Williams news., 1904-11-12
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 ham county, has been discontinued. Mail will go to Fort Thomas.
 We hear of no kicks from he sheep owners of Arizona. With the excellent range and good ont look for wool they are nightly with their lot.
 Colin Campbell, the Coconine wool grower, has returned from Utah, whither he went on a sheep buying tour. He secured some 1000 head which he placed near staff-Stockman.
 Bissell Thomas, the lawyer. was to fifteen months in- at Yuma by Judg'. Kent on Thursday. The case has been and Thomas is out on 4 $2, 900 cash bond.-Gazette.
 Supt. F. R. O'Brien of the reform school has made his report to the governor. The first boy admitted was on December 8, 1903, and since that date 32 boys have been rs. ceived at the school.
 E. s. Gosney and ]. V. Verkamp have been appointed by the Coco nino Commercial club as delegates to the National Irrigation convrn- tion which meets in Fl Paso in a couple of weeks. When it comes to looking after the interests of his country, we know of no one more enthusiastic or able than Mir. Cos ney.
 Great preparations are being made for the national irrigation congress which meets in Fl Pase on the 18th to be in session for four days. An attendance of from 1000 to 5000 people is fully expected, and a greater interest than ever be- fore is being shown in the work of national irrigation, which is pro- gressing so nicely throughout the West in several different localities.
 Twenty cent wool. That is what Wyoming fockmasters anticipate for next year and everything indi- cates that their expectations will he fully realized. More than that. many sheepmen who are conver- sant with existing conditions, confi- dently predict that the prices of wool will go even higher, and that 22 and 23-cent wool is not an iin- possibility.
 Our readers will remember of shooting scrape that occurred at Salt Lakes, N. M., in August, 1903, and which resulted in the killing of Pedro Gallegos and Jose Ignacio Novola Lujan by w. L. McFadden. The latter committed suicide at Magdalena, N. M., recently. Hs first fired three shots at his head with pistol, but each shot was di verted by his wife's struggles |" prevent the suicide He then ul.- tained possession of a razor and cut his throat from ear to ear, which re- suited in death.-St. Johns Ships. Paradise is new mining camp that boasts d somewhat novel way of treating it's municipal offenders, which is nothing more or less than passing them to the forest primeval whenever they get rambunctious. The International American says: James Williams, justice of the peace at Paradise, was in town this morn ing on his way home from Bisbee. Judge Williams stated that his camp is very peaceful, not a crim- inal case having been docketed this quarter. He said that this good condition was brought about by the strict enforcement of the laws i'll the early days of the camp. There being no jail, the offenders who are found guilty are handcuffed to a tree and this severe punishment has the good effect of making the bad ones behave themselves. As to poli- tics, the judge said that d big Den.- ocratic majority will be boiled up