Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

last fall and has an excellent reputa-
tion for the quality of it's product.
All of the many retail stores carry
full and complete lines of goods, by far
larger than in towns twice the size of
Douglas in the east. The Copper Queen
store is one of the finest wholesale and
retail establishments in the southwest
and it's building would do credit to q
city of 100000.
AT present, real estate business is
increasing and outside parties looking
for investment arrive daily. Among
the leading dealers in real estate are
H. f. Dugan, e. A. Won Armin company,
j. Powell, e. r. Pirtle company and
H. E. Stone and company.
Arizona is noted for her mineral
production, more especially copper and
1T is safe prediction that the coming
place among the copper states of the
United States. Some experts predict
that within five years Arizona will
lead even Montana in the production of
copper. More copper is shipped from
Douglas every month than from any
city in the territory or in the south
west The two smelters, the Copper
Queen and the Calumet and Arizona,
send to the market every month 5000
tons of pure copper, or over 165 car
/ loads. Nearly the entire tonnage of
ore for reduction in these kreat smell"
/ ters is shipped from Bisbee, 2S miles
distant, in steel cars with capacity
of SO tons each. Nearly $500 tons OF
! ore arrive in Douglas daily. Additions
| 10 both smelters are being constructed
and the output of both will be increased
lby half of their present production
within six months.
The Arizona Rangers, the mounted
lpolice of the southwest, are stationed
in Douglas and the force is composed
/ largely of former Rough Riders and
veterans of the Spanish-Am6rican war
They have been largely instrumental
| in exterminating outlawry in southern
Arizona. There is less crime, now IL
this territory than in any state\of the
union
The FL Paso and Western railroad
does a monthly business of approxi.
Emately 100000 through it's local office
and each month more than 5000 cal
loads of material are received at Doug,
las for the local smelters and busines.
houses. The cattle shipments from
Douglas annually amount to 25,O0C
head which is large compared will
that of small towns along the line
The machine shops of the road are To-
Gated in Douglas and the machine shop.
land foundry of the Copper Queer
Smelter are the largest and most com
tplete in the southwest.
There are no vacant houses in TIL,
city, as all are occupied as fast as con
strueted. Last year over 250 new resi-
dences were erected, many of then
being excellent examples of architec
4 tural art Many more are being erected
this year ard the residence district i!
spreading on all sides.
! Douglas is on the internationa
boundary, the line being less than
mile from the center of the city II
Aqua Prieta, the Mexican town acros.
the line, reside many of the Mexican
employees of the smelters. A new Gus
aerected in Aqua Preta by the Naco
zari Railway company.
The vast mining district which II
Tributary to Douglas in Northern Mex
lico is rich beyond realization, and al.
though it is new to American capital
several fortunes have been made r
Sonora, noticeably that of Col W.. C
Greene. Mining machinery is sem
Sonora, noticeahly that of Col. w G
begin operations every week. Many
large, sales of mining property have
! lbeen made through r. S. Vickers
banker and, broker, and president OF
the sonora Mining agencxt the head.
quarters Of which are. att sMoctezuma
Sonora. SM
tremely rich territory and an extension
] of it is contemplated, An extension Of
the Sierra Madre road, owned by Col