Tombstone epitaph., 1911-04-23
TERRITORIAL ITEMS OF IN.
 JeResI CONDENSED.

DreamieOu, tue iaieSos Globe and one of the largest auditor iums in Arizops, was destroyed py fire Tuesday and carried with It four residences iu the immediate vicinity and two blocks away when were isnited by cinders, The csuse ot the fire is unknown.
 Thirty two thousand acres oi land have been purchased in Lonesome valley near Prescott by esstern esp' itslis,s headed by Col F.. P mayer and congressman James E. Watson of Indiana, from the Santa Fe rails road, In rocky defle on the iano, s sstorsge dam will be built to impouna the sater of Willow Creek ana the big water shed behind it. The dam will be llO feet in height, the mini ;mum width will be 75 feet and the
 maximum 600 feet. Leading from the reservoir will be q concrete lined canal with capacity of 5000 acre feet of water per day.
 Adyices have been received by the Randolph offices at Tucson that 'ne long desert stretches o! non-bsi!ssted track between Tucson and the coast will be re oilsd commencing in the near future, co that the work may be finished before the coastwsrd nove-
 ment of sum mer vacation crowds com.
 mepces.
 It has been known for some time past that there was trouble at ssca- ton. Word has come to Mess that J. B. Alexander, Ind ian agent in charge and several of bis subordinstes have been suspended from serv.ce, pending an official inquiry by the department ot Indian Affairs.
 The property known as the Gregory
 odging house in Phoenix was totally destroyed by 8 quick fire Monday morning. Twsnty guests had rooms in the lodging house The fire was started from sparks from pastry range in 6 restaurant on the ground floor. The loss is estimated at about seOOO.
 The annual dance of the Is4uit near Tempe and which has slwsys attracted much attention about Ess- ter, wss held ID the Ysqui village about nine miles south of Tempe Sunday. Every rig in town was se- cured couple of days before the dance and an immense crowd attend ed. It was a wierd dance. For the past several years sn opportune death in the Ysqui camp has furnished the dancers with corpse which was plsc. ed conspicuouslY. There was DO corpse this year however.
 That the Catholic and non-Catho- | lie may better understand the tesch- ings of the church, Rev. K. 5. Brock bank and Rev. J. D. O'Jrien, two | Dominican missiona aries have begun . Catholic mission in St. Mary's church at Phoenix which will last for two weeks.
 Wednesday of lsst week the editor of The Oasis reached his slxty-tbird year. and by virtue of his Civil WsI service as soldier he is eligible now to the service pension granted soldiers of that and the Mexican War. Dur. ing the day he WAS the recipient o, many congratulations.
 Being uaable to zee enough of The San Xavier mission on Der fret visit because of the darkness, Mme. Bern hardt, the famous actress visited the mission again Wednesday.
 Indictments charging five of the most prominent Chinsmen in Phoe- nix with smuggling opium were re- turned by the United States grand jury. Chief among the accused Gel est;sls is Dick Louep mayor of China. , town. The indictments were the re. suit of the recent Chinatown raid by , Customs Inspector Harry Creighton , and other United States officers. At its next meeting the Phoenix c ,tiy council will take come action in c regard to the refusal ofs MT Alex. t lnder to pay sewer rentals for his e property. All the other citizens hay t ng property connected with the ewer system recently purchased by . he city have paid their rentals and it y , stated that only one owner holds 6 ut. He is said to threaten h he city with suit il his tl is disconnected. as Found guilty ou the charge of mur- :, CT, Yslss and Ssldste, two Mexicars 'ho answered the chsrge of killing r.. ,ree Nogal-s Chinam~n, were o, ,nteDed to life imprisonmeut. ', Postmaster James H. McClibtock V been chosen psesidens of the hoepiI board of trade. ,. - --