The Winslow mail., 1923-03-30
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

of near Wilcox, had the misfortune to
lose the sight of his right eye He
was taken to Douglas to be placed in
the care of d specialist.
The new 320-ton mill of the Gold
Roads Mining Company, D. r. Muir,
manager, is now ready for operation
Capacity production will probably not
be reached for some time
The recovery of a horse that had
been stolen about eight months ago
from William Rollins, a rancher living
near Benson, and a gallon of mescal
were the results of raid made by
Constable Jess Vein.
Permission to establish and operate
an automobile stage line between Phoe-
nix and Yuma via Gila Bend. was
granted by the Arizona corporation
commission to r. Fl. Hatchell and j. S.
Hatchell, beth of Phoenix.
The Ray Consolidated Copper Com
pany, w. S. Boyd general manager, is
employing about nine hundred men,
operating No. l crushing plant, in ad-
dition to No. mine and crushing
plant. Another crew is at work han
ding the commercial freight and
switching. Capacity is being increased
as rapidly as the labor supply will
permit.
| According to a statement made by
General Manager Browning the Mag
ma Copper Company will resume pro-
| ducing early in April. 1t is delays in
connection with the construction work
on this mine at Superior which has
held that property inactive for months,
but it is now believed that the rail
road will be ready to operate in April
and that this will allow for the speedy
reopening of the mine.
After denying motion for a new
trial, a motion for an arrested judg-
ment and fifteen-day stay of time
for giving sentence in the case of John
n. Webb cOlored eX-service man,
Judge John j. Sweeney at Prescott
| sentenced Webb to serve a sentence to
extend through the rest of his natural
life in the state penitentiary at Flor
ence for the murder January Is of
James Coleman, also colOred.
The county board of supervisors at
their regular monthly meeting decid-
ed to appropriate an additional $4,000,
with which to complete the section of
| the Flagstaff-Sedona highway below
Oak Creek Falls now being built by
County Engineer Jim Lamport. Mr..
Lamport said that with this additional
money he could complete the section
and that, when this is completed it
will make it possible to comfortably
make the trip by auto from this city
| to the Yavapai country.
Ore has come back into the face of
| the Verde Centrals SO drift. For a
round or two recently the ground was
| barren, but as two or three similar
bars had previously been encountered
it was not thought that this one had
any particular significance. The ore
in the face today is splendid chalcO-
pyrite, running around seven or eight
! per cent copper. AT no time has the
drift looked any better. 1t has been
driven nearly 600 feet into the noun
tain since ore was first encountered
last November.
A crew of wOrkmen is rushing the
construction of the buildings on the B.
S. B. egg ranch two miles north of
Pearce on the Pearce-Cochise high
way The enterprise, which is owned
by Messrs Alfred Barlow, A. Y. Smith
and Frank 1. Bryant, will be under the
| oo,,obJo MON of NTrc AIfrn1
Barlcw, whose wide experience in the
care of poultry was gained both at
Petaluma, Calf, and in the care of a
flock of 1000 which she successfully
raised last year. An order for 10000
White Leghorn baby chicks has been
placed with a Petaluma hatchery.
The United Eastern Company, Oat-
man, Roy Moore, manager, is turning
out a large tonnage of ore running
from $50 to $3S per ton. This ore is
coming from the Big Jim vein on the
third, fourth and fifth levels. This
brings the monthly average of the
mine to $125,0OO in bullion.
Valley farmers who had the nerve to
plant lettuce last fall are now reap
ing the profits of their venture. Re
ports arriving daily from eastern points
are to the effect that Yuma Valley let
tuce is bringing premium, and that
top prices are being received for the
vegetable. Indications are that the
farmers will receive $3.50 to $500 net
off their lettuce. One plot of four
acres has produced 1,600 crates so far,
which seems to be the record. The
Gadsden farmers are so well pleased
with prospects that plans are now un-
der way to plant several thousand
acres in the lower valley to vegetables
his fall Morris & Co., who have been
handling the marketing of the lettuce
this year. are planning to erect pack
ing house at Gadsden as soon as the
| rush of the season is out of the way
| and get ready for the big crops COM