Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-07-15
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS

work at Bisbee.
Tag day gave the Jerome Red Cross
Society $3.50 for U. s. war fund.
Most of disorders in Arizona brought
about by L. w. WIS declares Meyer.
Federal troops arrived in Globe and
assumed control of the strike situa-
ton.
The railroads of Arizona will pay
taxes this year on a valuation of $780,
7s2.523.
| The government divided Arizona in
TO two districts for the purpose of Sc
lective draft.
Governor Campbell has appointed
Aaron II. Powers of Prescott, state
bank examiner.
The state school funds this year to-
tails s2l3.755.50 for the 61,073 school
children, or an average Of $3.50 for
each
The first attempt of the strikers in
Bisbee to organize a sympathetic
strike in the two smelters at Douglas
failed
The fifteen large producers of cop
per in Arizona contributed upwards
OF twenty million dollars to the Lib
erty loan.
Second crop of potatoes that will
keep for winter use will be planted
in Salt River valley about the middle
OF August.
More than $4,000 is the annual
income at present of Arizona from
her public lands which are leased to
private parties.
Following the lead Of the citizens
OF Bisbee. the business men of Doug
las organized the Citizens Protective
League of Douglas.
A strike made on the Arizona Euro
pean group, near the Three r, re-
turned remarkably good assays in
copper. silver and gold.
All records for the issuance of mar
rage licenses in the history OF Co
chise county were smashed in June
with a total of IS licenses issued
Spanish and Mexicans at Globe are
wrought up over the killing of Span
lard foreman by w. w. Clark, a ce-
merr contractor of the Inspiration
anine.
Frank Blancarte slipped and fell
from the 200 level TO the bottom of
the Golconda shaft, a distance of 80
feet, at Kingman, and was instantly
killed.
Arizona copper companies appealed
for government aid in Kidding mine
districts in the Southwest of labor
agitators and other enemies conniv-
ing at this country's defeat"
1t was stated at Phoenix on the 5th
that former Governor G. W. P. Hunt
may go to Globe to act as the per-
sonal representative of President vii
son in an effort to settle the strike
situation there and elsewhere through
out Arizona.
Nearly 10000 acres of government
land that was withdrawn from entry
by the reclamation law has been
restored and will be open for home
stead entry August goth, and will be-
come subject to settlement and all
proper IOTulS OF eIlIy.
Following the refusal of the three
big copper companies in the Globe
Miami district 10 accede to their de-
mands, the Globe and Miami branches
Union issued an order to the 1000
members of the organization to quit
work Sunday.
The Arizona State Council OF De-
Tense is being financed entirely by
private subscriptions.
Prescott teemed with the spirit of
the West during the four-days' cele-
bration of Frontier Days.
While mining operations in the War
rem and beMiami district temper
arily interfered with by the Industrial
Workers of the World who appear to
be attempting to cripple the govern
ment, under the mask of helping Ia
Dor, by trying to tie up all Of the
metal producers of the country, acti-
vities II other parts of the state are
going ahead as usual.
The Ajo district, already famous
among the copper regions Of the world
is steadily increasing in prominence
as a metal producing area that is but
in the first stage of development. A
new chapter was started in the his
tory Of copper mining June 18th, when
the first shipment of refined electro
lytic copper was made from the New
Cornelia's big teaching plant to Perth
Amboy, n. J. The product was 99.9
fine. The shipment consisted of 81 900
pounds, worth at 25 cents per pound
$15,250.
The Industrial Workers of the
World have gained control Of our
local union at Bisbee," said Charles
Fl. Meyer. president of the Interna-
tionaI Union of Mine. Mill and Smell
ter Workers, land we will have their
charter revoked within forty-eight
hours"
At an outpouring Of earnest, enthus-
iastic, patriotic, grateful Serbians,
many of them naturalized American
, citizens, held at Masonic hall, the or
|, ganization OF Serbian auxiliary to
. the Jerome chapter of Red Cross So
ciety was contaminated.