Tombstone epitaph., 1910-03-27
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TEREST CONDENSED.

}. torial board of health the deaths i . Arizona during the month ot Feb,u 6 ary vas 22S.
 A man giving his name ss sheele 9 was arrested recently at Gila Ben and is now in jail at Phoenix. H 2 hss been identified as Fred Taylor. } desertsr from the l62d Company c
 Coast Artillery at Key West, Florida The authorities ct Key west hove bee, notified.
 Alter considerable friction betweel , himself and the school board
 Professor A. H. Mcclure has resigned his position as superintendent O
 the Yuma public schools aud decline,
 to accept Q re,ppointment for nex,
 year.
 A. J. Taylor will be a candidate
 Tor mayor of Douglas on the socialis,
 ticket.
 Ramon Corral, vice president of
 Mexico, has been invited and will probably attend the celebration of the opening of the Tucson ard West Coast of Mexico railroad May ,. As soon as ii'v Needies smeiter ba. installed its new concentrating plant, designed for handling zinc and lead ores, shipments will be started from the U. s. Navy and Baltimore elaine in Copper Basin. Yavspai county Dr. W. H. Purdy, county lealth ofhcer of Santa Cruz county, mar rowly escaped death by stepping over . 30 foot embodiment. He was returning to Nogales from a tour of inspection and got out of his vehicle to examine the road with the above result. He escaped, how. ever. with a sprained ankle and a few bruises.
 Bet~eer 75 and 100 Phoenix Elks are preparing to attend the Eiks' convention at Detroit in July, and if present plane are carried out, they. together with Elks from other psrts of Arizona, will make the trip in q special train.
 While driving down an incline near Nossles last week, the g year old con of Manuel Rascon. . ireighter for A. steinfeld Co. Of Tucson, was thrown forward and c,nshed beneath the wheels. Death was instantaneous. h's skull:being crushed and his body mangled.
 The first rectigraph machine eves introduced in the territory has been received by the Southern Arizona Bank < Trust Company of Tucson. IL simplifes the system of abstractine l by photograping the official records instead of laboriously having to cop, them.
 An Old Settlers picnic was held Saturday at Esstl.ke park, Phoenix | Pioneers from all parts of sait River valley attended. The program in-l cluded an address by Gov. Sloan and . poem by Mise sharlot Hall.
 The WomsD's League of the Uni. versity of Arzons gave . vaudeville perfosmsnce last Saturday evening, the cast being made up of un n;versity | students.
 An associstion to be known as the Southern Arizona Agricultural Fair association was organized at Willcox last week and wall make arrange. nents to hold 6 fair.
 George A. Keepers. special .lIotine agent for the government, has com pleted the allotment of 28 towushirs south of the Navajo Indian reservation to about 52O men, women and ch,l. dren, each receiving l60 acres. These non-feservation Indians gre engaged in farming and in raising, sbeep, cattle and horses, -
 Wells-Farso Erpress Co. win install free delivery system at Clifton in . short time. all arrangements having been made. The postof6ce st Silver Bell will become . presidential office April 1. with salary of 5000.
 W. [. Finley, prominent nsturslist. author and lecturer for the National Audobon association. will make his homo in Tucson for the next few months to mste . study of the bird and animal life Of this territory and will deliver lectures in cona etion with his work. H,s fsmls xseom. panied him.
 H. H. wynkoop of Tucson, . rough rider and former acsine private secretary to President Roosevelt, has received an invisssioo tO AktAnd the i~ ,>~.rs:>~ -s