Tombstone epitaph., 1910-06-19
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF iN-
 IeREST CONDENSED.

the shipment of thirsy carloads Of cattle from his ranges to Montana, and will leave Prescott in . few days | to get the herds.
 To solidiiy tracks in the Southern Pacific yards at Tucson, s force Of for. ty men is removing the old ballast, with the intention of replacing # with newer and harder bsllsst. The ~ork was made necessary by the fact that in the winter, the ground soi,ens sud sinks, with tbe result that the tracks become uneven and might. Tn time. cause serious trouble.
 Between six and eight square miles Of ground have beer covered by the forest fires nov raging in the Catalina mountain district between Soldier c.mp p and Mount Lemon and on the north side of the range in what is knoen as the Peek country in Pima county.
 Not for five yesrs pas: bss the Salt | river carried so little water as now. The canals are consequently running loH. and only two of these on the north side ol the river have been titled to water except through their reservoir privilege.
 4 lette: has been received by the | Phoenix bosrd of trade from Dr James Douglas, piesident oi the Fl Psso 6 Southwestern, thsuking the organizs tion for t1ndering offer of assistance in finding terminal srd tracksge facilities, and sts'ing that although the matter is not yet fully settled, he bel eyes for the present Phoenix wIll become the terminal of the El Psso < South western system.
 Employees of the Old Dominion Copper Mining < Smelling corp4ny are circulating petition requesting the officials Of that company t"install 6 company store st Globe and enter into competition sith the local mer- chants. particularly the grocery con- cerns. IL is understood that these petitions will be presented to the mine officials within s short time. Just what action will be taken remsine to develop, and, ID the interim, local mer. cantile circles are perturbed ! Work on the handsome big busi ness block at Nogsles. just across the international st,eet line, cerner In ternstionsl street and Ellis avenue. i- progressing nicely. When completed the structure will be one Of the mos, imposing and substsntisl ID the line city.
 The Bisbee Eagles will give their
 fifth annual picnic Sunday, June 12 and the affair promises to be the best they have ever had The outing is to be at Lewis Spriugs. Prizes in the contests have been 6onsted by lo,al merchants. The full program has not teen announced, but the Eagles claim it will surpsss spy previous ei- fort.
 Within three weeks all the automo. bile owners in Tucson will dscard their time-worn and battered plates troop into the office of tine city asses- sor and secure new plates of inc most approved design, incidentally paying their license fees for the coming year at the same time. City Clerk Linden. field has ordered 400 of the new name and number plstes.
 Eve.itt Joues, s young miner in the Lowell shaft ct BIsbee, kept the frst part of 8 promise he made to his friend he sad Tomorrow shsll quit mining and 90 home to Missouri" The next day he stopped mining for ever through the terrible effects of premature blast and sas sent home to Missouri a corpse.
 Grace Lyme. the I3-y esr.oid daugh- ter of Rev. Frederick Lyme, was shot accidentally by the schsrgs oi shotgun io the hands Of young man named Wilson. Though many of the shots lodged in her head, neck, chest and arms, she was not seriously in- jured, and after being treated at the Rodgers hospital in Tucson, whither she was brought imDed ately after the accident, she was taken back to her home.
 The Bisbee Review has received A letter which Is so unique and straight forSsrd thst the writer is entitled to the inclosed advertisement free of charge. The letter goes into mo ore de- tails than the advertisement. It is ID part as iolloss: "I want to come to 1 Bisbee awful bad, and I want you to | put an sd in your paper something | like this: Young widow, refined, has little son, wishes acquaintance of bachelor or widower with home, or