The Winslow mail., 1911-04-22
STATE NEWS
ARI Q MA
IN BRIEF
IN Brief

sheared at camps adjacent to Phoenix
this year.
Plans are under way for organiza-
ton of Chapter of American Mining
Congress for Arizona.
One of the new converters of the
United Verde Copper Company at
Phoenix has been started.
Bureau of Census announces popula-
tion of Tombstone in 1910 as 1882; in
1900 the population was GAG.
Work is being continued on the
Amalgamated Metal and Development
Company's property, near Jerome.
Prescott Chamber of Commerce is Of
| fering free home sites in pine groves
to Arizonians who will build summer
cottages.
Broom corn grows successfully ia
the Salt River valley and a large
broom factory will be established at
Phoenix.
Wickenburg is paying close atten-
tion to road improvement in the vi
cinity, resulting in much travel
through that city.
Real estate and building activity
prevails at Tucson; every indication
that 1911 will be record year in all
business lines.
Jerome has just completed a new
900 high school building marking
completeness of educational facilities
in the Copper City.
Eradication of scabies from Arizona
sheep herds is very successful; exam
ination of 100000 head failed to dis
cover single case.
An unfortunate mine accident oc-
Cured at the Grubstake mine at Walk
er, which resulted in the serious in
jury of John Conner by an explosion
of giant powder.
Work at the Jerome-Verde mines
is progressing nicely and the shaft IS
now down over 700 feet and some good
ground is being drifted into and good
ore is looked for any time.
Ray Consolidated Mill at Hayden
has commenced operations, crushing
over a thousand tons daily When in
full operation the plant will be one OF
the largest smelters in the world.
Organization of the Territorial AS
sociation for the furtherance Of Good
Roads" is having attention. Alp rast
of Arizona cooperating for success.
The governor will call meeting soon.
Tucson Chamber of Commerce has
raised $4,000 for the purchase of ter
| riO oh -nf-UqU for.
the E. P. & S. w. railroad. The deed
to be turned over to the company at
once.
A railroad through Mogollon noun
tains from Holbrook to points south
is projected by Eastern and local cap
italists. The road will run through
timber country and will tap new coal
fields. ~
Kingman, Mojave county, reports
prosperity in mining and ranching.
Ranges in splendid shape, sheep shear
ing active, cattle thriving and much
development throughout adjacent
country.
The Arizona Power Company has
completed it's line from the Fossil
Creek power house to Jerome via the
Verde Valley, and has commenced
sending power to the Jerome district
over the new line.
DR.. A. H. Wilde of Northwestern
university has been called to preslden-
CIV of the University of Arizona. Re-
gents are chosen from various parts Ok
the territory The university is an Ar
izona institution throughout.
Although President Taft might be
unwilling to disapprove the constltu-
ton of Arizona because of its proVI-
sion for the recall Of judges, he is
seeking to find a way by which that
provision may be stricken out by the
people of Arizona themselves.
Much interest is being manifested in
several counties in Arizona as the re-
suit of the renewed agitation for th4
construction of good roads i'll the ter
ritory, which will conect up with the
roads now being built in New Mexico
and Colorado and which will at no
great future form links in the great
national highway.
|
ter for contract work, and Will be Tor
several months to come Sharp and
Fellows have moved their shovel camp
from Fairview and are cutting off the
north side of the old main line and
will lower the grade at the hill top
about eighteen feet, using the dirt
thus removed to fill in crossings over
the big Supai and other canons north
of Mcclellan. About 100000 yards OF
dirt will be taken from top Of the hlll
at Supai, making even larger cut
than was made by the L. j. Smith
company last year. But with two big
steam shovels and five engines to
haul, it is thought the work can be
completed in five months, and POSSIBLY
sooner.