Tombstone epitaph., 1908-05-10
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lE-
 IEReST CONDENSED.


 Two young ladies Of Sheldon, Grs' ham county. fought fist fight 10 the "chsrms" of a young man. Ih' privileges and strenuosi,ies of leaI year slightly extenuste the case.
 Tine young canteloupe vines in thu Phoenix district are looking fine anC big crop is predicted.
 Tempe autoists enjoyed sn excur- sion to Roosevelt Sunday.
 The city of Tucson has new direc- tory out and claims are made of pop ulstion of 20,OOt or 22,000.
 Mrs. Walter Talbot and Mrs. Edith Barnes oi Phoenix are attending the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Wash ton.
 Prof. II. D. Evans of Mesa is leading s party of his pupils on an overland journey to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon.
 Work has been resumed at Roose- welt dam. The new machinery at the power house had no, been doing satis- isctory work.
 John II. Conlon of Tucson has been appointed cadet to the Naval Acad- emY and will go to Annapolis for the examination in June.
 Two years ago 4. B. Fishbaugh sold forty acres of land about twelve miles from Yuma to his brother, John Fish baugh, Jr., for the modest sum of }l2 50 an acre. He even felt guilty about taking the money because the land did not lock good to him at that time. The other day he bought a ranch adjoining for s5o per acre and thinks he got bargain.
 A few days ago the railway mail clerk leaving Fl Paso for the west found among the letters one addressed to Hell, and having. of course. heard the old soldierstory. putit in the Yuma sack. Itis easy for Postmaster Chand- Ter; he wrote Imperial, Cal" be- meath, marked it "M ssent" in red ink and forwarded it to the subms- rine city y.-Yuma Sentinel.
 Tempe will vote on $50, 900 school bond issue on May B. Bisbee men have purchased the laundry at Mesa.
 Commencement exercises of the Mesa high school will be held at the opera huuse in that city on Saturday evening, May ,.
 "Merry widow hats are all the rage, says a Phoenix advertiser. Maybe soi but they'll have to go some to keep up with tine merry widows.
 The suspension of Fen s. Hildreth receiver of the land office at Phoenix is still in effect. Two special agent: are making 6 rigid examination and the land office is being guarded at night.
 Jesus Aceyedo, aged l9, ended hi: life at Tucson because of s quarrel he had with his sweetheart, Mercedes Flores. Accvedo had attempted tc kill the girl but che escaped from hin and informed the police.
 The Arizona Medical Society hel' an important two-day session at Tue son this week.
 After search Of two or three weeks the body of an old resident of King man named Redman has been foun , on the desert about two miles fror Kingmsn.
 c. P. Silvernail of Flagstaff has bee convicted and sentenced to the pen tentiary for one year for writin l, obscene letter. to Flagstaff womer
 about eighty of them, it is alleged, b'
 ing sent, being mailed in Chicago. H e professes innocence and an appeal hl J been taken. Silvernsil is manager a toSnhall, and the theory is advsn'
 ed that the letters were written lt spite his enemies, real or fancied. 70 Mesa celebrated May day with t' re dances and prohibition parade. . Sewer extension work has been cor m pleted at Tucson. ed The investigation of the alleg ,n school book trust at Tucson has be ld continued until the next term of eD federal court 4 number of the jul men were disqualified.