The Benson signal., 1916-09-02
rizonans have 10000 autos.

500.
The Masons at Holbrook have dedi-
Gated their new temple.
If cattlemen ever had a good sea-
son ON the range, this is the season.
Bootlegging in the Oatman camp
has become an unpopular diversion.
1t is reported that the Santa Fe will
build a large storage depot in King
man.
AS result of being run over by an
auto stage, Arthur Shannon died at
his home in Ajo.
The underworld of Ajo is Fleeing
the wrath to come" according to Sher-
iff Forbes at Tucson.
The old Benson smelter which has
been idle for years, is to be repaired
and put into operation.
With balance of but SILL, the
general fund of the state of Arizona
is the lowest in history.
Eighty trainloads of cattle and
sheep will be this seasons output
from the Salt River valley.
With the conviction of Paul Welisch
at Tombstone, twenty-five liquor sell
ing cases have been disposed Of.
Mrs. Newman, who was accused Of
poisoning her sixth husband at Yuma,
was exonerated by the coroner's jury.
Salt river valley farmers are
shouting for relief from a pest of
game and are welcoming sportsmen.
1t is said that $4,000 fish will be
placed in the waters of Sabine canon
near Tucson, in September or Octo-
ber.
Receipts from national forests for
the fiscal year 1916 reached the high
water mark of approximately $780,
600.
A tree six feet through at the
stump and containing nine huge saw
logs was cut on the Coconino Nation
al forest.
Pelts of two mountain lions, one of
which measured nine feet from tip to
tip, were taken to Prescott by ]. R.
Patterson.
Mrs Emma e. Coates Shearer
Pratt of Pearce believes she is one
who will share $80,OO0,OOO from a
Philadelphia estate.
Mineral conditions in Yavapai coun-
ty continue to improve as new prop
critics are developed and old mines
opened at greater depth.
High grade gold ore assaying over
$500 ton, has been struck at a depth
of thirty feet on the property of the
Oatman Empire mine.
Enrique Serrano a laborer en-
ployed at the Ell Paso and Southwest
ern depot at Bisbee, was stabbed and
died as a result of his wound.
Thousands of white wing doves are
reported devastating the fields of
wheat, milo maize, feterita and other
grains in the Salt River valley.
Morenci was selected as the meet
ing place of the Arizona State FEEDER
alton convention for 1917 and the
time was set for the first Monday in
August.
Three million eight hundred thou
sand pounds of copper were turned
out by the Old Dominion and Inter-
national smelters during the month
of July.
Judge P. G. Little of Globe is dead.
The sheriff's office in Tombstone
received word that Constable John
Bright was wounded and two Mexi-
cans killed in a pistol duel near
Courtland.
Under the influence of large de-
mands and resultant high prices the
production of copper during the last
six months has exceeded that of any
equal period in the history of the in
dustry.
A number of serious charges are
made in the sensational abduction of
Mrs. P. Perack, who was drugged and
spirited away from Globe to Los An
geles while she was in a condition
maternity.
Another big mining deal was re-
Ported IN the sale of the Gibraltar sill
ver-lead property in the Twin Buttes
district, to Kansas parties by the
company. The price paid is said to
have been $125,0OO.
Joe Trolia, a prospector at Court
land, was seriously, perhaps fatally,
wounded by his partner, Joe Caldero,
in the course of a quarrel Trolia is
in hospital at Gleeson, while Cal
dero is under arrest.
According to a decision from the
United States Department of Justice,
Ramona Marquee, the Mexican girl
taken in custody at Naco with John
Bujan, motion picture operator of
Cananea, was released on her own
recognizance.
Increases in wages averaging seven
and one-half per cent for shopme42,
section foremen, underclerks, telegra-