The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-04-18
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.

Frank Hartle. a constable OF Nngales
died last week. The deceased was over
20 years OF age.
The Capitol at Phoenix. Arizona
stands on = plat Of ten acres OF ground
donated TO the territory by citizens oi
Phoenix.
Arizona has two normal schools and
a thoroughly equipped university. aud
its public school system is not excclled
anywhere.
The town Of Globe has tired uf being
II city and at Il meeting Of the board OF
supervisor OF Pinal county last week
disincorporated.
The supervisors OF MohAve county
refused to accept taxes amounting to
80. .0n0 from the Santa Fe railroad
Tney think 10 Is not enough.
There are only three states and ono
territory having each a greater area
than Arizona. They are California.
Montana. Texas aud New Mexico.
Samuel 10y, an old and highly es-
teemed resident OF Cprnvil e. Yavapni
county, died at that place on March %.
1901. H was a native Of Virginia.
The cattle and sheep growers uf Ari-
znna have united and sent a d legati N
to Washington To fight the railways
crlssing the territory which Oppo,"
the opening OF the forest reserves /"
grazing.
Thomas Hart. on trial in the distric'
court for the murder of Under Sheriff
Mat Devanne on the night Of January
8, ha. been found guilty of murder in
the first d"gree and his sentence was
fixed at death. .-GaZcttc.
The United States government CAV,
Mexico Sl0.0JO,000 for the southern
portion of Arizona and New NJ .Xico
Yet there were "patriOto' in those
days who denounced the transaction.
saying that IL was money thrown away
Since moving the ostrich raising in
dustry to the Bayles farm west Of
Phoenix the proprietor, Mr.. Pearson,
has made imurov. ments thereon Ia the
value of nearly $1,000. He is maxim"
the property valuable possession even
without the birds.
Chas. Sciglc sold all his cattle to
MesSrs Bartlett * Heard, at Phoenix.
for $3.50. Said irm has lately bought
1000 acres of land opposite Phoenix, on
the other side Of the river, and intend
tn stock it with cattle. They have
. 500 acres in grain now.
The Rough Riders will hold their
third =, ssion AT Colorado Springs on
June 24th. Certainly the meeting Of
Prescott seems to be the most appro-
pirate place. Let the Arizona delega-
tion keep the matter in mind.
Coroner Williams of Cochise county
was summoned to Naco Saturday T."
hold An inquest on the body OF William
Bell, who committed suicide by takiu.
an overdose of chloral hydrate. From
the evidence ii seems that b III had
been drinking heav lv for somotime.
j. n. Crowley, who was formerly
with the Chiricahua Cattle company
in Grah.m county. but later with the
Pioneer Land company in California
was in Bi>bre and conf racted for IL herd
Of cattle from J. II. Slaughter, which
will be shipped about April s ar.
Douglass will be one of the subsan-
tial towns of Arizona. 1t will make I;
8 eady but rapid growth. Everythine
/, in its favor for the making of AN inn
poriaut commercial centre. The futur.-
y 'pulttion of Douglass will be up in the
thousands and hat before very maay
months.
Sheriff T;rner is making gun car
rying mighty unpopular in N"gales
Sunday night he arrested Yaqui In
dian in the Monte Carlo who had tv'
six->hOoters on. hcsides knife. II
used his fists. f, aud rocks. while the.
sheriff tried To sub lue him with the
barrel Of his six-ehooter On trial Mr..
Indian got SO or 75 days
VIM. \. Watkins. of San Jose. Cal.
committed suicide at Kingman on Sat
nav morning by placing la &c calibr'..
revolver in his mouth. blowing the top
Of his head Off Wsikins leaves =
mother aud brother in San Jose. Tn.
cause of the rash ac' i "a complete mys.
terry. Thc body was taken To C.,lifor-
MIA on the 3lst for interment.
Captain Alphonso b. Smith. who has
some valuable concessions from the
Mexican government. writes from Los
Angeles that he will have two small
steamers on the Colorado river to ply
between Yuma point and the head Of
the Gulf Of California, where they will
connect with a line OF Steamship on
the western coast OF Mexico.-Cilizen
Joe Alexander, one OF the men
charged with the murderof Mr-. Burns
near Yuma. WAS tried and found guilty
in court at Yuma Tuesday. While he
was being taken from the court r, ON
he was shot from behind and killed.
Sam King was arrested, charged with
the shooting, but the actual ass;iilant
is unknown. The murder of MR..
Burns was the most horrible crime in
the history of Arizona and stirred up
very strong feeling. causin. il to be