The Winslow mail., 1924-01-18
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

the Wild Rose mine near Prescott,
where it is claimed high grade copper
ore was recently discovered
For the first time in years, Prescott
has a resident United States deputy
marshal. United States Marshal Mauk
has appointed Herbert j. Meany to the
position.
The annual report shows that there
are 262 Boy Scouts in Yavapai county.
With the report was a review of their
activities during 1923, which recalled
many pleasant occasions.
Under direction of E. H. Meek, presi-
dent of the company leasing the hot
springs at Verde Springs, a costly and
modern hotel is to be built within the
near future. Verde Hot Spring will
be generally improved.
Mrs. L. c. Sellenz was in a Tucson
hospital with fractured skull and n.
G. WilkersOn, stage driver, and B. A.
Wallace and S. o. Wallace, brothers,
suffered minor injuries as the result
OF an accident in which three cars
came together at a street intersection
in Tucson.
Wayne Hubbs, state treasurer at
Phoenix received a check for $21, 49,
56 recently from the estate. of Charles
Briggs, who died in Calumet, Mich,
Jan. 1S, 1923. The check represented
the inheritance tax on the undisputed
of 70
Ond largest check ever received by the
state in payment of inheritance taxes.
Excellent range conditions are re-
ported throughout the state as a re-
suit of the recent heavy precipitation
i'll every section of the state. An un-
usual amount of moisture has been re-
ceived on the ranges of the northern
part of the state, the heaviest precipi-
tation being received at Flagstaff,
which reports 3.27 inches during the
past month.
The first copper mining known in
Arizona, possibly the first mining of
any sort by an organized American
corporation, was at Ajo, near the in
ternational line, about 130 miles south
east of Fort Yuma. Reports of rich
find of ore in the AjO country reached
San Francisco in 1854 and company
was formed to explore that region and
to verify the report.
A case of mistaken identity set free
II. E. (Shorty) Garrett, convicted to
serve from ten to fifteen years in the
Arizona state prison on charge of
highway robbery and will lead to
formal request of the Maricopa county
district attorney upon the state board
of pardons and paroles for the release
of George Nothaf, sentenced to serve
from five to seven years as an asso-
ciate of Garrett in the alleged robbery.
Contemplated improvements at the
Arizona State Industrial School at
Fort Grant include the installation of
a 100000 gallon concrete high pressure
water tank two and one-half miles
north of the Institution to supply
water for the school, according to the
annual report made to Governor Hunt
by T. e. Pulliam, superintendent. The
enlargement of the orchard of the
school also is contemplated, the report
stated.
The Riga Asbestos Company, which
has in the last few months been oper-
ating seventy-two claims in the Sierra
Anchas on Cherry Greek, with about
thirty men employed, has just recently
merged with large manufacturing
concern on the west coast and is now
shipping fibre to it's plant at River
side, Calf. 1t is learned from good
authority that they are going to man
ufacture shingles, paper and cement,
as well as other by-products. They
are also arranging to install $4,000
fiberizing plant on their claims.
Contemplating the abandonment of
the Crown King branch of the Santa
Fc railroad, J. E. Swigert has filed an
application with the Arizona corpora
ton commission for a certificate au-
thorizing him to operate a freight eX-
press and passenger stage line from
Prescott to Crown King.
The Department of Commerce at
Washington announces the costs of
government for the state of Arizona
for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1922, amounted to $S,206,435 which
was a per capita cost of $22.74. In
1918 the per capita cost was $13.02
and in 1915, $10.34, the totals for
these years being $4OO2,766 and 81
764 ,594, respectively The per capita
costs for 1922 consisted of expenses
of general departments, $12.72 pay
ments for interest, $O73; and for out
laws, 1929. Permanent Improvements
amounting to $2,SOO,O00 for highways
and S51O,0O0 for schools were the
chief items of this outlay. The total
revenue receipts for 1922 were S9427,-
O44, or S26.12 per capita. For the fis-
cal year the per capita excess of reve-
ma racoiDtS Ovpr governmental costs