The border vidette., 1910-06-11
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest Culied From Our Ex-
changes.

Geo. u. Young. who is rehabiitst-
ing the old Mammoth mines at Gold
field. this county, has uncovered good
gold ore bodies ard expects to have
ten stamp mill in operation at these
mines by the lst of July MIR. Young
is a hustler and we believe that he will
make good at Goldfeld Florence
Blade
The annual roadjustment OF s,la,ies
of presidential post sters shows
increase OF 500 for each of the post
masters OF Clifton. Douglas. Flagstaff,
Globe, Jerome, Kingmau, Mesa. Met
calf, Phoenix. Silver Bell. Tempe, Tue
son, Wilcox, Williams and Winslow,
Grand Canyon gets an increase Of
5000.
On the evening of Thursday. June
2. about Z o'clock coast time, it began
raining in Benson, and continued to
rain steadily for three hours. South
tributary country, there was very
heavy rain, so that the river was up
next morning, and the various irrig4-
tion canals were full to overdowina-
Benson Press.
The Sultana- Arizona Copper Go.
has recently been purchase by the
Bald in Syndicate of Chicago, and
is now called the Kelvin Sultana CJp-
per Co. Over $500 feet of under
ground work has already been done
on this property and large deposits of
sulphide ore have bsen uncovered
The nsw owners are preparing to in
stall con ;entrating mill in short
time.
Monday June 13 has been definitely
set as the day on which Frank Spence
will receive sentence OF death, this
annouD cement being made by judge
Doe at Prescott few days ago. Be
fore that inc the remitter from the
supreme court will reach the district, |
and action taken to carry out the |
N mandate of the higher court. Spence |
is said to be rapidly declining. and is
passing through the severest test of his
will power since being found guilty of |
the murder of Edgar Sullivan.
Every thing shows that Benson is
ust right for grapes. The vine that
;overs the east side of the Etz cottage |
,n corner OF Fifth street and San
Pedro avenue is loaded with fruit, as
are Others around town, and young
vines are biginning to bear in A. J.
Collins garden; also some at S. d
Speer's that have only been set out !
hree months. II. P. Merrill will
1ave a good yield in his back yard
Some last winter cuttings in Oal-
ahan's garden are bearing grapes
Benson Press
The hot weather has not delayed
work on ii her the Farmers ditch or
The big rock out on the Casa Grande
V alley canal. 1t has been trying on
ooth men and teams, but our low
,u midity has kept the temperature in
/ burning and not oppressive state,
hence there has been no danger from
'unstroke. Sunstroke, by the way, ia
thing unknown here, notwithstand-
ns the altitudinous flights of the
rercury in this valley during the sum
ner months, One just perspires and
grows healthy here during the hot
orriods Blade.
4 party Of Southern Pacific en-
,iueers is ged III running a survey
between the town of Yagn, on the
river, and the Pacific port
Of San Bias, thence south and east to
. junction with the main line near
Comp stella. Such a branch will
prov ide transportation for the region
known as the Chils coast of Topic, I
which is rich in tropical agriculture.
rs we'll as connect San Bias with the
Many years ago the old
Mexican Central Company built
railroad from San Bias to Topic, but |
in 1900 took it up again and shipped |
the ma aterial to Manzanillo, o,-Guada- |
L. ara Times.