The Winslow mail., 1923-11-23
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

has established his winter headquar-
ters in Phoenix.
Cattle in the Milestone district con-
tine to die of a strange malady,
which experienced veterinarians have
thus far been unable to diagnose.
Several hundred cattle were shipped
from Tombstone, in 23 cars, to Los
Angeles recently. 1t was one of the
largest shipments in many months.
Albert Rossi, hotel clerk of Pres
colt, was instantly killed when the
auto which he was riding on a hunt
ing trip turned over near Burnt ranch,
six miles north of Prescott His neck
was broken.
Requests for data concerning the
question of paving u strip of land
owned by the government along the
international boundary have been re-
ceiyed from the treasury department
by j. C. Elliott, superintendent of con-
structiOn of federal buildings who is
in NogaIes, supervising work on the
new federal building.
Rumors that the Cananea ConsOli-
dated Copper Company, known in the
United States as the Greene Cananea
Company, was preparing to suspend
production from its properties at
Cananea, Sonora, Mex, 40 miles south
of Bisbee, are emphatically denied by
George Young, secretary and treasu-
rar of tho oOmDaOU
A check for $1O,0O276 rendered by
the United Eastern Mining Company
of Oatman in payment of the amount
the company claimed was due from it
as the first half of it's 1923 taxes was
refused Nov 5, by Walter P. Jones,
county treasurer and ex-officio tax col
lector of MOhave county, according to
Wayne Hubbs, state treasurer.
Stalled suddenly in their automobile
on the track of the Santa Fe with a
fast express train coming toward
them, Murray Billings and Russell
Lindsey, both of Muscatine, Iowa, were
killed and James Alderman and Mrs.
Murray Billings were injured when
the train crashed into the machine at
Chita, Ariz., 90 miles east Of WinslOw.
Prison labor will probably be used
in the construction of some road in
Arizona, Governor Hunt told score
of Bisbee men who met with him to
discuss highway construction and i'm
prOvement plans. The governor said
he hoped to see prisoners working on
the roads in the near future and inti-
mated that one of the first pieces of
road work they would be placed on
would be the continuation for eight
miles more of paving on the Bisbee-
Tombstone highway.
What is thought to be heavy gold
deposit has recently been found on the
B. A. Packard ranch, about 10 miles
south of Douglas, according to reports
of Dr. Robert F. Campbell, noted
geologist of New York City, Mayor NJ.
A. Baker, geologist and Captain w. l..
Rucker, owner of the mine. Specimens
assayed by Cole and Company are
said to show gold vaues of $4,920 and
silver values of $7373 to the ton.
Others showed S1,40440 and silver
values to S26.37 to the ton.
Declaring that opposition to the ac-
tivites of the plant inspecting station
maintained near Tucson by the AriZo-
ma Commission of Agriculture and
Horticulture is biased upon lack Of
full information as to the work being
done by the commission" Gov George
w. p. Hunt in letter addressed to
the Douglas chamber of commerce and
mines, asks the Douglas chamber to
rescind a recent resolution Of protest
against the station, "and in lieu there
of adopt one pledging the fullest co.
operation to the commission"
Under the auspices of the grand
lodge Of MasOns of Arizona, with Sid
ney Sapp of Holbrook grand master
of the Free and Accepted MasOns of
Arizona, presiding, the cornerstone of
the new $750,000 Tucson high school
was laid last week.
Construction and Improvement Of
roads in all parts of the state and for
the building and rebuilding of bridges
to be paid for by $20,OO0,000 issue Of
bonds is provided in the proposed
amendment to the state constitution to
be presented to the next session of
the state Legislature, it was formally
announced at the governors office in
Phoenix.
A carbon black and gasoline by
product plant for Aztec is now assured
according to reports of those who are
interested and the machinery will be
on the ground by the first of Decem-
ber. The equipment is being manu-
factured in Cleveland, Ohio, and it is
hoped that the new plant will be in
operation before the first of the new
year The plant will use the wet gas
from the Aztec wells and new units
will be added as other wells are