El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

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I been opened up and every day one reads
I of lots being purchased and contracts
/ let for houses. Miami is also soon to
! have a large hotel one Of TIE best in
! the state.
! Miami is now embarking on an am
! bilious program to secure a municipal
! water, electric light sewer system and
! ice plant, for which a bond issue was
! bond issue is about to go TO the courts
! for determination However IL is GER
tain that, one way or another, Miami
will have those public utilities.
Globe also has enjoyed a most sat
I isfactory growth in every line and the
production of the Globe mines has kept
pace with ore output elsewhere in the
state.
It is understood that the Arizona
| Commercial company has decided to
continue purchasing power from the
! Old Dominion
Growth at Wilcox. Benson, Bowie.
An ore chute is to be built at Wilcox
for the handling Of ore from the Mas
cot mine at Dos Cabezos, which has
developed into a large shipper The ore
I is brought from Dos Cabezos by a
branch railroad OF the Mascot company
Benson and Bowie have continued
their steady development in recent
months Benson is now giving more
attention to agriculture in the san
Pedro valley and this is becoming q
The Coming Copper Camp.
One OF the coming places in Arizona
which has come rapidly to the front
= recently is Ajo or New Cornelia (some
call II by one name and some by the
! other) where the Calumet and Arizona
Mining company is developing a great
mine, building a town and collabor-
ating with the FL Paso and Southwest
ern in the construction of a railroad.
The railroad, starting at ella Bend
on the Southern Pacific runs about IS
miles south to the New COrneiia low
grade copper properties Of the Calumet
and Arizona. Quite a thriving town,
enough to bring scouting parties OF
merchants from Tucson and I hoenix,
has sprung up about the mines, and the
railroad is within four miles Of COM
pletiOn- 5000 ton concentration is
10 be built as soon as the railroad is
complete so that machinery and con-
Struction steel can be shipped in. Tho
ore is to be mined by the steam shovel
process. It is predicted that with the
mines in operation, the town will quick
y have a population of about 5000
New Tract At Yuma.
nder the impetus Of --ae Laguna
dam and the water which IT is furnish
ing for irrigation, Yuma is growing
steadily and every month sees many
more acres Of land cleared and placed
under cultivation in the staple crops Of
the southwest Thirty thOuSan acres
Of rich mesa l. nd near Yuma are about /
to be thrown open to entry by the gov
eminent and a rush o. acmeseekers |
IS expected to take advantage of the |
opportunity It is planned to irrigate |
this land from high line canal into !
which the water will be forced by |
means OF SteD-un pumps; that is to say,
pumps which will elevate large guam |
titles Of water from lower to higher !
levels
Courthouse for Stafford.
Stafford having become the county /
seat Of Graham county, plans have been !
drawn by architects for a 5000 court |
house two stories high. made OF pressed :
brick in front and reinforced concrete /
for the jail in the rear Solomonville, /
Duncan, Pima and Thatcher are pro- /
crossing steadily with the growth and 4
les, and are among the most solid 4
and substantial regions in the state. 4
Difficulties At Clifton MOrenei.
Clifton, MOrenci and Metcaif, nor !
mally among the most thriving towns |
OF the state, and certainly in one Of l
the prettiest parts of ii, have been Il
Plunged into stagnation by Industrial !
difficulties which eliminated early /
in September, in a strike OF 50e0 en-
ployes OF the Detroit. Shannon and Ari-
IONA Copper companies. Without con- I,
sidering the merits of the strike the loss
TO the district runs into millions of 1
dollars in wages lost. damage to the 4
mines. mills and smelters and in loss OF 4
an early adjudication Of the difficulty. |
and the district will doubtless soon be j
on a better basis than ever before
N0Eales Is Getting Rich.
just as was the case six months ago
oNgaIes on the Mexican line is hum
ming with business It is making more
money and It's citizens are more con-
tented than ever before. Many new
houses and buildings have been erected,
the town IL taking an interest with
Sonoita in the upbuilding Of a fair
grounds, and is to buy a municipal
picnic grounds among the live oaks
not far from town
Renting houses are scarce in Nogales.
The banks have done a tremendous
business within the past few months,
and the business houses have had a
very heavy trade AS an instance, It
was said that the Carranza government |
IN the course OF just a few days poured
$1,000 into the town in the purchase 7
OF supplies which were taken over the /
border In a stream Of truck loads The (
reopening Of the west coast of Mexico !
for farming, mining, cattle shipping /
and general business will mean great
things FOR both Nogales and Tucson. /
The town has been much strength
ened by general resumption OF mining
around Patagonia and =, DuQueSne. /
ore s constantly leaving taose districts
ana SRI Plies a5 Rapidly going in.
Tombstone Gains Population.
Tombstone has more mining and
Ne~NN-E ACTIVITY lOW Lndn TINE
since the big days Of the Tombstone
Consolidated The old town seems
completely rejuvenated. Instead OF los
ing population it is gaining and the
sentiment Of all its people is one Of
optimism
Era Of Road Construction.
Road building in Arizona has advanced
greatly within the past few months.
Pima county has approved a bond issue
OF $500, 600 for good roads of which |
about one-third. it is estimated. will be
spent for the construction Of an easy
road from Tucson to Mount Lennon,
a very high and cool summer resort.
The rest of the money viii be used
for various other roads IN the country. |
All the road construction, it has been |
decided by the board Of supervisors,
will be awarded by contract to Chi
cago firm Of contractors who will build
the roads on a percentage basis
During the past year Cochise county
has built more than IS miles of road, |