Tombstone epitaph., 1909-05-09
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lN-
 IeREST CONDENSED.

 San Carlos to Casa Grsnde or Mari cops, via Florence, is practically sn air line, and that the main line of the Pacific railroad ~ill eventu. ally follow this route is a settled fact. | The surveys have already beeL come pleted and maps sndolue prints l thereof made.
 Engaged in the stock business for the last forty years, Robert Blair re- tired from the acti,e life of 8 stock man last week. when he Id his land and stock interests to J. c. Hurley of Phoenix and n. D. Crabb of Fer guson valley The Prescott Journal Miner says the consideration of the deal was not made public, but is known to be over $lo0,0J0.
 As a token of the high esteem in which he is held by them, the mem- bers of the former Arizona Ranger force have caused 10 be made in this city sn elegant loving cup, which was sent 10 Governor Joseph H kibbey several days ago, ssys the Bisbee Re- view The order tor the cup was given by Captain Harry Wheeler to a local jewe!rv company of Bisbee.
 Four Mexican shoplifters, two men and tao women, were arrested at Douglas by Deputy Sheriff Bob Hil- burn and over $50 worth of plunder was recovered. Identification of the stolen gods shows that not a story in town had escaped the thieves, and that every variety of merchandise had ial- len into their syaricious hands. Says the Clifton Era: On last Fri day afternoon. while at work in the shaft of the Katydid mining claim, near Morenci, E. Depee, one Of the old.time prospectors and mining men Of this district, fell sixty five fee, to the bottom of tie shaft, snstsiRipg in. ! juries from which he died Deceased was 69 years of age.
 A new club house will probably te 1 erected iu Bisbee in the near future, as the Eagles have decided that their order is strong enough to maintain one. This lodge will give & picnic on the 18th of June &. Leafs Springs, and they are already planning to make this 6 monster affair.
 The Courtlsnd Times says: Aglance a, the rise in values as compared with the prices quoted on the day of the opening of the sale vii! convince the most skeptical that Courtland has long since passed the prospective period. Lots which were sold at $500 on the 24th oi February, on April 24, just two months later, were rapidly gobbled up at s7O0. Two lots ou Main street which were purchased for s900 on the opening day of the sale ! were transferred for sl 400
 The business men Of Yuma met on Saturday to consider the best method of securing equitable aud jus, freight rates to Yuma. It was decided Ly those present to raise a fund of $50 per month, by voluntary subscriptions from the business men ;and to employ a t.stfic man skilled in the matter of freight rates, to come to Yuma and reside there and take charge of the entire matter Of freight rates for the business men.
 According to adyices received from Benson the construction force has been materially increased on the Johnson Drsgoon X Northern Rail. way, and the engines are hauling considerable construction material to the front. The new sell, recently drilled by the company, affords an abundance of water for all necessary purposes-
 The Colorado river is said to be showing signs of unusual flood. AL though cnly a few days of warm weather has been reported from the north the river ;s now a flood. The people of Needles are much concerned over the prospect of losing a large part of the iowlands, below the Santa Fe shops, where the heavy waters of the river aye boring into the banks and taxing out thousands of cubic ] feet Of earth daily. Should tie heavy l snows in the northern mountains go | oS with . rain the Hoods will he the greatest in years.
 The Hong restaurant, adjoining the Hotel in Jerome, was dyns- mited last Saturday morning at four o'clock. The explosion occurred % feet from the room occupied by Pre.i lent Mover, of the Western Federa- ton of Miners, who was visiting in Jerome. All the windows in the 'oom in which Mir Mover was sleep