Williams news., 1903-08-01
SATURDAY, AUGUST l, 1903

l 1lClCdiGCl VIII llOG DO | permitted to rent boxes to minors without the written consent of their | parents. The order was made by the postoffice department to correct the abuse growing out of the fact that young girls rent boxes and open correspondence with parties, and in this way keep the corre- spondence a secret from their pa rents.-Ex.
 We desire to offer as an excuse for the shortness of real reading matter in the NEWS this week the statement that it was impossible to get up more and still get out the statement of increased assessments by the board of equalization, which the law requires to be published by a certain date Next week the NEWS will appear in its usual form, the boards report being run as a sup plement.
 There seems to be no foundation for the rumor that Colonel w. c. Greene has lost control of the great Cananea mines. The Bisbee Miner, Arizona Star and Douglas Dispatch last week contained reports to the effect that Greene had been super ceded by John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate. Regarding this report, Colonel Greene wires from Cananea that he "has not heard of it. Douglas American.
 The courts at Nogales will have a peculiar case to untangle. A young Mexican by the name of Jesus Mendosa, was given $6OOO in Mexican money by his employer, with instructions to pay certain du- ties on goods which were to be brought across the line. The young man took in the Monte Carlo sa- loon Monday and in few hours gambled away every cent. He then committed suicide. The employer has filed suit against the proprietor of the gambling house for the recov- cry of all the money.
 It is rumored that Naco may be made the port of entry for Arizona, and that the change from Nogales, the present port, will be made be- fore the snow flies. If this be true, as developments are expected to prove, Naco will without doubt be one of the most important points along the Arizona border. Besides the presence of the offices of the main port, the fact that it is there will have tendency to encourage railroad-building from that point into Mexico and on to the coast.- Bisbee Review.
 We are now wearing the gold medal given by the town as a prize to the winner in the rifle tourna- ment held on July 4. J. Phelan, winner of the shotgun tournament, also has his front likewise adorned. The medals were ordered by Dr. A. Tyroler, chairman, from Charles Ettinger: wholesale and retail jeweler, of 112 Ontario street, Cleve- land, Ohio, and we desire to say that they are things of beauty, not alone in our eyes, but in the eyes of all who have seen them. On be- half of MT. Phelan and myself, sin cere thanks are herewith extended.
 Papers have been filed in the of- flee of the clerk of the district court, being a petition for writ of certi- orari filed by District Attorney Clark in the matter of the assessment of the United Verde Copper Company. Judge R. E. Sloan received the pe- tition immediately, summoning the board of supervisors and their clerk and the United Verde Copper Con- pany to appear before the district court on the third day of August to show why a writ of certiorari should not be issued, and the pro- eeedings therein reviewed. Pend ing the investigation the members