The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

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The charges against seven Ajo strik.
ers were dismissed at Tucson.
Jerome's proposed sewer system will
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Receipts at the Chandler postoffice
increased 100 per cent the past year.
The new bridge over the Gila river
at Wilkelman is now open to traffic.
About $3.50 worth of goods were tax.
en- by burglars from a Bisbee hard.
ware store.
Thos. Campbell, governor-elect, was
given his certificate of election by the
secretary of state.
Bufford and j. J. Ward were arrest.
ed at Tucson charged with attempting
to shoot M. C. Turney
At Omaha, eleven men were found
guilty in the sale of phantom wild
borses in Coconino county.
Harry Kendall was arrested on sus'
picion of having killed John and Mel.
son Simpson at Crooks Canyon.
Fire destroyed the camp of Wagner,
Leek and Fessler, who are developing
the southern group of mines near Pat.
agonia.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lished at Mascot, Cochise county, and
Mrs. Lilly A. c. Hauser appointed
postmistress.
Christmas revelers celebrated in
down east" style in the Warren dis
trict, about six inches of snow falling
Christmas eve.
Cattlemen of southern Arizona are
enthusiastic over the cowboy stunts
pulled off at the Nogales celebration
on New Years day.
The shaft of the Goldroad Bonanza
at Goldroad broke into two feet of ore
at depth of 600 feet. Assays show
values of $29 per ton in gold.
The Supreme Court rules that the
operation of the parimutuel betting
machine does not constitute an offense
under the Arizona statutes.
B. M. Clements, 79 years old, first
cousin of Mark Twain, and his COM
rade in steamboating on the Missis-
sippi, died at Tucson hospital.
The drift recently started on the
150-foot level of the Gold Back at Chic
ride is now in nine feet and a three
foot vein of ore assaying from $11.36
tC $19.55 has been encountered.
Magma Extension is the latest min
ing company to be organized in the
Pioneer district now famous through
the rich ore strike made couple of
months ago near Superior.
The current Shattuck dividend calls
for the disbursement of the usual
$437,500, which will bring total dis
Eursements per share on this issue up
to $14.5O, or total of $5,075,00O for
the 350,O00 shares.
A number of agricultural and live
stock associations will hold their
meetings at Tucson in connection with
the Farmers and Housekeepers' short
course scheduled at the University of
Arizona, Jan. 8-13.
While romping beside the Arizona
Eastern railroad tracks at Globe, Doy-
moino Sleeper, little Indian girl, was
instantly killed and her body horribly
mangled when she was sucked be-
meath the flying wheels of a passing
freight train.
Sinking of shaft on the old O'Fal-
len silver mine, eleven miles from
Kingman, has been begun by A. M.
Clapp and associates. Ore recently
taken from the workings of the old
mine ran as high as $50 ounces of sill
yer to ton.
Figures compiled by mining men in
1icate that this years production of
metal from the mines of the Chloride
section will total more than $12,000,-
600. Of this sum $10,00O,000 is credited
to the Tennessee and about $2,000,000
to- the Golconda.
Announcement of the organization
of the Jerome-St. Louis Copper Mining
Company, formed for the purpose of
developing the Sullivan-Burke group
OF claims between the Jerome-Port.
land, Green Monster and Iron King,
was made at Jerome.
The biggest leasing project reported
in the Chloride district within the past
few weeks eliminated when papers
we're signed by which Messrs. Copley
and Williams and Jack Degman will
operate on five claims in the Elkhart
Mines Company's holdings
Representative Hayden has intro
duced bill in Congress to relieve the
owners of mining claims who have
been mustered into the service of the
United States as officers or enlisted
men of the organized militia or Ma
tional Guard from performing assess
ment work during the term of such
service.
Six carloads of contractors machin.