Tombstone epitaph., 1911-04-09

ng will begin at willsha the first oi he coming week. Ab nt l00,Wo head of sheep will be handled there this year.
 Dr. A. ii. Wilde of Northwestern has been called to presi- dency of University of Arizona. Re- gents are chosen from various psrts of the territory. University is an Arizona institution tbrouR hont.
 JR. Knight, of Omaha, Nebraska, stopped io Flagstaff for . few hours Tuesday. MT. Knight formerly ran a soap factory in au eastern city, and talked like he might start such sn enterprise in Flagstaff upon his re- turn in May.
 An effort is icing made to get the Japanese ball club to stop over m Prescott. The Needles Eye gays that the famous Japanese baseball ciut which has just recently left Tokio. "to tour the United States will reach this section of the country about May 10"
 The s. & A. .Bottlipg works. togeth- CT with other property. al! valued at s55 900 was destroyed by fire last week at Clifton.
 E. s Bailey. NeS York City cap italist, has taken over the large placer gold holdings belonging to Ed Shu- mate, H. L Scott, Herman Voge and Chas Anderson, located thirty miles south of Vicksburg, on the A. d c. railroad. The tract takes in some- thing over cne thousand acres. The amour. involved in the deal is not eiven out, bat it is said ,o be repre-. sent d by good round figure.
 Airs. Mary,Besl. one of the pioneer
 isdies of Flagstaff. passed away at the home of her, daughter, Mrs. s. W.
 Francis, in that city, last week. The Copper Era states that at lesst
 100 0CO acres of land has been filed upon in the Casa Grsnds valley dur ing the past year.
 Com mencing the lst, the postofH ce
 at Winkiemsn, GilA county, and the postoffice at Miami in the same coun. ty, take rank as third class offices.
 The three Newton triplet,, accom- . panied oy their psrents, Mir. and Mrs C. E. Newton, having decided that I Prescott is the best place to live, have moved in from Skull valley to locate -Presco;; Courier.
 George Walton. . railroad contract
 or at Fsirview, was blown about 2t feet in the air, on Friday of lass week by blast and mirsculously escaped desth by the thousandth part oi an 1 inch. Had he made another step forward or had he reached the blast 6 second later he would have been blown to atoms. As Walton weighs in the neighborhood of 250 pounds. it can easily be imagined that there was considerable force behind the exs plosion.
 Ch'ckenpox and Measles have bee n 90 prevalent as to cause the school to close the pact week. Not due to the diseases, which are very mild, but owing to the fact that 60 many are sbsent.-Copper Belt, Jerome. Dr. Els.orth Hum oigton, oI Yale, noted W W.sld wide explorer, is mak- i ing ready to visit lsystsff. on g | scientific expedition. He Is interested in gathering evidences of climatic changes or evidences of increased sridness on the earth.
 Assistant General Manager Will L. Clark, of the United Verde Company ct Jerome, has issued an order reduc- ing the hours of sll men working ten ,I n,Gre hours per day, for the com- p.ny, to nine hours. This reduction n tic working hourt Of a large num- bee of men employed around the works, was . voluntary act oa the part of the company.
 Miguel Acuns. who left Navajo county for Mexico to get . war sample has returned with the sample in the shape Of bullet perforated arm. He is said to have fought with the in- surgents.
 There was never time at the United Verde mine and works at Jerome when there were more men at work, or in fact ss many ss st the present time according to the local papers.
 Lsst week the Tom Reed Gold mines company in Mohays county declared regular monthly dividend | of three per cent to which wss added s dividend of one per cent. The nev mill will be in c. c..mmission some. time this week.
 Mrs. Siebert, living near the Moss. pack mine near Kingmsn. hes made he richest discovery of the year, hay. ng found within half mile of tbe