The Benson signal., 1919-05-17
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Arizona State Fair-NoV 3 to 8, 1919

COMING EVENTS.
Arizona State Fair-Nov. 3 to 8, 1919.
Tombstone may "come back" She
may again become the "Silver Queen
OF the Southwest, again be the big
gest and busiest silver camp in the
country, according to recent favorable
reports.
Mrs. Bernice Anderson, wife of Cap
tain David d. Anderson of the 158th
infantry, AriZona's own, shot and
killed John Wilson at Prescott, re-
Gently returned from overseas, and
then turned the weapon on herself.
What appears to be the greatest gold
strike ever made in Arizona is report
ed near Ray, where Nelson O'Shaugh-
messy and group of New York capi-
talists are developing property. E.
4. Tufts is manager of the property.
New Cornelia during 1918 made a
net profit of $2,527,8O6. This is the
first full operating year. The mining
profit was $4,791, ,18O, depreciation, ore
depletion and interest absorbing the
balance The output Of copper was
46,95O, 139 pounds.
At Phoenix the jury in the federal
court considering the evidence in the
trial of Chief John Johnson and Billy
Davis, Cocopohl Indians accused of the
murder of Joe Barley, a tribal medi-
cine man, near Yuma last March, re-
turned verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Revival of the Jersey Lily silver
zone, IA miles south of Prescott, has
begun on a large scale, with the clos
ing of deals for the three chief proper
ties of the district and the agreement
among the new management to CO.
operate on the construction and i'm
provement of roads to tap the belt.
Silver is king again in Arizona, says
c. P. Reiniger, president of the associ-
alton of Arizona mining men. With
the copper market stagnant as a re-
suit of the cessation of war require
ments, the demands for white metal
are pouring in from all corners of the
globe. Many of the producers are re-
placing their copper handling equip
ment with plants to turn out silver.
The 158th regiment United States
infantry, formerly the First Arizona,
whose journey home from the battle
zone in France has reached it's final
stages, failed to get to the front as a
unit, but sent the greater part Of it's
officers and men into the firing lines
in every sector where American troops
came to grips with the enemy. This
was the statement made by Colonel
Charles w. Harris, adjutant general
for the state of Arizona.
William Nj. Collins, said by federal
officers to be the leader of a ring OF
confidence men who have mulcted
bankers and bank cashiers throughout
the country of more than 100000, was
arrested in Miami by POStOffice In
spector DuttOn and Deputy United
States Marshal Fred Weage on a
charge of conspiracy to defraud by
using the United States mails. Collins
was arrested on telegraphic advices
indianapolis, according to United
States Attorney LangstOn'S statement
The Pierce Gardner lease on the
Black Eagle mining claim near Pata
gonia is producing two cars of high
grade silver ore each week with al
most mOnOtOnOus regularity. The ore
body on this property is fully measur
Ing up to expectations. 1t is reported
that the mine at present is looking
better than ever, and an 11-fOot face
of high grade ore has been opened uI
from. the 5O-foot level. The mine al
his date has practically no dump
which speaks for itself with regard
to the sic and richness of the ore
shoot.
Judge Lyman in the superior court
Of Maricopa county granted the state
of Arizona an order restraining the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele
graph Company from putting into ef
feet the recently announced increased
schedule of telephone rates for this
state, and ordered the defendant com
pany to show cause why an injunction
should not be granted. The state con
tended that the company's failure tC
obtain permission to raise it's rates
from the state corporation commission
was a direct violation of the statutes
Victory notes Of the AZ % series
which have been owned by any person
continuously for at least six months
prior to the date of his death and
which upon such date constitute part
of his estate, shall, under rules and
regulations prescribed by the secretary
of the treasury, be receivable by the
United States at par and accrued in
terest in payment of any estate OF
inheritance taxes imposed by the
United States under or by virtue Of
any present or future law upon Sucl
estate or the inheritance thereof. Vic
tory notes of 3%% series are not re-
ceivable in payment of estate or in