Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-12
FLAGSTAFF.
LEGAL Option-Similar Operation 70
King Edward-Fores. Fires
New Probate Judge.

From the sun
Alex Burnside and family left for
I Durango. Cal where he has a position
with "a larC" plumbing house
NJ W Wray has severed his connec.
ton with the Navajo mission of Rev.
w K Johnston. and will move his
family back 20 Flagstaff
Forest Supervisor +. ; Brcon mas
been granted a thirty days vacation.
commencing July .. which he Will
spend at his old home in Illinoi.
Seventeen precincts in Maricopa
county voted ON local option on Wed
uosday of this week The vote cast
was 25o for prohibition and 81 votes
'galnst
j Il Grand, the civil engineer. for
m,rly of Williams but now a resident
OF Prescott was here. He expects TO
Obtain contract tor the survey OF a
portion of the forest reserve
James X kathrens is recovering
from the operation recently performed
on him 10y Or. T.. G Cornish in Albu-
querque, and ne win probably be home
next week The disease from which
Mr. kathrens suff","d was similar TO
that from which King Edward is suit
fcring
County school Superintendent Lay
ton has been notified that there is in
the county school fund, subject to APP
portionment the sum of 81 355 | 3.
which he has apportioned To the sew
cral districts as follows; Flagstaff
Sl.GiG.u5, Williams. s997,3l, Tuba,
Sl3S 81. Fredonia, s4i327
sheriff Johnson received a telegram
from sheriff Munds. OF Yavapai coun-
~ that Dell Jones had been arrested
ia Naco ana would bee brought to Pres
colt. Deputy Walker left for Prescott
and will bring Jones back.
Charles Canal Of the long distance
telephone line is in town this week
making arrangements to connect
number az business houses with the
long distance II is his intention to cX.
tend the line from Williams To Ash
Fork. whore he will connect with the
telephone lines TO Prescott. jerome
Phoenix and ether southern Arizona
towns.
\ number OF forest fires have oc.
CURED during the week. The fires for
the most part have been in the sec
tioNs from which the timber has been
cut among the waste portions of the
trees. The high winds prevalent dur
ing the week have caused the fires 10
spread rapidly and there is no means
OF stopping them when once under
headway
The Arizona Lumber 4 Timber com
pany, togttncr with the town council
have decided TO connect the Flagstaff
anu Snowslido springs with the Flag.
staff water works system. The springs
are located 5000 feet from the head of
the system and when connected will
double the supply of water now re-
Ceivcd In the reservoir \ force of
men under the direction OF T. 7. Nc
Goniglc are now AT work on the line
and IL Is expected the work Will be
completed in thirty days.
Probate Judge y, G Layton rendered
his resignation as probate Judge and
county superintendent OF schools.
Judge Layton has been appointed ter
ritorial superintendent of public
schools uy Governor Brodlc Judge
Layton has been probate judge of this
city -four terms. and by virtue of that
office county superintendent of public
schools and has filled both offices with
ability and to the satisfaction of the
public. being n careful and panstaking
official There were two applicants
vino had filed petitions, Frank G Reid
and A. j Mckay Recorder Hihben
ana Treasurer lloXworth cast their
votes for Mn Reid, and he was chosen
to mn the unoNpircd term of probate
fudge and county school superintend-
ent.