Tombstone epitaph., 1911-12-24
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TEREST CONDENSED.

out of Cedar Glade. one of the most l spectacular demonstrations of tbe ! power Of explosives was given, when 400 kegs of black powder, weighing l2 900 pouud-, went of Tn single shot. producin- an upheaysl of the @,rth that has never before teen wit messed in northern Arizona The nass of earth dislodged was 80 feet long 5 eet aud It feet wide, all of rock for ustion.
 c Catti of the palace market oi Clifton, left Tuesday morning fer sonora. where he will load carloads of cattle. which vii Dc placed on pas- ture in the Dnncsn country and lat- tened for the Clifton market.
 Some time ago Biechteler Brothers Of Yuma, who have an ostrich farm in the valley shipped thirty pounds oi ostrich feathers to New York to have them dressed. Last week they received s part of the shipment back from New York dressed and ready for the market They sold five feathers to parties who made the purchases will ship them to friends Tor Christi s,As presents.
 Five votes Is the margin hy which J c Bradbury is elected to the state legislature as representative from Ys- vapai. Bradbury is a republican and resides in Prescott The man he de- feated is Wren.
 | Phoenix fire which star ed at 3:30 o'clock Monday. almost totally de- stroyed the ball ground school house on South Hill street and created much excitement ir short time. The blaze is supposed to have had its ori- gin in defective flue.
 At COurtland the Great Western is producing at the rate of eight to ten ! cars per week.
 Seven Italians have been arrested at Mismi for the murders Of Jack | Brown and Jim Johnson. To race prejudice is attributed the responsi ] hih,y for the crimes
 At the election in Miami there were cast 253 votes, and the final count showed that they were two 10 ope democratic.
 With the arrival m Phoenix Thurs hry morning of w II Maxwell, the contractor who will erect the new Slj0,0 postoffice snd federal cour, building on North First avenue, be tween Monroe and Van Buren streets, assurance Is given tha, building oper- ations will begin at once
 According to figures published in the Copper Era, Greenlee gave msj2r- ities to the democratic ticket of from 70 to 2l0 at the recent election.
 c D Hamilton, of the Hamilton Road Map company of Los Angeles, has been commissioned by the Ar!- zons Good Rosos association to map the roads of the new state, and will start work immediately Phoenix has & new theater. said to be it's finest, and known as the Em- press, which will be opened on Janu- ary l.
 | Phoenix now boasts Of school at tendance of , I47. This was the av- craze attendance in the schools of that city each day last month. accord. ing to the Gazette.
 Last Monday Globe had the hesvies. snow f,ll experienced Tn that section in the pa five years The heaviest fall was at Miami, where several inch es fell.
 Awakening with su instinctive feel ing that some one was in her room, Mrs J Ii Kane, oi Tucson, rose from bed and turned on the light. Then she saw A burglar. who Io-t no time in beating hasty retreat, frightened by the screams of the also frightened woman.
 In Tucson the Royal Arch Ina. con tributed $50 to the Health League, which does much good to impover- ished consumpt;ves who have sought health in the Old Pueblo
 The Commercial clIb of Yuma hss | s;artej movement to obtain a Car Degie library for that city. It is pur- posed to give the site for the building and pay for the upkeep. Yuma IS well represented at the good roads convention in Phnenix. that county having sent three dele gates.
 W Clemans of Tempe, is iayirg out the VOTE of cultivating his 1000 acre tract Of land which lies four miles west of Florence. He is having It cleared Of q growth of mesouIte frees and levelsd m