Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-22
SHELTER SMOKE BROKE UP HIS
 BEE BUSINESS
CLARKDALE MAN WANTS 5000 FROM THE UNITED VERDE, CLAIMING THAT SULPHUR FUMES KILLED HIS HONEY-MAKERS.
(From Saturdays Daily)

w. l.. W OOdrun, resident Ot the vicinity of Clarkdalc, yesterday filed suit against the United Verde Cop per Company, demanding damages upon the somewhat unusual grounds that the gaseous smoke which comes from the smelter of the defendant corporation at that place has resulted in the breaking up of his business as producer of honey, killed more than 100 hives of his bees and played havoc in general with his once thriving apiary business.
 The complaint filed by Mir. Wood ruff sets forth the alleged fact that at the time the L. " built its smclter near Clarkdalc, he was doing a thriv- ing business and that he had several hundred stands of bees located on a ranch near Clarkdale. As soon as the shelter was put into operation, the whole countryside, says the com plaint, was soon covered with the poisonous discharges which came out of the big smokcstack. The flowers and other vegetation upon which the bees depended for their nectar soon became impregnatcd with the sul- phuric substance which came out of the smcltcr with the smoke and fumes, and the bees in l27 of the hives quit business and died The plaintiff states that he moved his apiary sev-I cral miles from Clarkdale where the blighting effect of the shelter smoke was not apparent, the move cntailing an expense of S575. The 127 stands of bees are valued at Sl ,o05 by the complainant, and the loss of business due to the falling off of the honey sales is computed at S4735. The plaintiff alleges that he has been dam aged in these and other ways, and asks for judgment totaling So,0l7. 50.
 Personal Injury Suit
 c. O. Castro yesterday filed suit against the Consolidated Arizona Smelling Company, seeking to recover judgment in the sum of Sl0.000 for burns which he alleges he received in the big smelter at Humboldt on August IS. 1917. He was employed as a swamper and it seems that al travelling overhead crane dumped al large bunch of red-hot slag on the floor of the building in which the plaintiff was working, causing him to sustain a number of serious burns on the feet, knees and abdomen. Cas- tro alleges that he was permanently disabled by the accident, and asks for damages in the aforementioned amount.
 Wants a Divorce
 Candclario Beltran yesterday en- tered shit for the purpose of sccur- ing a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Col ] lctana Estrado Beltran, the complaint alleging that the woman has aban doncd her husband without cause ! The couple were married at Naco in 1913 and the lady is said to have quit the old homestead about Octo- Der, 1914.
 Bell Case is Dismissed
 The action of the State of Arizona vs. Edward Bell, wherein the de- fcndant was accused of dealing black jack and otherwise conSorting with the goddess of chance in the city , of Prescott, was dismissed yesterday afternoon upon the motion of the county attorney, the two main wit ncsscs upon whom the State had de pended for a conviction having joined ! out with the United States eXpedi tionary forces and being now lost in the shufflc somewhere in France. Bell was nabbcd in Prescott several days ago on an old charge. He was originally taken into custody year or so ago at the time the cops raidcd | a poker and card game on South | Montezuma street. Ed asked the ac- commodating officer ii he wouldn'; 1 kindly wait a moment until he had gone upstairs and got his coat The cop said yes, and Ed ran up the stair way. Instead of coming down by the same route, however, he made use of q wooden runway which had been built to connect with the back door ot the upstairs entrance, and when i the obliging cop got tired of waiting at the foot of the stairs, he went up and learned that the agile Edward had been gone for some time. Bell, | believing that the storm had about blown over, came back to Prescott last week and was taken into custody. 1 His incarceration did not last long however, and yesterday the case was '.ipcd off the docket.
 Appointed Guardian
 Mrs. Anna Mclaughlin was yes terday named by the court as guar dian of two minor children, Henry and Louise Sherman, heirs of the late Gerhard Schuerman. The guar dian filed bond of $500.
 Mrs. Mclaughlin has filed a pcti- ton asking that the assets of the cs- tate of the late Mir Schucrman be distributed at once without awaiting the completion of the usual proceed urc in the administration of such cases. The property is valued al S26,l25. The petition will be taken mp by Judge Sweeney on May 3lst.
 May Dispose of Property
 (. A. Peter. administrator of the estate of the late Hugh l.. Sweeney, was yesterday given permission to dispose of certain mining property |. hcld in the estate. it being considered advantageous 10 sell the property at this time.
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