The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
BRIEF
ARIZONA
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Verde Extension was entered on the
$50 says the Verde Copper News.
The 1923 Arizona state fair will be
held at the state fair grounds in
was announced by ]. P. Dillon, sec
rotary Of the state fair commission.
Belief that the Colorado River COM
pact problem as it effects the rights
of Arizona is well on its way to a So
luton, was expressed in Douglas,
recently by Governor George w. P.
Hunt.
A petition has been filed with the
for the formation of the Mohawk
Valley Irrigation District" on the
north side of the ella river above
Wellton Ariz, The proposed district
will be % miles long with an average
width of two miles
E. P. Nystrom of Bisbee was ar
rested by Deputy United States Mar
shall Joe Hood of Douglas, at Douglas
and was lodged in the city jail on an
Indictment issued by the Federal
grand jury at Tucson earlier in the
week, charging Nystrom with trans
porting liquor across the line from
Naco.
The preliminary work of placing
drainage structures on the Old Trails
highway through the COconino nation
al forest has been approved by the
secretary of agriculture and $4,000
authorized by the department for this
work, according to advices received
by the Arizona State Highway De-
partment.
A terrible tragedy, the destruction
Of a Globe home and death of three
occupants, was probably averted
when noise made by a faulty gate
from sleep, preventing the ignition of
751s sticks of dynamite which had
been planted on the porch by an I'M
known intruder.
Arizona en- route from Texas to
California, was instantly killed at
Mesa when a revolver he was carry
ing in his pocket was accidentally dis
charged. Otero had stopped his auto
mobile in front of a gasoline service
station and as he started to remove
his coat the gun was discharged
Zone consideration alone, the in
adequate supply of experienced min
ers available, is today preventing the
rapid increase of production of cop
per in the mines and smelters Of
Arizona" says the Arizona Daily Star,
a Tucson publication, reporting an
interview with H. A. Clark, superin-
tendent Of the G. and A. smelter at
Douglas.
Intimation concerning the status of
the Tucson National Bank, the young
est of the federal reserve banks of the
Old Pueblo, and established five years
ago in April, 1918, eliminated when
notice of the closing of its doors was
posted on the premises recently. The
notice placed on the main entrance to
the bank bore the signature of the
national bank examiner in charge for
the comptroller of the currency, H. j.
Brewer, Jr.
The Rev. Fred Wedge, whose arrest
on a charge of criminal syndicalism
by Los Angeles police occurred recent
ly, formerly was principal of the
Benson high school, which office he
resigned under fire. Before and after
this experience as school master,
Wedge studied in the University of
Arizona, and last year attracted con-
siderable attention when he entered
Harvard University after beating his
way across the continent.
Waye Hubs, state treasurer, has
received a check for 81, 985.42 as par
tial payment Of the Inheritance tax
due the state on the estate of Lionel
Jacobs, who prior to his death was a
well known banker in Tucson. The
check represents, Mr.. Hubs said, the
payment of the tax on 100000 of the
estate which is valued at approx
mately $250,O00.
White, and W. H Henry, is under ar
rest in Phoenix on a charge of en-
bezzling 100000 from citizens of
Butler, Pa, through an insurance and
mortgage concern. Officers fired
three shots at Helper and beat him
into submission after he had at
tempted to escape and then engaged
them in a fist fight.
That Arizona will not be officially
represented at the League of the
Southwest conference on the Colorado
river in Santa Barbara, Calf, next
month was the prevailing opinion in
Arizona when it became known that
the board of directors of the Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce had refused
to comply with the request of Arnold
Kruckman, secretary of the league,
that they name Arizona delegates.