The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-08-15
STATE SETTINGS

Willie Page and Charies Day, young boys of Douglas, are in the city jail awaiting disposition on the charge of having stolen two horses from the ranch of Frank Muddox, in the Chiri- cahua mountains.
 Permission was given this week at Phoenix, to issue and sell bonds in the sum of $250,O00 to the Alamos Land and Irrigation Company of Yavapai county.
 Simplicio TorreZ, convicted of the murder of a constable in Williams re- gently was taken to Florence last week where next October he will suffer the death penalty.
 The Frontiers Day celebration at Gleenso last week was big success many people from Douglas and Bisbee attending.
 Six Chinese merchants of Nogales, Sonora, across the international boundary line were fined $5OO.00 each for failure to put into effect the new Mexican law limiting the number of alien employees in any establishment.
 Butchers boy confesses to passing saws through bars of county jail at Phoenix, which prevents forty pris- oners from making their escape.
 Thomas A. Flynn, United States at- torney, is busily engaged at present in the preparation of the cases to be presented to the federal grand jury, which meets at Prescott next week.
 The Arizona livestock sanitary board at Phoenix has been very busy for the past week reclassifying brands under law passed blythe last legislature.
 Blackboard Bill'', pioneer of Will COX, passed away last week after an lingering illness. He was a unique character and had resided around Will COX for more than thirty years, con- ing from New Mexico. He/was for long time a stage driver between Santa Fe and Silver City, New Mexico, in the days when stage driving was a hazardous and dangerous occupation. Pioneers home at Prescott is now packed. The state is without accomo- dation to care for it's aged and lndi gent pioneers. This was revealed when the board of directors was fore ed to turn back the application Of Carl Berkenfelt, pioneer constable of 1 Tuscon, for admission.
 Vigorous. protests were lodged with the board of equalization at Phoenix Hast week by the Standard Oil Con- pany. the Union Oil Company and the 1 crease in assessed valuation. Four army airplanes each flown by an army officer accompanied by an enlisted man, reached Douglas this week from Fort Bliss, Texas. Two others are to follow soon, completins the complement of six which will be stationed there for border patrol pur- poses.
 Robt. St. Clair, alias Carl Du Vey, alias a few other names, a prisoner escaped from the state prison at Florence and captured in Los Angeles will fight extradition, according to word received at the state prison. l The Elks lodge at Phoenix will de- eide on plans in the near future for their new $300,000 club house.
 Phoenix to assist Florence to obtain irrigation project. There is great in terest apparent in the ~fort being made by the residents of the Florence 1 Casa Grande district to secure immed- | fate and favorable action in the matter l of the San Carlos dam and reservoir l for the larger reclamation of that dis | trict.
 T. E. Howorka, proprietor of the Newport barber shop in Globe, was found dead in his place of business on North Broad street last week. Seven