Tombstone epitaph., 1908-07-12
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF iN-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

The James Realty company has beel
 organized in Phoenix for the purpos'
 of placing on the market a new addi
 tion northeast of the city.
 A few minutes after they had re
 turned home from the mountains
 where they had been on 6 pleasure trip, the home of Mir. aud Mrs. c. II Kunsel in Phoenix was totally de- stroyed by fire. Not stick of furni. ture wss saved.
 Five cars oi csntaloupes had been shipped out of Mesa up to Thursd ay morning The melons are said to be of better quality than last year and are being sent % Chicago for distribu tion.
 Friends of Sam Barrett, better known as "Tama!e Sam," who is serv. ing an indeterminate sentence in the Yuma penitentisry, have petItioned Governor Kibbey for pardon for him on the grounds of good behavior.
 An automobile stage line has been established to run between Mohawk Sammit and kofa in Yuma county.
 A new chapel to cost over s, 900 is being erected at the Tucson Indian school.
 The annual feast of melons at Yuma is reported to have been a great suc- cess, both Financially and socially. The affair was held in local skating rink and about three hundred people at. tended. The entire receipts amounted to about $500.
 The total receipts oi the Tucson postoffice for the year were s40, ,0l4, an increase over last year of about B, 800.
 Engineer L. c. Hill, head of the re- clamstion service in the south west, is | in New Mexico, inspecting the various irrigation projects in that territory.
 Mrs. H. A. Ware, lsndlady of the Welcome rooming house in Phoenix, is under arrest on the charge of sell. ing liquor to her roomers without license.
 The assessed valuation of Yav.pai county sho~s an increase of half million dollars over last year. The mines showed decrease. which was more than made up from other sources.
 The residence of Walter Johnson in Tempe was damaged by fire Wedues- day to the extent of about $500, amply covered by insurance.
 The bridge over the Colorado river st Parker has been completed.
 Bisbee has put her street lights on moonlight schedule, reduced the sal aries of her police force, laid of many | of the street employees and made | other retrencbments for the purpose Of reducing the city's expenses.
 The Tucson Star is authority for s statement to the effect that Colonel w. $. Sturges will succeed Governor Kibbey in the executive chair soon after the fret of the year.
 Forest fires are raging in the Pres colt national forest reserve, and the forest rangers there have been unable to control the flames. Already an immense loss in valuable timber has been sustained and the ravaees Of the fire show no signs of abatement.
 Twenty-iour hours after being ad- mitted 70 Prescott hospital, Maurice Ksvanaugh died of tuberculosis with out signing his will, which had been prepared by hs attorneys. He had s considerable estate.
 After years of prospecting sufficient water has been developed on the Amer ican side at Nogsles to supply tbe wants of the inhabitants of that city. Heretofore the supply has been drawn from the Sonora side.
 Tucson odd Fellows are talking of the erection of temple. They own two lots valued at $I0,OOO, and want to erect a home for the order in the old Pueblo.
 1 Clearing 5000 on an investment. of 5000 is what J c. Green did in Phoe- nix when he sold his iorty-acre ranch to Dr Bours of Milwaukee for SIG, 900. Mir. Green bought the ranch eighteen months ago for just half the selling price.
 VA Wadhsm, of London, England