Tombstone epitaph., 1908-02-23
Arizona News
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e'Siy t"ehtl iouI hours.
 Good sizad sums of money have been picKed up on the public roads running out from Mesa ard as there are no claimants the finders are some what mystifed
 The ball featuring the opening ol | the Vance opera house, Mesa. last l week, was a big success Society | people from all over central Arizona attended. The new play house was built at cost oi 7j,0OO and is said to be the largest opera house in the southwest.
 New cabbages the first of the sea- son, for that section, are on display in | Mesa
 | All efforts to locate relatives oi George Richardson, the horseman, who recently died in Phoenix, have been futile and it has been decided to bury the body at the territorial cap. ital.
 Maricopa democrats, according 10 republican newspapers of Phoenix, have decided to ask for a national committeeman or delegate to the national convention to be held at Denver
 Douglas has been informed by the Mexican authorities that gambling is not to be tolerated in Agua Preta, and the hopes of number Of Doug las sports are blasted
 Tucson, the actual geographical center of the Arizona banana belt, en-
 joyed s snow carnival the other day Peach trees are in bloom in some sections of the Salt river valley
 Tombstone orchards have been in bloom week or more Two hundred men are rushing work
 on the Parker bridge The bridge will be completed and ready to carry train,
 by lure
 No trace of the bag oi diamond, 3 lost by Mrs. Harvey Lee in Phoenix ! has been found by the officers oi Mar. . copa county.
 ? Tucson is figuring on building fast race track. Several prominen
 horsemen of the territory are in the old pueblo consulting with local en
 thusias;s regarding the project. l Six hundred dollars per front foo has been offered and refused for Con-
 gress stree; property in Tucson Con gress is the principal business thor , oughiare of that city. Inquiries are quite numerous an, 3 Tucson is nov hope, l that her lou, : held up school bond issue Will .oor ind market
 Clifton boasts Of large bottlin. , works
 [ The assessment roll has so greatly enlarged that the people of Graham
 coun.y are looking for big reduction
 in taxes the coming year
 W. :. Davis, who recently looked the Globe field over, has decided to .tart large candy factory in Clif-
 ton.
 The Southwest Lumber company has been formed at Benscn.
 William Dickson, A Prescott brick layer, mixed with couple of Chinese sOd was so badly beaten up with bot. ties and rocks that he will be con- fined to the hospital for q number of weeks
 A lion measuring nine feet from tip to tip has been killed in Yavarai county.
 The FlsgstIf Gem reports that Williams has nine cases of smallpox; that the town of Williams is under quarantine and that there is no visit ing between the residents of Williams and Flagstaff on this account.
 The Salvation Army is caring for l many people in Douglas
 The boys of the Douglas Y NJ. c. A. will go into summer campat Mil- ler's canyon Ou June l While en- ,ying the outing they will be under strict military discipline.
 By vote of J7 to 1 Florence has granted company composed of local capitalists franct ise for an electric light and water plant. The same 8 company will also put in an ice ! plant.
 sheriff James Lowry of Yavapai county has announced himself as candidate for reelection. Lowry has f made an exceptionally good officer and Rill makp . stroep rare accordinq to N