Tombstone epitaph., 1914-07-12
Arizona Metal Production

uoio, ehvet, copper, ieeo Aoo ztpc 'ere mined in Arsons in 1913 to the slue Of $70.s75 ,027. according to Victor 0 Heikes of the United Ststes Geological Survey, showing sn increase 's compared with l9l2 of 3,s24, 243. The value of the gold production in l9l3 was s4 .O23.9Il. that of silver F 1884 .6t7, that of copper $63 .22S.l2 hat o' lead s7lO,370 and that of zinc e527 .972. There were 43S mines producing gold. silver. copper, lead or s;Gc in Arizons, in 1913. against 445 in 1912. and the total quantity of ore sold and treated in 1913 was I .93l .s62 short ,ons, an increase Of I,09l .7S0 tone.
 Receives Serious Injuries
 As the result of . email cave in st Che Scorpion mine shaft of the In. spirstion Consolidated Copper com psny Wednesday afternoon at Mismi Bias Lu,ich was seriously but probab- ly not fatally injured. He was at once removed to the Mismi-Inspirs- tion hospital where his injuries are being cared for. The reason it is difficult to determine whether or not the wounds will prove fatal is that they were largely in ernsl, and there is . possibility tha, the mans back was broken
 cunniH Head of University
 Advices from Phoenix ststes that it is learned from one cloee to the siste administration that Mike Cnnniff state senator from Ysvapsi county. will be the next president of the university. deepite reports to the con- trary.
 Mountain Lions Kill Colt
 Last Tuesday R T Brown found
 where the cIouDtain Hone bad killed . colt vest of his ranch near illiams The iione had killed the col. snd cov- cred it up with lesves. He rode hack home and secured come strychnine and returned to where the colt was killed and without dismounting poured the poison on the esrcss of the colt and rode away. On Wednesday he went back and found that the colt had been
 dragged away and eaten by the lions
 A party was st once organized and
 hunt started. A dead lion was found
 later in the day no, c great distance
 from where it ate the poisoned meat | Advance Postmasters Pay
 According to dispatches from Wash-
 ington the salary of presidential poet
 masters was today increased $lo0 each
 ct the following offices: Benson
 BisSee, Clifton, Jerome. Mesa, Met
 calf. Wilcox. Wickenburg and Tempe
 Two hundred dollars advance each
 was given Miami, Ray and winslow
 Noaalss sill get an increase Of $500.
 Petition In Bankruptcy Filed
 An involuntary petition in bank
 ruptcy has been flied in the federal
 court at Tucson against J E Romero
 c merchant at Benson. by Alber, Steinisld and company. Wheeler and Perry, and Los Angeles and Ei Pseo creditors, They seek to enjoin B Maies and company and Hi Wo, both of Benson. from prosecuting on action sgsinst Romero in the superior court of Cochise county.
 What Arizona Pays
 The secretary of the treasury at
 Washington hes made public tbe rec ceipts from compositions and individ- usls under the income tax law. The figures for the Arizona district were :: Corporstion and eIcise and income tax, sl36, ,6ls; individual income, $39, 9,O6l.
 Has Narrow Escape frem Death
 Prompt action on the part of her mother and neiehbors saved Miss Bes- sic Cooper of Phoenix from being ser iously burned by sn explosion of ssso- line ss her home Sunday. The young lady was engaged in cleaning . skirt with gasoline which in some manper became ignited from . gss stove cloee by. and exploded. burning Mics Coop sr about the face and arms cod ssstine 6re to the houss. h response to her cries for belp, her mother succeeded in sztinguishing Che flames. and with the aid of the ne,ghbors, had the fire out inside of very short time. Arizona wheat
 Wheat is already coming inte Tuc- Don and two carloads have been re- ssivsd in the 6. P ysrds for the Eagle Milling company from Red Rock. Tie Rhsst vas grown by dry iarmers in he Santa Crus valley. wbo also get issle flood water, and is of the most | ,xcellent quality Of sofs wheat. The l