The Benson signal., 1915-11-06
LOCAL ITEMS


Go to the Benson Coal & Ice
Company for coal, ice and soda
water.
The Teachers Institute will be
held at Douglas during Thanks
giving week.
w. G. Sipes is in San Francisco
enjoying himself hugely in visiting
the fair and taking in other sights.
Miss Eileen Reasonover of Happy
Valley is visiting friends iu Benson
this week, being a. guest of Miss
Ethel Gribble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anard Peterson
and Mrs. VIM. Murry motored to
Tucson Thursday to attend the
opening of the Southern Arizona
Fair.
Messrs. Kippen and Sipe have
resumed the carpenter work on the
new school building at St. David,
the delayed material having arriv-
cd this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Thompson and Mr..
and Mrs. Bard went on a hunting
trip to Pacheco Canyon Sunday
last, the two gentlemen bagging
quail to the limit of the law:
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w Brown have
removed to their farm, one and one
half miles northwesterly from Ben
son, from St. David, where he had
a farm leased for the summer.
T. T. Gull, Chairman of the
Railway Telegraphers, and his
wife arrived in Benson yesterday
for a short visit with friends. Mr..
Gull was formerly operator here.
M. f Castaneda, who returned
from the Tucson fair yesterday, re-
ports that city as being very dry,
there not being even a trace Of
Mountain Dew in the Old Pueblo.
The Ladies' Aid Of the Presby-
terian church held a very pleasant
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Hotel Arnold as the guests of Mrs.
McGinnis. Refreshments we're
served. ''''''
DR.. E. G. A[cKowen, who has
been visiting his wife and SON for
several weeks, left Wednesday for
Albuquerque, N. M, for a visit
with his daughter, who is student
at the University of New Mevico.
Rev. H. P. Corey of Globe will
bold services at the Presbyterian
church tomorrow, morning an ey-
ening. Special music will be furn-
ished. The evening services will
commence at 80. You are invited
TO attend.
Deputy Sheriff Bennett received
a message Tuesday evening that
the San Simon Valley Bank at San
Simon had been robbed that after
noon by lone highwayman. The
booty was only $500, evidently the
contents of the cash tray.
Newton Statler, arrived from the
Imperial valley yesterday. Before
leaving the Imperial country he
shipped a carload of household eff
fects, ten head of extra good dairy
COWS, and number of fine horses.
He will farm in the Robinson dis
trict.
Two lilliputians, evidently man
and wife, were upon our streets the
fore part of the week gaining a
livlihood by selling postcards. The
woman was native of Austria and
is quite bright The man is a
cripple and has to be wheeled
about in a gocart.
Ed Leckenby, prospector, was
in Benson Thursday. Mr.. Leck-
enby is looking for tungsten ores,
and is travelling over the country in
an automobile. He left a speci-
men of faberite ore at this office,
which is one of the rarest and rich
est forms of the tungsten ores.
Reyes Martinez, who. has been
home during the past two weeks
nursing couple of fractured ribs,
will return to Twin Buttes tomor-
row to resume his position as con-
ductor on the Twin Buttes train
Reyes says that in future he will
attend strictly to his railroad dut-
les and will look at a mine from
afar, taking no chances of falling
down shaft again.
The Grand Canyon Of the Col
orado is a. small scratch on the