The Benson signal., 1916-06-24
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS

Jul. 4-7-Pioneer celebration at Prescott
oct. 3-6-Meeting New Mexico Bank
ers' Association at Grand Canyon.
Nov. 13-18-Arizona State Fair at Phoe.
nix
Chloride is to have gun club.
The Red Rock fire, that destroyed
the station, was caused by coal gas
explosion.
1t is reported that eight federal
prisoners escaped from the Maricopa
county Jail.
All of the mills and a majority of
the mines in Yavapai county are
working at capacity.
Leonard McWhorter of Bisbee was
robbed, and a Mexican was arrested
charged with the crime.
1t is stated that Arizona mines this
year will produce 710,995,853 pounds
of ore, worth over $2,000,O00.
H. B. Howell had his left hand and
arm terribly burned by gasoline at
the Pioneer mine at Oatman
According to a statement given out
by the State Tax Commission, the
state rate this year will be about 40c
per 100.
Thirty women, residents of Naco-
zari, were arrested on charges of sell
ing liquor contrary to the Sonora
state law.
Ramon Salazar, Mexican section
hand, ran a race with Southern Pa
cific train at Toltec, and lost. His
body was taken to Tucson.
Miss Jessie Kelsey, the 12-year-old
| daughter Of Mrs. Mary Kelsey, of
Yuma, was drowned in the main west
canal of the Yuma project.
Arizona will send a large exhibit of
National Dry Farms Products Exposl-
| tion.
E. E. Kirkland, former territorial
treasurer, died at St. Louis, Mo-, of
cancer of the liver, of which he had
| been a sufferer for several years.
Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler has Of
fered a reward of $4,000 for the ar
rest and conviction of the party Or
parties who killed Ed. Kinsey of Bis
bee.
| A carload of poles for the new sys-
tenn to be installed in Tombstone by
the Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph Company arrived in Tomb
stone.
The new fire truck of the Stafford
Volunteer Fire Department had most
successful tryout when it brought un-
der control fire in barn or a ranch
near that city.
The bill of Senator Ashurst of Ari-
zona, appropriating $4,000 for the
construction of a bridge on Interna-
tional avenue in Nogales, was report
ed favorably to the Senate.
A big plant is soon to be received
and work is to be enlarged immedi-
ately after it's installation by the Lex
ington-Arizona Mining Company, bor-
| dering the town of Old Trails.
Fred T. Golfer was selected as the
arizona member of the Democratic
national committee at the St. Louis
| convention and M. d. Dougherty was
member of the resolutions commit
tee.
G. w. Edwards and S. B. Edwards
| displayed some fine samples of tung
stem ore they have discovered on min
ing claims they have located twenty
miles northwest of Globe on Pinto
creek.
| Steps to establish Home Guard
are being taken by members of the
Clarkdale Rifle Club, over fifty of
whom have joined the new organiza-
tion. The rifle club has over 13O
members.
Owing to the bad condition of the
county road between Parker and the
Empire mine, ore is being shipped
down the river by boat.
About four miles north of the town
Of Oatman a townsite has been select
| ed that is to be known as North Oat-
| man. The camp is reached by the
main wagon road from Kingman and
| from Oatman.
| The Oatman Leader Gold Mines
Company is getting values of better
than two ounces in gold from quartz
in the bottom of it's main shaft, now
Is feet deep. 1t is being timbered
| with square sets.
At Casa Grande development work
on the House property is progress.
ing very satisfactorily. The new
depth of forty feet ore has COM
menced to show up.
The county recorder is permitted to
cance. registration entry and allow
the elector to re register for the pur-
- ,%af Ii