Casa Grande Dispatch from Casa Grande, Arizona • Page 1

GRANDE TIM Vot Sro. 51. FRIDAY CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA, AUGUST IS, 1913. FIVE CENTS PER COPT Is Still Working at San Carlos on Investigations For Army Engineers. D.

E. Hnghes, who has charge tof the work being conducted by the Board: of Army Engineers at San Carlos, spent several daj-s in the Casa Grande valley this week and spent Tuesday night at Casa Grande, investigating matters for the board. While Mr. Hughes is not a member ol the army board he is greatly interested in the work' he is doing ana is doing it most thoroughly and carefully. While at Casa Grande he stated that regardless of the reports printed in the Globe Record and Phoenix Democrat that work had been discontinued at the dam he has a -force working every day and haa had for over a month past.

He says it was necessary to lay off the force for a short time before the new appropriation became available, but that immediately upon funds becoming available again the force was put back to work. Mr. Hnghes reports that up to the present time 27 diamond drill bor- inse have been made on three different lines across the canyon where is it contemplated to construct the San Carlos and that the greatest deptn to bed rock was 25.7 feet, which is much better than previous rumors which led to the belief that l.ed rock in the middle of the channel-was found at a depth of 35 feet. A large number of other borings will lie madeobut it is believed that no new evidence will be brought to light by them. Mr.

Hughes expressed himself; as very tmicb pleased with the results of the investigations up to the present time and feels that there can be hut littl' question as to the feasibility or the dam -as far as the bed rock is concerned. There are other problems to be considered in connection with the San Carlos but Mr. Hughes felt confident that they could-' be overcome. He further said that the board would undoubtedly make its final report during the early part of the next session of congress. PICIFIClOIIST Saturday night every one in Casa for liis energy.

The airdome is light- Grande was made happy by being led Ttf electric lights, the 'first ever seen in Casa Grande and can be seen able to see a fine line of moving for mj es jn every givin the brightest sort of illumination. In addition to this, Mr. Davieg has put in a drug store which is a credit to the town. The goods for the drug store arrived the latter part of last week and the store is now all fitted np and open for business. That the people appreciate such a store is manifested by the number of sales already made.

pictures at the airdome. Favorable comment was heard on all sides aoout the excellent program and remarkable clearness of the pictures. was -furnished during the show by. Mr. Christensen and most excellent.

Mr. Davies has shown a great deal of enterprise in Casa Grande and is entitled to a large amount credit Lx-Superintendent of Reform School Arrested on a Charge of Aggravated Be Tried at Tombstone on Monday. PHOENIX, Aug. Board of Control in session here today removed A. L.

Harper, superintendent of the State Industrial School S.P, At one time while the plans of the new sehoot bnlldtpg were under discussion' there seemed a possibility that putting down a well and securing necessary water might delay matters a little. When the facts were placed before Superintendent Dyer "of the Southern Pacific company, the company immediately showed the right spirit by offering to donate free of charge from the railroad's supply all water needed in constructing the building. on charges of cruelty, W. M. Whipple, a member of the lower house of the legislature from ume Gwenlee county was appointed, to succeed fiim.

He is in thorough, sympathy with Governor Hunt's prison policy and was one of the 'governor's most ardent defenders on the floor of the legislature when the people of Florence made complaint against the prison management. Harper was arrested here today on a warrant based on a complaint sworn to by the district attorney of Cocbise county at Tombstone charging him with aggravated battery. He will be taken to Tombstone where he will be given a preliminary hearing on Monday. BOX CANYON ROOTE NOW ABANDONED Word has been received from well informed parties in Globe that the Southern Pacific has on account of. the favorable findings made by the Board of Army Engineers given up all hopes of ever a right of way on the low line Jhrough the San and that surveys are now being made a large force of engineers through the Final mountains to determine the best route-between Cutter on the Globe branch, and Kelvin.

The proposed new line wall keep the road entirely out of the reservoir site and will leave Globe about seven miles off the main line. It is believed that construction work will begin on this cut-off within a short PHOENIX, Aug. L. Harper was summarily dismissed as superintendent of the industrial school by the state board of control this morning. Governor Hunt and Osborn, secretary of the hoard, participating in the discharge.

Auditor third membeiv refused to have anything to do with the matter in view of the fact that he did not have a hand in the appointment as provided for by the statutes; Harper was accorded only the chance of testifying for himself before the board at this meeting and the hoard would not permit the attorney for the superintendent to postpone investigation until after the criminal proceedings had- taken place in Tombstone, Whicher, Harper's attorney, Hunt with trying "to smother the criminal investigation in an effort to stop the whole matter. District Attorney Gilmore of Cocliise county wired Wiener that the investigaliou would continue in Tombstone regardless of Governor Hunt. W. M. Whipple, the member of the state legislature, appointed" to Harper, left for Benson this afternoon.

Secretary Osborn and the deputy auditor also left for the south to take the institution over. Harper aiid Whicher Iioth declare that the hearing was unfair and that they didn't have any chance to defend themselves befor the board. Messrs. Thorpe and Drachman from the Arizona National Bank or Tucson were in town' last Saturday looking over the situation with a view oP opening branch bank. They made a trip through the conn- try and to Sacaton, to say they are interested "in the expresses it lightly and the' prospects, of a branch bank is good.

These are a few figures showing the cost of pumping water for lands lying above the canals in the Chandler anil Heard distrn-la in the Salt River valley, at a minimum of 1 cent per kilowatt hour. pump this water costs from $3.50 to i.x.'.o an acre: no GO 75 87 100 123 80 80 80 XO SO 30 35 -10 50 r.4.7r,o 82,090 95,810 109,500 136,875 CS4.4U 13C.S.75 These figures are based on SO miner's inrhps of water to acres uf land, j() per cent over all efficiency of plant. (Signed) F. H. ENSIGN.

Engineer. NINE KILLED DOWN STEEP Five Americans Among Those Who Lost Lives When Cable Breaks At Coronado Mine Near Clifton. TAKE Self Confessed Slayer of Wife Is Confident of Acquittal by Italian Court. NEW YORK. 14 Po-r-r ('barium.

iu- hii- witp at Ci.mo. Iti.lv. iu Eunit-i! Irril'dn aitt-r a lung -nJ-u in the -uiirf of rci'-ii rftuif-s, his teins? finally S-iJiTilllfll. iO Vjlld. trial, Charit'in is uuil of aoin.ttal H'-, boity Hmiut bottom ot the State-, alter a was.

in c-nfi t-d unii thlvi. Ut'tlf Aug. men were killed and one fatally injured Wednesday when a cable pin snapped at the Coronado mine and two ore cars carrying 12 tons each, and 13 miners dashed down per cent grade, a distance of 38OO feet. The engineer tending the cable had "just carefully lowered the cars over the brink of the grade when, the pin holding the cars to the cable snapped, the safety chains broke and the cars started on their downward course at terrific speed. Three American engineers, Liddell.

Svott and Ambler jumped. Those killed were Mining Engineer Schaeffer, K. M. electrician, and seven miners, three Americans. two two Mexicans.

NEW SCHOOL BUILDING besan on excavation. of the foundation for the new ihiii-tlinsr this week. C. se- Ictirinrs; The contract for doing ihe jfavaTins jr rents yard. On account of the short time given to receive bifls on-the fmildinz.m- date for opening ftids was set for- August instead of Auatist 1-.

Thf- school trustees are making time one pnr.r'pa! considerations and anxious to have the building readr for oorupart''y the coming term. TREASURY Will Get Large Deposits on Promise to Care for Needs of the Small Bankers. D. Aug. Bankers from many Pacific coast cities gathered at the treasury de- PHOEXIX, Aug.

county taxpayers have sent up a terrible wail against the increase in assessents made in this county amounting to nearly three million by the-state tax commission. The brunt of the raise was on cultivated land. Town lots were raised five per cent or over $800,000. Oils county drew the biggest' raise of ore than three million dollars. The assessment in Santa Cruz, Greenlee and Yavapai county were reduced.

WHERE THE BAISES AVERE MADE. Apache 5,998,199.45 partment today to outline their needs lor participation in the fifty millions Gila of "-deposits'which, will be Maricopa distributed among the states where Monavc crops are being moved. Navajo Secretaary McAdoomade it. plain Pima to them that while the funds were be- pinal Cochise Coconino Graham ing placed only In the banks of theig an ta Cruz larger cities, it was understood that yavapai the big city banks would look after Yuma the needs of bankers in the small' towns. 87,344,185,31 15,542,145.65 9,091,650.25 35,532,301.37 20,252,876.47 64,016,944.35 13,998,387.27 7,052,486.53 23,732,125.00 18,716,281.93 5,982,199.53 39,842,679.13 13,218,860.50 WASHINGTON STATE WILL CHOOSE FLAG Total Assessed valuation lowered.

Total amount returned by-assessors. 1 Total raise 6.009,995.96 87,952,757.24 16,082,693.87 9,171,759.25 32,464,939.22 66,932,017.80 14,076,822.61 7,065,990.08 23,868,758.00 19,307,255.71 13,230,000.50 $375,831,662.66 $369,321,233.74 6,510,339.92 E.P.&S.W.WILL GET IP HftOL EL PASO, Texas, Aug. October 1, 1'JIS, the Paso Southwestern railroad and the Southern Pacific railroad will exchange treight 1 passenger business at T'icson instead of El Paso. This means that the El Paso Southwestern road is to receive the benefit of o'4i miles longer haul than heretofore. It means that the Golden State limited, which has heretofore run as a Southern Pacific train west from El Paso and Southwestern train from this city eastward, after the date mentioned, will run all the way to and from Tucson as a Southwestern train, the Southern Pacific controlling it after it THUS westward from Tucson and from California into El Paso will not be seriously affected by the change, but the Southwestern railroad, always friendly to El Paso because it is the road's home town, will get much more freight Ditsiness and will be in a position to make a bid for all business fronting nto El Paso from the west coast.

This arrangement was made at a meeting held in San Francisco, two weeks ago at which A. N. Brown, general traffic manager of the El raso Southwestern system, was ireserit. FEDERAL PUCES IN Hi J. Tom Lewis of Globe Will Be Named Register of United States Land Office at Tucaon; J.

A. Harrison Will Be Collector of Port at Nogales. A.rdotr."- the a'. 1 "i (ionir 1 to which be pi.i<r(l a iil-t- torin as tltf rou; 01 the alr- clump, tlif- U.PK ill I time arnl water pist-cl ro parts; ot the h'-r" This Rill al-m ht- snoJ (or 'at tWr. WASHINGTOX, D.

Aug. 'partner of Senator will sue-i Now that the United States judge for ceed J. E. Morrison as r. S.

attorney i the district of Arizona, has been se- the latter's term expires. Itcted and off the tree. ginning to press "their claims and Ashurst. Senators Smith and Ashurst and Rep- Harrison of. Negates will suc- resentative Hayden are beseiged with icoed Cornelius O'Keefe as collector! THE SIETAIj MARKET.

NEW YORK, N. Ang. Silver, 59; electrolytic copper, 15.S7 to 16.00. SPOKAXE, Aug. has been a state without Hag for 24 years, which is 24 years too long, according to Governor Ernest Lister, who recently let fall a suggestion that started the Spokane Ad club on a far-from still hunt for flag that will do justice to this great state.

President Raymond E. Bigelow of toe named a committee composed of three members to cooperate with similar clubs in Seattle and Tacoma in providing a design and colors for the state flag. In all probability each Ad club will receive designs from persons in its section of the state, after which a committee representing the three cities will make a selection. While the flag to be selected by tie advertising men's clubs will not of necessity be.the one officially accepted by the state. Governor Lister told Spokane friends recently that he would welcome a move in the direction of a'state flag.

PUN OF DEFENSE IN OPEN SAX FJJAXCISCO, Aug. The plan of Maury Digg's defense in contestias the present case against him were given out by his counsel in open court today. When Marsha Warrington was on the stand, she was questioned by Nathan Coiglan under cross-examination at length upon the statement she made to District Attorney Atkinson before Reno to Sacramento. She was asked: "Is it not true that you" were charged in a complaint by M. J.

Sulivan, probation -qfficer at Sacramento with contributing to the dependency of Evelyn Diggs, the defendant's -danghter." Attorney Roche for the government objected. Coghlan speaking for the defense said: "Our contention will be that this witness made certain statements coming back on the train from Sacramento, which she later was induced to change for the purpose of this situation. She practically was promised immunity-in return for this testimony and threatened with arrest, detention and trial if she refused to testify. Such is the -showing we will make to the Marsha: Warrington concluded her testimony at 11:30 today. She was followed on the stand by Lola Norris', companion of Camanetti on the.

Reno trip Attempts to shake the iuLA Jived lp many atatM Miss Warringtom on cross-examination: only; strengthened her.testi- mony. the biggest plum knocked i Smith took the judgship and left the the fry are be- TJ. S. attorney anil S. marshal to CLOSED TO MIMES applications for jobs under the Wil-I 0 the port there.

Harrison was a son administration. istate senator from Santa Cruz. C. For United States marshal, Hardy of Tucson was amons the Dillon, clerk of the supreme court for this place. in the lead.

Under the entente cordial between Smith and Ashurst, this place goes to the latter and he will pick Dillon, who may have to wait a long time, however, as U. S. Marshal Overlook's term runs for several years yet. For collector or internal revenue. Ed Shaw of Phoenix, who was a delegate to the Baltimore convention, seems to have the place landed.

J. Tom Lewis of Globe, a member of the late legislature, is after the position of register of the U. S. land office at Tucson. This place will probably go to Mark Smith, who is said to favor Lewis.

There are CREATION OE EQUAL In WASHINGTON, D. Aug. support their argument for equal suffrage several members of the national council of Woman's Suffrage association appeared before a dozen applicants for both house rules committee today to receiver of the Tucson office. 'urge the creation of a woman's suff- Thomas Flynn of Flagstaff, former rage committee in the house. WASHINGTON, D.

Ang i President Wilson, today took tile iirsr steps to protect the Panama canal from unwelcome visitors by the af-ria! route; He. signed an, executive order prohibiting' any aeronaut from fly- over the''canal'zone'without authority from on 'penalty, of fine and a year's imprisonment for each offence. XXXIXX XXXXXXXIX PKKSIOEXT OPPOSKS- RECESS FOK SEXA'TE WASHINGTON. D. Ausr.

Wilson has in- X. formed Democratic senators that hf is unalterably opposed to the senate taking a recess be- X. the time the tariff "bill is passed the currency, bill taken up. XXXXXXXXX XXX OF 1LEY III SAN William one Qt Casa Grande's most respscted citizens and an old timer in this section, passed away in San Eranciseo at 4 a. m.

on Monday morning, August 4. Mr. Weaver went to San Francisco a short "time ago in search of medical assistance in curing a cancer which had been bothering- him for several years, but as usual it was impossible to find a cure. He was born near Predonia, Chan- tauq.ua, county, New York, on December 1, 1830, and was married to Lucretra Putnam, July 3, 1857. Throughout lite WiUiam Weaver was strong, fearless man who possessed sterling qualities.

He; and'here ever fcerbad lircd-he fflada personality felt and beenj in upbuilding the tire herd of buffalo to the exposition and spent the fall and winter there. Tne following spring he sold the herd and many of them are still to be found in the Golden. Gate park at San Francisco. It was while in San Francisco that ho first became interested in Arizona. Meeting Peralto Keevis, who is well known to all who have lived in-the Gila valley, he was induced to come to A'rizona and contracted with Reevis for a large body of land in what is now the Casa Grande valley, with a view of colonizing Going back to North Dakota as soon munities where he had lived- Early in life he moved from the place of his birth a place in South- em Minnesota and did so -much toard the upbuilding of the town that a grateful people named the town after him (Weaver, near Plainville, Minn.) At Weaver, he was engaged in the hotel and livery business.

The brick hotel which he built at Weaver still stands. Prom Minnesota Mr. Weaver moved to North Dakota and for eighteen years operated one of the largest farms in the great northwest, this farm containing over 4000 acres. While on this farm he went into the'Breeding of buffalo: on a large scale in addition to a great number of'pure blooded he raised hundreds halt-bred buffalo. sides, other stock ten famousra bostr of friends awdtrghont 1 ttta Francisco exposition he took hte- ea- paBangtw cattfa and there, eaa "now country.

be found in the Casa Grande hundreds of head of these fine cattle. During the past few years although feeble in health and greatly troubled by deafness he still displayed great courage and earnestly and honestly did everything he could for the betterment of Casa Grande. The remains were brought to Casa Grand" Friday morning on train Xo. 10 ane were laid away at Arizola at 11 a. the same day.

nearly every man, woman and child in Casa Grande accompanying him on his last journey from Casa Grande to Arl- 7ola. He leaves to mourn his loss two aa he made his contract -with Reevis- tsonsy Fred of Colton, he soli out his entire holdings Walter E- "Weaver'bl Hayden', Mrs. in the year 1S94 returned to CasaiJR; p. Phillips of'Casa Grande, Sfra. Grande.

He brought with, httm be-) James Maloney ot Fargo, S..