Tombstone epitaph., 1909-06-20
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lM-
 TeRssr CONDENSED.

ams nave arrived m fhoen rom Msrshalitown, Iowa. making :he rip in sn automobile in less than three weeks.
 Two special trains of at least eight Pulimans have been provided by the southern Pacific to carry Arizons Elks to the convention in Los Angeles next month.
 Forest fires in the northern part O the territory are giving the service much trouble and have been very numerous in the past week.
 The Harrington & Lihardon group of claims in the Brsdshsw mountaIns, have been sold to the Lewisohns for $70.00O. The mines have been ex- tensively developed and will be further exploited by the new owners at once.
 Work on the railroad from Yuma down through the center of the Yuma valley to the Mexican line is to be commenced at once ny the promoters Ksrr, Kester & Skeese.
 Forest fires raging in the Aios moun- tains in Mexico can be plainly seen at Dooglss and it is thought that the fires are of large extent.
 William D. Melee has made applic. ation to the comptroller of the cur. rency at Washington to organize the First National Bank of Courtland with a capital of $25.OOO. Juan, . Yaaui member of the Tue son cham gang. decampei from his job Saturday, taking the ball and chain with him.
 Ben Heney, mayor of Tucson, has announced that he will take up the matter of lighting the streets of the city by gas, being disp.eased with the present sysfe m.
 The Saddle Mountain min ing com. psny has refused to enter the big com. binstion projected by EIwsri Kurtz of the American Finance & Security company. aud will continue to ds. veiop its own properties in Pima county. It is rep,rted that all the other prominent properties in that section have entered the combine, The Poland mine in Yavspai county is installing . new Iogersoi- Rand air compressor and 500 feet of nav air sransmission line in the Accidental vein.
 Fifty additional convicts from the Yuma penitentiary were transferred to the new prison at Florence Mon- day.
 The board of school trustees of Phoenix has elected John D. Loper of Mesa ss superin ntepdent of the city schools for the coming year.
 Work is progressing rapidly at the Rooeeysit dam and one end of the structure has reached . hei ght U. I62 feet
 The Bake Curio store at Phoenix announces that it has more than two millions postal cards in stock, incIud- ing 235 views oi the Capital city.
 COckroach poison taken acc,dent- ally. it is said, by Manuel 4. Redon- de of Tucson, resulted in his death Saturday afternoon.
 A. H. Reynolds of Courtland and E, F. Bordwell of Tucson have been ap- pointed nota.ies public.
 Harry Lest, . Phoenix bartender, has been arrested for selling : bot.le of whiskey to . l9-yesr-old boy.
 The Cook orange grove of thirty acres, northeast of Phoenix, has been sold to Dr Win Wiley for $2o.OOo or es66.6 per acre.
 To che aggregate, $2Oo worth of ore will be used Ly the As,sona Elks in the decoratipn of the magnificent float De hind which the territorial delegates will march in the big parade at Los Angeles during the grand ledge meet. ng.
 Ex-Governor Kibbey will dslis CT the principal address for the EIks of Phoe ,ix on Flag Day, June IA.
 For ceiling liquor to Indisns, Fred met of Five Points, Phoenix, and an ndian. have besn sentenced to sixty Iays in jail and to pay . fine of $l0O ach.
 The summer rules tor the nee of 'aser in Phoenix went into effect une l.
 Tucson Eiks are contemplating the 'urchass of the Methodist Episcopal hurch site and the erection of . 100, ,0S0 home in the ancient pueblo.
 Ramon Nerdueo slipped up behind 'onss Tapis ia NossIes Saturday and Fisd to brain him with sn axe. Ta-