Tombstone epitaph., 1909-10-17
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lN-
 TeREST CONDENSED. .

hood days in Cincinnati.
 Claude Atkins oi Prescott. vas sc c,dentally shot by his cousin, Bryant Johnson. wh le hruting hawks in the vicinity of the Mile High city Tues day. He was wnunoed m both eg- and very seriously hurt, although he will probably recover News has been received in Nogales | that the murderer of Luis Pr to has been caught and lodged in jail in Her mosillp. A short course in agriculture will be offered to the students of the Mesa h'gh school n the near future
 isrshsl Pscheco of Tucson lays the hlame uf recent false harms turned m through the GsmeweIl system wa- the work of small boys -ho did no realize the seriousness of their actions.
 rhe Arizona Optical board is hold :. ing it's regular quarterly session in Tucson thie week.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock in Flagstaff last week predicted the sd m,ssion of Ariz ID. to statehood at the next session of congress.
 The office of the Maricops county treasurer is being enlarged and i'm proved
 Frank L4yne, member of horse stealing syndicate sho was arrested at Bakersfield, Cal. last week, is believed to be member of the Graham TewksburY gang which operated in the territory for many years. Prescott is agitated over what believed to be danger Of to,g var among the Chinese of that city.
 A contract for the lighting of Fort Wnpple military reservation and buildings has been let to the Prescott | LitClt'C COibpdLy.
 Attorney General John E. Wrigh. . -ays that the territory of AT zona. being sovereign, cannot te su-d, and thst the suit of the City of Yuma for possession 0! the property of the old penitenuaTy at Yuma will therefore | be dismissed.
 Beginning next Sunday gun club tournament, consisting of ten events, tO continue through the next five month-, will be begun in Tucson by | the Tucson Gun club.
 The Woma,'s Christian Temper snce union o: Prescott wi invest gate violations oi the gambling laws in it's jurisdiction.
 The Prescott Water Works is being extended Co take in the northern DOT tion of the city.
 Dewitt Milligan of Prescott. who waE shot m the shoulder August 2J byD B Powell, his brother In-l4w, | ed "Wednesday from the effect, of 'he wound. Puwel, whc absent from the ci,y or S2COO bail. will te brought back and arrsigned on a murder charge.
 Two new dredging plspts have teen order.d for the exploiting 1 the min - e ai wealth Of the p scer diggings in ,he Lynx creek dis,rict in Y4yspaI county.
 The Mesa chsmter oi commerce is- sued thHty--Ix Isge pamphl tell- ing of the teauties of that section Of the country. IL Is called the "Tonto Dam Irrigation Numher of the Mess Free Press ard is fairly Aell gotten up.
 An app 'sT to the terri orial raj! road commission sill be made at ifs next meeting by the Bi-bee board Uf trade from tEe rates of the Wells- Fargo Express company, wh ch are claimed to be e1orbiIaut and beyond reason.
 r L Gcidiug of Douglas was shot through the heart snd instantly kill I'd Friday afternoon while out hunt. ing. He was climbing through harbed wIre fence pulling nfl- through by the muzzle, when u wa. accidentally discharged with the above tragic resuit. | With his own father acting as the officer :o take him hack to lace charges that may land hIm m the | penItentisry, Clarence W Wilkinson ] was arrested i.. Prescott and taken tD Phoenix on the charge of issuing A bogus sigh, draft for s2O0 on the Bank of Bisbee.
 The district attorneys office at Phoenix has h"d bound over to the grand jGry twelve men charged ~ith either importing women or hsIboring them for immoral purposes.