The Lovington leader., 1914-09-25

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A rich strfks e ore has been made
10 the little Jeests Of Chspsrral
A better habsss contest vill BE- Q
feature Of the Arisoes state fair.
Thomas d. shaushnessy 10 seere-
tsry Of the STATE Fair Commission.
The 500 level q the Copper Giant In
Mohase county. continues In big ore.
The mines OF the A. c. Company at
Metcaif. Greenlee county. have been
shut down.
Arizona contsloupes command top
prices on the New York market % &C
count Of thei. fine flavor.
There are 1900 acres Of Arizona
land planted to long staple cotton this
year. ~ against 1000 last year.
Powhstan 9. wren Of Constellation.
favapai county. 10 nov In charge Of
the Pioneer home. at Prescott.
The annual convention Of the Ari.
roma State Sunday School Association
will be held at Prescott. Oct. 20.
Globe officials are puzzled over the
death Of a Chinaman. who drank four
bottles Of whisky and shuffled off.
Miners In the Globe district are op-
posed to the plan to ask Congress to
suspend assessment work for 4 year.
Unofficial returns indicate that all
the present incvmbents OF state offices
were renominated at the recent state
primary election.
Work on the new gold find In the
Chemehuevis is said to be getting good
results. The vein is not large but the
ore is very rich.
X. l.. Dimmick Is getting things In
shape to begin active work ON the
mines of the Frisco Gold Mines Com.
pany at Kingman.
Prescott was elated when Senator
Ashurst introduced q bill in the Sem
ate providing for q federal building In
the mile high city.
Final arrangements for the great
Mystic Shrine ceremonial to be held
Oct. 5-6 at the rim OF the Grand Canon
have been completed.
A campaign against the prohibition
amendment has been started by the
druggists Of Arizona through the Phar.
maceutical Association.
The humble pink bean. known as the
irijole, is coming into Its own this
year and will be a big money" crop
Tor the farmers OF Arizona.
Another rich strike OF gold rock was
made in the Truax properties in Juni.
per Flats and pieces OF the metal
speckled rock were taken to Bisbee.
The Standard Oil Company has com.
pleted a $4,000 warehouse in the east.
ern part OF Holbrook. which includes
two tanks OF q capacity OF 10000 sal.
Ions.
The price OF shave in any of the
we'll regulated barber shops OF Douglas
is % cents and will so remain indefi.
nitely. according to an agreement by
the BARRIERS
According to agricultural experiment
station bulletins, Illinois wheat this
year yielded from IL to 30 bushels per
acre, while Arizona farmers secured
from 20 TO g. bushels.
Tucson will have IN experimental
ostrich farm. II is to be conducted
! 10y the university agricultural experi.
ment station IN connection with "a
poultry farm on ia, east end Oi the
campus
Near Douglas, a man named Strick.
land recently cmI loved ON the stale
road iorce was shot and killed by n
ranchcr named Tom Arnold, who is re.
ported to have been well known in the
Tombstone vicinity.
Governor Hunt has recently en-.
dOrsed Senator Ashmst's proposition
for the erection of barb wire fence
along the entire Mexico-Arizon,'
border. tor the purpose OF keeping
tickinlected Mexican cattle out OF
Arizona
Mrs. Fred H. Jones lost her life in
the waters OF Salt River. two and one
half miles below the Roosevelt dam.
Charles f.. Reagan, Of Sprinseryille
was appointed assistant, forest ranger
to be stationed at Prescott. and Joseph
d. Murphy OF Tucson. has been ap
pointed to the position of accountant
in connection with the valuation OF
railroads on the Interstate Commerce
Commission, his salary being fixed a,
$l,SG0 per arnuhi.
c. H. Wood. for several years secre
tary OF the State Fair Commission ant
a member of the first state Senat,
from Maricopa county. has been ap
pointed by President Wilson as post
master OF Phoenix. succeeding Jane.
II. McClintOck. He will take oflic,
October /. Col McClintock has helt
the office over twelve years.
Mother and daughter getting di
yorce on the same day in the SAINT
court on the same grounds. was tn,
unusual scene enacted in the superior
Court at Tombstone, when Mrs. LillaI
Ellridge was given decree OF separa
tion from p. W. Eldridge. and he
daughter, Mrs. Lola Hart, was granted
a divorce from Sol. Hart. Cruelty wa!
charged In both cases.
A romance with many unusual ant
pathetic features was eliminated whel
Frank Bowman, blind man who sell!
newspapers at the principal cor Ter o