The Benson signal., 1918-08-03
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS


Fremont, Cal, on Aug. 5.
Egyptian cotton picking has already
started in the Salt river valley.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Hopi Oil Company.
The McGonigle lumber mill, located
at Riordan, near Flagstaff, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The tax rate of Phoenix for the
1918-19 year will be $1.06 per $1O0 OF
assessed valuation.
Guilty of murder in the first degree
was the verdict returned against Ival
Mccain by jury at Phoenix.
Pro-Germanism is the ground upon
which Mrs. Gertrude Schlansky OF
Phoenix is suing for divorce
An old-fashioned stampede, with all
the cowboy and broncho-busting
stunts, will be held in the Globe-Miami
district on Labor day.
Cantaloupe shipments out of the
Salt River valley total to date for the
season sol carloads, as against SD
carloads to date last year
Congress has passed bill appropri-
ating $4,000 to pay damages to Doug
las people injured by stray bullets in
the battles at Aqua Prieta.
Approximate figures gathered from
the various producers show that the
total output of copper in the state for
June was 74,OS5,O25 pounds.
The State Council of Defense has
taken steps looking to the organiza-
tion of county councils as provided by
the act creating the state council.
Andrew Yunich, native of Monte
negro, was found dead beside the rail
road tracks at Cutter, near Miami,
with three bullet holes in his neck. .
1t is reported that rich ore contain
ing tungsten, molybdenum and gold is
being taken down by force of min
ers on the Black Bess property at Ajo.
A half dozen Mexican homes were
demolished and a score were unroofed,
storm that also overturned pole of
the line that bears power to Ray.
A big increase in postal receipts at
the Tucson pOstOfffce for the first half
of the year 1918 is reported by Post
master J. M Ronstadt. The increase
over the first six months of 1917 is
$11,558.76.
Calumet & Arizona production of
metals other than copper had value In
the last year of within 100000 of that
of the total output of the largest pre-
cious metals mine in the state, United
Eastern.
Mrs. Mae Hey, of Jerome, has sued
for divorce from Carl Hey, a German,
mainly On the ground that she resents
having had to register as an alien en-
emy, while she is in truth a patriotic
American.
doc" c. w. Pardee, southwestern
rider, for years at the head of the an
nual cowboy tournament in Prescott.
has announced himself as Democrat
ic candidate for nomination as sheriff
Of Yavapai county
For violating the regulations of the
restaurant division of the food admin
stration, Charles Guam, proprietor OF
The American Kitchen, of Mesa, was
fined $10O and his place of business
closed for three days
Con p Cronin, state law and refer
ence librarian, has been named by
Governor Hunt as the representative
meeting of the national conference Of
commissioners on uniform laws to be
held at Cleveland Ohio, Aug. 22 to 27.
T. J. Sparkes, In charge of the
Berkley mine, in the Deiuge Wash
section, reports the uncovering of a
vein of ore in the old property at a
depth of eighteen feet that gave re-
suits of about $50 ounces of silver.
News of the appointment of Dr.
Frederick T. Fahlen as acting assist
ant surgeon for Arizona by Surgeon
General Rupert Blue has been made
public. In addition to the federal ap-
pointment, Dr. Fahlen has been made
deputy state public health officer.
Bassito, murderer of former Sheriff
James Lowrey of Yavapai county, was
encountered at Rattlesnake Tanks,
about forty miles north of Verde,
where he killed Lowery, by Deputy
Sheriff Frank Dickerson of Coconimo
county, who shot the murderer dead.
While scores of posses were securing
the mountains, Dickinson was alone
when he met the Mexican. Bassito
was at the drinking hole and the mo-
ment he saw Dickinson, reached for
his pistol but was not quick enough,
Dickinson shooting him first with his
rifle Dickinson gets a reward of $3,-
900 offered for Bassito, dead or
alive.'
Dr. Rosa Boido, convicted by jury
in Judge Stanford's division of the Su-
perior Court in Maricopa county on a
CHI ge of performing a criminal oper-
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