Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-30

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 the law passed by the last legislature to the effect that the taxation of ex- press, telegraph and telephone compan- ies at the rate of 1 per cent of their | gross earnings "in lieu of all other taxes'' does not affect city taxes and the corporations will be compelled to pay their city licenses in addition to these taxes.
 Awakened to action By the recent disastrous fire in that village, the cit. i2cns of Mesa are planning the organ izatiou of a fire department.
 The jury in the case of Alderman l W. N. Edwards of Bisbee, charged with extortion, brought in verdict of guilty Friday evening The maximum l penalty for the offense is five years in tine penitentiaIy.
 Hazel Thomas, one of Bisbee's s fair est daughters, has been chosen queen of the carnival in the big Fourth of July celebration in that city
 The Four. Bar ranch in the Sulphur Springs valley has rounded up 10000 head of cattle and they are being rap idly shipped to the eastern markets. Construction work will be started in a few days upon the construction of a new and up-to-date theater in Phoe- nix. to be known as the Majestic. It is to be built by George N. Luhrs and has already been leased by $. A. Ech- lin for period of five years.
 The territorial fair commission is pre- pairing the grounds for the big fair this fall, and particular attention is being given to the conquering of the dust evil.
 Discharged from the territorial peni- tentiary but few days ag), John Pennington is again in the tolls at Phoenix, charged with robbing drunk. en man.
 Phoenix citizens arc making an ef- fort 10 induce President Taft to visit the territorial fair during his western tour this fall.
 Contracts for prison supplies dur ing the ensuing year have been let by the board of control to the following bidders: Groceries and hardware, Michael Arballa Mercantile company, Florence; paints, oils, staple supplies, clothing, etc, Florence Commercial company, Florence; leather and Find ings, Ezra w. Thayer, Phoenix; meat, T. r. Hurley, Phoenix.
 Officers in Los Angeles have placed Orlando F. Altorre, a registry clerk, under arrest, on the charge of having l stolen $30,000 which was mailed to the Bank of Bisbee from Los Angeles ! bank.
 The work of building the levee along | the Santa Cruz river to protect the | new power station and of widening the 1 river to afford ad itional safety for the power plant, has been finished.
 Leonard Jones, one of the best l known residents of Tucson, and an | old pioneer of the territory, died Fri | day at his home at the age of Si years |
 Engineer Sellew of the United States | ,l. .. ho Southern Pacific bridge across the Col orado river at Yuma and reports that it has not suffered from the recent high | waters.
 The second annual feast of melons will be held at the Yuma theater this evening. Melons galore will be served free of charge to all who will partake.
 Yuma county board of supervisors has asked the territorial board of con trol to levy a tax of g cents on the $l00 on the property of Yuma county for the road fund, the proceeds to be used in the construction of territor. ial highway from Yuma to Tucson.
 Judge Campbell, sitting in the place of Judge Doan in the Coehise county district court, has granted the appli- cation of the attorneys of Harry Duey for change of venue to Pima county. Duey was a member of the defunct brokerage firm of Bisbee and has been indicted on number of charges aris- ing out of the failure of the company.
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