Williams news., 1906-05-12
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were $4 ,44S.4O. For the four months of this year the figures are: Jan uary, $4.171 30; February, $4.235; ; March. $5,O96.2O; April, 4.44S. 40.
 Postmaster General Cortelyou's new postal notes for 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 7,S. g and 10 cents, and so on. graded by and 10 cents up to $1, will fill long felt want. They are promised for about July 1, if noth- ing occurs to obviate.
 At Congress Junction Saturday night small frame residence was destroyed by fire and a 1O-year old Mexican boy who was asleep in the house was burned to death. The balance of the family was out visit ing when the fire occurred.
 Judging from the amount of dis cussion that has been aroused in Coconino county about the saving of the peoples money, it is safe to assert that there will be something doing at the polls this fall. We'll, there ought to be, and that ought to extend to every county in Ari- zona.-Martinez News-Herald.
 The next meeting of the grand lodge of Arizona. Fraternal Broth erhood, will be held in Prescott, May 1 and 2, 1907. At the election of officers at the recent session in Phoenix, w. NJ. Paulson was elect ed vice president and Mrs. Anna Henry secretary. Mrs. M. E. Tobin was appointed a member of the ex- exutive committee
 Official notice has been received in Phoenix that the annual session of the imperial council of the Mys tic Shrine will be held in Chicago Juhe 12 and 13. This is the big event that was to have taken place in Los Angeles this month, but the date and place of which was changed on account of the earthquake in San Francisco.-Republican.
 Frank Beasley and Chas. Wool folk, both sheepmen of Flagstaff, are driving their hocks northward. Mir. Beasley has 5000 lambs this year. which he can sell for $3.25 for future delivery. MT. Woolfolk has charge of large flock belong ing to Campbell and Francis He states that the season has been ex. ceptionally favorable for lambing. Prescott Courier.
 It was supposed that the Little field anti-gambling bill was dead in committee of the senate, beyond any possibility of resurrection, but a late Washington press dispatch denies this, and ayers that the bill will surely pass at this session and that gambling will be shut off in the, territories. This information comes as the result of inquiries made by governor Hagerman of New Mexico, when in Washington recently, he having received assur- ances that the measure had not been forgotten and would be taken up and in due time enacted into law.
 The department of agriculture has sent out a circular which says: Much has been written lately con- cerning the effects of the diversion of the waters from the Colorado river into the Salton sink upon the climate of Arizona. Several articles have appeared in the newspapers tending to show that the large flow of water into the Salton sink has changed the climate of the south west to an appreciable extent. It is even asserted that, since the Sal ton sink became moderately full, the temperature of the air was greatly modified and the rainfall largely increased thereby. The cir cular says: "The people of the southwest should not be led to ex- pect the slightest modification of climate as a result of the formation and continuance of Salton sea-"