The Winslow mail., 1924-01-04
BRIEF
ARIZONA
ITEMS

TaXpaying voters of Nogales will
vote January "A on the proposal to is
sue 100000 in street paving bonds,
the council voted.
Martin Him and Joe Brennan, min
ers, met their death when the LeXing-
ton mine shaft collar collapsed, bury
ing them beneath twenty-five tons of
muck.
Eastern capitalists are contemplate
ing the construction of a resort hotel
at the Verde Hot Springs, near Fossil
Creek. Construction is to begin with
in the very near future.
Estimated to weigh several tons,
snowdrift caused skylight i'm the
Copper Queen hotel at Bisbee to col
lapse, dumping the snow into the writ
ing room. Fortunately, there was
none writing at the time.
Following action by the county SUI
pervisors in appropriating the full 75
per cent fund to the construction Of
the Douglas-WillcOX road, the Bisbee
Chamber of Commerce began circulat-
the Warren district.
Demonstrations of a new mechanical
cotton picker made on a plantation in
the Imperial valley recently, have con-
vinced growers that the day is not far
distant when machinery will supplant
hand picking in practically all the
large cotton tracts.
Damages for the amount of $150,000
are sought in the case of Paul d.
Phillips, administrator, VS.. the city Of
Phoenix, in the death of Hiram
Phillips, which occurred on December
%, 1921, while the deceased was in the
employ of the city in the capacity of
consulting hydraulic engineer.
Passengers in Pullman of the Col
den State limited en- route from Ell
PasO to Tucson, were thrown into
panic of excitement recently, when
five revolver shots rang out in state
room of the Pullman. With the shots
came. sounds of scuffling. Officer
Robert E. O'Rourk, plain clothes man
with the Pasadena force, was emptying
his gun into a prisoner, whom he was
| taking from Ell Paso to Pasadena, and
who had attempted to hold the officer
up with gun preparatory to making
his escape.
Gov G.. w. P. Hunt, in a proclama-
| ton issued at the executive offices,
calls upon dealers in the state to "de-
cline to accept and fill orders for mu-
nitiOns of war; because of the emer-
gency situation created by the present
civil strife in Mexico. Declaring he
| had reason to believe that "arms, am
munitiOn and munitions of war are
being purchased in Arizona for use in
Mexico" the chief executive urged in
his proclamation that business men
and merchants decline to sell muni-
tions of war to aliens"
Announcement has been made that
the Ash Fork-Prescott highway, which
| has been in the course of construction
| for several months, will be completed
and opened to traffic soon. The road
| is fifty-three miles long and gives the
| traveller a straight road connecting the
two northern cities, with grades so
gradual that few gear shifts will be
necessary for the mOtOrist, according
to engineers who have had charge or
| the work The road provides q con-
Meeting link between the National Old
Trails and the cities of central Ari-
zona and will, when completed, be one
of the best examples of highway con-
struction to be found in the state
work will also start soon on the Pres
colt tt-Hassayampa road, which is a con-
tinuation of the Ash Ford highway and
engineers are now on the ground.
Application for permission to dis
continue the last thirteen miles OF the
Grown King branch of the Santa Fe
railroad in Yavapai county, running
from Middleton to Grown King mas
been filed with the Arizona Corpora
ton commission by the Santa Fe, was
announced by Amos A. Belts, chair
man of the commission.
The Arizona Bank and Trust Com
pany of Stafford failed to open its
| doors a few days ago ana the Ddbh
was placed in the hands of James Z.
Dodson, state bank examiner. Willard
Pace is president of the institution and
William McRae is cashier. Officials
said depositors were fully protected
and would not lose a cent.
An assessment of 100 per cent on all
stock owned by them in the suspended
| Tucson National bank has been levied
upon all stockholders of that institu-
ton, by order of the national comp
| troIler of currency. Official notice OF
the assessment has been made in the
advertising columns of the Tucson
| Citizen. In addition, notices were
sent to each shareholder by registered
mail, it was stated by H. ]. SpurWay,
receiver for the bank.