The Benson signal., 1918-06-22
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.

A fire in a Bisbee fuel yard did
about $4,000 damage.
A 1,400-acre ranch near Elgin is be-
ing put under cultivation.
Douglas is to have $4,000 vaude-
Vile and musical comedy theater.
Several cases of measles have been
reported amongst Courtland children.
A grocery store at Peterson was
robbed Of $4,000 in cash, besides notes
and other securities.
The Lend-a-Hand Club, north of Tue
son, realized over $50 for the Red
Cross at an entertainment.
United States Marshal Joe Dillon re-
ports fifteen men convicted during the
May term Of the Federal Court at Tue
son.
It is estimated that Wilcox and vi
cinity will, during 1918, ship cattle
amounting to close to a million dol
lars.
The Mesa Rifle Club was called out
to search for a Yaqui Indian who is
supposed to have murdered boy near
Chandler.
A central light and power plant to
cost $4,000 is to be built at the boys
and girls industrial school at Fort
Grant
Word from Phoenix is to the effect
that progress Ia being made in outlin-
ing plans for the Globe-Miami Super
ior-Phoenix road.
Preparatory work for the erection
of an immense plant for the produc-
ton of sulphuric acid at Patagonia will
be started by DR.. John r. Mayruder at
once.
The shaft of the Missouri-Mohave
Mining company at Kingnan has en-
countered splendid lead-zinc ore, which
carries gold values, on the dip of the
vein.
Miss Juana Suastegui, II, grand
daughter of the last captain general Of
Tucson under Spanish rule, died in
Tucson at the home of her niece, Car
lota Salazar.
It's going to be easy to be candi-
date in Arizona if final approval is Civ
en- q bill that strikes out about all Of
the section on nominations in the pri-
mary election law.
The lower house of the Legislature
passed the bill extending the franchise
to citizens of the state of voting age
now or to be in the military or naval
service Of the United States.
Over a thousand persons were made
homeless when fire destroyed hun
dred homes and several rooming
houses in the Mexican quarter at Jer-
ONE before it was controlled.
A. R. Kelly, who recently acquired
some silver-lead and copper proper
ties In the Orc Blanco district, has
taken an option on the Bracco man.
ganese properties in the Globe district.
The United Verde Extension smelter
will begin operations about July 1. Ac-
.cording to the present rate of output
the total production for 1918 will
amount to about 100000 pounds of
copper.
The completing of eighty abstracts
Of title is the big piece Of work that
now is delaying the closing up of the
loan Of state money to Apache county
farmers, which is to be used in the
finishing Of the Lyman dam.
Consolidated Arizona Smelling and
Refining Company at Humboldt de-
clared a dividend of 5 cents share
Total production of metal 1879, ,842
pounds of copper, 251, $40 ounces of sill
yer and 9,480 ounces of gold.
The governor has signed the legis-
lative appropriation bill and the Low
ell observatory exemption bill.
Paul .DeBaud, arrested at Deming,
N. NJ, some time ago on a charge of
violating the Mann act in bringing
Mrs. Mary Ann Frederick from Ari-
zona, has been taken back to Tucson
for further action in his case.
A joint resolution was introduced in
the state Legislature to be submitted
to the people next November for the
restoration of capital punishment The
resolution was provoked by the brutal
murder of small boy near Mesa.
Thirty-six boys of the United States
working reserve started their sum-
mer's work under the direction of the
Salt River Valley Water Users Asso-
citation. A complete camp has been es-
tablished about two miles southwest of
Mesa.
According to letter received in
Globe from Clark L. Davis, superin-
tendent of the White Mountain Indian
reservation, no restrictions have been
placed on fishing on that reserve, and
fishing permits will be allowed the
same as last season. No hunting per-
mits will be issued.
Mackay c. H., 2, an Apache Indian,
cI.0k lxs1 l.