated, which is said to have eminated from Southern Pacific headquarters in New York.
 When Governor Sloan returned from Washington this week he found upon his desk the unanimous endorse nent of the Republican territorial organization of George A Mauk. 1gent of the Southern Pacific ih Globe, for appointment as territoria auditor to- fill the vacancy in that ,ffice which will occur January 1st with the resignation of w. c. Foster
 Joe Waddell, the oldest conductor in point of service in the employ oi the Southern Pacific on the Tucson division, has been measured for d new standard blue uniform, the sleeves of which will bear four horizontal gold lace stripes signifying that Con- ductOr Waddell has served 20 years with the Southern Pacific. He runs ,n No. g and 10 between Tucson and E Paso.
 unusually large crop of dates ha7 been harvested from the university late farm at Tempe this year, and 'he first boxes of prepared fruit are now being placed on the market by
 he Arizona Agricultural Experimen, Station at Tucson. The dates are of q variety technically termed "Deglet Moor" and as they do not mature on the palms, it is necessary to subject them to rfpening process at the EX- perrin ental Station.
 Trial will begin shortly in the dis trict court at Florence of the damage cases against the Ray Consolidated growing out of the ex plosion on February last on the line of the Kelvin-Ray railroad, which re suited in the death of eight men There are four suits pending against the company ot surviving friends and | relatives of w. H. Freeland, Jr |: R | P. Coleman, MT. Lyall, the motor man, and James Griffin, four of the 1 men killed.
 President William H. Taft, Post | master General Hitchcock and other notables will eat the best oranges OF earth for Christmas dinner throug1 | the courtesy of Frank M. Murph' :, president of the Santa Fe, Prescott | x Phoenix Railway company. Seven teen boxes of Arizona navel orange s | were shipped east last evening | the J. F. Barker company on | North First avenue, following the | receipt of an orderfrom MT. Murphy | Mir. Murphy is a genuine Arizona 'booster," and he knew the presi ient's dinner would not be complete | without some oranges from the grea, Salt River valley.-Republican.
 Douglas, Arizona An irrigation project which will bring under cuItI vation the greatest tract of land in northern Mexico, and outrival the | Roosevelt dam in the Salt River Valley has been launched. At the | head of the enterprise is the Yaqui | River Land and Irrigation Company, | he American title of which is the | Richardson Construction Company, | and in which are identified John Hays | Harry Payne Whitney | and the B. O. Flower estate of New | York. These capitalists have | acquired title to 100000 acres of land | n the valley of the Yaqui river, long | famed for it's fertility: of this tract half million acres can be put under | and in addition to the | -OmDauV hOldinUS there are lands |