The Winslow mail., 1911-03-25
STATE NEWS
Ar O MA
IN BRIEF

Phoenix, said to be the longest rein
forced concrete bridge in the world, is
nearing completion
A meeting of the Transcontinental
Good Roads Association of Arizona
was held at the board of trade rooms
recently in Phoenix Good roads
workers from all over the territory
were present.
On tour of the Southern Pacific
lines, Frank A. Vanderlip, president
OF the National City Bank of New
York and one of the most prominent
men in the world of finance, paid
Phoenix passing visit recently.
Negotiations have been completed
for the taking over of the Comaro
group of copper and gold mines, in the
French Gulch country, near Placeritas,
Captain ]. w. Lind and George Coop
er transferring their interests to in
vestors of Lehigh, Oklahoma:
Mrs. Winfield Scott, widow of the
late Chaplain Scott of Scottsdale, has
presened the Phoenix Y M. C. A. with
two valuable and highly priced gifts.
One is set of histories and the other
is quaint relic of a Japanese wreck,
in the shape of a ten-pound piece of
beeswax. The beeswaX was on a
Japanese vessel that was wrecked in
1884 and was washed ashore near the
mouth of the Columbia river in Ore
gon. 1t was identified by the charac-
ters carved on it's surface, part of
which are still visible. Chaplain Scott
bought the curio while stationed at
an Oregon military post.
On the west side of the west cross
cut on the sixteenth level at the Old
Dominion, near Silver City, is develop
ing in block two body of oxidized ore
averaging about ten per cent copper.
Development in the United Globe
ground is revealing bodies of fine ore,
mostly of concentrating grade, both on
the twelfth and fourteenth levels. The
Old Dominion continues to handle
United Globe ores through shaft A.
An electrically operated blower is be-
ing installed on the twelfth level of
-tilaEcn on the fourteenth level until
connection can be made with the King
dom shaft. This shaft is being sunk
On the Lady Elgin claim, in the south
eastern portion of the property, and is
now nearly seventy feet deep. The
Old Dominion now is pumping about
100000 gallons daily The hoist in
stalled last August at shaft A has
proven satisfactory in every respect.
Former President Roosevelt pressed
an electric button which opened the
Roosevelt dam reclamation project, at
Roosevelt, which creates the greatest
artificial lake in the world and will
irrigate 250,000 acres. aHe said he was
glad to have the honor and proud of
the record of his administration, dur
ing which the great work of reclama
tion in the West had been started and
the digging of the Panama canal made
certainty. The scene from the dam
was a striking one The motor cars
in which the many people besides the
Roosevelt party made the 75-mile jour
the road above the artificial lake, each
with it's roll of bedding strapped upon
it, as the guests spent the night there.
On the hills hundreds of saddle horses
grazed Along the top of the tower
several hundred people were crowded,
and when Mr.. Roosevelt's machine
came III sight on the twisting road,
tremendous salute of dynamite greeted
the former President IN military fash
ion.
During the past two months, Mr..
Williams, Of Mohave county, who was
at one time connected with the Desert
Power and Water Company, has been
investigating different parts of the
lower Grand Canon of the Colorado
with a view to building a great Cam
across the stream for the creation Cf
power. This, it is understood, has re-
suited in the discovery of place that
is suitable to the purpose, and Mr..
Williams has gone to Los Angeles to
make report to his superiors. The
men behind this project are we'll able
to carry it to a successful termina-
ton. A power plant in the Grand
Canon would be of incalcuable bene-
fit to that section of Arizona, as it
would put within the possibilities the
irrigation of vast tracts of land and at
the same time give to the mines cheap
power. Enough power could be Gre
ated by one great dam in the river to
operate every piece of machinery in
Arizona and without diminishing the
flow of that stream one drop. On the
other hand, by the operation of sys-
tenn of pumping plants water could be
raised to an elevation whence distri-
button could be had to many of the
valleys of this part of the territory.
This great project would cost far less
than many of the estimates Of gov
ernment and other engineers, but even
if it cost the full amount it would
amount to but very small percent
age of the valuation it would put on
all the lands that would be brought
under the benign influence of irriga-