Arizona republican., 1920-08-22
ABOUT THE STATE

change were baffled for a week by the mystery of interruptd service between that city and Bellvue. The serV4ce was good at night but daily 1t went to the bad. A poll parrot was finally run to earth as causing the trouble Vainly, had hnemen and the electri- clanS searched the system to lind the cause of the broken connections Noth- ing doing The trouble wa localized at ranch party line A hneman chanced on the porch of the Schultz ranch house and saw parrot. He watched the bird climb to the roof of the porch and begin chewing the fn- sulated wires in his beak. The birds indoor sport had worn off the fnsula- ton with the resulting short circuit when polly played with the wires. The bird was on the porch days and taken inside at night. The telephone service is now as good as ever-Herald.
 Make Whiskey In Barrel
 TOMBSTONE = Constable Leslie Mattingly today brought in Mrs. Maria Sherman and Leonardo Sanchez, charged with operating an illicit still at ranch near Gleeson. The officer reports that the two were using 50- gallon gasoline barrel for a still and corn was used to make the whiskey mash. Mrs. Sherman was released this afternoon by Court Commissioner PhilIipowski on recommendation of
 
 recognizance to report here for trial. The brand of white mule reported to have been turned out by the still was said to be poisonous as it came from the zinc gasoline drum. Several gal Ions of the stuff were confiscated for evidence.-Prospecto
 Uncover New Ore Bodies
 BTSBEE+A strike of copper ore that maybe of great importance to the entire Warren District was reported yes- terday at the Buras mine when the full face of a drift is in sulphide ore, a general sampIe from which assayed l1905 per cent copper. The strike yesterday marks the first instance of sulphide ore being encountered in that section of the district. It will tend to alter the geological opinioi as to the nature and depth of copper deposits found there and will have an important bearing on mining op- erations in tthat section in the future. The strike was made Wednesday night in a drift on the 500 level of the Chance claim, west of the shaft. The ore body had been cut but a few feet yesterday but the full face or the drift was in ore. Every indica- tion points to a big body of good commercial sulphide ore. Daily l Review.
 New Gins at Peoria | GLENDALE-Work on the two new gins being erected near Peoria is about completed and installation of machi- nery and office fixtures will begin soon. | Both the Mccall Cotton company, which owns one, and the Southwest Cotton company, which is erecting the other, expect to have the gins ready for operation by the time the first | loads of cotton are brought in for | ginning.
 The Southwest company and Mccall company also are putting their local gins in readiness for the opening of the cotton season, which, because of the will be heavier, from a ginning point of view, than any previous season. News.
 First Cotton at Chandler l CHANDLER-W. G. Thomas, who is leasing the James & Morgareidge ranch east of town brought in the first load of cotton to the Chandler gin this | (F'riday) morning. This is volun- teer cotton and the entire field is in fine shape with plenty of cotton. | The first bale of cotton was ginned on the southside Thursday at Mesa when one of the gins there sent through the first load that had been brought in by MT. Underwood this week-Arizonian
 Big Egg Shipment DOUGLAS-At a cost of $6000, Bux- ton Smith, local wholesalers, received a carload shipment of eggs from tho Fred L. Helmer Co.,, of San Francisco today, 450 cases of the hen fruit being contained in the one car.
 The eggs, MT Buxton said have beer or will be sold to merchants of Naco