The Benson signal., 1919-01-04
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS

The State Legislature will convene
Jan. 13.
Bad weather caused suspension of
operations on the oil properties near
Holbrook.
! Owing to the influenza, there will be
no jury called in the Tombstone
court until February.
Noah Brimhall, SO years old, died at
his home in Mesa as result of par
alytic stroke, superinduced by extreme
old age
The office of the adjutant general is
| preparing to close up the business re-
lating to the selective draft.
Two thousand Navajos have died of
influenza in the Apache county reser-
vation, according to F. Robins, chief
clerk of the agency.
e. H. Hobby, alleged bogus check
operator who descended upon Phoenix
few months back, has been taken in
to custody at Sacramento, Cal.
Joy water is plentiful in Phoenix
these days, judging from the number
of ex-teetotalers who have recently
fallen into the tolls of the law.
Charles r. Green, assistant secre-
tary of the State Council of Defense,
has been appointed federal field Sec
retary of the council for Arizona.
At a special meeting of the Prescott
City Council an ordinance calling for
the immediate annexation of the ad-
jacent tract known as Pinecrest was
passed by unanimous vote.
Pvt. Harrison Callahan, stationed at
Fort Whipple, is held at Prescott un-
der $100 bail, charged with forging
the name of Clarence Seymour, COM
rade, to checks totaling 1920.
The last report of State Treasurer
D. F. Johnson has the totaling of state
receipts of $5,354,S07 and of disburse-
ments of $S,124,O42, with balance on
hand for the past fiscal year of $1,832,-
576.
The Moctezuma Copper Company at
Nacozari, Sonora, has ordered 10000
minnows from the United States gov
ernment and will place them in lake
near Nacozari, the idea being to raise
the fish for food purposes.
Output of the precious metals, gold
and silver, the sinews of war, made
important increase under the stimu-
lus of broad patriotism, the increase
In silver production in the state being
we'll under way before the price OF the
white metal was advanced
A loan of 500, advanced by Mrs.
Florence Bowden twenty-five years
ago to an Arizonian, at time he was
almost penniless in the East az q re-
sUlt of a. robbery, gained for her an
estate valued at 100000. A will writ
zen by Charles Montgomery, mining
nan, was filed at Douglas, giving Mrs.
Bowden all property of which he was
| possessed at the time of his death.
In the progress made in improve
ments and additions to both smelling
and milling enterprises in the state
during 1918, long strides in conserva-
ton are represented. All of the e.
penditures have meant greater recov,
cry Of values from ores mined and in
addition to this the making available
IF lower grade ores than could pre-
viously be handled with profit
The fourth Arizona State Legisla-
;ure, which convenes Monday, Jan. 13,
will be overwhelmingly Democratic
and will be called upon to receive the
suggestions of Governor Thomas E.
Campbell, Republican, for legislation.
The session promises to be an inter
esting one in this respect, but the
greatest interest throughout the state
will center in action to be taken in
the matter of changing the primary
election laws
James Polaski, alias Irish Frank
O'Brien, one of the wOrkmen on the
construction job at Fort Whipple, was
shot and almost instantly killed as he
and an unknown pal finished robbing
the store of saddlery company.
The Maricopa County Poultry Asso-
citation announced that the annual
winter show will be held Jan. 1 to 4
inclusive, being four-day, instead of
the usual three-day affair. Over $500
already has been raised to pay the pre-
miums
Whatever 1919 may have in store for
Arizona's mining industry, 1918 will
stand out with credit for proud
achievements, second to those of no
other industrial division engaged in
the production of munitions materials
during the most vital period Of the
worlds greatest war Speaking for it.
self is the output of approximately
100000 pounds of copper during
the year, more than 100000, 900 pounds
in excess of the output of 1917 and
154,000,00O pounds more than the 1916
production, these two previous years
the highest record in Arizona and the
highest record by more than double
in comparison with that of any other
copper producing division in the world.