The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
Arizona.

A Parent-Teachers' Club was or
| ganized at the Oatman school.
The plumbers at Miami are going to
erect a new hall for a meeting place.
The cornerstone has been laid for
the new Douglas postoffice and custom
house.
The Chandler Woman's Club is plan.
ming the establishment of a civic
center
Sebastin Lopez was shot and killed
by Camilo Lara in the Mexican quar-
ters at Jerome.
Well drillers at the Pilgrim mine
in the Kingman district struck big
body of water at $50 feet.
Seventy carloads of ore were
shipped from the United Verde Elk
tension at Jerome in seven days.
Santa Cruz, "the corn country OF
Arizona, won sweepstakes against the
state on corn at the Phoenix fair.
Five feet of pay ore has been struck
at the Shea Copper Company's prop
erty, adjoining the Copper Chief on
the south.
Thomas M. Smith was elected grand
chancellor and John D. Loper, keeper
of records and seals, at the annual
K. P. grand lodge meeting at Phoenix
"Slasher" Jack Harrington and
partner, William O'Neill, of Miami
won the double jack drilling contest
at Globe, although three leading teams
In the contest we're evenly matched.
The 3-year-old son of Mrs. w. H.
Ritchie of Lowell was bitten by a dog
suffering from the rabies and as a
consequence the local officers have
begun the determination of all stray
dogs in the district.
Alleging that he has been damaged
to the extent of $4,000 through the
loss of his left eye, H. e. Lind, a
miner, has filed suit in the Superior
Court of Gila county for that sum
against the Asbestos Mining Associa-
ton.
The Parker Syndicate, consisting of
Messrs Long, McIver and Ridenour
and associates of Oatman, started
drilling operations on it's property re-
Gently purchased from Manning &
Roeder, located about eight miles
north of Parker.
The body of DR.. Percival Lowell,
founder and director of the Lowell OBJ
servatory at Flagstaff, and an astron-
omer of international reputation, was
placed in a mausoleum of Mars HILL
directly in front of the twenty-four-
inch telescope where Dr. Lowell
made many of his planetary discov-
cries.
Roy Hamblin, a miner about 35
years old, was found dead in the bot
tom of the 1,400-foot main shaft Of
the Tennessee mine of the United
States Mining, Smelling and Refining
Company at Chloride. He was ap-
parently knocked from the ladder Of
the manway by falling rock and fell
to instant death.
A Phoenix dispatch says: Tom
Campbell, Republican, was elected
governor of Arizona by plurality Of
fifty-five votes, according to official
figures announced from the fourteen
counties of the state George w. P.
Hunt, incumbent, Democrat, declared
that he has retained counsel to wage
legal fight for a recount of the
votes. Each candidate carried seven
counties.
John McCuish and associates have
sunk shaft 130 feet on the old Diana
mine at Chloride, at which depth they
have crosscut the ore body to the
hanging wall. A streak about eighteen
inches wide was found on the footwall
that is good mill stuff, while twelve
inches on the hanging wall is appar-
emily high grade.
Mrs. Constance Lowell, widow of DR..
Percival Lowell, astronomer, who died
at Flagstaff, is bequeathed $175,O00
and an annual income estimated to be
in excess of 100000 by the terms of
the will. Lowell Observatory is to be
supported out of fund to be held in
trust by William Lowell Putnam, the
astronomers brother-in-law.
A new worlds record for yearling
pacing fillies was established at the
State Fair Grounds at Phoenix when
Hemmett Queen, owned by the Hem
nett Stock Farm of San Francisco
and driven by Ward, set a mark of
2:16A for the mile, lowering the for
mer record by 2h seconds. The mark
was made in time trial when Hem
NETT Queen attempted to beat the
yearling track record of. 2:22H. A
running horse acted as pacemaker.
There has been considerable dis
cussion as to when the Prohibition
Amendment that was voted on at the
recent election becomes effective. 1t
will become effective as soon as the
vote Is canvassed and a proclamation
has been made by the governor.