The Benson signal., 1917-02-10

Zona Cattle Growers Association at
Globe.
The construction of the new hotel
in Tucson is assured. Four hundred
thousand dollars, instead of $350,000,
will be raised by the business men.
Fifty nine head of condemned
horses were destroyed for dourine
under the direction and supervision
of government and state veterinary
official at Flagstaff.
President Wilson has signed the
bill recently passed by Congress
opening to settlement and sale 10000
acres in Arizona comprising reclama-
ton in connection with the Yuma pro-
ject.
Arizona has a population of 277,210
exclusive of Indians, according to the
estimate of the State Tax Commis-
sion as set forth in the third biennial
report, which has just been COM
pleted.
Compulsory education will apply to
all children under 18 years of age
cused for valid reason by the school
trustees, if bill introduced in the
Legislature becomes a law.
The contract for the bridge over
the San Pedro river at Charleston has
been signed and work on the struc-
ture will begin as soon as the COM
pany can conveniently assemble men
and material for the construction of
same.
Regardless of the heavy snow the
ore hauling for the Navajo Copper
Company is going forward with a
vigor. Two new trucks and two 21a
ton trailers were received by Mr..
Duncanson who has the hauling in
charge.
Douglas mining men operating in
Mexico complain of recent order OF
the Carranza government fixing the
value of Mexican silver as 1.8O pesos
for one dollar American money, super
seding the former rate of exchange
two pesos for one American dollar.
This rate applies to payment of duties
and wages increasing both by 10 per
cent, it is claimed.
The most important operations now
are on Copper mountain, Similka-
meen district, where it is preparing to
mine ore estimated Dec. 81, 1915, as
follows: Reasonably assured ore, o.
O75,00O tons; probable ore, 100000
tons; total, 11,O75,OO0 tons The av
erage grade of this ore is estimated
at 1.75 per cent copper and 20 cents
in gold and silver a ton recoverable
value).
Claiming that the reported fighting
at Stone House, Ariz., near Arivaca,
was caused by an attempt at cattle
rustling, General Francisco R. Ser
rano, military commander of Sonora,
issued the following official statement
at his headquarters in Guaymas:
CAS- some American newspapers have
published the statement that several
cowboys were attacked in Stone
House, it having been necessary to
ask the aid of American troops to re-
that the incident was entirely differ
ent and contrary to the reports. The
truth was that some American fill
busters attacked our garrison at Casa
de Piedra on the Mexican side line
and were repulsed by our troops aft
er a short exchange of shots. In
that region, where the incident took
place there have been very frequent
incursions by cattle rustlers from the
American side of the line, and that
is why we have been compelled to re-
double our vigilance on that part of
the border
One of the bills introduced in the
Legislature that caused much inter
est, is the Kinney labor measure,
which compels those engaged in
hazardous labor to be able to under
stand and speak the English lam
guage.
For the purpose of increasing the
salaries generally of the judiciary of
the state, Representative Faires,
chairman of the judiciary committee
of the House, has introduced an
amendment to the present law regard
ing the salaries of such officers. The
most noted increase in the bill is
relative to the justices of the Su-
preme Court, which the bill seeks to
raise to $4,000 annually.
A recent survey of the forests in
Arizona and New Mexico, conducted
by the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, indicates that the existence of
what is known as Western .red-rot
causes a considerable amount of loss
to lumbermen in these states each
year. In a professional paper on this
subject, Bulletin No. 400, it is said
that the percentage, of trees found to
be infected with this disease svaries.
Zen mines in Arizona paid $34000,-
900 in dividends during the past year.
Adding Utah, Montana, Nevada and