Tombstone epitaph., 1916-11-12
ARIZONA STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 DATES TOR COMING EVENTS.
Nov. 13-Is-Arizona state Fair at Pho nix.

The Black Jack mine at Chloride is now shipping ore regularly.
 Robert Wright Halpin, a schoolboy, was drowned in the river at Tempe
 Two jockeys and two soldiers were injured at the Southern Arizona fair at Tucson.
 All records in cotton were broken when Fred C. Weeks O Tucson sold six bales for sl,OOO.
 Geo. W. Hall. a Yavapai county pio- neer, died at Prescott, after an illness Of only thirty minutes.
 The Wilcox new state telephone sys- tenn has been taken over by the Mountain States Company
 Plans are under way 10 redeem 10.- U0O acres Of desert land in he Higley and East Chandler section
 Hunters in various sections cf Ari- zona have been successful in bagging wild turkeys and killing deer.
 The Maynard mining district in the Wallapai mountains is coming to the front rapidly as a copper producer.
 The whole town of Duncan was shaken when al large quantity of ann munition and dynamite caps exploded.
 In Navajo and Apache counties a destroyed 10 prevent spread Of the malady.
 George Sayres of Ajo, a pioneer mining man. sold the Apex group Of twelve mining claims situated just west Of Aio
 Articles of incorporation for the Verde Chief Extension Mining Com pany were filed with the corporation commission.
 A Mexican by name of Manuel Nu neg was taken 10 the pest house al Bisbee suffering from an attack ot typhus fever.
 Some Of the richest specimens oi ruby silver ore seen in kingruan in many years were brought in from the American Flag property
 Francisco Casonora, a Mexican. tried on a charge of killing a Wallapai In dian. was acquitted by jury in the Superior CoUrt al Kingman.
 Word was received at Jerome that the Venture HIll people had come into sulphide ore in their tunnel twenty feet from the Verde Apex line
 J. w. Boyd was seriously injured when he fell with his aerOplane sixty feet 10 the ground a the aviation meet held al Midland City, near Miami
 The third car of concentrates from the Arizona Butte mill was loaded for shipment 10 the smelter. They have a value Of approximately sl2j per ton.
 Active work has begun at the old Cowboy mine. eight miles north ot Christmas on the Christmas-GIobe road, and is 10 be continued for an in definite period
 In spite of the fact that the tungsten market is very low ali present. the owners of tungsten properties should not be discouraged. says report from the Arizona state Bureau of Mines.
 Death came 10 Attorney I. D. sham hart at Phoenix in the midst Of an ad- dress al The city hail plaza on the sub ject Of municipal ownership of which he had been strong proponent. Inspiration Consolidated Copper de ciared it's usual quarterly dividend O. S per share, and Miami Copper has declared it's regular quarterly dividend Of sl.50 per share, payable Nov. l5
 The Arkansas and Arizona mine has started development work at Jerome.
 The exposure of the main vein ol the Oatman Crescent is daily expected by Manager Peirce. The formation being penetrated by the tunnel is thought 10 be the casing of the vein.
 Miss Bessie Crone, matron at the Copper Queen hospital for the last four years, was the guest Of honor al a picnic given for her al the ranch home of Miss Duffy. near Don Luis, by the nurses oI the Copper Queen hos pital, the occasion being the departure of Miss Crone from Bisbee.
 Cotton of the long staple Egyptian variety this year yields as high as q bale and half to the acre. One far mer near Yuma estimates his eighty acres will reach that average. Salt River valley has 7.iG0 acres in cotton this year and the yield is very satis- factory.
 Commercial ore was encountered al the grass roof s When II \ Shell gen eral manager Of the Miami Consoli- dated Mines Company, started work on double compartment shaft The ore has been revealed in commercial quantities and shipments will begin at an early date.
 The Mexican population of Arizona, which has been added to at least 50 per cent by reason Of the political trouble in the neighboring republic and the large demand for labor in the Arizona mines, is being made patri otic by uplift work of Mexican soci ety at Phoenix.
 The Midnight. one of the Holmes companies in the Kingman district, has broken into ore on the S0O-foot level And the ledge gives returns of se2l, Of which SIS is in gold and near ly all the balance silver