Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-04
ARIZONA NEWS
 AND COMMENT

| The contract for grading the A. X (, railroad from Parker to Bengal has
 been awarded to Scott, Smith X White,
 U St. Louis firm.
 The first bronze Panama medal. ore. sented by the president of the United States to those who have completed
 two or more years work on the canal,
 has been received by John l., Segall, special agent of the reclamation service at Phoenix
 Governor Sloan has appointed Lloyd
 E. Christy of the Valley Bank of Phoe- nix as delegate to the convention of the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, to be held at Chicago September l3 and h.
 Dr, Win Wylic has returned to Phoe, nix after complete circumnavigation of the world. being absent from home on the trip several months.
 The new townsite of Calzona. n few miles below Parker, is to bc placed on the map early this month.
 The rains of the past two weeks have been general throughout the territory. reports of small damages coming in on every mail,
 The Wigwam theater Prescott s new place of amusement, will be opened to the public today. It is on ' vaude vile circuit with Phoenix, Bsbce. Fl Paso and other southwestern cities aud will present vaudeville and pictures
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 Hoboes are reported to have robbed | a warehouse at Congress Junction Mon day, carrying away Il large amount of | whisky, in which they indulged freely ] later in the day, resulting in their ar , rest while in a drunken condition.
 Harry C. Wheeler. former captain of | the rangers, has been appointed depu ty United States marshal for the Tue son district by United States Marshal | C. A. Overlook
 The making of Tucson the eastern | terminus of the great western automo. bile race course out of Los Angeles, | Cal, by way of Phoenix. is the latest sprung by President Bul | lard of the Phoenix automobile club.
 The Douglas Gun club will send team to the annual shoot of the Ari- l Zona Sportsmen s association. which will be held in Tucson this fall
 The Odd Fellows of Clifton. Morenci and Duncan will ioin in celebration of Labor Day at the latter village.
 Mayor Neale of Bisbee has received in invitation to be present at the eel abration of the one hundredth anniver 'ary of St. Louis and says that he will sndeavor to attend the big celebration
 Members of the rife team which took ,art in the national shooting tourna nent at Camp Perry. Ohio, represent ng the National Guard of Arizona. rave begun to return to their homes cling wonderful takes of why Arizona lid not get first place in the contest.
 The Grand theater at Phoenix has anceled the engagement of the Selby Musical Comedy company, which re. entity opened there, announcing that his action is taken on account of the show not being what if was repre- ented to be and not being mp to tho tandard the Grand will maintain at an ines. v Must be pretty bad. Commencing with September l, Yuma ntered the list of hrst-class counties , aving passed the requirements for this , istinction in showing an assessed val ation of more than $3,000.000 this ear.
 The Arizona Copper company at Cliff [ ,n is breaking ground for the founda. s on of new concentrate briqueting 1, lant which will be used in making q 'sts of the eoneentrator $ output. |
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