Arizona republican., 1920-02-11
About the State
Predicts Oil at Yuma


 many of the believers and doubling Thomases to know that Charley My ton an oldtirner of our metropolis who just returned, has to say about this prospect of finding oil around Yuma.
 NIT. Myton has seen the oil fields Of every state in the union, Pennsylvania, Texas. Oklahoma, California, etc., and is absolutely convinced that our coun- try around here has all the marks of being an oil field.
 Mir. Starter expressed his opinion in the following way: The only thing that will keep Yuma people from finding oil is not 10 drill for it."-SuD "Flu" Quitting Miami MIAMl-Dr. Brayton- town health officer. reported at last nights meet ing of the town council that there are now only six cases of flu" within the town limits, and that no new cases have been reported within the past two days.
 He also reported that the epidemic of whooping cough among children is abating, and that health conditions in the district were steadily improving Silver Belt.
 Snow HaIts Officer and Man
 MIAMI - Edwin Gatewood, an Apache Indian, was brought to Globe last night by Inspector Chas. l.. Davis for the killing of Norman Thompson, another Apache, near Oak creek on the Fort Apache reservation in Navajo country The killing took place on January 22, but the officer had been unable to deliver his man to the local Jail on account of the deep snow pre- Va1ling in that region, which have kept the party snowbound until this time The killing was the result of a tulapai party. and Gatewood is alleged to have shot Thompson in the back with rifle. killing him instantIy.-Silver Belt.
 Big Registration at U. of A.
 TUCSON-Registra at the Uni versity of Arizona for the school year 191920 has broken all records and before the close of the year may double the number of students enrolled in any previous year. So far this year. there have been 1050 regularly en- rolled students attending classes on the campus, as compared with eos for last year.
 A summary of the cities. states and countries represented by the stu dents this year shows the student body 10 be a cosmopolitan one. Every sec e slon or the Unitde States and several IorelSn countries are represented There are people from 3S states in the union and from Canada, Mexico Eng land, India. China, Spain and Ireland. california leads in the roll of outside states with representative of 35: Texas is second with about 20. and Illinois and Ohio stand even for thir5 position, with about 15 each Missouri ana Indiana have a dozen representa tIVes apiece. Students from so differ ent towns in this state are attending s1s sss coiiege. Tucson's enrolment of zoS IS as large as the total registra tlon Of few years back Phoenix fol- lows Tucson with about so to her credit, and others which have strong deiegatlons are: Bisbee, 21 Yuma 20 DouSIaS 1f, Prescott Is, Tempe 16
  Southwest Cotton Company at Yuma
 4UMA.-The announcement recently made that the Goodyear Tire and Rub Der company through its Subsidiary the Southwest Cotton company will operate in the Yuma valley this com ing season has created a lively interest among valley farmers
 The long and successful experience of the company in Arizona. plus it's willingness to make a capital invest ment here, and guarantee minimum price and market al all times at the then prevailing market price, has in- splred growers with confidence in the future of long staple cotton. O. P. Johnson representing the Goodyear in terests saAd here today: Plans are well under way for the erection Of a long staple gin in Yuma
 The first car of planting seed has already been shipped from Phoenix
 
 to the growers by the end of this week. We are not only guaranteeing a mini mum price of 50 cents per pound. basis or extra, but we are going great deal further to guarantee to pay the same identical prices here that we will pay in the Salt River valley.-Sun.
 Girls Ride "elind" Baggage
 fUMA.-T%o young girls each about ~ years of age. arrived in Yuma 1 morning via the blind bag hex T. tire and carried bundles of clothing over their shoulders. An officer took | them to a restaurant where they were gwen the first meal they had eaten | since leaving San Francisco. The girls | respectable but being af- | flicted with wanderIust they decided to | seek their fortunes in Arizona The ! officer after, they had partaken of | early breakfast found them lodgings at | a hotel and jobs have been promised | the youthful wanderers today.-Sun.
 Chinese in Tucson
 TUCSON-Between $50 and 400 Chi nese, who call Tucson their home are engaged in approximately five general | ltnes Of business and operate 105 places of business. As d result the Chinese in Tucson constitute a considera ble factor in the business and economic relations of the city, especially among the moderate and poorer classes.
 A census Of the Chinese in Tucson taken by the United States immigra ton last November shows that approximately 350 or 400 are residents of this city. The records of the cisy's. license department show that these Chinese are engaged principally in five lines of industry, namely, merchants, butchers. laundry work restaurants and hucksters or peddlers.
 The majority of Chinese in Tucson gre merchants, which includes dry goods and grocery distribution. Here IS how the orientals in Tucson make -heir living as shown by the records )f the license department: Merchants, '1; hucksters or peddlers, IS; butchers, II; restaurants, ', and laundries, B. Citizen.
 Echo of Old Days
 MIAMI-A bar check, good for one irlnk at the Airdome bar, Miami, Ariz., vas found on the streets of Miami to- lay and turned into the Silver Belt of- ice, where the owner may claim same t is realized that the check has no redemption value, but that the loser nay value it as an interesting relic of