The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27
EXTRACTS FROM
THE WEEKS
NEWS
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A big program of paving is being
planned for the city OF Mesa.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted by the Clifton commercial club
with the professional Apache Indian
dancers at San Carlos reservation for
a weird and fascinating devil dance,
at the second annual picnic at Hanni-
gan's Meadows on the Coronado trail,
June 1919.
Authorization to issue S2,5OO,000
over construction period of four
years has been given by the state to
the Roosevelt irrigation district, which
plans reclamation of 36,700 acres of 4
tract that lies between the White
Tanks mountains and the Buckeye
canal between Aqua Fria and Hasa
yampa rivers. The first offering of
S1,740,000 will be made on June 15.
Tractors are at work on the site of
La Palma, winter resort village on
which $1,00O,O00 is to be expended.
It is on Picaho Lake, southeast of
Florence, and is backed by a number
of Chicago capitalists.
Nearly 100000 pounds of copper
at cost of 12.441 cents a pound were
produced last year by the Inspirations
Al Consolidated Copper company of
Miami.
Tom Mix and company of more
than 80 arrived in Prescott from Los
Angeles on Sunday morning for a
prolonged stay
Twelve of Arizona's IA counties de-
clared war on the rodent pests during
the month Of April, killing more than
100000 prairie dogs, gophers and
jackrabbits, according to a report for
the month issued by d. G. Gilchrist,
state leader in rodent control work for
che department Of agriculture.
1t has been decided by the state
engineering department to rush the
llobe-C Coolidge Stafford road to com
jietion. This will give the coal fields
If Graham county and the resorts ar
outlet into Globe and Stafford.
DR.. M II. Barr, So, prominent den
.ist OF Clifton, died OF heart failure al
rs nome there. He had been a resi-
.enG Of Arizona for 20 years.
| Stafford will soon have new depot
.ostsng between $4,000 and $4,000
6rk viii start next month.
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The second annual farm bureal
| picnic, set Tor June at Casa Grands
| ma sponsored by the Casa Grandt
arm bureau, with cooperation of the
,hamber of Commerce, Woman:
,lub, American Legion, Rotary club
step Forward club and other civic
organizations, promises to be larger
and better than the initial one hele
| last year.
/ Funeral services for Charles Black
ourn, executed last Friday morning
lat the state prison for the murder d
| Miguel Bernal, were held Monday
morning in Mesa. Burial was il
| Mesa cemetery.
Work started early this week OF
harvesting what promises to be one
of the best small grain crops ever
produced in the Salt River Valley
according to the Chandler Arizonan.
| Taxpayers who go to the polls II
Maricopa county on May 81, will de-
eide whether that county needs q new
courthouse.
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The United States exported $53,
100000 worth of fresh fruits in 1926
as against $42, 100000 in 1926. Oul
exports amount to about 10 per CEN
of the fruit raised in this country, the
other 80 per cent being consumed
here.
The Reliance Oil company is sale
| to be considering the spudding Of al
oil well in the Hospah field east o.
Holbrook.
| DR.. F. C. Paschal of the Universit,
of Arizona delivered the commence
ment address at the Holbrook Higl
school Friday night.
"A new mining ulStrlcC IS opening
southwest of Phoenix, west of thu
Hassayampa river, where the Buck
eye Mining company is making excel
lent progress since the installation O
/ heavy sinking machinery and tli'
| electrification of the property. 1t j
expected by the mine officials to fint
a high grade copper ore at depth 0.
200 or 800 feet.
The river at Yuma is dropping
steadily with the water down to 24.I
on the gauge. There is very little
concern in Yuma about the rivel
situation this year.