The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

WIZ ouOpl IHe eiSlIl peIIOu UdAS u
supersede the six period school day of
the first semester
Ihat the proposed Patagonia smelt-
er will be erected within the near fu-
ture is the declaration made by Fred
Kuenzle, who has departed for Colo
rad to direct the shipping of smelter
equipment to Patagonia
Jack Webb, 9 years of age, was acci-
dentally killed when shot by 22-cal-
iber rifle in the hands of his 12-year-
old brother, Robert d. Webb. The
boys are the sons of John Il. Webb of
Douglas, who is employed as a brake
man on the Ell Paso & Southwestern
railroad.
The Tucson Kiwanis Club will jour
ney to NOgales about the middle of
January to pay visit to the local
club. The meeting and reception will
be held at night and over 100 are ex-
pected to be at the meeting as Tucson
intends to come to this city 100 per
cent strong
The Northern Bank of Arizona at
Snowflake was voluntarily closed a
few days ago, according to Andrew T.
Hammons, state superintendent of
banks. The assets Of the bank at the
time of closing were $169,44 Arthur
e. Davies, deputy bank examiner, will
take charge of the affairs of the bank.
Efforts will be made TO create
number of game preserves in various
sections of the state for the further
protection and development of Arizona
game at conference between the
members of the State Game Protection
Association, officials of the forest
service and the state game warden, to
be held soon.
The last units for the big sodium
sulphate plant at Camp Verde have
been shipped, according to word
brought by Vice President l.. F. Lo-
ranz of the Western Chemicals Com
pany, Inc. This means, it is said that
the plant will be ready for operation
soon. The deposit at Camp Verde is
estimated at 3O,000,O00 tons.
Over 90 per cent of the Bankhead
highway is completed or arranged for
completely hard surfacing from Wash
ingtOn, d. c., to Los Angeles, reports
Hon. J. A. ROuntree, director general
of the Bankhead National highway.
Mr. ROuntree recently made tour of
this highway from Ell Paso to TeXar-
kama for the purpose of securing data
to be presented to Congress about this
Crby t1,on i
mental highway that is open $50 days
in the year.
Steps have been taken by the Yava-
pal County Chamber of Commerce and
leading mining men to prevent If pos
sible the junking of the Santa Fe
branch line from Middleton to Crown
King. Feeling certain that the aban-
donment of this line would work great
injury to the richest undevelOped min
ing section of Yavapai county, these
men will take up the proposed aban-
donment of the Crown King branch
with the Arizona Corporation Commits
sion, showing the commission the
necessity for retaining the line and
urging that it's abandonment be not
permitted.
Miami people who bought stock in
the Black Gold Royalty well have re-
ceived notice that the we'll is IN and
is flowing between $500 and 5000 bar
rels per day, the oil containing but
one-tenth of one per cent OF water
Royalty holders probably will receive
their first dividends Immediately after
the twentieth of this month since 1t IS
the rule that settlements be made on
the twentieth of each month for all oil
delivered during the preceding month,
Stock was sold in Miami some time
ago by Frank Gassoway, according to
DR.. N. D. Brayton, who is one of the
stockholders The well came in before
midnight, Dec. 1S.
mat Chandler may come into her
own as a moving picture center is the
opinion of leading citizens as the re-
suit of a visit from Mr.. Bruce of Los
Angeles, who was in Chandler re-
Gently.
Characterizing the charges against
E. J, Roberts of Laveen as among the
most fragrant cases of traffic law vi0-
Iation ever brought into his court"
Police Magistrate Callahan of Phoenix
imposed fines totaling 5000 and Jail
sentences aggregating twenty days on
the defendant, a rancher of Laveen,
following his conviction on charges OF
careless and negligent driving and fail
ure to give the right of way to munic-
ipal fire apparatus responding to an
alarm.
Gov. G. w. P. Hunt has accepted
the invitation of President c.. H. Mar
vim and Director P. H. Ross of the
Extension Service to speak on the
| Colorado river pact in Tucson, Jan. II,
farm and home week of the University
of Arizona. His address will be the
feature of the second days program at
| the annual gathering of farmers and
housewives of the state. George kenne
of Casa Grande. and other speakers
| are being secured for the program,