Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-14

tratiOn passed through Phoenix yester- day on his way to NOgales. Morrison is in charge of the sugar supply Tor the state and will visit tho county food administrators in the southern part of the state. helping them out with their sugar programs.
 Bisbee has the richest producing mine within it's corporate limits of any city or town il Arizona, according to figures made public yesterday by the state tax commission. The value of the Copper Queen branch of the Phelps Dodge corporation within the town or BisDee is placed this year by t1e commission at S1,166.779 The val uation of the United Verde Copper company within the limits of Jerome is placed at I421. .04O, while the value of the old Dominion property within the city limits of Globe is placed at S6,l74.
 A report for Arizona on cantalOupe. watermelon and potato data and cOndi- tions, with comparisons with other years, has just been issued by the de partment of agriculture. through l.. M. Harrison, field agent for this district. The report shows cantalOupes were earlier this year than last by about week. Harrison estimates 100 carloads of watermelons for the season It is shown where the average price to the grower this year will be S35 Q ton as against S22 last year. Fifty carloads Of potatoes are estimated. the price 10 the growers being one and half cents .4 u-ff1 frr,fe
 Sidney P. Osborn, candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, was the first to file his nominating petition with Sidney P. Osborn, sec retary of state. Friday was the first day on which nominating petitions may be filed under the law. The Os- born petition has been ready for filing for some time and the secretary of state was only waiting for the de mands of the law as to time to roll around for him to announce the filing of his petition. OsbOrn's petition con tains something more than 2000 names and every county in the state is repre- sented on the petition. The law re- quiIes that signatures must be obtain ed in at least three counties and 2S0 is the minimum number of signatures TOT filing for state office.
 The state council of defense has completed the seven standing commit tees that are expected to have charge of the various branches of work to be taken up by the council Following are the chairmen of the committees: Labor. Homer R. Wood; transporta- tion. Col Epes Randolph; American izatioa, Senator MulfOrd Winsor; pro ducti0n. Senator w B. ClaypOOl; bio logical survey. Dwight E. Heard; sci entific research, pr. T. B. MacDOugal; public health. Dr. O. H. Brown. The council expects to complete its work Og organization Monday afternoon and take a recess. It is announced that the secretary will not be selected until then.
 Winning the love of Tilden P. Cop ening. a mining man of Casa Grande. when she gave him information he desired relative to the mailing regula- tions. Miss Tula L. Humphreys, post mistress of the town. found that after all her business was not the only thing in life. For five years Miss Humph- reys held the federal position. She was devoted to her work which she car ried on conscientiOusiy. Then she met the mining man and told him she was motoring to the coast with her pa rents He was one of the party arriv- ing in Phoenix Friday and when he ar rived persuaded Miss Humphreys to accompany him to the office of tho clerk of the court where marriage license was procured
 A. B. Howell. in charge. and Luther Little, representing the United States Biological Survey. spent several days in this vicinity during the past week. motoring with camp outfit. From AJo they will go to Gunsight and QuitOba- quita. in tour of the arid southwest, south of the Southern Pacific. They left Los Angeles in May Mir. Little told The News that the work, especial ly in this vicinity at this season of the year. is very strenuous. owing to the crouth and other desert conditions. also to the reverse-CccasiOnal heavy rains. and results for which they are not always prepared. Their research
 
 field of mammals. birds. and reptiles. of which there are a wide variety il Arizona. The mammals consist prin- cipally of mice and rats, for which they set traps Here again the desert conditions are not any too favOrabl1, Mir Little states, as very often by the time they get to the mammals caught in the traps these have been partially. and in some instances. almost entirely eaten up by ants or other insects.-AJo News
 The Yuma Indians will have a four day memorial festival over the river next week. beginning on Thursday and lasting until Monday morning For several months they have been making preparations, and everything is now in readiness for proper carry ing out of the tribal rites. These Cere- monies consist of the construction Of shack of willow and arrOw-weeds, in which are placed effigies of dead members of the tribe; throughout the four days and nights, there are war songs and laments. dancing. teasting