The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Oct. 19-21-Northern Arizona Fair at
| Prescott.
Oct 27-2S-southern Arizona Fair at
| Tucson.
Nov 13-1S-Arizona State Fair at Phoe.
nix.
The cut on the top of Goldroad hill
is almost completed.
The knights of Columbus will es-
tablish club house in Douglas.
Sept. Is was the date for the execu-
ton of Robt Dayton Talley at Flor
ence
Continued rains are keeping the
Cochise county cattlemen in splendid
humor.
A number of articles were stolen
from a Nogales hardware store in
broad daylight.
The Arizona Eastern railroad is to
build new freight and passenger de-
pots at Stafford.
Many Tucsonans are interested in
the development Of the Inspiration
Needles Copper Company property at
Miami.
T. Lora, Tose Vasares and another
Mexican met death in shaft they
were digging for use as cesspool in
Douglas.
Davis Garrett died at Gold Basin,
! where he had lived for many years.
He had been identified with mining
| business his entire life.
The alleged desecration of the Sab
bath including Sunday, Oct 29, in the
dates of the Southern Arizona fair, is
being criticised by some.
To the 1,7OO-foot level at once, as
| fast as machine drills can continue
the winze, is the immediate program
of the Tom Reed mine at Kingman.
Kingman has a building BOOM
Over twenty-five residences and bust
| ness buildings are being planned for
construction prior to the first of the
year.
Smallpox has been found among
several patches of Chihuahua Mexi-
cans who have been brought in to
work in Arizona, and quarantine
will be established.
On an extension of the Oatman-
Revenue ledge 4,S0O feet away from
the company's camp at Union Pass,
Superintendent Henry Johnson has
found ore that pans free gold.
A woman, giving the name of Billie
Eato Of
pending the result of an investigation
of the alleged kidnapping of 13-year-
old Lotta Whitson from her home in
| Douglas.
| Clifton, between Americans and Mex
| leans, resulted in the death of AnicetO
Martinez, one of the participants, and
the slight injuring of others engaged
in the melee.
The bravery of Private Michael Nc
Donough, Company I, Fourteenth In
fantry, and Frank Larison, a Doug
las chauffeur, may be given recogni-
tion as a result of each having risked
their lives to save others.
Sinking in a boiling mud pot to his
waist, Walter o. Hamilton, president
of the Imperial irrigation district,
barely escaped being scalded to death
at Yuma, when the earth crust broke
under his feet at a point near Vol
cano lake.
A recruiting station for the exam
ination of recruits for the United
States army was opened at the ar
mory by Lieutenant Meserve and Cor
poral Corcoran, of the First Arizona
regiment, who has been detailed for
service at Tucson.
The first lease in the Oatman camp
has started operations. 1t is on the
Warner group and is a placer PROPOSE
ton. The leasers have struck good
pay gravel already in three gulches.
Eulah Haywood, the Ajo woman
convicted at Tucson of operating a
disorderly house, in the Superior
Court, requested that the appeal that
had been taken from the Ajo Justice
Court, be dismissed. She will serve
out the sentence imposed.
An important factor in the speeding
up of the mining industry that is ev-
erywhere apparent in Yavapai county,
is the system of good roads that is
being established for the purpose of
bringing the outlying mines and
camps into touch with the county,
main business center at Prescott and
with each other.
Francisco Lorona, aged IA years,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lorona, met
a horrible fate at the Warrenite plant
of the o. & c. Construction Company,
when he became entangled in a rope
and was wound around the drum of
a hoist, his neck being broken, breast
bone crushed, shoulders broken and
other parts of the body mutilated.
Partial returns received at Phoenix
| of the vote at the primary election.