Arizona republican., 1920-09-08
ABOUT THE STATE

The West Coast company also bid
on a bitulithic road with an asphalt
base. The bid ran about $1,000 less on
the entire job than the concrete paw
ing. The McPeak & Dillon company
did not bid on this kind Of a road. The
bids viii be referred to the state en-
gineer.-Citizen.
Strike New Rich Vein
TUCSON-The past month has been
one of history for the Dripping Springs
Copper company, located out of VIM
kelman. 1t marked the striking of the
E vein in the lower crosscut tunnel and
the starting of shipments from the d
vein, which strike was reported in the
March issue of the Arizona Mining
Journal
The new strike is the second of the
series of larger veins which cross the
property of that company and which
are tapped by the long crosscut at a
depth of from 400 to 500 feet. Since
the strike was made on the d yein this
vein has been opened up to a length
of about 100 feet, a height of 165 and
with air connections with the surface
Citizen.
Find Deposit of Magnesite
TUCSON-A deposit of magnesite
that crops out on a. steep hillside west
of Ash Grand two miles above its
junction with ella river. about 80 miles
north of Lordsburg, \. NJ. was recent
ly examined by w r. Stone of the
United States geological survey. de-
partment of the interior. The genera
alignment of the outcrops might indi-
cate that it is a continuous body, 10et
to 1900 feet long, and 30 feet thick
in limestone, but close examination
shows that the limestone occurs in q
number of detached blocks, none o.
them more than a few rods long, in
closed in granite and cut by bikes and
stills of diabase older than the granite
Citizen.
Burglars in NogaIes
OGALES,-BurglarS Friday night
entered the residence of Charles Lev
in in Franklin street and made away
with approximately 5000 in money and
jewelry. Much of the latter consisted
of rings and necklaces belonging to Mr.
Levin's little daughters. The CAST
lost amounted to about $35. No cleN
to the identity of the robbers has beer
discovered by the police.-Oasis.
Big Labor Day Parade
| TUCSON-More than $500 member:
/ of the labor unions of Tucson lined VI
| at o'clock this morning at the Mill
| tary plaza for the first all union" pa
| raN and Labor day celebration ever
/ held in Tucson.
Outside of Detective Comancho. whs
was mounted on a big gray horse, {
/
| guards, the parade and subsequent Gel
| ebration was union from beginning K
end.
About forty automobiles wound III
| the parade. containing citizens anC
| their families. bound for the picnic il
| the Elysian Grove. which considerabl,
| heightened the ocession.-Citizen.
/ Big Export import Total
| OGALES.-Imports and export:
! through the port of Nogales in Angus
| totalled $3,199,2 35. For the Arizona
district, including Douglas and Naco
| the total is 1871 $50. The Nogales to-
| tai is almost double that of the tive
| other ports-Herald
Little Cotton Sold
| GADSDEN-With prices tumbling
on all classes of goods, the present low
cotton market may continue. Very lit
tie cotton has been sold in this district
and farmers are refusing to sell the
! seed at the price offered and many are
| hauling il home. The alfalfa growers
/ seem to be in about the same fix as tht
cotton grower and only small por-
ton of alfalfa seed has been sold
however, 81 good mar@et will no doub
soon be found for the alfalfa seed