Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-11

be turned over to the old town when abandoned by the territorial authori- ties. The contract conveying the site so stipulated, but law suit, in all probability, will follow.
 Do the police have to be tipped asks r the Douglas Dispatch. From recent : developments in the tenderloin of Globe 1 it would seem not The Douglas ball team is soliciting money from the business man and will i buy new uniforms.
 That auto rabbit hunting by night accredited to Tucson is a story that first saw the light of day in the Los Angeles Times. It was simply worked over by resourceful. but not very energetic reporter on one of the Old Puebio's newspapers.
 The new building erected by the | Merchants & Stock Growers bank at :, Holbrook has been completed and will 1 be ready for occupancy on September 7 l.
 | Dr. w. II. Cokely. a veterinarian ,f Yuma, has brought suit against the ! Examiner of that town for libel and damages. He claims that the Exam iner wilfully and maliciously published an article the purport of which would lead the public to believe that the horse doctor was a dead beat and was going to leave the city and defraud his creditors.
 | The Solomonville Bulletin publishes q | 12-page insert containing a list of the | increased assessments in Graham coun ty, Ye editor will open bank account on county payday. Duncan, Graham county, is circulat- ing petition asking the supervisors to call a local option election. It is thought that if vote is taken the town will go dry
 Stafford is preparing for county fair.
 | It is estimated that at the present there are 1000 tons of hay under shed in the Gila valley.
 Two heavy frosts in Flagstaff during the past week. Why leave the terri tory for summer resortl
 Cochise county supervisors will make an effort to keep the tax levy down as low as $2.I0, which is a considerable increase over last year.
 Governor Sloan has sent telegram to President Taft asking him to changa his route through Arizona so that Pboe- nix and Prescot; may be visited. The president, by all means, should visit Globe, the greatest copper mining camp in the world.
 Douglas has invited President Taft to visit that city.
 George Johnson, negro, stole a piano from Douglas pleasure park and was arrested while in the act of selling the instrument to an congressman.
 Tucson is arranging for big Labor day celebration.
 Il Why the Tucson Weekly Tribunel
 The Douglas Dispatch is rapidly coT- ing to the fore as one of the best daily newspapers in Arizona. The young men back of if are doing good work for Douglas and the whole territory for that matter The Dispatch de serves that success which spells pros perity.
 The Dispatch insists that Douglas should own her water plant.
 Henry Harris, employed as can'e- loupe packer at Glendale during the past season, forged cheek for sl5, had it cashed and then laid around the little town apparently waiting for the officers to come and get him. He is a stranger in Arizona.
 Hazel Prey, the Flagstaff girl who escaped from an officer while being taken to the reform school at Benson, has been recaptured at Searchlight, Nev. Officers will return the waywaId miss to Arizona.
 Mesa claims that it will double it's population every three years for a nun ber of years to come. The population of the little town has doubled every three years for nine years past