The Benson signal., 1918-01-12
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS

The Tucson BARRIERS have put the
price sor cutting hair at SO cents.
D. " Nickells and wife were asphyx-
lated in their home at Phoenix.
The ladies of Miami received 1,1SO
new members in the Red Cross drive.
The University of Arizona has flung
to the breeze it's service flag and On
it are over $50 stars.
Chandler had $4,000 fire that de-
stroyed the homes and household
goods of five families.
G. l.. Moorman, foreman of the Sill
yer Belt Consolidated, committed sui
eide at the camp near Humboldt.
State Treasurer D. F. Johnson wrote
out check for $423,76147 to cover
warrants issued during the past fiscal
half year.
During 1917 there was issued by the
Secretary of State of Arizona 1892
auto licenses, which brought the sum
of $109.O25.
Six-year-old Louise Gomez was
killed at Glendale when she was
struck by a touring car driven by
Henry Stafford of Peoria.
Calumet & Arizona has paid $7,O61,-
$50 in dividends, that is, $11 a share,
equivalent to 19 per cent on the cur
rent market price of it's stock.
Governor Hunt refused to issue ex-
tradition papers to officers from Ar
kansas for the return to that state Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Nicholson.
The year 1917 shows the lightest
fire losses in the history of Tucson,
according to Chief Harry Parker. The
total losses amount to only about $751;
600.
It has been announced that Douglas
city authorities will cooperate with
the military and Department of JUS
tice officers in driving from Douglas
the various forms of vice.
The smaller operators, including
leasers and small concerns, mainly in
isolated districts, represent probably
more than 1OO,OOO,0OO pounds of Ari-
zona's annual copper production.
Mrs. Charles Rawlins won the
ladies' cup offered by the green's COM
mittee of the Globe Country club. In
the golf contest Mrs. Rawlins defeat
ed Mrs Charles Mendelshon, one up.
Four Phoenix policemen who cap
tured Wellington, the murderer Of
Noel G. Johnson, of Douglas, divided
$3.50 in rewards offered for the cap
ture and conviction Of the murderer.
Geo. A. Smiley has resigned as Sec
retary of the state council of defense.
He gave as a reason for doing SO that
his duties as secretary of food con-
servation in Arizona demanded all his
time.
During last year Verde increased its
smelter capacity, and with work now
under way in the construction division
will have practically doubled in an
other year. Copper Chief mill is op-
Grating.
While the Jerome district still ranks
first in public interest, Mayer is max
ing a bid and successful one for the
attention of mining men and capital
through a number of strikes of i'm
portance.
The Ajo district provided the state
with it's one large gain to production
of copper during the year, and Incl
dentally put it in the way of import
ant production of another war essen
tial, sulphuric acid.
p AS the result of Geo. w. P. Hunt
winning in the election contest
against Governor Campbell, there has
been many changes in other officials
of the state, most of the Campbell ap-
pointees resigning, and being. succeed
ed by those named by Hunt.
Hold back your hogs" This is the
advice sent to Arizona hog raisers
through the Federal Food Admins
traitor for Arizona by J. P. Cotton,
head of the meat division of the Unit
ed States Food Administration.
The report of the commissioners of
the United States Land Office shows
that Arizona has the greatest acreage
of unsurveyed land of any state in the
union, there being in round numbers
100000 acres.
Following the acceptance of his res
ignation as military aide to the gov
ernor, in charge of the draft work in
Arizona, Col. Fred S. Breen has asked
the War Department to relieve him as
disbursing officer for the state
Tucson, Ariz., is receiving congrat-
ulations for being the first American
community to complete it's quota of
the second Liberty Loan. While the
climate of Tucson is fine, it would not
be good for the health Of the KAISER"
Shattuck has declared a regular
quarterly dividend of rs cents extra
per share, the latter 25 cents being
designated as return of capital invest
ed. It compares with 80 cents regu-
lar and TX cents extra diShursed oach