The copper era., 1911-04-14
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ARIZONA NEWS
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 That the grading and actual con struction of the El PasO and South western extension from Fairbanks to Tucson will commence within 60 days is reported in advices received from Fl Paso at Tucson. It is stated that the same advices were sent there privately in a wire from Fl Paso last Saturday during the visit to this city of President F. M. Murphy and his associates of the Development Company of America.
 A cattle deal involving about S20, ,0OO has just been concluded through the purchase of 1000 head ot cattle from Frank Southerland of the Oracle Mammoth district near Tucson by Jack Wade, who is from the Imperial Valley. The cattle will be used for the coast markets.
 After Investigating the agricultural district in the vicinity of Casa Graude, where he is heavily interested in a land and irrigation project, Col. w. c. Greene. of the Santa Cruz Land and Reservoir company, arrived in Tucson last week in his private car "Verde." Preparations are being made for rebuilding portions of the TSSGINOlI OcJ Ouu 1OlICC diu SUI eng thening it before the arrival of the summer rains.
 Dr. V. T. Cooke, state director of dry farming for Wyoming, arrived in Prescott Sunday and will in the course of his visit investigate the lands of Yavapai county very ex- tensively, analyze the soil of the dry lands, and deliver talks at several af fa fv ha agricultural centers of the county.
 Bernard Redmond, brother of the Florence city marshal was found dead in his bed at the marshal's residence by the marshal who heard his brother $ groans, but arrived at the bedside just after life had become extinct. It was found that he had committed suicide by taking cyanide of potassium No motive is known. Redmond was known in Cochise county having re- gently been at Gleeson.
 G W. Helm, chief of the field divi sion of the nited States land office, has gone to the petrified forest to in- vestigate the report that vandals with dynamite are destroying some of the finest petrified tree specimens in the forest; that several large shipments of crystals have been made from different stations on the Santa Fe near the reserve, to eastern points. The presence of the vandals was dis covered by E. R. Rowland of New Haven, Conn, who was travelling notified President Taft.
 A contract for furnishing electrical power for pumping water to be used in irrigating 2000 acres of land located three miles south of Salome, will be closed by E.. s Osborne, representing the Los Angeles capitalists who are financing the project. The company has already made a contract to fur nish water for 5000 acres in Wen dendale township adjacent to Salome.
 That the El Paso & Southwestern conteT plates at some time going out through Tucson to Phoenix, is in dicated by the fact that rights of way for the railroad are about to be secured beyond the city limits oi Tucson on the northwest.
 The Farmers & Merchants bank is a new institution to be opened about May l in Phoenix by Oklahoma capitalists in the building at Wal and Washington streets which was | recently vacated by the NationaI Bank of Arizona and previously oc cupied for years by the Valley bank
 During the past two days the board nf supervisors of Cochise county have paid out Sl ,542.75 for 1940 hides That is far more than paid by any other county in the territory.
 A forest service telephone line i; being built from Flagstaff to Roger: Lake ranger station. The new line cuts off the Camp Verde line abou i've miles out of the city.
 "viva Diaz," are said to have beer the last words of Ricardo Garcia ( | Mexican, aged 26 years. A momen later he had been shot down by |; man of his own nationality, known al Refugio Lopez, aged about 32 years The killing took place last week neal the corral of the Green Cattle com pany at Here ford in Cochise County
 On account of more than twenty five men being employed in one caml on canal work being done by tn government within six miles of Phoe nix all the saloons of that city wer' clo-ed on Saturday, with the ex ception of four, and the license o three of those will expire within tn, next two weeks.