Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-12

H. c. Hooker, owner of the famous Sierra Bonita ranch in southern Ar izona, died recently at his home in Los Angeles.
 Residence burglars are again operat- ing in the residence districts of Tucson.
 As result of recent investigations, supplementary school books win be dis continued at Tucson. These books were substituted by City Superintendent Ruthrauff contrary to instructions from the territorial board.
 Former Supervisor John Wood and Dr. M. A. Garner, pioneers of Arizona, are dead in Yavapai county.
 There is considerable mining activ- ity in the Prescott district.
 Regarding the move to have congress pass special act making it unneces- sary to do the annual mine assessment work for this year, Delegate Mark Smith telegraphs from Washington to Anson Smith, of the Mohave Miner, that it is impossible to pass the bill this year; that committees are not se- lected and that there is much opposi- tion.
 Fire of incendiary origin was started in the offices of the Head Lumber com pany in Prescott After the blaze was extinguished valuable typewriter and other articles were found missing.
 Gilbert Elmer was shot in the leg and seriously wounded by the acciden- tai discharge of pistol, which he was carrying in his pocket.
 The printers of Phoenix are protesting against business men of that city send ing their printing to outside houses.
 Dr. Barrett, one of Prescott's s leading physicians is dead.
 Thieves are operating in Phoenix. A number of residences have been entered during the past few days.
 Machinery for 50-ton plant has been purchased by the Jesse Mines company operating near Prescott.
 The republican ticket made a clean sweep in Tucson at the election on Monday. The democratic ticket called for high saloon licenses, regulated tenderloin and other civil reforms.
 An assassin made an unsuccessful at- tempt on the life of Charley Bowen, a saloon porter at Tucson. In the midst of fierce struggle the stranger fired shot at Bowen and then escaped.
 The three Gordon sisters, recently of the Columbia opera company, which busted at Santa Ana, Calif., are strand ed in Tucson.
 Twenty-two hoboes were fired out of Tucson in one bunch.
 Four Galveston, Texas, lads who re- gently ran away from home, have been detained in Tucson by order of Texas 
 Mesa ranchers have decided to grow winter lettuce and ship it to eastern Here tip for Gila valley ranchers.
 The Frank estate, Yuma, is suing the s. P. for 5000 damages alleged to have been sustained by building rail | road tracks in front of certain property | belonging to the estate.
 Justo Soliz, Mexican, has been ar 'ested at Kelvin charged with the theft If $l,400 wroth of diamonds. The tones were found in the possession of Soliz.
 A new directory covering Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe is being gotten out.
 The Winslow mail gives Peck g Bad Boy company a frightful roast, assert ng that the company "isn't worth of concert eggs"
 A. H. Williams, head brakeman on a anta Fe freight, was killed in wreck t Shope near Winslow. Fifteen freight ars were overturned.
 A. H. Lingo, engineer, was fatally ljured in a wreck at Ash Fork. Don Reed, Wells-Fargo agent at Will ans, went against a brace game of oker, lost, and wrote bogus cheek 'r $100. He skipped, was arrested at |. lbuquerque. The case against him has cen dismissed, but he is now out of a pod job.
 A chicken pie dinner at Williams at- acted 300 people to the Methodist Iurch.