The Winslow mail., 1923-05-04
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS


Globe was the victim of a sudden
stroke of paralysis received at SAT-
ford recently.
The reported rich copper strike made
by the United Verde Extension Com
pany, Jerome, is erroneous and has
been denied by the company.
Harry Housen, head pump man at
the Junction shaft of the G. and A. at
Btsbee, suffered what is believed to be
a severe fracture of his left arm while
at work
Webster Brown, negro hobo shot at
Benson while resisting arrest on a
charge of having shot Special Officer
Nelson, of the Southern Pacific, was
taken to the county hospital at Doug
las.
Announcement that the board of law
examiners for the state Of Arizona will
hold an examination of applicants for
admission to the bar Of the state on
Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4, at
Phoenix, has been made.
Four merchants-three in the west
end and one doing business on Main
street, Superior - were arrested,
charged with violating the state law
making 1t misdemeanor to sell Gig
arettes or tobacco to minors.
A compromise has been reached in
the mine tax case of the Arizona
United Mines Company, owning the old
Republic mine at Johnston, Arfz. 1t is
understood that this agreement will
clear the way for operation of this
company, which is being financed by
Geo. f. Wilson of Globe, Ariz.
The Blue Lead mine is being operat-
ed by the Arizona Concentrating Met
ais Recovery Company. Maj. IL K.
Love of Dallas, Texas, has arrived in
Patagonia to assume his duties as sec
rotary of the company and will be in
charge of all operations. James F. Ri
ley is general manager.
The latest ore body opened up in the
Central Copper Company property,
near Wilcox, is on the 500 level, or 800
feet below the surface, and has been
opened to the horizontal dimensions of
60x40 feet, averaging 40 per cent cop
per. Ore has also been opened on the
800 level, but the extent has not been
determined.
Henry Zeuner of Price, one of Ari
zona's best known pioneers, finds him
self penniless-the result of an early
morning blaze that destroyed his home
and store and all but cost him his life.
In the brief period of thirty minutes,
this grand old man of Arizona" saw
the savings of more than half cen
fury swept from him.
La Compania EXploradOra de Sino-
la has been organized to explore the
northern part Of SinalOa. The parties
interested in the company are r. L.
Chase, POI Colorado National Bank
building, geologist of Denver; G. L.
Sheldon of Denver, who will have
charge of the cOmpany's operations,
and Mark J. Coad of Omaha. They eX
pect to acquire properties at once and
start development work, their chief in
terest being in gold-silver properties.
What is probably the biggest salary
increase ever granted to public Off
cial was authorized by Flagstaff city
council recently. The increase was q
500 per cent. The man thus hOnOred
was the city. health officer, DR.. Felix
Manning. He is also county health Of
ficer. If the county will grant him a
salary increase propOrtionately as
great, he will be long way ahead of
the President of the United States in
the quid pro quo stipended him. But
out in the great West, where men are
men-out here in the wide open-but
no longer wide Open-spaces-we do
things in big way. SO DR.. Felix gets
an increase in salary from the city of
$500 per cent. 1t takes effect on June
1. His salary now is 81 a month. 1t
has been increased to $25 a month.
A 19-year-old youth, giving his name
as G. G. Richardson, arrested at PhOe-
nix recently for investigation, has con-
fessed the killing of Rabbi Alfred G.
Lafee at San Francisco about three
weeks ago, police said few days ago.
In bewilderment as to who of the
various claimants for the rewards for
the information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the train robbers
who held up the Golden State Limited
last summer, is entitled to the money,
the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has instituted suit, naming the.
numerous persons who have filed
claims to the rewards. Through it's at
torneys, the railroad specified by it for
reward of $500 was offered by it for
information that would lead to the ar
rest of each man participating in the
robbery. The defendants in the suit,
each of whom has laid claim to the re-
ward, are B. F. Daniels, former sher-
iff Mrs. Minnie Smith, X. B. Peterson,
c. r. Bailey, and Il long list of others.
Each of the defendants has filed claim
against the railroad for 5000 as re-
ward for each Of the four robbers
caught, or a total of 400. After pay
ing the $1,000, the Southern Pacific