Tombstone epitaph., 1911-01-15
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF lh-
 TEREST CONDENSED.

central committee. has arrived there with his mother. They are guests Of Col Frank Bertrand Chairman Ssmes declares he found the situation in Washington just as 1t had been re. ported by Governor sloan. He be- lieves the only hope for statehood lies in the rejection of the constitution.
 Colonel W. c, Land is in Tucson from Benson. Ne states that he ex- poets to sell his property in Benson and build himself home in Tucson for permanent residence.
 The accounts of the county tressur- CTS office of Ysvspsi county have been checked up and show balance of s2ll, 3l6. .67 in the treasury, which is the largest sum in recent years on hand at the beginning of year.
 The Overland Telephone compsny of Phoenix has purchased the Airing .
 ton and Buckeye lines. They have already been cut into the Overland lines and made part Of the suburban service. The Overland now reaches every part of the country and has toll lines in all directions.
 Plans for new power houses, sddi. tions to Salt River Valley Irrig stior 1 scheme and being paid for by farmer. . and land owners, are now ready for
 government approval. Work on DOW
 CT houses at Roosevelt Dam are slsc 9 being rushed to completion. A banquet, motor rides, and otheI Q forms of entertainment will bs pro-
 vided by the Masonic fraternity fol
 the Masonic grand bodies which vii
 constitute the grand lodge to be helC
 'n Tucson January l4.
 6 Sixteen Mexican laborers svoweC l. insurrectos, left Prescott Monday 10 ] Mexico, stating tha. their sympathie
 were with the revolutionists. The, J stated they would enlist. ,f
 '' During the past few months man. s new dsiries have been established iu
 the Sal. River Valley. Importation
 of splendid thoroughbreds to k41
 the high class of Valley stock d re $ ported contin uslly.
 :. Additions to the Phaeni1 hig IS school, making most modern struc lure in southwest will be commenced
 very shortly. New bull !ings will cos Sl50,0 900. Institution will be poly 2 technic in nature.
 n Work hss begun on Water User
 will cost S3OO.OOO. Work on the ne,
 Adams Hotel was commenced thit e week and building will represent in ]. vestment of about s30o,OO, Openin,
 of building expected to occur iu Sep
 tember.
 , Franchise for electric line to eros l. new sl00,Oc0 concrete bridge scros IS Salt River (resdy February l9ll), an' l. connecting Phoenix, Tem oe and Mes has been submitted to authorities 10
 consideration.
 Yesterday morning sbou.2 ? c'clocl
 one Of the passenger coaches of tn '> United Verde t Pacific railroad a l. Jerome Junction was burned. Tn, II fire originated from a stove. An en
 zine was coupled to it and pulled ou
 of range Of other property.
 Death suddenly snatched sway Jul. O jus, the year aud half old babe of Mi
 and Mrs. John Trowbridge who live
 seven miles west of Phoenix in the Cartwright district The child wal n drowned in a watering tank in the 1 rear of the house.
 Charged with maintaining an opuim
 den, the first discovered in Tucson for
 several months, John Hey.a China. .. man was arrested by Marshal Arnold following 6 raid. Two pounds of opi- um, and . full assortment of pipee, 3 lamps and other smoking equipment,
 was seized as evidence.
 n Wm Gustafsen of Phoenix, was
 found dead in his room yesterday morning at the residence of Mir Elliot
 ct the corner of Thirtieth avenue and
 Buckeye. The discovery vas made
 by John Bowles, a fellow lodger. Cor . oneT Johnstone was notified and an inquest was held resulting in the ver- [ dict that the cause of death ~as hem orrhaee. Gustafen was sufferer from tuberculosis. He was about thirty lyears of age.
 II F.. H Partridge chief clerk in the office O! H. Lowton, general passenger agent of the Southern Pspific of Mex. ico at, Gusymas, is being mentioned ss possible successor to Ralph S. Stubbs. It it also reported thst Chas I'M. Burkhalter. former general psssen.