The Benson signal., 1918-03-23
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.

ueAedIeO Dy l41 VOLeS.
Of the $4,000 men called March 20,
Arizona will furnish 148.
Mrs. Mary E. Brown has been op-
pointed postmistress at Parker.
Thrift day at Florence netted to-
tai Of $1,000 from the 1,400 residents.
There is little doubt that 1918 will
be the banner silo building year in Ari-
zona.
Yee Wun, Chinaman of Phoenix,
army.
A postoffice has been established at
Rowood, with P. H. Holcomb as post
master.
A large number of Arizona boys have
gone to the training ca. y at Fort Ri
ley, Kan.
The Cochise-Graham Cattle Growers
Association held an interesting meet
ing at Wilcox.
Citizens of Gleason have voted unan-
imously to issue $4,000 bonds to COM
plete the new school building.
The inspiration war garden expert
offers to help all Globe-Miami resi-
dents in putting their spare ground to
good use.
Governor G.. w. P. Hunt learned
while boy to knit. Now he puts in
an occasional stunt knitting socks for
Arizona soldiers
A pension has been granted to Anna
A.. Porter of Dos Cabezas at $25 per
month and to John Widsom of Wick
enburg at $40 a month.
+ Ben Olney, charged with the killing
of John Hawkins, was bound over TO
the Superior Court of Gila county, fol-
lowing a hearing at Miami.
By an unanimous vote of the Board
of Supervisors of Gila county an order
has been issued granting the incorpor-
alton of the town of Miami.
The Arizona State Bureau of Mines
has been asked to gather samples OF
light volcanic rocks that are capable
of developing good strength.
Superintendent Martin of the Pres
cott public schools has announced that
the sale of the War Saving stamps in
the schools reached total of $1,471.
The "clean plate" is to be the order
at all mess halls at Camp Funston,
national army cantonment, says bull
letin issued by Brigadier General
.Winn.
The cotton growers of Tempe are
looking ahead to this years crop and
realize that the present ginning facil-
tiles will not be sufficient to gin the
increased acreage. -:
Since March 1 no imports other than
perishable merchandise have been re-
ceived from Sonora through Nogales,
I, owing to restrictions placed by the
treasury department at Mexico City.
Imposing the heaviest penalty that
has ever been given bootlegger,
Judge Stanford, In, the Maricopa coun-
ty Superior Court, sentenced Will He'll
man to two years in the county jail
and fine of $500.
/ j. l.. Spoon, former deputy sheriff
of Gila county, pleaded guilty to vio
lating the liquor law before Judge
Stanford and was sentenced to seven
ty-four days in the county jail at Rhoe
nix, dating from Dec. 28.
Governor Hunt has announced call
for special session Of the Legisla
ture the date of which will be fixed
later. The matter of enfranchising sol
diers will be one, of the items dis
cussed and acted upon when the ses
sion cOnvenes.
The reported discovery of potash
near Jerome, is important, owing to
the fact that potash has been one OF
the war minerals for which it has been
difficult to find substitute and new
! deposits of which are rare.
Two beautiful American flags were
on display in Phoenix, designed for the
two regiments in which most of the
Arizona boys taken in the army serv.
ice are enrolled. One flag goes to the
AOOCu luAduCIy y dt Cdutp h0dIuy duU
The other to the 34Oth field artillery at
Camp Funston. Each will go as the
gift to the regiment of the Arizona So
ciety, Sons of the American Revolu
ton.
At a meeting of directors of Inspi-
ration Copper Company, c. F. Kelley,
vice president of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company, was elected a
member of the board to succeed Eu-
gene Meyer, Jr., resigned. Operations
at the properties of the Inspiration
Company are now running at 80 per
cent Of full capacity, sixteen of the
twenty sections of the concentrating
plant being in operation. Officials
hope to start the additional sections
| as soon as a sufficient number of addi-
tional workmen can be secured.
Slayers of Sheriff Frank Mcbride
and Deputies Mark Kempton and Dave
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