Tombstone epitaph., 1908-04-05
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lN-
 IEREST CONDENSED.

.---e- The work of cementing irrigatioi
 ditches has commenced in the Sa!
 river valley. and the prediction is mad'
 that before many years have passed al
 irrigating di,ches in the territory vii
 be fortified with cement walls and bot
 toms. The cement affords great say. ing of water
 A case to test the right of a county superintendent to issue warrants for the service of judges at school cleo tions IS now on at Phoenix The superintendent of Maricopa county as- serts that he has no legal right to is- sue such warrants.
 While playing around fire in the yard, the clothing of Kettle, the two year-old daughtero' Mrs O. P Cooper, at Mesa. was frightiullv burned. The child's clothing caught fire and when removed chunks of flesh fell from the body of the little one. Physicians think the child will recover. For the purpose of furnishing water for irrIgating the Indian reservation at Sacaton, the government is sinking ! a number of wells.
 Florence butchers are buying cattle in the Mesa country and driving the animals overland to saye freight.
 Yuma democrats. fsvoring Bryan for president and O'Nelll for congress, have formed county club.
 Reports from the oil well drilling camp near Del Rio are that indica- tions for striking oil continue to inn prove So favorable a5e the indica. tions for striking oil that more oil claims are being located in that yi- cinity.
 Yuma is to have a skating rink, dance hall and bowling alley, and some cf the diyines over tue territory are alluding to this building as the devils reception room.
 One hundred thousand grape cut tings from California are being planted on the Company ranch" in the Yuma valley.
 streak of 60 per cent tungsten has been uncovered in the Tip Top mine in Yavapsi county. It has market value Of s60O per ton.
 Nogales board of trade is doing some extensive town advertising
 Bold shop lifters are working in No gales and merchants are finding it dau ugerous to make display of goods in front of their stores without mailing them down.
 Down in Mesa, the other day, a young girl was operated upon for an sbscess near the heart. The Free Press states that an incisiou was made and three pints of pus drained from the cavity. The child came from under the influence of the ausesthetic in splendid condition, and the relief was immediately apparent. The editor of the Prescott Courier remarks: "The next legislature should abolish the public examiner. wipe the Arizona Rangers of the map and do away with the bounty on wild cats"
 Suit was filed at Phoenix by Lizzie c. Hoyton against W. T. F. Donald for damages for s25Oo, alleged to be due as a result of injuries sustained in a runaway caused by her horses talk ing fright at Donald's automobile. Donald IS yice-president of the Phoe- nix Automobile club.
 | install fruit ard vegetable canning department st its plant at this place. This should encourage the raising oi small fruits and vegetables in this section. It has been demonstrated that tomatoes can be raised here al
 big profit and with a canning factory to handle the surplus product the in-
 dustry will soon become s very i'm l portsnt one. The small farm idea il : gaining foothold in this valley ana r it means increased prosperity for every Q body Tempe News. The Phoenix Choral club will sim } the Messiah on April A.. |. Nogales. taking the lead of all Ari e zons cities, is arranging for FourtI ,s of July celebration. !. Judge Doan and wife and Miss Wi
 son returned last evening from Phoeni