The copper era., 1910-12-09
GLEAXINGS FROM
 ALL OVER ARIZONA
Reliable Happenings as They Occur and Are Reported by Our Exchanges
 ThrOughOut the Territory.

| Governor Sloan signed two militarl
 commissions before leaving for Ken
 lucky last week. One of those make:
 Captain E. O. Ord inspector genera
 of the national guard of Arizona
 with the rank of colonel, while the
 other commissions T. E. Pomeroy tC
 act as captain of company D, N. G
 A., stationed at Mesa.
 Of 600 men now employed at the
 Miami Copper company only about
 100 are engaged iu underground work The remaining 800 are working or the construction of the new concen trator and auxiliary parts of the
 plant. Among the 100 men occupied in mining are included pumpmen carpenters and such other surface men as are necessary to the working of the mine.
 Con O'Keefe, collector of custom; at Nogales, and William Knight, also of Nogales, have located 3,68O acres of oil fclaims a short distance north of Bowie for Nogales people, who have become greatly interested iu the oil strike in a well bored by a cattleman in that district.
 A box of fine Arizona oranges, do- mated by A. Berkenkamp of Tucson, some pears from F. M. Baldwin of Phoenix, and clusters of oranges from L.. H. Rhuart, also of, Phoenix, have been shipped to the United States Land and Irrigation Congress at Chi cago, as an Arizona exhibit.
 For the fiscal year ended June 50 last the United States department of agriculture announces the D per cent of National Forest revenue which will go to the states for road and school purpose amounted to S506, ,194S4. The amount which will go to Arizona and which ranks third in the list of states and territories is S51, ,22O.38.
 Jesse Wells, a shift boss, was burned to death last week as the re- suit of an explosion at the boarding house of the Extension mine, twelve miles from Bisbee, caused by pour ing oil into a stove. Herbert Mo Cutcheon, a miner, while eudeayor- ing to rescue him, was sev verely burned. Wells was found insane and died on the way to the hospital.
 Oliver L. Whiting, aged 80 years, was beaten to death last week in the Tombstone hospital by Isaac Goforth. The coroner's jury found that deceased came to his death by blows inflicted by Isaac Goforth by both fists and with a stick for a pe- riod covering three or four hours, and from. criminal negligence on the part of the hospital management.
 The waste gate on the Montezuma canal at the San Simon washed out last week and the Graham County Canal company will put in concrete work to fill in the opening, which is about thirty feet long and twenty feet deep, as it will be cheaper and more permanent than dirt fill.
 Dr. Edward Lindley, a former resi- dent of Stafford and the Gila valley, died in the hospital at Globe last week.
 In the constitutional convention there are two Jones, but nary Smith. The trades are represented by a Bak- CT and a Cooper. There is a Sims and Simms, a Wells and a Wills, and a Moeur and a Moore.
 A. E. Burnett, immigration in spector at Naco, has received word of his promotion 10 inspector in- charge of the entire territory of Arizona, succeeding c. T. Cornell, of Tucson. Inspector Heath, of Browns vile, Texas, will succeed Burnett.
 The Miami Copper company plans to celebrate New Year day with the starting of its big milling plant at Miami.
 Ten years is the sentence that was passed upon Nan-ta-he, the Apache Indian, for the murder of his wife. Nan-ta-he, known by the government designation of 121, pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree at Globe.
 A squad ot 9 rurales is now sta tioned at Nogales, Sonora. It is re- ported that more are expected to ar rive from Hermosillo within a few days.
 The Globe insurance agents have a permanent organization, the purpose of which looks toward uniform methods in relation to risks The name chosen for the organiza tion was "The Globe Fire Underwriters Association" F. F. TOwle was chos- en president.
 At Bisbee to prevent the spread in the public schools of diphtheria, a careful examination of the throats of all the pupils in the schools is being conducted by the city health officer. Many children have been kept away