Tombstone epitaph., 1911-12-31
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 TeREST CONDENSED.

Secretary E P 6rindell, of the l Douglas Cbsmter of Commerce and i Mines. has written to he secretary of the navy asking that piece of the battleship Maine be sent to Douglas th be preserved sa relic.
 The municipal well at Nogales for its municipaily owned water system has been completed. A driftirom the well broke into the river under bed rock some thirty feet hcio. the river level, and that city i. now assured an ample supply of pure water.
 Extensive experiments in the growth Of sugar cane are to be under taken at Glendale, and if results are satisfactory, a sugar mill is to be in- stalled.
 People of Tucson are encouraged over the outlook fo- oil encountered 1 by the Catalina Oll company about eighteen miles from that city. At i 520 feet soft earth has been encount- cred and samples have strong indica- tious of the presence Of oiI.
 James Ottostetter, said to be want ed in Philadelphia for embezsener , and forgery, has heen ordered extra iited, and Tuesday left Tucson where he was captured. on his journey back to the east.
 Last week on Shannon Hill at Met c,lf, lu as the men were gning of shiit, Bernard E-paraz, alias B Lopez, shot and killed Spaniard and sue ceeded in making his escape. de- scription of the slayer has been seEt out widely. but at last reports he had not been captur d.
 F A Sanders. an auditor employed by the Arizona Cop 'er company, ha: obtained from the court writ oi ma ndsmus to compel the supervisor, 1 Of Graham county and the clerk of tho board 10 permit him to examine and make abstracts from the records O the ecounty. He Is required to con fine his inspection to office hours.
 4 force of men are at work prepar. ing the ground Tor the commencement c! actual construction work on ih. B ',0C0 court house which will hs erected during the year 1912. The hoard of supervisors held meeting on Monday of this week aud selected a light gray pressed brick maunfac tured in Gonzales Ters-. for the main building, to be trim med Tn Fl Psso red pressed brick.-Copper Era
 Douglas sport-meo enjoyed nov city on Christmss day in the shape o coyote hunt. There were ten or g dozen who "rode to the hounds" and the chase was in every way sue cess, except that MT Coyote escaped
 The Copper Era in it's las. issue publishes s statement of the plans iol the new shelter which is to be erect ed q, Clifton. The publication Ii made under authority Of Norman Carmichael. The plant is 70 cosi s2.O0 900.
 The Mohsve County Miner publi publishes a rumor that the control O Ray Central has passed to the Gug- genheims, and that for months past options were optained at s2 per share The ruHor continues that g 300 tor mill is to be erected It Is also stated that Ray Central has taken an optior % fifteen additional claims.
 L1cy, the little daughter of MT snC Mr- II Llwhon. at Bowie, fell ana broke Une of her arms while si play
 C Noise, 6 member of the Typo graphical union, employed until last Friday in Tucson, was killed by a train near Deming, x NJ, Sunday night, according to sdvices received in Tucson Tuesday. Moise mI-sed his foothold while attempting to climb the iron ladder on the side oi box car. He fell under the wheels and was killed at once.
 Charles Ssigeett is training at Phoenix for distance runner. Last Sunday in q race st the far grounds he negotiated five miles in ? 26 l-2.
 Other cities of Arizona have been effected by the recent severe and pro- tracted cold wave In Phoenix the thermometer has ranged from b to 24 degrees and considerable damage C" orange trees is reported from the Salt River valley, bot most of the crops have been harvested.
 Douglas Highschool students find theme vss in hot water. Recently they started 6 trough house" when studen,s of the grsmmer grades wer' giving an entertainment and nog the faculty is threatening them with