The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1923-06-08
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ARIZONA
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Tucson of Sam Flowers, a negro,
found the defendant guilty of first
degree murder and fixed his penalty
at death, in its verdict returned after
two hours elaboration. Flowers
was accused of having murdered his
wife here on Feb. 20, 1923.
The Diana Mine at Chloride, is be-
ing reopened by large financial in
terests. The 800 level has been
reached and splendid ore showings
are reported Part of the mill used
at the Keystone mine Mineral Park,
has been purchased and will be add
ed to and made available for handling
the ores from this property.
The Southwest Leasing and Devel-
opment Company, H. A. Morse, gener
al manager, has taken over the Cow
boy and Paymaster groups in the
Cochise Mining district. Work is to
be started by this company at an
early date on the George Keller and
Blackhawk claims, nine miles below
Bisbee
Efforts are being made by the Ell
Paso Southwestern Railroad to Sc
cure the shipment of fuel oil and
supplies for the Mogollon Mines
Company, Mogollon, New Mexico,
from Clifton, Arizona, rather than the
present routing from Silver City A
cheaper freight rate is available to
Clifton
-Four men were killed when three
mixing houses at the plant of the
Apache Powder Company at Curtiss
were blown up. One man was in
jured. The dead are: John G. PVT
Xix, 40 years old; Ted Bloomfield, 20;
William S. Musser, "a; Herman Hill
debrandt, 3S. The injured man is
George StarOvich, 33.
The Maid of Sunshine claim at
Cortland, recently purchased by the
Calumet and Arizona from the Lead
vile Mining Company, is being oper-
ated under lease by Frank Lyman of
CORTLAND, Arizona Mr. Lyman has
fifteen men at work cleaning up the
shaft and underground workings, get
ting ready for stopping and mining.
The Tucson-Arizona Copper Com
pany, E. V. Latham, manager, has
reached the $50 level in shaft sink
ing. Cross-cutting is now being
started. Forrest D. Lane for II
years in the employ of the Phelps
Dodge Company, has taken the posi-
ton of superintendent at the mine
and further development work will
be under his direction.
All but a few hundred of the 10000
acres that were required by E. L.
Russell, California oil man, to guar
antee the sinking of an oil well in
the San Simon valley, have been
signed up. Russell is now in Okla
hOma making arrangements for the
shipping of a standard oil rig from
there to San Simon. He will be wired
that the land is signed up and will
ship the rig at once. 1t was his plan
when he left to have the rig back
and work started by the middle Of
June.
G. r. Adamson, for the past six
years county farm agent of Cochise
county, has rendered his resignation
to the farm extension bureau of the
university at Tucson, the head of
which has charge of and appointment
of the various agents in the state.
The county pays $4,000 a year into
the bureau as its share for the main
tenance and this is matched by fed
eral aid. The farm extension will
have the appointment of the success
sor of Adamson. Adamson resigns to
accept the position as county agent
for Colfax county, New Mexico. The
new position carries with it a con-
siderable increase in salary.
The Huron Copper Mining Company
at Prescott will start operations in
the very near future This company
through Robert A. Young, purchased
the Henrietta mine of the Big Ledge
Copper Company at the recent sher-
ifs sale. w. w. Lytzen, Will be the
superintendent. Nelson Gray. of New
York, the president OF the company,
has also established headquarters in
here in order to oversee development
plans.
A check for S12,12S has been deliv-
cred to the city attorney by agents
of the New York Fidelity Company
in payment of a judgment rendered
in favor of the city of Nogales
March II, it has been announced.
The amount includes principal and
interest Of the bond of w. S. Smith,
city clerk, in 1918. Following Smiths
resignation a shortage of $4,000 was
found. The city instituted action
against Smith for recovery and on the
first trial the verdict and judgment
were in favor of the defendant The
city was granted d new trial and re-
ceived judgment. Smith was found
guilty of enlightenment, was SEN
fenced and served part of his term