Arizona republican., 1920-06-15
Ria Forest Fire


 neSday at Volunteer Canyon IS miles southwest of Flagstaff covering about zoo acres. IL is near the new A. l.. T. camp. Forest Supervisor F.. G. Miller and Deputy Supervisors Kartchner and Lessel, with about 50 men. had 8 strenuous time getting it under control, which they succeeded in doing yester day.
 There was a 100-acre fire at Sugar Loaf mountain the other day. which took twenty men to handle. This is q very bad time for fires. as the woods are very dry and the winds high.-Co e0nino Sp9e Speou,;a... r,1 n;..
 G l. O B Ixf- Impressive solemnity | marked the funeral services of the late ! James NJ. Scanlan yesterday afternoon. 1 The obsequies were under the direction | of Globe council Knights of Columbus 1 of which Mr. Scanlan had been al, { honored member and were escorted 1 from the Jones mortuary chapel to the church of the Holy Angels by i detail from that lodge. Many mem bers of the Globe Lodge of Elks also ! accompanied the remains to show l respect for their late brother-Record.E | Old Resident Passes Away FLAGSTAF'F'-James w. Jones. one 1 of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Flagstaff, died yesterday afternoon. James w Jones was born in Ten nessee. June 6, 1886, being S4 years old ore week ago last Sunday. He grew to young manhood in that state and i. was there that he was married to Miss Helen Bragg. Just prior to the open ing of the Civil war he with his wife went to Arkansas and there, when the war began, he enlisted with the first volunteers to go from his county 10 defend the confederate flag. He serve. four years in the army and was a first i lieutenant of his company. When he was discharged he went back to Ar l kansas with his wife 10 live, and re mained there until in 1886, when he came to Flagstaff, where he made his l home since. He was preceded in death by his wife some years ago. l Coconino Sun.
 i Good Barley Yield ] FLORENCE.-Ninety acres Of bar ley on the George A. Tweedy ranch ] has just been harvested and yielded 1 twenty five sacks to the acre. The i grain is said to be clean Of foul stuff l and is a high grade seed. The Tweedy i ranch is irrigated entirely by pump ] water Some five hundred acres are growing alfalfa. which is now being | cut and baled and is making at least ! two tons to the acre.-Blade- Tribune i KINGMAN-One of the most i'm portant suits to be tried in the federal courts in many years and affecting l title to Arizona mining property is now
 
 ! that of the Arizona Commercial com pany against the Iron Cap mining com pany to recover the sum of $3000 GOO i for ore alleged to have been taken by defendant company from the property of the plaintiff. The suit is to be bit 1 terly contested, the Iron Camp com pany claiming that if has not entered any part of the plaintiffs demesna, nor has it encroached on it's preserves in any particular and also that the courts ! of Arizona is the proper tribunal in which to settle it's legal grievance The companies have been incorporated un- der the laws of the state of Maine and 1 the shareholders all reside in the east. i but the property is situated in the Globe country-Mohaye County Miner. Trapshooter Receives Trophies ! kINGMAN--Rays Robinson was happily surprised this week when he received a trophy from the American iTrapshooters association in the form of q silver fountain pen and a pencil case. Each was engraved with his name and the emblem of the American Trap shooters association.
 1 This award came to Robinson for winning the Handicap in the registered tournament of the Arizona Sportsmens association recently held at Kingman. l-Mohave County Miner.
 l Ballot On Rebuilding ! MIAMI-The question of rebuilding
 
 in this city will be decided by the em- iployes of the Miami Copper company. Ballots are being distributed among the employees today and the voting will probably take place tomorrow when the men come off shift
 i The ballots call for an expression from each employe as to whether or not he desires the store rebuilt-Bul- lletin.
 Copper Strike Reported l KINCMAN-A find of Copper is re ported from the copper Creek section lof Yavapai county that is thought 10 be one of the big things of the state. Just how large 1t is classed as one Of the largest things opened up since the discovery of the ore body in the United Verde Extension. Some years ago the 1 lLewissohns had options on large iacreage in the Copper Creek country and railroad fro mSelgman was 'lplanned into that country. Just what happened to the big deposit has not ibeen given out, but these big operators did not go through with the deal al though it was reported that enormous deposits of carbonates. oxides and na- tive copper was brought [ blight by the diamond drilling. Suphides were also found in the deep drill holes. The country is hard to get into and a rail- road will be necessary to develop q property in that region Mohave County Miner.
 Will Celebrate Fourth MORALES - Excellent progress is
 being made by the various committees toward the big Fourth of July cele- bratiOn. which will be held Tn NocaleS