The Winslow mail., 1923-11-30
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

bring a large proportion of the 5000
Elks of Arizona will be held in Tue
son in the latter part of April.
Frank Smith was instantly killed,
and Leslie B. Hornbuckle injured when
a roadster in which they were riding
left the highway near Globe a few days
ago.
The Elks handicap for a purse of
$500 and a silver loving cup, was won
at the State Fair grounds by Recruit,
of the G. Holmes stables in a sensa-
tional race at Phoenix.
The retrial of H. E. Garrett on
charge of robbery in connection with
the alleged holdup of a taXicab driver
last January, was set for Dec. % by
Superior Judge M. T. Phelps at Phoe-
nix
Cowboys on the B. A. Packard ranch
near Douglas discovered rich gold
deposit while working on the ranch.
According to noted assayer, 1t will
yield $1,000 per ton. Its discovery was
an accident.
A copper and brass products display
in the mines building showing 200 of
the 10000 uses of the everlasting met
al, and a gigantic manufacturing dis
play in the industrial building showing
scores of America products, were
shown visitors to the State Fair at
Phoenix.
Andy Mcconnell, said to be prison
guard at the Arizona penitentiary, was
knocked unconscious, and J. r. Per-
Iah0
badly hurt as a result of McCOnnelPS
automobile going over bank at de-
tour just outside of the Miami east
city limits.
Charles r. Dollins and Charles A.
Langill, who, with the formers five
day bride were detained at Flagstaff
upon advices of Kansas City authori-
ties, pleaded guilty to a charge of
stealing an automobile and their case
was remanded to the United States
grand jury now in session at Tucson,
AriZ.
The most successful State Fair in
the history of the state attended by
one of the greatest arrays of live STOCK
and agricultural exhibits ever assem-
bled in the Southwest, according to
State Fair officials, closed after a six
day exposition which drew more than
10000 persons to the carnival grounds
at Phoenix.
Yavapai county was awarded the
grand prize as having the most COM
pIete and highest quality exhibit placed
ON display in the agricultural and hOr-
ticultural department at the State Fair.
Maricopa county ran a close second.
The awards were based on the variety
of crop displayed as well as the quail
ity of the products.
Explosion of a gasoline tank IN
cleaning establishment in the heart or
the city of Flagstaff caused the de-
structiOn by fire Of the Breen-Lewis
Drug Company and heavy damage to
several adjoining buildings. Stock in
the dry goods store of M. Kalaf and
Company was destroyed, although the
building which adjoined the drug COM
pany was saved.
Although approximately 5000 bales
of cotton have been ginned this season
under the Carlsbad Project, from best
estimates obtainable, more than half
the crop remains unpicked. The orig
inal estimate of 10000 bales for the
Carlsbad project will be exceeded, but
just how much, cannot be said at this
time. Due to a shortage of cotton
pickers, one may see hundreds of acres
of cotton in the lower valley, apparent
ly untouched, the fleecy staple clinging
to the stalk in masses over the entire
field.
Claiming that Carl c. Magee and the
Journal Publishing Company of which
he then was owner, have neglected to
pay for the audit which was made of
the State Department of Education in
May, 1922, Willett V. Gano, Francis
n Schaeffer and Percy Glasebrook,
auditors filed suit in District Court
in Albuquerque for $3.50, which they
alleged is the unpaid balance of a bill
for $3,422,SS 1t is alleged Magee en-
pIOyed them to make an audit of the
department during the regime of JOna-
than H. Wagner, as superintendent.
Plans for tri-state conference by
representatives of Nevada, California
and Arizona to discuss development of
the Colorado river in the lower basin
states, were approved in Phoenix at a
conference of a group of prominent
Arizona men, called by Gov. George w.
p. Hunt to consider ways and means
for development of the rivers re-
! sources. The governor appointed a
committee consisting of L. w. Douglas
of Jerome AriZ., and Dwight B. Heard
of Phoenix to confer with Governor
Richardson of California and IF prac-
ticable" with Governor Scrugham of
Nevada.
Dog" known along the border as
the "only canine customs Inspector" is
dead, the victim of a poison plot.