Tombstone epitaph., 1908-11-22
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 IEREST CONDENSED.

Railroad business on the Tucson di vsI"n IS increasing rapidly end is at tributsd largely to the restoration 0 confidence throughout the country Arizona and California are both con trihuting to the growing freight traffic
 It is proppsed To enlarge and extend the Graham canal to cover most O the high bench land on the north sidt of the Gils river from Graham to HO, Springs. There ara thousands 'h acre. of fine land there that can t,e brought under cultivation in no ether way and 6 movement of this kind should be encouraged.
 The Guardian states that last Sat urdsy evening, while party of sal ford young people were returning on a dave hunt their team was suddenly confronted by an automobile. The mules took fright and upset the hack throwing the occupants into the ditch The only damage done was to the hack.
 Sylvsnite, the new gold camp across the line in New Mexico, near Hschita is rapidly filling up with pros ,,ectors and other tor,une hunters from south eastern Arizona. SylvaLite already has & population of about 400 and promises to be one of the live camps of the Southwest
 The conference of the Democratic and Republican conventions with the citizens committee of Tucson, result ed in the nomination of the following ticket: Mayor Ben Heney. councilman-a.-lsrge, L H Manning long term, Fred Fleischmsn short term; ward councilmen, Nose Drach- man, fret ward; Quintus Monier. sec. ond ward; recorder, Nose Kelley, as sessor. James Flynn; treasurer, A NJ Franklin; marshal, $ Hopley. The ticke, as it stands represents five Dem ocrsts and four republicans.
 A prisoner working on the new pen itentisry at Florence escaped from the grounds Thursday afternoon and has not since been heard from.
 A number O. syrians are travelling over the territory selling JapsDe.e drawn work, which they represent to he much more expensive than the Mexican ms de article.
 PostmasteIs have been appointed in Arizona ss follows: Hot Springs, Hem y P. Ward, vice F. W. Sawyer, re- signed; Planet, Albert B. Jones, vice A. W. Anderson, resigned.
 At the seesiOn of the Anzons Cat tlemen's association, held in Phoenix, 6 suggestion to increase the dues of the association from Sl to g per year and also 1 pt per head tax on all cattle over 200 head, vas discussed and 1t was decided that for one year only members should pay g. and one hall cent a head on a cattle over 200 head.
 Five men charged with murder will be tried at the November term Of the Ysvapai county district court, which convenes today.
 The Associated Charities had a tse day in Phoenix during fair week The total collections were over thirteer hundred dollars.
 Arizona will be m the midst of ar election for etste officers before tn, newly elected men get accustomed t ] drawing their salaries.
 The general impression is .ha
 more buildings are to be cree ei 6
 Whipple and that it will be made
 big military post.
 The old st daughter of Arizo a O
 exhibition at the territorial fair W,
 Mrs. N. A. Sanders, ~ho was born
 Prescott, November s, 1908.
 Levis E.. Smith has been appoint,
 assistant forest ranger on the, Coro
 ado national fore-t of Ariz pa. , E. Rogers, Henry L. Taylor and Ch,
 N. Birdno have teen appointed 6
 sistsnt forest rangers on the Gro,
 national forest of Arizona.
 Mrs John L. Munds and her thr, | year old daughter, Mary Fran, , Muud-, who were ru ow sni injur
 by an automobile at the ferrit pr n fair last week, have returned to tn Q h ,me in Prescott, and reports fr' D a city are that the injuries to d little g'ri are tot SO serious ss was
 Seat annpn.od