The Benson signal., 1919-09-13
Southwest News
From Over
NeU Mexico
and Arizona
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

way for the laying out of a landing
field for army aviators in the vicinity
of Nogales, Ariz.
The Swansea Mines Company, for
merly called the Clara Consolidate,
twenty-five miles north of BOuSe, on
the "cut-Off," are reported to be work
ing thirty-two men and planning to put
on hundred more.
W. H. Skinner, president of the Po-
cahontas Mining Company at Mayer,
Ariz., states that the installing imme-
diately of a 1OO-ton milling plant of
the ball type had been decided upon.
1t will be equipped with the Callow
system of flOtation and Whitley tables
for concentration.
The stockade with it's enclosed
houses will be finished and ready for
occupancy not later than Sept. 15 On
that date or possibly few days ear
lier, approximately 100 cOnvicts will!
be taken to Superior to start actual
construction work on the state high
way through Apache canon.
The reclamation service is to go
ahead Immediately with the sale and
improvement of the Yuma project, ac-
cOrding to an announcement made at
Phoenix by State Senator Milford
Winsor of Yuma, who has recently re-
turned from six weeks stay in
Washington in the interest of this pro-
ject.
In addition to the large number Of
cattle which have been recovered with
changed brands during the last two
weeks near Magdalena, n. NJ, several
more have been discovered in the past
few days and those who are best in
formed think that an organized gang
have been working in that vicinity for
long time.
The town Of East Vaughn, on the
Santa Fe system, and the town of
Vaughn, N. NJ, on the Ell Paso &
Southwestern system, have merged
their two school districts and consoli-
dated their separate schools. J. H.
Wagner, state superintendent Of pub
meeting which perfected plans for the
merger.
Statistics just made public by Nit
Sims, secretary of state, show a total
of 25,898 automobiles licensed in Ari-
zona. Gila county ranks fourth. The
total by counties follows: Apache,
1873; Cochise, 3,027; Coconino, 532 !;
ella, 2,256; Graham, 71S; Greenlee,
575; Maricopa, 1926; Mohave, 623 !;
Navajo, $40; Pima, 2,318; Pinal, 875
Santa Cruz, 7O1; Yavapai, 1886; Yu-
ma, 1,39S
Eluterio Rodriguez, Jr., 5-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Rodriguez, was
instantly killed near Las Vegas, N. NJ,
when he was kicked in the head by a
horse. The youngster and his two sis
ters had been sent to drive a stray
horse from the corn field and he evil
IDENTIFY approached too close to the ami
the boy just behind the right ear, kill
ing him instantly.
The crosscut of the vein 400 feet west
Of the shaft on the $50 level of the
Twins mine of the Daisell Mining Com
pany, near Kingman, Ariz., has dis
closed thirteen feet of high grade mill
ore. The company proposes raising
from this level to connect with the 90
foot shaft and this shaft will be tim
bered up and carried down on the ore
to depth of several hundred feet be-
low the present level.
A strike of silver-lead-gold ore, pro-
nounced by old timers "the richest
strike in the history of the district"
has been made by Purdy Wilcox and
Goodwin, operating the PalOma King,
located few miles from Wickenburg.
Pinos Altos, N. NJ, which a genera
ton ago was one of the largest placer
mining camps in the Southwest, is
coming back as mining camp. Two
firms are now doing placer mining at
the head of Bear creek and doing it on
q much larger scale than it was ever
done before.
County Agent Powers, who has been
working on the county fair movement
for the past few weeks, has succeeded
in getting nearly all the citizens inter
eSted in the movement and has ap-
pointed a committee to make the pre-
liminary arrangements. The commit
tee will visit all the agencies in Lin
coin county and will report at an early
date just what may be expected in the
way of exhibits. 1t is expected that
the fair will be held in the month of
October after all the crops are in and
the farmers have chance to make
careful selections from the seasons
product. The fair will be held at Gal
lup, N. M.
L. H. McAdams, WHO has been an In
Clan trader in Gallup, n. NJ, for the
last thirty years, has left for a five
months trip to Europe, where he will
visit Ireland, Scotland, England and
France. While the trip is being taken
for a vacation, Mr.. McAdams will take