Tombstone epitaph., 1918-07-07
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper linton News Service

proved range CONDITIONS.
AT Tucson. the Socorro Smelter has
secured ten-acre site.
Bisbee copper producers ask in
crease in price TO 80 cents.
The new l. O. O. +. hall at Bisbee is
about ready 10 be occupied.
Much activity in oil district at Hol-
brook and rigs being installed.
Application filed at Phoenix by tel
ephone company 10 change rate.
Old Perseverance mine at Needles
reports strike OF a Az foot vein.
The Aztec shaft of the Tom Reed
at Oatman has been sunk sixty feet.
vanadium ore assayed at Kirkland
by experts found to contain uranium.
Arizonas wheat crop may be above
average as it is in good condition
now.
New CoInelia al AIo is to start
test mill for treatment OF sulphide
ores.
Reported offer OF $50.00U has been
made for lease North Star mine AZ
Tucson.
A s75o,0V0 Syndicate has been
formed at san SIMON TO operate the
Hill Top mine
The years cantaloupe crop in the
worth $4,000
1t cost Greenlee county 3llI,22s.G3
10 run the public schools Of that coun'
~ during the past year
Development work is progressing
on the Tom Reed and Bald Eagle min
ing properties at Oatman.
The location OF good showing OF
mica was announced at Tucson by NJ.
T. Huff and Afford Roos
Bandits entered the home of Mex
lean woman at Morenci and forced
her to turn over nearly $500.
Conditions in copper industry
throughout state are in better general
condition than since year ago.
Ten days more will probably see
smoke pouring from the stack of the
United Verde Extension smelter al
Jerome
The Consolidated Arizona will soon
have its copper output up to 100000
pounds monthly, which doubles its
record OF 1917.
Cleaning out of the old drifts in the
Gunsight and Silver Girth claims in
the Mayer district has been started
by the new owners.
The special session OF the Third Ar.
IONA Legislature adjourned. after
completing the program for which il
vas called together.
Nonresident and wandering mer.
chants doing business in Miami will
be compelled under new ordinance
TO pay 800 license per quarter.
United Verde Extension at Jerome
will shortly develop the 1900 and liz.
foot levels and is expected to open up
millions OF dollars worth Of ore.
Increased freight rates ordered by
the government will put their heavi.
est burden upon the shipper OF Gus.
tom ore, who is the small producer.
The valuable assets which Calumet
& Arizona has in the New Cornelia
property is rapidly being demonstrat.
ed by the steady increase in the pro
duction OF the latter The production
is not only increasing but the com.
pany ranks among the lowest cos.
producers
Eighty-seven stray dogs were killed
by the Phoenix police in May.
George O'Neill. formerly deputy
sheriff at Ray, was convicted at Flor.
ence OF taking money from a woman
and given a sentence OF from three
10 five years.
Petitions are in circulation asking
that proposed amendment 10 the
constitution be put on the ballot this
fall. providing for compensation of in
jured workmen
J. II. Rountree OF Douglas received
a telegram from Adjutant General
Henry p. Mccain that his SON. Joseph
ID. Rountree. had been severely wound.
ed in action in France.
Arizona, known to thousands Of in.
ssrested persons who have visited It's
vast domain. as the wonder state"
today leads the United States in the
production of the red metal. The of
fetal report shows that Arizona pro
duced in 1917 7I9.033.514 pounds of
copper as against 694.s47 .307 for 1916.
The approximate output for the month
Of May was 16.7II .507 pounds. At the
present time Arizona copper produc-
ton is going on at the rate OF $685.
100000 pounds a year. or nearly one
half of the total for 1918
The special session of the third
state Legislature adjourned sine die
after thirty days session on call OF
the governor for the consideration Of
only eleven subjects. Fifty-two bills
were introduced and fifteen passed
and forty-two resolutions were adopt
ed. The governor has signed seven
bills. the most important being that
creating a council of defense.
Frank Wilson plead guilty at Tomb
stone to robbing the store Of Albert |
Peterson at johnson, Of $1,000 and /
was sentenced TO from five to twenty |
years.