The Benson signal., 1919-05-03
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

COMING EVENTS.
Arizona State Fair-Nov. to 8. 1919.
The poStOffice of Miami stands third
in the state of Arizona in the amour.
of money on deposit, and has nearly
double that of Phoenix.
The Copper Belt building at Miami
was sold at auction by Trustee Hecht-
man. The large concrete building was
purchased by Mr.. Armer, Jack Barber
and Dudley 1. Craig for the sum OF
$60,72O.
The prospects for a new bridge
across the Colorado river at Parker
seem to have gone glimmering, for the
present at least, California, which was
to have borne one-third of the expense
of $4,000 having failed to become
very enthusiastic over the matter.
One dollar per mile is the new rate
Judge Moore has set for speeding mo-
toristS at Globe, at least L. r. Wilson,
charged with speeding down Broad
street, drew the sum of $25 after eX-
pert autoists testified he was travel
ing at the rate of twenty-five miles
per hour
The state corporation commission
may establish rates for water fur
nished by the city of Phoenix to water
users living outside of the city, is a
decision rendered by Judge Stanford
in the case of the city against the
commission which was argued and
submitted in Phoenix
The reception for Arizona's fighters
returned from the front will be held in
Phoenix during the first week in May,
it was announced at the Chamber Of
Commerce. While the reception orig
inally was intended for returned
Phoenix soldiers, it was stated that it
has increased in scope and all war
veterans in the state will be invited.
The Union Oil company's plant at
Phoenix was totally destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at from SIS, 900
to 100000. Four large storage tanks
of gasoline, lubricating oil, distillate
and kerosene exploded. Two railway
tank cars were partially burned.
Gasoline was scattered by the explo-
sion and flames scattered for half a
block.
Discovery of a nugget valued at
from $3.50 to $3.50 by Mexican placer
miner on Fools creek, east of Octave
about eight miles, was reported by
Samuel Ellsworth, a mining man of
California who was looking over the
country. He was SO informed by
Mexicans, and the lucky finder left at
once for Phoenix, where it is stated
the nugget was deposited in a bank
of that city to be forwarded to the
mint at San Francisco.
Attention is being directed again to-
ward placer mining and hundreds of
men are washing the creek gravel of
the Aguar Fla and HasSayampa water
sheds. On Lynx creek the Barlow
Massicks estate has sold for $4,000,
1000 acres of gravel and some me-
chanical equipment to Thomas Wood
ruff. an experienced California placer
operator, who will trench-sample the
ground and who plans to install three
dredges. This Lynx creek section has
had some washing by hydraulics.
For the first time since November,
1917, it is now possible for cattle to be
exported from Arizona into Mexico
without the owner putting up bond
amounting to one-fifth of the esti-
mated value Of the cattle to insure
the government that the cattle will be
re-imported into the United States at
the expiration of the time set The
abrogation of the order became eff.
fCctive last week and it is now pos
Sible to export cattle to Mexico merely
by securing the Endorsement of the
customers office on the shippers eX-
port declaration, the same as in any
other article exported.
The legal battle over the laying of
spur track across the property of the
Ray, Arizona, Protestant Episcopal
church was carried into the state Su-
preme Court when the Arizona Her.
cules Copper company appealed from
the decision of the lower court. The
church people allege the track was laid
across their land without their con-
sent They carried the matter to the
superior court Of Pinal county and
they were given verdict and awarded
s., 800. 1t is from this decision the
copper company is appealing.
Paul G. Redington, United States
district forester at Albuquerque, has
advised Governor Thomas e. Camp
bell Of plans made and work soon to
begin by the federal government in
the construction of Arizona roads on
forest reserves. Into these road i'm
totaling 232 miles, will go
the sum Of approximately $1,2O7, 600.
The longest stretch of highway, Cliff
ton to Springerville, ninety-four miles,
and costing $547, 900, is to be built for
motor truck traffic in the conveyance
If timber from the Springerville for
est to railroad outlet and thence TO