The copper era., 1911-01-27
ARIZONA NEWS.

LdDle knlI6 ne aug QOle ln the wall of the jail at Bisbee the morning of the thirteenth between two and three o'clock and escaped. The escape was brought to light when B. Garrett to of Chihuahua Hill twas coming down town at six o'clock. He Sd " the hole in the wall and reported the discoy- cry to Deputy Sheriff White. A visit to the jail showed that Vertrees had flown.
 Friday, the thirteenth, almost made good on its hoodoo reputation, out in the end it turned out all right in the case of the two year old son of c. E. Bull, of DJu glas. The young ster, in trundling a doll buggy across the street car tracks, fellin front of a moving car, and the car passed over him. The child was unhurt save for a skinned nose.
 At the meeting of the board of supervisors of Graham County last week in Solomonville, Dr Dryden, of Pima was appointed county physician to comply with the new law which went into effect January l, 1911.
 According to the International within a few days Douglas will pro- bably have dogs to track criminals. This is the result of the work oi Captain Harry Wheeler now special deputy sheriff and of contributions made by private citizens who believe that such move is desirable. There have been a number of crimes in Co., chise county and about [ Douglas where the perpetrator escaped but could have been caught had there been good dogs to place on their trail. This set Captain Wheeler investigate ing the possibility of obtaining a pair of dogs reasonably and he finds that he can do so. He received a telegra m from Huntsville, Texas, this morning that there is pair of hounds there that be can obtained for SlO0. They have been run successfully there and the reason for their sale Is that the owner is leaving the service.
 Territorial Engineer Grand will within the next few days take a triI over the route of the proposed Phoe- nix Tucson road, and it is probable that active contraction work will bt authorized within a short time. The same status of affairs exists witt reference to the Yuma road, which has been under contemplation fol some time. These two roads arc
 
 general system which at as early . date as practicable will be an accom- plished fact for the territory.
 Charles M. Leith and Joe Stinson presenting 12S residents of Tucson have returned from the vicinity o. Amoles, a station o1 the Southern Pacific about 25 miles east of Tucson where they located enough govern ment land to embrace practically four square miles of territory. The land lies in township IT, south, ot range Is, east and the Southern Pacific railroad has a siding about one-Quarter of mile long within 30C feet of the ground.
 Accompanying Messrs. Leith anc Stinson was MT. T. Chapin, a geol ogist, in the employ of the govern ment, making a geological survey ot that district and the surroundinp county. It is the purpose of the locators to organize a corporation fol the purpose of sinking a we'll on the propertp.
 J. E. Stephenson of Tucson, late assistant Superintendent of the Tue son Rapid Transit Co. met death by accidental electrocution at the cal barns the night of January 12.
 The high cost of living and the low cost of dying engaged the attention of the board of Maricopa county supervisors at it's meeting last week The proposition first named has to dc with the proposed purchase of ar automobile for the use of the county The last statement refers to the con. tract for the burial of the indigent dead. The board awarded the con tract for this work for the ensuing year to the Arizona Casket company at its bid of one-tenth of one cent for each burial. The company offers to make such burial in a "hospital' case of red wood, covered with crepe cloth, upholstered in excelsior and lined with muslin, and to furnish a redwood headboard all for the one mill specified in it's bid.
 Governor announced January 12tt that he had appointed Dr. Herbert K. Beauchamp superintendent of the asylum for the insane, to succeed Dr. J. A. Ketcherside, resigned. Dr. Beauchamp is at present health officer of the city of Phoenix.
 That the language of the Arizona enabling act relating to the tenure of office of holdover territorial officers applies to appointive as well as to elective officers is held by the supre me court of the territory in a decision handed down last week Judge Kent dissenting. The decision was render ed in the case of Meeden vs. the board of supervisors of Yuma county Meeden had brought a mandamus proceeding to compel the board to turn over to him the books and re- cords of the assessors office, they having declared the office vacant at the expiration of his term. The act of congress provides that territorial officers shall continue in office until an election shall be held after the admission of the territory as a state. Judge Kent said in his judgment this language applies only to elective offices, but majority of the court held differently. The effect of this decision is 10 reinstate Meeden to the position from which be had been ejected.
 The appeal case of the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway company, appellate, vs. John Hall, appellee, which was decided by the supreme court is just a trihe peculiar. Hall, the plaintiff, had sued the railway rOmD9DU fOr q a mares and had baen