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bridge across the Gila river at Ante
lope hill, Yuma county, will be open
to traffic.
Practically complete returns from
all parts of Graham county give SAT-
ford the county seat by a majority
estimated at 800.
Many leasers are busy in the Sum-
nit section beside the twenty or more
shipping high-grade copper ore from
the Gibson mine.
At Copperville, William A. Robinson,
one of the best-known miners of Mo-
have county, was instantly killed by
falling down the shaft of the Siamese
mine.
Miner and Mcclure, who have been
leasing a group of claims at the base
of the Sleeping Beauty range, north
of Globe, have couple of carloads OF
or per cent copper ore ready for
shipment
Formal complaint against the pas,
senger rates in effect between Ari-
zona and California points has been
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission by the State Corporation
Commission.
On motion of the defense, the case
of the state against George Ed Scar
borough at Tombstone, who is
charged with the murder of Jack Clin-
ton, the case was postponed until the
fall term of court.
The vacancy in the board of super
visors of MaricOpa county, caused by
the resignation of Chairman w. A.
Moeur, was filled by the appointment
of W. K. Bowen of Mesa, a former
member of the board.
With the closing of the Sulphur
Spring Valley Bank at Wilcox by the
state auditor, an examination OF the
books in the county treasurer's office
shows that the county has deposits
there in the sum of $4,000.
The most important development of
the week at the Inspiration ConsOli-
dated Copper Company's property =
an epoch in the mining history of the
the inception of ac-
tual operation in the new mill
Owners of zinc-bearing claims in
the Globe district will be interested
in two letters just received by Grove
Skies from smelling companies which
inform him that they are unable to
thon
cent
The Supreme Court refused the ap-
plication of Moore and Fenter, the
Pima county deputy sheriffs, for a
writ of prohibition against the county
attorney of Pima county to prevent
speedy trial in the murder cases
against them.
It is stated at Oatman that two mill
ing plants having combined ore
treating capacity of about 300 tons
per twenty-four-hour day, will be un-
der construction in the Tom Reed
Gold Road mining district within the
next ninety days.
The Miami's constantly accelerating
pace as copper producer has
brought it close to the 4,OOO,00O-pound
mark for June, the amount of copper
turned out by the property for the
past month being about 3,965,O0O
pounds of the red metal.
Arrest of a Mexican was made at
South Bisbee, the man being held in
Jail for completely in the murder of
Officer Walter Brooks of Bisbee.
Curt Cronemeyer, one of the most
prominent business men of western
New Mexico, with extensive interests
also in Arizona, and Red Mcdonald,
his hired man, were found dead at the
Cronmeyer trading store near Allan
town, Ariz, the victims of a mystic
rious double murder.
From various circumstances which
have recently come to light, it is be-
lieved that the skeleton of woman
found in the river bed near Tempe,
is that of a woman who was MUIR
dered by William Falton, who is in the
Florence prison awaiting execution for
LuO .Ol OdIl CLSlSOu oC L AOO-
nix on Sept. 8, 1912.
That no board of supervisors has
authority to fix the salary of any coun-
ty officer, and such authority is vested
exclusively in the Legislature, is the
feature of the decision of the Su-
preme Court in the case of D. D. Phil
lips versus the county of Graham. The
decision of the Graham county Supe-
rior Court was reversed and the
cause remanded.
Caroline C. Maynard and her hus-
band, H. D. Maynard of Douglas have
brought suit in the Superior Court
against the Phelps-Dodge Company
for damages in the sum of $4,000 The
complaint alleges that Mrs. Maynard,
on March 19, tripped and fell over the
tongue of a small truck that the COM
pany had left on the sidewalk, and
broke her left wrist