Tombstone epitaph., 1910-01-23
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TEREST CONDENSED.


 phone lines in northern Arizona, | running out of Prescott, are shortly to be made and will involve an ex- penditure of approximately $75,OOO. While in charge of freight train Conductor W c Steele fell from . box car at Alto station, six miles south of Prescott, dislocstipg his knee and re- ceiving ather painful injuries, none of which are cons deIed serious. how ever.
 Thos E Reynolds of Prescott, re- gently purchased the Keating ranch in the Agua Fria valley, adjoining the K T ranch, also owned by him, and will commence the reclamation of the tract at once.
 John Middiesky, the big Indian wrestler end chief of the Cocopah tribe, is on the way to New York with his manager, Ollie Donsldson, of Bis bee, where he will engage in a series of wrestling matches. He weighs 367 pounds.
 Section Foreman Blo1gett, located at Arsby Siding, eight miles east of Yuma, has mysteriously disappeared His velocipede was found in the Y una railroad yards, but he had not been seen. His wife says that this is his third disappearance. He is subject to mental lapses. due to s fever con. trscted while serving in the army in the Philippines.
 The Saints baseball team of St Vincent's college, Los Angeles, has completed arrangements for a tour through Arizona, New Mexico and Te1se. In this territory they will play against the Normal school st Tempe. the Indian school team at Phoenix, the University of Arizona team at Tucson and the best sggre- gstion of amateurs that can bs put in the fieil at Yuma.
 Hon Marcus A Smith is spending the winter at his old home in Cynthi. ana, Ky. and will later go to Wssh- ington to be on hand when the state hood bill comes up for discussion. . During the month of February civil service examinations for several dif- ferent positions will be held at Phoe. nix, Tucson, Prescott and Douglas. | JN Pattison, right of.wsy agent for the Calabasss extension of the Twin Buttes railway, has succeeded in se. curing Che right of way for the entire distap ce, both in Santa Cruz and Pima county, with little opposition and at very reasonable cost. Grading has been completed to Arivsca Junc- tion, twenty-eight miles out of Tue. son
 A motion is on foot by the reti. dents of the Layton school district in Graham county for Its consolidation with the Ssfford district.
 Ortencis SLsaino, a 15-year-old school girl, the ward Of Adiel Sanchez J of San Jose, Graham county, com- mitted suicide last Thursdsy evening by shooting herself. No cause is known.
 Fence cutters have been at work in Cochise county for sore time and Monday night Bert Heath, . rancher, saw one skulking along his fence. He suspected the man of seeking to cut the wire and fired shot at him to frighten him away, with the desired effect.
 Albert A Morawitz of NogsIes, Arizona, for the psst two years Amer ican consul st Bahia, Brazil, has been appointed to the office of consul at Lsipsig, Sszony, 6 promotion made in recognition of the splendid record he has made at Babia.
 When the Yuma Indian reservation is formally opened for settlement the settlers will be required to pay $I0 per acre in addition to the pro rata cost of conservation and irrigation | works.
 AM Foster. lately the owner and editor of the Yuma Sun has sold his home at Yuma and is preparing to re- turn to his former home at Canton, Texas, where be has purchased the plant of the Van Zsndt Enterpnse, the only paper published ct Canton, a county seat.
 There arc about $l9,OOO in delin- quent taxes to be collected in Pima county.
 P c Everett, c ranchman who caine to the Salt River valley lass year from Colorado, has been arresttd d and taken back to Colorado on charge of cattle stealing. He is con