The Winslow mail., 1923-04-06
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

Both of the Coconino county Navajo
Indians who escaped from the state
penitentiary at Florence during the
latter part of February, have been
captured and are now in Jail at Flag
staff
Traffic Officer C. NJ Rhoades, of
Phoenix shot recently by D. A. Roth
rock, after he had placed the latter
under arrest on minor charge will
recover, according to the opinion eX-
pressed by physicians attending him.
Superior Judge Marsteller set Fri
day, May 25, as the date for the hang
ing of Manuel Martinez, convicted and
sentenced to death for the murder of
J. Frank Pearson, postmaster at Ruby,
Ariz., during bandit raid in August,
1921.
The Old Dominion Mining Company,
w. G. Mcbride, general manager, has
practically completed the enlarging
and remodeling of the concentration
At the present time the directors are
reported as considering installing
reverberatory furnaces and making
additional minor changes in the plant.
1t has been officially announced by
the Morenci branch of the Phelps
Dodge Corporation, that the company
Smelter at Clifton, Arizona, will re-
sumo operations about May 1st. The
smelter has been closed since June,
1921, and is the last smelter to open.
J. O. Amber is superintendent of the
smelter
The Arizona Mission Mines Com
pany, new corporation, has consoli-
dated under one ownership five groups
of claims, located six miles southwest
of Tucson and near the famous San
Xavier Mission. The new company
plans to install machinery Immediate
Iy. The concern has been capitalized
for $750,OOO
Before next summer hits the dis
trict, the people of Miami are to have
a new road to the Pinal mountains in
order that they might be afforded an
opportunity to enjoy the cooling
breezes of the higher elevations,
| spend their week-ends among the
pines and return by short route in
time for work Monday morning.
The Planchas de Plata group of
mines, located sixteen miles southwest
of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, has been
purchased by the Wrigley interests of
Chicago. A Won Borstel, who has Op-
Grated the mine for the past sixteen
months will remain in charge. 1t is
expected that the new owners will
| shortly erect a large concentration.
The old Bullwhacker Mine, owned
| by the Montana & Arizona Mining
| Company, is to reopen at once.
George B. Mendez, of Globe, Indem-
nifty Company, New York, will prob
ably be named as the new president
Of the company. The Bullwhacker ad-
joins the Mowry mine and is located
in the northeastern part of Santa
| Cruz county.
Plans for the complete electric
lighting of the Colossal Caves located
| twenty-six miles southeast of Tucson
and which exploration may disclose
are the most extensive known in
America, in the very near future, were
disclosed recently when an electric
lighting outfit was taken to the ma
tural phenomenon by James Westfall,
one Of the large stockholders in the
company.
| Quick work on the part of Engineer
Frank Armstrong, engineer of No. z,
bound for Tucson probably saved the
lives of a number of passengers on his
train. The train was going about fifty
miles an hour about six miles this side
of Tucson when one of the driving
rods on the engine broke and dropped
to the ground Armstrong brought the
train to a quick stop and prevented
it from going into the ditch.
County Attorney John F. Ross an
nounced that Judge w. G. Jack was
appointed assistant attorney at Doug
las on April 1. The appointment will
have to be confirmed by the board of
supervisors at their meeting on
April 20.
Plans are under way, it has been an
nounced by Colonel Charles w. Har-
ris, state adjutant general, to hold a
preliminary rifle match during the lat
ter part of June at some place in the
state to be designated later for the
purpose of giving additional practice
to the national guard team which will
represent Arizona at the national and
| international rifle matches to be held
this fall in Ohio.
Cash income tax payments in the
district of Arizona for the first half
of March were $4,000 in excess of the
figure for the corresponding period of
any previous income tax year, accord
ing to an announcement by Frank r.
Stewart internal revenue collector
| Mr. Stewart said no acurate statement
can yet be made on the total revenue
from the Arizona district. He esti-
mated the total, however, at $3,0OO,-
900 approximately $1,000,000 more
than was paid last year.
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