The Winslow mail., 1923-10-26
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS


will be of the Spanish-Colonial archi
lecture.
The 1924 convention of the Christian
church will be held in Tucson, was de-
cided at the meeting just closed at
Douglas.
More than seventy-five beautiful
girls took part in the amateur presen-
tatiOn, king Tut" at Nogales, Oct.
! 1926, given under Knights of Pythias
| lodge auspices.
Governor Hunt told Prescott Ameri.
can Legion men that he would declare
Monday, Nov. u, legal holiday in
view of the fact that Armistice day
fell on a Sunday.
The condition of A. Willatt, Los An
| geles moving picture director, who ac.
| cidentally shot himself while filming
a movie 100 miles north of Flagstaff.
is reported as improved.
Announcement of the appointment of
Arizona postmasters includes John A.
Williams, Hayden; Matthew A. Phil
| lips, Arivaca; Sara A. Serrano, Litch-
ton; James Bundy, Mount Trumbull.
'"The Desert Voice." weekly Douglas
High School publication, made it's in
itial appearance a few weeks ago. 1t
is four-page periodical, featuring
! high school personalities and happen
ingS.
Southern Pacific freight receipts at
! Yuma showed an increase of $2S,914
in September this year over the same
month of last year Unusually good
crops, especially cotton, is responsible
| local business men say.
That Arizona school children are in.
terested in the states history is appar
| ent from number of inquiries received
by the Prescott Commerce Chamber
from various pupils over the state, ask
ing for information concerning Pres
colt.
| Charles A. lockwood, a former army
| officer of Des MOineS, Ia, was found
| lying, seriously wounded in an alley
| of the business section of Phoenix. 1t
| is believed that he was attacked by
thugs and beaten with some blunt in.
strument. a money belt underneath
RockwQpd's clothing was found by hos,
| potal attendants to contain $9.40.
Arrangements for the football classic
of the 1923 Arizona season-the game
at Phoenix on Nov. u, the opening day
of the Arizona State Fair, between the
| University of Arizona and the Califor-
mia Aggies-have been completed With
the Phoenix Hi-El PaSO Hi game on
the last day of the fair, Phoenix will
have the greatest football week in its
history.
The opening of the new $750,00O
Union station at Phoenix recently was
marked by elaborate ceremonies and
celebration The new station, said to
be one of the finest in the Southwest
| was placed in service with the arrival
| of a special train from Tempe and
Mesa, carrying civic organizations
from thosep laces to participate in the
| formal opening.
Information received by Dean G. NJ.
| Butler of the College of Mines and En-
| gineering at Tucson, state that the
Tucson engineering work in the state
| board of regents of the State Depart
ment of Education of New York. A
thorough investigation of the course
and standards preceded the granting
of the recognition.
An exhaustive study of Arizona
geology will soon be published by the
Arizona Bureau of Mines, it was re-
Gently announced at Tucson. The book
is the work of n H Darton, noted
| geologist and is said to be the most
complete publication of its kind ever
| attempted One hundred half tones
| and as many zinc etchings are inciud
ed in the 400 pages that will make UP
the book.
Plans are under way for the early
erection of the cyanide plant of the
Verde Inuspiration Copper Company
at Cherry, machinery for which is al
ready on the ground. w. w. Linesba,
| general manager, is in charge of the
work. While it is thought the prop
erty will develop into a copper one at
| depth all efforts at the present are to
be directed to the gold values.
The Skull Valley Fair was great
success, with hundreds of exhibits and
amusement features to entertain the
| throngs The fair represented the ter
ritory extending from the Copper Ba
sin mountains to Seligman and Ash
| Fork. and from Ash Fork to the Black
canyon and Mingus mountain, includ
| ing Prescott Miller valley, Williamson
valley, Big Chino valley, Mayer, Cor
| des and Skull valley.
At a meeting of good roads boosters
| of number of the counties of the
state held at the Federal Court build
ing at Globe, the Atlantic-Pacific High
way Association was endorsed and it
was decided to cooperate with that
national organization, in every way,
shape and manner possible. L. l.. Hen
| ry of Globe was elected chairman OF
| the meeting and w. Z. Barnum of