Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-03
ARIZONA NEWS
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 An appeal in the case of Ed Hurley, convicted of murder in the first degree in Yavapai county, and now doing life sentence at Yuma, has been filed in the supreme court at Phoenix.
 A sensational rumor to the effect that the territorial gran djury would seek to indict two prominent city off cials of Bisbee has been prevalent in that city for several days, and is caus- ing considerable uneasiness in official circles.
 G. A. Arnold of Bisbee has been ap- pointed superintendent of the Court land c. < A. properties to take the place of J. II. Talbot, who recently re. signed. .i.lyu fl
 A jail containing two compartments, in one of which will be placed steel cell 6 by s feet, is being built in  Courtland.
 Winslow public school closed Friday with appropriate exercises.
 The Order of Owls has appointed a committee to make arrangements for a Fourth of July celebration in Winslow.
 Phoenix baseball team took two games from Prescott in the former city last Sunday.
 A new city map of Phoenix has been completed and recently placed on sale in the Capital city.
 A customs mill is being constructed at Wickenburg for the American Re ducton company. Water has been struck in their we'll and progress will be rapid from now on.
 Wickenburg people are planning for a big excursion to that city from all parts of the territory June 20. Just the nature of the attraction is not made entirely clear.
 The United States grand jury was convened in Phoenix Tuesday. Its ses- sion is not expected to be lengthy, as there are few cases for consideration.
 Odd Fellows of the territory will ob- serve their annual memorial services next Sunday evening.
 The Maricopa & Phoenix railroad will put in motor ears to run through the Salt river valley. They will each have seating capacity of about sev enty people and will form new means of rapid transit among the valley towns.
 A new magazine called "The Har- poou' has been launched in Phoenix. It stands well up to it's sensational name and seems to take especial de- light in roasting everything and every body, the postal department in particu lar.
 The Yuma Commercial club has pass ed resolutions asking the appointment of F. A. Jones, traffic manager of the Marieopa County Commercial club, to membership on the territorial rail road commission. As there is no va cancy on the commission at the present time, it is hard to understand just how Mir. Jones is to butt in.
 A carload of new machinery has been received by the Ray company and is being installed on the property at Kel- win.
 In an exciting game of basket ball the Tempe Normal girls won silver loving cup from the Mesa High school girls Saturday by a score of 26 to 10.
 The trout season having opened June l. sportsmen are gathering on the banks of Oak creek to indulge in their | favorite pastime.
 Beaten into q state of lethargy by an | unknown antagonist armed with a | pitchfork handle, D. Burns, a livery | stable employee at Tucson, was found by the police along the railroad track 1 in an unconscious condition and may | die as the result of his injuries.
 Sixty tons of ore per day are being taken out of the Helvetia mine for shipment to the Globe smelters.
 Ralph s. Stubbs, G. F. and P. A. of the Randolph lines in Arizona, has re- turned to his headquarters in Tucson after a visit to Chicago and other east ern cities to confer with the managers of the traffic department of the liar riman lines.
 NJ. o. Bicknell, chairman of the ter ritorial railroad commission, will leave for Washington the latter part of the