The Benson signal., 1916-05-13

"A 6AOSO1T 0tOA0 dL OOU6ldo Woo
Quilted by midnight fire.
The nut-growing industry in south
ern Arizona promises prosperity.
Anglers Inn is the name chosen
for the resort on Roosevelt Lake.
The carpenters demand for raise
has been refused by Tucson builders.
Plans for the reopening of the old
smelter at Sahuarita are being made.
Electricity is being used for power
in the mines in the Patagonia dis
trict.
According to proclamation by Gov
ernor' Hunt, May 4, was observed as
Bird Day.
Mining throughout the state, at the
present time is greater than at any
time in it's hisory.
Greene-Cananea at Globe declared
$500 dividend payable May 10th to
stock of. record May 18th.
A $1,S13 increase is shown in the
receipts at the Tucson postoffice for
April over the same month in 1915.
The Board of Supervision at Globe
have awarded the contract for altera-
tions and repairs on the court house.
According to a Tombstone report.
over thirty persons were arrested at
Bisbee and Douglas on bootlegging
charges.
Robt. Hughes and wife, of Bisbee,
after stealing a car and enjoying a
thrilling ride. were arrested at Colo
RADIO Springs.
The program has been prepared for
Arizona horses for this years har-
ness races, at the Arizona State
Fair, Nov. 13 to 16,
Notice of approval of script patents
amounting to 21,792 acres, located in
Cochise county, has been received at
the Phoenix land office.
The meeting of state, county and
city health officers at Phoenix was
addressed by Chief Justice Henry D.
Ross, of the Supreme Court
A. E. Ganaway, of Phoenix, was
fined SIS and given ten-day SEN
tence in the county jail, which was
suspended, for altering gas meters.
On account of the large increase in
business at the Miami postoffice the
past year, Postmaster Tom Feeney
has asked for three additional clerks.
Felix Mazon was arrested at
Douglas on a charge of having shot
Pedro TRIO, and was taken to Court
land and bound over to the Superior
Court.
Fred Lindsey, motormans' helper
employed at the Inspiration mine at
Globe, was frightfully injured when
he was accidentally run over by a
motor ore truck.
Duncan and vicinity is experienc-
ing considerable excitement at pres
ent, due to the appearance of gas in
the test artesion we'll which is being
drilled by the state.
AS a result of the Labor Forward
Movement, 525 men were initiated
into the Miami Miners Union.
Richard e. Goodwin, the crack
shot of the Rough Riders regiment
during the Spanish War, is dead as
result of falling overheard from
fishing boat in a lagoon at Yuma.
The Arizona Eastern Railroad
Company was fined $1O0 in Judge
Stanford's division of the Superior
Court for contempt. The case was q
test case relative to the car limit to
one engine.
The Calumet Arizona smelter al
Douglas, besides having very heavy
month as far as output is concerned
has been the scene of much activity
in the building line. The million
dollar improvements which were an.
nounced several weeks ago, are now
we'll under way.
At Globe, the Old Dominion sold a
million pounds of copper for July and
August delivery at 24A cents; the
company is earning better than $40
per share. Ray Hercules in sinking
the main shaft encountered rich
shipping carbonite ore, where they
expected nothing but barren ground.
Mining operations in Copper Basin,
section of Yavapai county that is
directly tributary to Prescott, are be-
ing furthered under conditions which
indicate the opening of large bodies
of commercial copper ore through
out an extended area.
Arizona voters who have no politi-
cal affiliations may vote at the pri-
mary election, but they carrot vote
for any candidates whose names ap-
pear on the party ballots. This is the
opinion of County Attorney G. M.
Candy, and concurred in by the at
tOrney general