Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-07
ARIZONA NEWS
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 Pima county is preparing mineral exhibit for display at the territorial fair this fall
 The city of Tucson is advertising re. ward of $50 for the arrest and convic- tion of any persons whomsoever who in any manner interfere with the operation of their fire alarm system or knowingly send in false alarms. The southern part of Cochise county IS in a state of excitement over the reported strike of rich gold ore in the vicinity of Wilcox. Scientific methods of the pale faces for the curing of human ills do not ap peal to the Wallapai Indians as is shown m the action of the tribe in removing child who had been shot from hos pital at Prescott and turning her over to the medicine man of the tribe for treatment.
 W. E. Cransone, proprietor of the St. James hotel in Douglas, has been arrest. ed on complaint or one of his woman lodgers charging him with aggravated assault
 The board of education of Tucson will ask the chamber of commerce to CO., operate with them in the compiling and hll Shiun nf ,Nop,,Nb1at the advantages or the Tucson schools to the prospective settler.
 Work was completed on the new gas plant at Nogales last week and the border city from this time on will en. joy this modern luxury.
 Dr. F.. s. Godfrey, territorial super intendent of health, says that with the exception of a number of typhoid fever cases, principally in Bisbee, Arizona is at the present time free from all infec tious diseases.
 Bisbee Knights of Columbus will soon open their new club. rooms
 T. N. Lakin, receiver of the defunct Bisbee First National bank, has sued W. w. Whaley of that city for $S500 to force him to make good on eighty. five shares of stock which he owned in the bank and which is liable for $100 on each share on account of the fail ure.
 Fl Paso athletes are organizing an athletic association which will include the Young Men s Christian associations of several Arizona cities
 There are more men in the Tomb stone county jail charged with murder than ever before in the history of Co chise county.
 Phoenix is planning for big baseball tournament to be held in connection with the territorial fair this fall.
 Bisbee is to have a permanent Chau- tauqua association.
 Eight miles of grading have been done on the new railroad from Kelton | to Naco.
 Considerable excitement was caused | in the little town of Lowell, near Bis | bee, the other day, when a Finn, ar rested on plain drunk charge, was l discovered to have in his pockets more | than twelve hundred dollars in money |
 Judge Doan of the Cochise county | court has given out that he will no | longer look with leniency upon jurors and witnesses who are tardy at court l sessions, but will hand them a con tempt penalty upon each and every occasion.
 Work ou the new hign scnool build ing at Douglas will be begun within the next few days.
 Douglas Y. M. c. A. bowlers are hold ing tournament.
 The bail of Dan Williams, who some weeks ago shot and seriously injured a police officer in a saloon row at Doug | las, has been reduced from $l0,000 to $2000.
 $. w. Laporte, recently arrested in Tucson on suspicion of being implicat- ed in the murder of Walter Taylor in that city, has been released for lack of evidence.
 The Prescott Telephone company is making many improvements to its local service.
 The Mayer district in Yavapai coun ty has petition the board of supervis- DTS for local option election to de- whether the district shall con tinue wet or be voted dry.
 J. P. Chase has been bound over to Inc grand jury in Bisbee on the charge of murdering Bert Smith in that city