Graham guardian., 1909-09-17
TERRITORIAL NEWS
Interesting Items Condensed
From the Columns of
Our Exchanges

night by thousands of grasshoppers.
Over one hundred cases of typhoid
fever are reported at Bisbee, and
the epidemic is spreading.
The old San Felipe mines in the
Arizpe district have been sold by
Nogales parties to the Calumet &
Arizona Company for $3.50, 900.
The Morenci Cavalry Troop left
Morenci for Prescott, Saturday
morning, September 18th, to go into
annual encampment with the Terri
torial militia.
Phoenix city council has borrowed
$4,000 from the water department
of the city to tide the several de-
partments over until collections of
taxes begin to come in.
C. A. Coldren, of Phoenix, has
purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land from Thomas Weedin,
of Florence. The land will be
planted in eucalyptus trees.
Bisbee democrats are planning to
give William Jennings Bryan some
sort of political demonstration on
his Forthcoming visit, when he will
lecture for the Chautauqua course.
Last Sunday the Nogales Water
Company and hundreds of Nogales
citizens, many of whom are stock
holders, celebrated the completion
of the great 1000, ,0O0-gallon res
ervoir.
The Ranger school of the govern
ment forest service opened Monday
in Fort Valley; nine miles from
Flagstaff, with a good class of men
who wish to become familiar with
forestry methods.
While manipulating a derrick in
the government warehouse in Phoe-
nix, Friday, September 10th, Charles
Blackburn accidentally got the two
middle fingers of his hand crushed
in the, cog wheels.
The Phoenix branch of the Con-
federate Veterans recently organ
lied, has received its charter from
the national organization. 1t will
be officially known as the Stonewall
Jackson Camp, No. 1713.
Commencing with September LIST,
Yuma entered the list of first-class
counties, having passed the require
ments for this distinction in show
ing a1 assessed valuation of more
than So. 1000, 900 This year.
The Wells-Fargo Company has an
nounced that for the next thirty
days the express company will trans
port free Of charge supplies for the
destitute in the ( flooded districts
around Monterey, Mexico.
Governor Sloan has appointed
Lloyd B. Christy, of the Valley Bank,
of Phoenix, as delegate to the con-
vention Of the National Association
of Supervisors of State Banks, to be
held at Chicago, September 18th
and 14th.
September 21st will be Bryan Day
at Douglas. 1t is intended to make
the matter entirely devoid of politi-
cal import, just purely tribute to
one of our most prominent Ameri-
cans under the auspices of the
Chautauquan course for that city.
Charles A. Overlook, United States
Marshal for Arizona, has made the
following appointments: Don Will
lets. chief deputy; Harvey C. Wheel
er, field deputy; Charles Harold,
Office deputy; Grigsby Carr, deputy
at Phoenix; Will j. White, deputy
at Bisbee.
B. A. Seitz, j. O'Conner and
James w. Malcorn arrived in Doug
las September 18th from trip to
the Ell Tigre property in Sonora,
where they were looking things
over, making preparations for in
creases in the plant and an enlarged
output from the mine.
Governor Sloan is preparing for
the reception of President Taft from
the time he reaches Yuma until he
visits the Grand Canyon. Governor
Sloan has issued an invitation to all
the mayors of Arizona cities to
name committees to assist in the re-
ception at the capital of the Terri
tory.
DR.. A. w. Morrell has been ap-
pointed entomologist for the Ari-
zona horticultural Commission. DR..
Morrell has had extensive experience
in his line, having spent three years
in Texas fighting the boil weevil.
He states that while fruit trees in
Arizona are remarkably free from
scale, there is need of steps to keep
them out.
M. D. Bicknell, who has been act
ing as secretary, was Wednesday,
September 8th, elected president OF