Tombstone epitaph., 1909-12-19
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TEREST CONDENSED.

$ J Holsinger of Phoenix has prize two year old lemon tree, it having produced seven lemons AS lar.e as ordinary grapefruit,
 A civic club has been organized at Phoenix and will hold monthly dinners during the winter at which questions of civic interest will be discussed,
 Bisbee Elks entertained Past Exalt. ed Ruler E W Spiers. who is to leave for San Francisco soon, at s banquet Tuesday evening. The probabilities are that the new Copper Queen Benefit association will cause many to drop their policies in the old line companies on account of the home concern being cheaper and paying larger benefits. Ed Lavis, a member of the numer- ous crook family, with an especial fOndness for hats, WAS arrested st Phoenix after making several !: tempts to sdd to his collection of head coverings.
 Phoenix is planning to have a eel. ebrstion Christmas Day with races and cowboy exhibitions, including the riding of wild steer.
 It is probable that the board of supervisors of Maricops county will unite with the Associated Charities for the building and equipment of & sanitarium near Phoenix for the use of indigent consumptive patients.
 Judge w T Baker made a recent find in his mines in the Granite moun- tain district of ore carrying gold and silver and heavily impregnsted with a third metal believed by some to be cobalt or nickel.
 company was recently incor. ported to conduct dog racing in Tucson, and contracts Tor the con- struction of the new greyhound race track and sppuItenant buildings have been let
 J H Robertson, an e1-justice of the peace of Phoenix, and his sons were fined s25 each for the part they took in c feud which grew out of dispute over the ownership of ditch water.
 Track laying was started lsst week on the Arizona and Swansea railroad at Bouse which will connect the new town of Swansea with the main line of the Arizona X California railroad at Bouse.
 The calendar of the district court at Prescott contains 55 cases.
 The Santa Cruz Reservoir company proposes to raise the present dam of the Santa Cruz river to 6 height of 75 feet, 60 feet higher than the present dam.
 An aggregate of s335 feet of new sewerage was agreed upon by the city council last week.
 The recent cold snap sent the mercury down to $ degrees above zero at Wilcox, according to reports from the U. s. weather station at that place.
 A farmers meet ng was held at Wilcox Dec. 4, when it was decided to form c permanent organization and officers were elected and a com- mittee appointed to draw up cons stitu,ion and bylaws.
 The city council of Douglas has passed an ordinance forbidding any one to expectorste upon the sidewalk: of the city; also to distribute hand dbill. unless placed in business houses oI ] residences.
 The Bisbee high school football team closed the season with splendid record. having won six of the seven games played.
 Alex Rossi, & well known citizen o Tucson, had his ears irostbitten Sun. day evening while walking from hi place of bushes to his home, althougt the thermometer registered only q degrees above zero.
 It is reported that the Twin Butte Mining Co. will soon begin sinking new 3O0-foot shaft.
 Senora de Angela de Sanchez 0
 Pirtleville died few dave ago e tn result of injuries sustained when sh I attempted to start fire with the ali of kerosene.
 A beautiful crystal cave about ) feet long was recently discovered be tween the 500 and 600 leve,s of th Irish Mag shaft at Bisbee. ! St Johns Academy basket ball tear
 won the championship of Mortimer