The Benson signal., 1917-09-08

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Riley.
Gallup is to have new postoffice
by Dec. /.
Mohave county raised $6,545.37 for
the Red Cross.
A cloudburst at Jerome damaged q
hardware store about $4,000.
The university at Tucson will open
on Sept. IA for the fall term.
Many Tucson citizens are donating
to fund to celebrate mobilization.
The output of gold in Arizona in
1916 was $4,O92,SOO and $4,394,6OO in
silver.
1t Is stated that three Cochise
county legislators-one a woman
have left Bisbee.
Coconino county will have a good
potato crop this year from upward of
1000 acres planted.
Postmaster M. C. Hankins of Doug
las is preparing to move into the new
postoffice building Oct. l.
The petition to recall Chair ian
John w. Estill of the board of super
visors was filed at Tucson.
Molybdenum in commercial quaint.
ties in the Wallapais, and high-grade
at that, is reported at Kingman.
Governor Campbell paroled S. J. 55.
Sveriano Anaya, Pluma Aigid and Re
tugiO Ensenas, all serving twenty-year
sentences.
Women of the Warren district at
the Bisbee gymnasium of the Y. M. G.
A. organized the Woman's Loyalty
League of America.
Wanted in Yavapai county for the
murder of Jesus Marcias, Rafael
Agualio is being sought by officers
throughout the state.
The Consolidated Arizona Smelling
Company is gradually enlarging it's
Smelter at Humboldt, and it will be
completed by Nov. LIST.
1t was stated at the office of the
governor that no request had been
made upon the federal government to
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The death sentence imposed upon
William Faltin. Jan. 25, 1913, will be
commuted, it was stated by Cover
nor Thomas e. Campbell.
Permission to issue $4,000 in gold
mortgage 10 per cent notes was grant
ed the Venture Hill Mining Company
by the corporation commission.
OF the first 794 registrants called
to Prescott for examination, 222
failed to report. About rs per cent Of
the 222 are from the Verde district.
The board of regents of the Univer-
Sity Of Arizona has appointed Miss
Hazel Zimmerman, Cochise county
woman, agent to take charge of the
food conservation movement at Bis
bee.
The United Eastern Mining Com
pany has declared dividend number g.,
to be paid to stockholders of record on
the 3Oth of August. The dividend,
like the first one, will be at the rate
Of five cents per share.
Blame the other man." were the
words written on a piece of paper
and tied to the handle of a large
butcher knife with which Antonio
Rodriguez stabbed his wife to death
at their home near Somerton.
The report of Ray Consolidated for
the quarter ended June 80 shows net
income of $3,679,S98, equivalent to
$233 a share, or at the rate of 1892
share per annum. In March 81 quar-.
ter net was $3,476,57S, or 1920 a
share.
An unknown Mexican attacked
Jack AshwOrth and Joseph Halcro,
at the ranch of the former about half
way between Hereford and the Hua-
chuca mountains and wounded them
both in the head with small calibre
revolver.
County Engineer Ryan states that
the work on the Bisbee Drive is pro-
crossing rapidly and that the grading
to the Government Draw is about
completed and that the culverts and
cement work has all been finished to
the Draw.
There are 14,77O children of school
age, that is between the ages of 6 and
21 years, in Maricopa county, accord
ing to the annual report of County
School Superintendent A. H. Fulton.
Of this number, there are 1928 boys
and 7,142 girls.
Lawrance S. Hefte, trooper in the
Seventeenth cavalry, was placed un-
der arrest at Douglas, by Deputy Sher-
iff Percy Bowden, who had received
warrant and copy of the indictment
standing against him at Mankate.
Blue Earth county, Mimi, where he is
wanted for statutory assault on the
person of Mary Ellen Gavin, a girl of
less than II years Of age.
All patriotic Arizonans are urged in