The Winslow mail., 1911-06-10
STATE NEWS
ARIZ MA
IN BRIEF

orally.
The new bridge at Phoenix has been
accepted by the Board of Supervisors.
and is said to be one of the best in
the territory.
The trustees of the Phoenix Union
High school are asking for bids for
the erection and completion of five
high school building.
Hereafter the postoffice at Phoenix
will be open thirty minutes only on
Sunday, according to recent ruling
of the Postoffice Department
Harry Salter ingalls,, son of Survey
or General ingalls, of Phoenix, died at
his home in Hayden, after an illness
of three weeks of typhoid fever.
Francisco Ledesma, shot by Al Smith
at Ash Fork, in free-for-all fight be-
tween cowboys and Mexican sheep
herders, died in the county hospital.
The following teachers have been
chosen to teach in Alma precinct dur
ing the coming school year: c. F.
Johnston, Miss Hazel Carol, Miss
Irene Woolf and Miss Eliza Bond.
Francisco Gonzales and three other
Mexicans are in jail at Williams, held
to the grand jury under $4,000 bond,
charged with holding up Ed. Carlson
near the station and robbing him of a
silver watch and $25.
W. D. Allison, for ten years sheriff
of Midland county, Texas, former
member of the Arizona and Texas
rangers, has been appointed city mar
shall of Roswell, succeeding Ray Wool
ten, shot and killed recently by Jim
Lynch. !,
Near Ash Fork Sheriff Smith ran
down and captured Manuel Flores,
who is accused of cutting Jesus Alter
mine at Seligman on May 9th, when
the latter was seriously cut and
brought to the county hospital at Pres
colt for medical attention.
Melbourne A. Bixsby, chief electri-
clan of the Arizona Power Company,
was accidentally killed at the sub-sta-
tion plant in West Prescott, when a
current of electricity, estimated at 46,-
900 volts, passed through his body,
death resulting instantly.
Recognizing the value of there be-
ing complete system of gauges for
the rivers of the Salt River valley,
Territorial Engineer Grand, at the re-
quest of Director Jesunofsky of the
United States Weather Bureau, will
install complete set of gauges on the
new Center Street bridge at Phoenix.
Several hundred well armed Yaqu:
Indians have modified in the Yaqui
river delta country and are demanding
the restoration of their lands, say pas
sengers on the trains which arrive in
Tucson from Mexico. The lands in
question are the site of an American
colony organized by Los Angeles cap
italists, in which Eastern capital has
since become largely interested,
Recently at Hillside Station, on the
S. F., P. & P. railroad, at Prescott,
dastardly attempt at assassination
was made by Yaqui Indian, with
his mistress as the intended victim,
but which unfortunately resulted in an
innocent woman receiving wounds
that are believed to be fatal The
shooter is named Louis Albarez, and
his victim is Mrs. E. Rodriguez.
From 800 to 1,5OO Indian laborers
ara being sought by the Santa Fe
railway to work on the double track
ing of the coast lines between Flag
staff and Ash Fork. Charles E. Dage-
netta of Denver, supervisor of the en-
ployment department of the indian
Bureau, is in Albuquerque making ar
rangements to rush all available In
dians who want and need work to Ari-
zona to supply the demand.
The House passed the resolution
granting statehood to Arizona and New
Mexico. 1t requires Arizona to vote
again on the recall and judges clause
in the constitution and New Mexico to
vote on the provisions to make the
constitution easier of amendment. The
House voted down the amendment to
the resolution by Representative Mann
which would have forced Arizona to
abolish the recall and judges clause
in it's constitution. a
Arizona will be represented at the
Chicago Land Show, which is to be
held November Is to December 9. R.
P. Cross, secretary. of the exposition,
whc was recently in Phoenix and 9TH
er towns of the territory, said: This
state ought to be strongly represented
at the Chicago Land Show this year
because Arizona has recently received
thousands of dollars worth of free ad-
vertising in the East, due to the open
ing of the great Roosevelt dam, and If
this is closely followed up by sending
some of your representatives to the
East with an exhibit the results to the
state. l believe, will be very great.
Arizona can provide most unique
and attractive exhibit, and the exposl-
ton management is especially anxious
for an exhibit from this territory,
which can be easily provided If the