The Benson signal., 1918-07-20
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

"A Saw Hill Is now Operating dL IAO
CornucOpia mine near Hooper.
The Gold Orc mine at Oatman 10
taking out seventy tons daily.
A fine body of lead ore has been
found in the Twins mines at Cerbat.
Temple lodge, P. P, at Bisbee, has
bought $1,000 worth of War Stamps.
Miami reports that good progress is
being made in the Warren mining dis
trict.
Shipments of copper are being made
from the Emerald Isle mine at King
man.
Seven initiated amendments will be
on the ballots at the November elec-
tion.
Nathan Kendall was elected chair
man of the Pima county road commits
sion.
Geo. Lavas, a Greek, 80, was drown
ed while swimming in the Verde 'at
Jerome.
The Silver King mine at Superior
shipped car load of rich ore that is
expected to return $4,000.
Angus r. Mckay, one of the wealth
lest men of Phoenix, died at Oakland,
CAL, after only a brief Illness.
Governor Hunt denied the rumor
that the state fair will be called off
this year because of the war.
w. H. Sharpe, brakeman, met in
stant death on the 600-foot level Of
the Inspiration mine at Miami.
A pay streak twelve to eighteen
inches wide has been encountered in
the winze in the old Gunsight at Ajo.
Plans for a 100000 drainage sys-
tenn for the Salt river valley are being
perfected by the Water Users Asso-
citation.
Regular shipments, averaging high
er than IL per cent copper, are being
made from the Grand Pacific mine at
Superior.
Louis Gordon, As years old, an en-
ploy6 of the mine at Crown King, was
drowned when he fell into pit of oil
and water.
Earl Hawley of Phoenix has been
appointed purchasing agent for the
Red Cross, with headquarters in
Washington.
Petitions were filed with Secretary
OF State Sidney P. Osborn, which in
itiate the proposed workmen's com
pensation law.
Hon. George H. Crosby, Jr., ten
dered his resignation to Governor
Hunt as Judge of the Superior Court
of Apache county.
The largest shipment of gold bull
lion bars left the Tom Reed mine at
Kingman few days ago, and dividend
payments are expected soon.
The Apache railroad, being built
from Holbrook south into the coal
fields and pine forests of that region,
will be completed in about a month
Last month was a record-breaker
for tonnage production at U. V. Ex-
tension at Jerome, total of $4,000
tons of ore having been extracted and
shipped
The report on the 1917 wool crop
of Arizona states that the shipments
for the year aggregated $4,000
! pounds compared with 6,602,00O
pounds the previous year.
! The jury in the damage suit of H.
E. Frederickson against Thomas
Childs, both Ajo mining men, brought
in verdict for the plaintiff, awarding
hm damages n the sum of $4,000
Captain William McDermott of Tue.
son has been appointed by Governor
Hunt as member from Arizona of the
National Council of the United States
| Junior Naval League.
Clifford w. Poland of Tucson was
killed in action on the French front.
! Byron E. James, mine superintend.
ent of Ell Tigre Mining Company, with
j properties situated about forty miles
south of Douglas in Sonora, was killed
by an alleged American draft evader.
One hundred and sixty suits, asking
upwards of $3,zS0,O0O as the aggregate
sum of damages alleged to have been
sustained through deportations from
! the Bisbee district July IL, 1917, were
filed in the District Court Of Cochise
county in Tombstone in behalf of 160
of the 1,186 men deported.
Dennis A. Burke of Rouse is in a
hospital at Prescott receiving treat
ment for the effects of vingaroon,
or "child of the earth,' received near
ly two years ago. His health has been
steadily failing, owing to the poison
in his system. Often the bite of the
reptile is fatal.
Robert and Delbert Strong, brothers,
who were charged with white slavery
in bringing two women into Arizona,
at Tucson, from California, were SEN
fenced in the Federal court at Tucson,
the former receiving a sentence of
sixty days and fine Of $500 and the
latter ninety days and $780,
Mrs. Hazel Carter, who last fall
went with an infantry regiment from
Douglas to France, disguised as a sol
dier died at Lordsburg, N. M, and the