Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-23
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF iN-
 TEEEST CONDENSED.


 .on last week and Mrs W Whitewell was elected president. For the past two months the Gila | Copper Suiphide Cc. has had 50 men l at work in the Christmas mine. It is the purpose Of the company to shipits ores to Sasco in train loads only, upon completion of the Phoenix X Eastern extension.
 A 5000 lose, partially covered by insurance, resulted from fire which broke out in the packing room of the Arizona Mine Supply Co. at Prescott Friday morning. The origin ofthe fire is unknown.
 Last Friday Mexican sheep hefder was found dead with bullet wound in his head on the range three miles east of Dewey by A fellow herder, who stated that the shooting must have been either accidental or done with
 --t suicidal intent.
 Or II NJ Curtis, W c Walker and D J Rose, prominent capitalists of Rochester, N ', are investigating 5000 acres of placer ground in the Mesnick district near Prescott with view to purchasing. ]: the deal is consnm- msted they will immediately install 2 dredge and commence operations on an extensive scale.
 The senior class of the Bisbee High schoo! gave very creditsble presents. tion Of "The Toistmaster" at the Or | pheum thester last week. l. The Superior t Pittsburg Mng Co. of Bisbee is now out of debt and will soon be on dividend paying basis, the present monthly earnings bting approximately Sl0t,O00.
 The time having expired for the redemption Uf the lien judgments against the Baumann Copper Co the property, which is loca.ed near Prescott, now reverts to the former owner, Jules Baumann, who holds a judgment of about SIl 900 against the company.
 The contract for the new sewer sys. tenn to be installed at Winslow has been let to the American Light & Water Co. of Kansas City, their bid be,ng S36,94o
 c c Hutchinson, the we'll known sheep raiser of northern Arizona, came near being drowned last week while crossing a flood stream in the Cataract ! country. His horse went down in the mud and threw him from the saddle with one foot caught in the s,irrup, holiing him under water for some time before he wss released, ! The timely arrival of Deputy Sheriff Frank Baler of Lowell prevented the escape of all the prisoners ir the jail, they having succeeded, by the use of a long iron bar, in digging hole to within an inch of the outside of he cement wall
 The Bisbee Miner was informed from 8 most authentic source that the special classified rates on the South western are to be lowered immediately These rates will also doubtless apply to Tomb.tone.
 After drive of over 5000 mile. over mountains, valleys and deserts MT and Mrs b F. McManigal arrived 1 in Mesa, having made the trip from northern Idaho by way of the Pacific coast to Los Angeles and then across country They are wealthy people and are 90 well pleased with Mesa that they will remain there and establish ] home.
 Miss Ella Wise. who was visiting l relatives at GleesoD, died last week az the result Of swallowing an antiseptic tablet which she mistook for head ache tablet. Medical aid could not be secured quickly enough because the 1 telephone would not work The first arrest was maie Monday in the crusade against slot machines which has been started in Tucson. H B Rangers, a cigar dealer, was fined s20 for violating the lottery law by operating 8 slot machine which paid more cigars at times than it did at other times although it always paid at least one cigar.
 II G Carr has returned to Douglas from New York, where he purchased fine pumping and hoisting plant which are on the way to the Antigua and Fl Treblor properties, which he recently secured for a number of eastern capitalists bia co
 A lodger at the Hardwick hotel in Phoenix made hurried departure to avoid paying his room rent of 75