The Winslow mail., 1911-07-01
STATE NEWS
ARI Q MA
IN BRIEF

w. D. Steel of Glendale has shipped
five cars of barley north.
The salary of the postmaster at
Jerome has been increased 5000 a
year
The rain with which Jerome and vi
cinity has been threatened of late
never came.
Paving the streets of Phoenix has
been started and the work will be
pushed rapidly
Most of the towns in Arizona will
hold Fourth of July celebrations, some
on an elaborate scale.
Within twelve days after the estab
lishment of the bank at Buckeye there
were $4,000 on deposit
The Jerome Mems Club propose
now to build a tennis court connection
with the children's play grounds.
Mayor j. A. Dimes of Tempe had
the honor of being the first person to
talk over the direct telephone line
from Tempe to Los Angeles.
The sinking of the main shaft at the
property of the Arkansas & Arizona
Company at Jerome has been begun.
Three shifts will work in the shaft.
A Mr.. Weigold of Glendale has been
exhibiting an 18-pound red table beet.
Sine Bros, of Glendale, are shipping
alfalfa to Seligman and Kingman.
With two balers propelled by a
twenty-five horsepower gasoline en-
gine on the Chandler ranch near
Phoenix, they baled 487 tons of hay
in one week, the daily output varying
from 78 to 83 tons.
Fifty thousand acres were entered
under the homestead and desert acts
and by scrip in Lonesome, Chino
Verde, Aqua Fria, Skull and kirkland
valleys during the last twelve months.
This statement was made by J. M. W.
Moore, U. S. land commissioner at
Prescott.
George J. Rosenblum, who is max
ing walking tour of the United
States, and ultimately of the world,
is now in Glendale. Mr. Rosenblum
left New York City on February g.,
1909, and has since then walked about
$4,000 miles and this is his twenty
seventh state.
Mr.. Hilbert of Glendale has received
three carloads of crate materials to
be distributed among the cantaloupe
growers. Prospects look very favor
able for shipments of this seasons
crop, aggregating from 200 to 250 car
loads, big increase over last years
exports, which amounted to only forty
eight cars.
The proposition which has been in
the minds of many for some time, and
was openly discussed at a recent meet
ing of the Young Mems Phoenix Club,
that the county and city of Phoenix
combine in the erection of hand
some court house and city hall, is
meeting with much favor on the part
of the business interests of the city.
The recent strike of new pay ore at
the 550-foot level of the Tom Reed
mine near Kingman, has developed
into a larger scope than first an
ticipated. The vein has widened out
to about eighteen feet, carrying an
average value of about $50 per ton,
and gives promising. indication of
greater production as the ledge is be-
ing uncovered.
Additional dispatches to Tucson in
dicate that the Yaqui uprising, which
was repoted some days ago, is more
serious than was at first supposed.
No indications are given by the latest
news as to the number of Yaquis in
the field in northern Mexico, but
their number seems to be considerable
and they are receiving accessions to
their ranks every day.
All possible pressure is being
brought to bear on Delegate Andrews
and the Senate committee on terri
tories by the commercial organiza-
tions OF Arizona and New Mexico on
behalf of statehood. Chairman Will
liam Alden Smith is being bombarded
by kilograms from every commercial
body in both territories, setting forth
the paralyzing effect on all business
the inexplicable delay is causing.
FREDERICK Serna, after creating
disturbance in the residence portion
OF Holbrook, and after trying to for
chilly enter another Mexican's house,
proceeded to take possession of Hol-
brook and shoot up the town in early
style. When ordered by Deputy Sher-
iff Osborne to stop and throw up his
hands, he thought the deputy was the
best target, emptfed his gun in his
direction, ran into A and B. Schust-
er's corrall, reloaded and turned loose
again. Osborne was at considerable
disadvantage, fearing to shoot on &C
count of the crowd which had collected,
but when the Mexican took refuge
behind a high-board fence, still shoot
ing, Osborne reached over and shot
him high in the breast, the bullet