Tombstone epitaph., 1909-03-14
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TEREST CONDENSED.


 Wo-k on the new subway is going forward steadily, and all signs are misleading fl that safeguard to the city is not ready for duty in ample time to take care of the floods expect ed next summer, save the Bisbee Re- view.
 That Colonel w. c. Greene, who has been reported to be down and out financially in nearly every paper in the country, is not so badly of, financially, as has been supposed, is the lstest report coming from Cam anea, his home city, and is seemingly we'll authenticated. If the report is to be believed there is hardly man in the district who would not be willing to be on the same down and out" list. When all of the tsngles caused by the effect of the recent financial stringency have been strengthened out of his affairs, he will be the possessor of between two and four million dol lars, it is said.
 John B. McCloskey, familisrly known as the Cardinal" died at Grass Springs last week. says the Mo have County Miner. He was about 70 years of age and had resided in Mohave county many years.
 The Florence prison will be con- pieted in May, it is thought When flushed it will be one of the best de- signed buildings for its purpose in the southwest. There are features in its construction to be found in no other building adapted to the same pur. pose.
 Charles s. Cordes has been az pointed postmaster at Cordes, vice J. H. Cordes resigned. George s. Car roll has been appointed postmaster at Sasco, vice c. o. Mathews resigned {; and James K. Schomaksr has been appointed postmaster at Warren, vice fl. B Hanscom, resigned.
 Another large consignment of ma chinery for the Colorado River Dredg- ing Co. passed through Kingman this week to Chloride, where it is being forwarded to the river, says the Miner. A Jorge force of men is at work on the big scows and it will not be long until the machinery will be put in them and the plants put to work on the rich river bars. The dredger is to be one of the largest ever built for river work and will be capable of handling about 1000 yards of gravel. All the modern appliances will be incorpor- sted in this plant.
 Two big sales of land have taken place on the south side within the past few days, says the Phoenix Dem- ocrat. One, and the larger Of the two. was the esle of section IT, near Tempe. by A. J. Peters and George Taylor to 6 Mir. Clemmons for the re- ported consideration of $S0,0OO. Four years ago the same section was sold for Sl6,O00.
 Announcement has been made at the eastern office of the Shannon Cop per company that construction work on the new Shannon Arizona railroad will probably be commenced April l. The article, winch appeared i6 an cas- tern newspaper stated that the finances to bui d the Toad and put into oper- ation has already been arranged for.
 Greenlee county brings to memory one Of the fret settlers of the Clifton- MoreDci district, Mason Greenlee, whc made the first location in the Green. lee inning district north of Clifton lie was . grand old man who tough, the Indians and smoothed the way fol great many people who are today re siding in that section. Mason Green lee wac born in Virginia, and died 1T Clifton on April 10, 1908, at the rip old age of 68 ;ears.
 In the Walnut Grove region of Ari- zons three syndicstes are preparing [, install dredgers to recover gold iron the gravel bars of the Hssssysmp river. The richness of the river bar and those of the tributary creeks, it said by the promoters, to have bee
 proven by mary tests.
 Building operations are going shes with . vim at Courtland. A numbs of business houses are under construt
 tioa ct this time, and as rapidly c lumber can be brought in, other strus tures are to be started. Among th