The Benson signal., 1916-06-03

ers Association at Grand Canyon.
Nov. 1318-Arizona State Fair at Phoe
nix.
Cotton in the Chandler district is
reported in fine shape.
Many Bisbeeites have joined Uncle
Sans forces at the front.
Douglas citizens are planning for a
Fourth of July celebration.
Ray is on the verge of just such q
mining boom as Jerome is enjoying.
Mart Gavin, son of Mrs. M. A.
Gavin of Flagstaff was drowned near
Merced, Cal.
Dave Calisher was arrested at
Douglas on charge Of using the
mails to defraud.
G. w. Foreman, singer and
preacher, conducted evangelistlc
meetings at Buckeye.
1t is probable that the Kelvin-Sul-
tana mine and mill, across the ella
from Ray Junction, will be revived.
A seventeen-inch Gila Monster is
the booty of Jack Day and Walker
Brice, two young nimrods of Miami.
A third reverberatory furnace is be-
ing added to the American Smelling
& Refining Company's Hayden smell
ter.
Mrs. c.. c. Winwood and Mrs. G. d.
Burdick of Bisbee, were attacked and
robbed by an unknown, who made his
escape.
Miners in the Vicksburg district are
rapidly forging to the front and shar-
ing in the prosperity that pervades
Arizona.
Some of the most unusual, interest
ing and promising surface showings
to be found anywhere are along min.
eral creek, north of Ray.
The Indian appropriation bill
passed both Houses Of Congress
carrying the amendment for the di-
version dam above Florence.
Mrs. Cardelia Bestener was ar
rested at Phoenix for attempting to
kidnap her two children from her
husband, from whom she has been
separated.
All branches of Yavapai county's
mining industry reflect the ap-
preciably enhanced prices of the
metals of commerce brought about by
the European war.
That the Sulphur Springs Valley
aE rfon 90
was stated by &. E. P.$SSnith, profess
sor of irrigation engineering at the
University of Arizona.
A conference on the subject of the
laboratory to be established in Bis
bee by the county supervisors and
the city councils of Bisbee and Doug
las will be held in Bisbee.
After suffering terribly Adela Cor
onado, the 1S-year-old Mexican girl
who was burned when her room was
set on fire by drunken intruders, died
at the County hospital in Douglas
A report compiled by Superintend-
ent J. w. Williams of the Arizona
Eastern railroad shows that the
Globe Miami district is producing the
largest amount of copper IN the state.
Notice was received at the Forest
Supervisors office in Flagstaff that
the District Forester plans to start
construction work on the Long Val
ley-Winslow road the latter part Of
June.
The corporation commission has
| handed down it's decision in the mat
| ter of the investigation of telephone
rates in Tucson, declaring they are
discriminatory, and ordering correc'
| tions.
C.. T. Williams was dangerously
hurt, and two others slightly so in
the Iron Cap mine at Miami when an
accidental explosion occurred.
VIM. J. Bryan, Jr, was appointed
| by Governor Hunt to represent Ari-
| zona in the convention of the league
to enforce peace at washington. His
father represented Nebraska in the
same meeting.
rich copper strike is reported on
the property of the Copper Age Min
ing Company in the Kingman district,
| formerly known as the CRANKY
claims, which lie just north of the
Midnight and Pinkham mines. The
report has it that five feet of ore
carrying gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc averaging $3.50 per ton, has been
uncovered.
The Copper Queen Consolidated
Mining Company and Calumet & Ari
zona Mining Company, owning mines
in Bisbee and smelters at Douglas,
announced that any of their employees
enlisting in the Arizona National
Guard would be paid full time for
thirty days. While they will not be
paid after that period, their positions
will be held for them whenever they
| are freed from duty.
Francisco Rodriguez was hanged
at the Florence prison for shootiI g
and killing his wife on public street
| in Phoenix. Ian. II, 1911, because she