Arizona republican., 1917-07-27
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| VISITING THE PRlSON-The com
 mission is making an official visit al l the state penitentiary at Florence. Int members will return to Phoenix or | Saturday.
 BACK FROM kiNGMAN-A. A 1 Betts, member of the state corporation l commission. returned Thursday iron | Kingman where he held hearing con | corning the status of the Oatman Colo NEW CORPORATIONS Articles 1 of incorporation were filled yesterday | in the offices of the state corporation commission by the following new con- cerns: Calumet and Verde Copper Com pany, Exchange Bank of Peoria Peoria. Arizona
 JUDGMENT RENDERED-In the forcible detainer suit brought by J P. Pendergast against Willie kulikoff Judge Lyman yesterday rendered judgment for the plaintiff the writ of restitution to be issued September 10
 MEETS INSPECTORS - Ed w Stephens, secretary of the state live stock Sanitary board, returned yester- day from few days visit in the southeastern part of the state where a conference. MT. Stephens was at Y
 LICENSED TO WED-Marriase licenses were issued yesterday to James F. Marion Smith, Jr., 22, Phoenix and Mary Godbehere, 20, Phoenix and Lewis Martin Hegen- dorfer, 35, Phoenix and Annie Edwina Bishop, 31, Rochester, New York
 CANTALOUP BUST-Sheriff Wilky played host to the court house en- ployes yesterday at o'clock when he held a 'canteloup bust" in the office headquarters. Fully 30 clerks and county officials enjoyed the feast.
 NO LlCENSE-William Boggs was arrested yesterday by George Schade, county motorcycle officer, for driving a Aar without a license. His hearing will be held before Justice Wheeler at II o'clock Saturday morning.
 HEARING AT YUMA-A A Betts of the state corporation commission, Benjamin H. Ferguson, engineer, and J. M. PhillipoWski, official reporter of the commission, go to Yuma today where a hearing will be held. The Yuma Gas, Light and Water company wishes permission to furnish unfiltered water and also to raise rates.
 FILINGS PPROVED-United States Commissioner Irwin of the land office has approved the filing of Zura Flor ence Butler, for 72 acres near Elgin, described by meets and bounds; also claim of Charles Edwin May for 27 acres near Patagonia. Dick Pinkman has filed notice of relinquishment of his claim of 27 acres near Young.
 TWO FIRES-The fire department was called out twice last evening dur ing the progress of the storm. The first call came from the residence of John 0. Dunbar, burning brush giving the firemen work for a few minutes, be- sides a long run in the rain. The sec ond call came from 1929 North Tenth street, where a small blaze was in progress.
 WILL AUDIT BOOKS Benjamin H. Ferguson, engineer of the state cor pCration commission, will, after the hearing at Yuma Saturday. go to Los Angeles where he will audit the books of the Desert Power and Water com pany and of the Tom Reed Gold Min ing company of Oatman, which con- cerns had received permission to keep their books temporarily in Los An geles.
 SERVICE SOLD-C. l.. Vernon has sold the Arizona Commercial Ser vice to P T. Jackson of Chicago. Mr. Vernon will remain with the office until August l. Mr Jackson will con duet the business along the same line. which is supplying trained, tech nical and office employees to the com mercial and mining industries of this state
 OPENED BiDS--Rids were opened yesterday in the offices of the state commission on institutions for motor cars, tractors, tractor blows and for land for use of the state asylum Twelve bids were received for land ten for motorcars and trucks and six for tractors and blows. No awards were made.
 ORDERS SURVEYS -Survey has been ordered by the surveyor general of No 3419, Holigan lode. Warren min- in5s district, Cochise county, owned by Francis E. Cummings, George Hanin- ger Harry R. Haninger and Elvira | Letson. also mining survey of No. 342S l Buckeye, Electric, Ohio Monarch Russel and Kentucky lodes. Warren
 district. owned by same claimants. PRODUCING MINES - Fifty -one l producing mines now are in Arizona | according to figures made public yes l terday by the state tax commission | This is twelve more than for the pre- 1 ceding year. There are also sixty | three mines chased as non producers l This does not mean, however, that 1 these sixty three do not produce any 1 ore whatever. as many of them are | producers in a small way
 1 HEACHAN SENTENCED-Leon | M. Meachan, who pleaded guilty to { charge of grand larceny before Judg, Stanford yesterday, was sentenced tt
 not less than one nor more than two years in the state penitentiary a | Florence. The prison term is to dat, | from June Is, when he was takei 1 into custody.
 PRICE ABOVE PRINcIPLE-As ; matter of principle F. M. Patton pre- ferred to pass 10 days in jail rathe
 than pay a $10 fine which he believed
 had been unjustly imposed by Justic Cummings who found him guilty 0
 reckless driving. After passing tw
 days of the sentence Patton decide,
 that principle was not everything an, paid the remainder of his jail term il dollars.
 l APPROVAL OF MINERAL SUR VEYS-The surveyor general has ap proved mineral survey No. 3372, Littl
 Emil lode, Mrs. Maggie Marks, claim
 ant; survey No. 1885, New York lode W. A. Dell, Sam Frankenberg and Ere
 Sutter. claimants, and mineral surve
 No. 33S6, Umpire lode, Isaac Jacobso
 and Elmer Johnson, claimants. Thes
 claims are all situated in the Warre
 mining district, Cochise county
 | BY PROxY-Power Conway, distric
 manager of Warren Brothers and on
 of the best known clubmen in the city
 was a fugitive from justice yesterday
 Conway, against whom a misdemeano
 charge had been placed. after admit