Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-16
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF iN-
 TeREST CONDENSED.

way to Washington. When the train stopped there che and a num- Der of her suite indulged in s snow ball battle.
 Ranger W II Pierce. whose station Is at the Cliff DwellIpgs in Coconino reported last week that the so cNled bottomless pits near there had filled with ice ard snow and that water had backed up from the railroad to over quarter of mile south of the pits.
 Tine total production of copper in the Douglas smelsers for the year 1909 was l6O,500.0O0 pounds, A monthly average of l3,375, 900 pounds. Of the total the Copper Queen smelter pro- ducsd d los, ,500,OOO pounds and the Calumet X Arizona g 2.O0O, ,O00 pounds. The December output for the Copper Queen was 9,450.OO0 pounds and for the c & A 4,5O0, ,OOo0.
 The sum of sls5 recently stolen from the tent of fortune teller at Pirtleville was found by Deputy Sher- If Hilburn and Justice Taylor in the possession of a stranger, his vile and 5, D, who were placed under arrest To ia .,, stone jail.
 It is reported that pr. Vim Preston Hill has purchased a 4o acre tract adjoining the present limits of Yuma and will make of it a new addition to the townsite, with graded streets, cement walks and au modern in provements.
 John Edwards. alias Big Swede, |" wanted by Sherit Hayden of Maricops county for burglary and jail breaking. was arrested last week by Sher fl Livingston at Yuma. Edwards had escaped from the Msricopa county jail few days previously and reward was offered for his capture.
 While dressing her three children at her home in Dewey, Mrs J w Millican's clothing caught fire and she was seriously burned. Mrs Millican tainted and one of the little tots tore away the burning clothing, thus pre- venting what migb. possibly have been instant death.
 According to the Julian calendar the date which is known as Jan. :, 1910. was oJly Dec. 25. 1909, and the Slovenian colony of Bisbee, still ad- herring to the old method of reckon- ing time, celebrated their Christmas last Friday.
 Col. W A Root, s we'll known news. paper man, who hss trsversed Arizona numerous times in the interests of various min ng papers of Chicago, Denver and California. Is now doing the territory a- representative Of the Engineering and Mining Journal of New York.
 The quarterly report of William M BTy ce, superinte ndent of schools in Pima county, shows the cost of con- ductirg the schools of the county for the months of October, November and December to have been S24 .96i.Sl. sn average of over Ss0eO month.
 Tom Murphy, grandson of the lam ous Francis Murphy, has started crusade against the "Rum Demon" in Tucson.
 Fire, believed to have been of incen. diary origin, destroyed 100 tons of government hay piled back of the rec smation service warehouse at Phenix last Saturday night. Tn fire was not completely eStinguished Iuiil Monday.
 V c Curry and c M Curry, broth CTS, who are making tue trip from Nova Scotia to Los Angeles in A motCr car, arrived in Phoenix this week and will speDd few days before going on. They have already travelled 5000 miles and have met with all sorts of weather and roads.
 Pete Walker, one of the contractors for tbe Calsbasas X Tucson railway, has returned from a business trip to Los Angeles and will take up work on the road at once.
 Rev o Burroughs of Los Angeles has received and accepted a call to become pastor of the First Baptist church oi Tucson.
 Franklin F. Towle, supervisor of the I census for this territory. says he is in receipt of letter from the Director of the Census, authorizing him to say hat the compensation of all county in his district will be at he rate of s6 per day, this to cover all