The Benson signal., 1916-09-16


Prescott
Oct % -29-Southern Arizona Fair at
Tucson.
Nov 13-lS-Arizona State Fair at Phoe
nix.
Two cars of beans were seized at
Flagstaff by U. S. marshal.
The incline shaft OF the Jerome
| Oatman has reached depth of 400
feet.
"The Pine Heights" is the name
selected for Flagstaffs new 100000
hotel
| The strike of the union miners Of
the Tennessee mine at Kingman has
been settled.
Adolph Aronson. a farm hand, died
while at work on the Conner ranch
northeast of Phoenix.
| A business lot in Patagonia which
sold for $500 couple of months ago
is now held for 5000.
Three Cochise county alleged boot
leggers forfeited $500 bonds each and
the county is $1,000 richer.
Dutch May" Prescott and her hus-
band were found dead in a blood
drenched room in Flagstaff.
All National Guard organizations
composed of college students will be
mustered out OF the Federal service.
| AS a result of two automobile acci-
dents at Phoenix, one Mexican child
was killed and three others seriously
| injured.
Indications are multiplying rapidly
that are convincing of the content
ment of National 'Guardsmen along
| the Mexican border.
Deputy Sheriff Tom Hunter, of Mo-
have county, has notified the boot
leggers at Mazona and Oatman to re-
retire from the business.
A much mOOted point was settled
when it was decided that the Arizona
National Guardsmen would be given
an opportunity to vote this fall.
81 had to do it," was the only ex-
planation that John Nogle vouchsafed
since he cut the throat of his friend,
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dale.
The knights Of Columbus will es-
tablish club house in Douglas for
the benefit of Catholic mmebers of
the regular army and the national
guards.
The dates of the Southern Arizona
| fair have been changed on account
of conflict with another fair and the
exhibition will now be held October
27, 2S and 20.
Hundreds of Bisbee people availed
themselves of the privilege of viewing
the magnificent silver service pre-.
citizens of the state.
Advices from Bisbee are that w. S..
Fountain was found dead in his bed
in his room at Bisbee, having COM
mitted suicide by blowing out his
brains with revolver.
Various circumstances cause the
people of the Jerome district to feel
that the United Verde Extension Com
pany is rapidly maturing it's plans for
the erection of a smelter.
Sampler and smelter returns indi-
cate the reclamation of 100000
pounds of copper from the United
Verde Extension (Little Daisy, ore
during the month of August.
That Arizona is at the present time
experiencing an unprecedented era Of
general prosperity along the lines Of
industry is the opinion of Judge
Henry D. Ross of the State Supreme
Court.
Antonio Samaniego, a Mexican
owner and chauffeur of Douglas liv-
cry automobile, was shot and killed
by Alfredo Guanamea, passenger
whom he was taking to Fronteras.
General Frederick Funston an
nounced that he had ordered the en-
tire Arizona National Guard to con-
centrate at Fort Huachuca, west of
Bisbee to give them adequate prac-
tice.
A Globe justice of the peace, Hin
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Pacific Coast record for marriages.
He has been in office about twelve
years, in that time uniting 1,427
couples.
The biggest mining deal closed in
the Jerome district in many weeks
was completed when the Green Mons
ter Mining Company took up the op
ton covering it's patented claims, the
amount involved totalling 100000.
The board of directors of the Two
Peaks Mining Company met at Turner
and took up the option on six adjoin-
ing claims which they were consider
ing and purchased eight more max
ing a total of thirty-eight claims in
the entire group.
Prominent mining and metallurgi-
cal circles have for almost half a CEN
tury participated in the work of the