Tombstone epitaph., 1909-10-03
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TEREST CONDENSED.

Il
 exhibit for the next territorislfsir that
 will outclsss anything ever before ses . in Arizons, Jas. Good win. superint en- d nt of the mineral department. is . nding out letters to the various -'osrds of supervisors and commercis c ubs, asking for their assistance and
 cooperation.
 Thelma. the little daughter of Mir Humboldt snti-ssioon people ar circulatirga petition Asking for ioca option election to be held m the near future.
 Hunters in the deer preserves of tie territory report game plentiful an- many are returning to their homes laden with fine yenisou.
 The latest published figures show | that the Calumet & Ar,z,na mine at 3isbee is earning $6 per share snnu lily on its stock.
 The Yavapai county grand jury has '-tnrned two indictments agsirst Rrhen Neil ard Her ert Wo.d one .hsrgIng ttem with m irder and the 'ther with assault. The Case grow. ut oi the murder of E P Schwsrts whose body was found near Willisms lsst May, after he had been missing several months.
 A Smith of California is visiting in the territory, trying to work up interest in the sport of grey hound ooursing.
 Bisbee board of trade is negotiating with the railroads for excursion rates to Phoenix on Oct. IT to make it pos sible to send large delegation to meet President Taft.
 Bisbee people are making a strong protest through their public orgsnizs- tions against what they term the ex. orbitant rates of the Wells-Fargo Ex. press company.
 Payne McDill, a boy who was sent to the territor al reform school from Phoenix three years ago for incor- rigibility. has been pardoned by Gov. Sloan on the recommendation of the reform school on account of good behavior.
 The date CD the trees at the cspi- tol building at Phoenix are maturing very rapidly this season and are of very fine quality, the yield being quite abundant.
 Ground was broken snd the work of grading for the Ray Consolidated's 5G:0-ton concentrator and smelting plant begun last week.
 A representative of the Pacific Board of Underwriters who re- gently visited Bisbee promised a lower insurance rate e soon as the water extensions now under way are completed.
 One of tho largest land and live. stock deals ever to take place in Ysv- apai county is said to be under nego- tistion, the property affected lying in Williamson valley and covering the Carter, Stewart, Cook and Mariowe ranch and range interests. A proposition is now under consid. eration for the building of an audito- rum at Douglas, the need of such hay. ng been demonstrated at the time of ! Brysn's visit there, when it was found that no building was available sutfi- ciently large to hold the crowd ! which desired to hear the peerless leader spesk.
 From far-off India . bird has been brought to Prescott which belongs to one of the 1srest bird fsmilies ! known. It is the talking Mns." which has been known to speak whole seniences and which is famed for its
 taking powers over the entire world.
 County Surveyor Lstimer of Yava.
 pai county is at work on the line ol
 new road soon to be built from
 Prescott to Jerome by way of Yesgel
 canyon.
 | Dwight B Heard of Phoenix, in 1 personsl meeting with President Taft
 asked the chief executive to giv,
 Phoenix . longer stop than the sched' ule calls for, but the president tol, him it would be practically impos 1 sible to change the schedule at thi late dste.
 '! A Phoenix dispatch ssys: With } bullet hole in his heart and . revolve ! clufched in his hand, the body of Hel . man Voughtlsnder. the we'll know
 proepector and miner, who disappeare 5 sund .y morning, wac found on tn 3 b.nks of the Arizona canal in Blac f canyon. He was 39 years of age an born in New York. ,I Tbe fruit crop in Salt River vslle
 is exceptionally heavy this year, ti
 quality hsiag better than usual.