The Benson signal., 1918-11-23
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


found in the mines near Benson.
Arizona sent two women TO the Leg
slature and elected another county
recorder.
Fred Philips, formerly an employee
of the smelter at Douglas, died at
White hall, Mont.
The Arizona Bisbee Copper Com
pany is arranging for active, opera
lions in it's mines.
The increased valuation Of mining
properties has reduced the tax rate to
80 cents per 500.
A car load day of ore is being
shipped from the Wolverine-Arizona
mine near Bisbee.
Prisoners in the Phoenix city jail
were taken out for an airing as pre-
veptive against Influenza
Contract for drilling thirty wells
within the Salt river valley irrigation
project has been awarded.
Practically complete unofficial re-
turns give Campbell little over 800
majority for governor over Golfer.
The grammar school grades at Doug
las opened and as the quarantine was
still on, the sessions were held out of
DOORS
Lying behind a box in vacant lot
in Nogales the dead body of Sergt
William J. White of CO. F, 25th infan-
%c,y al
The city of Prescott has received a
check for $4,000, representing the
amount of insurance carried on the
burned water plant at Del Rio.
The Arizona State Bureau of Mines
is gathering all available surveys
which have been made in the state,
for the construction of large base
map of Arizona.
Miners started a big parade and Gel
ebration at Bisbee when news of the
signing of the armistice was received.
Many other celebrations were held
throughout the state.
Carmen Franco, domestic at Doug
las, placed a .32-caliber revolver
against her breast in the bedroom of
the Washington home and sent bull
let crashing through her heart.
A survey of the Yuma valley, made
by peace officers and doctors, resulted
in the discovery of twenty-eight cases
of Spanish influenza among cotton
pickers All were taken to hos
pital.
That his daughter had eloped with
young Mexican and had taken $500
belonging to him, is the story told the
sheriff's office and the police depart
ment at Phoenix by gypsy from
Globe.
With LOG cases of influenza under
treatment at the Clarkdale hospitals,
it is believed that the heighth of the
epidemic has been reached and that
the figures will show a decrease from
now on.
John Barleycorn has taken a new
lease on life in Maricopa county all
because health authorities have ruled
that he is a necessary medicinal
agency in combating the Spanish in
fluenza epidemic
Injuries received while in the en-
ploy of the United Arizona Copper
Mining and Smelling Company re-
suited in $4,000 damage action be-
ing filed against the company by l. J..
Hayden at Phoenix.
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district, where much money from the
Warren district has been invested,
pumps Of sufficient capacity to handle
the water flow recently encountered
have been installed.
The operations of the Consolidated
Arizona Smelling Company for the
month Of October, resulted in main
tanning approximately the same out
put as for several months past, 1,200,-
600 pounds Of copper
NJ Fogel, a wealthy bond broker who
was heavily interested in Miami and
other Arizona mining properties, was
lured into vacant house in Los An
geles and beaten to death with a crow
UdI. he was dlSO IOUUSu vi pOUU.
Harry Jennings of Bisbee was
elected a member of the Legislature,
made good strike of copper ore near
White Tail Deer, and learned that a
body of silicious silver ore, lying near
the surface on the Boras had been de-
veloping far better than had been
hoped and now was between five and
six feet in width, all in a week.
The United Verde Extension Mining
Company reports that the smelter
treated 10,S98 tons of ore in August
against 1858 tons in September The
estimated production for the year
ended September 80, 1918, is 1926
387 pounds Of copper. Estimated cop
per shipped, returns on which have
not yet been received, is 20,493 ,142
pounds.
Thanks to the patriotic cooperation
of the people of Arizona in responding
to the appeal for the conservation
pits and hard nut shells with which tC
c11npIu tho or111U with no rho,, fo,, cro e.