The Winslow mail., 1911-05-20
STATE NEWS
ARIZO ma
IN BRIEF

While the night clerk in the Com
mercial hotel at Phoenix was doing an
errand on an upper floor a sneak thief
slipped in and took $31 from the cash
drawer
]. w. Cougheran from Skull Valley
formally lodged a complaint against
his brother, William Cougheran, in
Prescott, for firing four shots at him
with Winchester
Douglas postoffice has been desig-
mated as postal savings bank by the
postmaster general. When this one is
established Arizona will have two of
these repositories.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Trask was
killed at Benson by an unidentified
man whom he was attempting to ar
rest. AS he fell Trask drew his re-
volver and fatally wounded his assail-
ant.
Aqua Prieta, the Mexican port
across the border from Douglas, which
was recaptured from the insurrectos
April 18th after an eighteen hours bat
tie, has been abandoned by it's federal
garrison.
Forty-three Mexican federal soldiers
held prisoners in Douglas by the Unit
ed States troops since they crossed
over from Aqua Prieta when the insur-
rectos captured that town on April
18th have been released.
An investigation is being made into
the possibilities of supplying power
from the Roosevelt dam in Arizona
to Douglas and the Sulphur Springs
valley, where it will be used for pump
ing and commercial purposes.
If the Elks of Phoenix succeed in
making arrangements to take two gil
gantic ostriches from the Pan-Ameri-
can ostrich farm with them on their
excursion to Atlantic City, the Salt
river valley will receive vast amount
of advertising, but it is not yet set
tied that the cherished plan will ma
terialize.
Rev. James E. Crutchfield of Ari-
zona, a Methodist minister, who was
a delegate to the constitutional con-
vention of the territory, where he
served as chairman of the committee
on committees and preamble and bill
of rights, and member of the COM
mittee on Judiciary and ordinance, is
in Washington to assist the delegation
already there in furthering the passage
of the joint statehood bill by Congress
at the present session.
L. D. Yaeger, one of the largest wool
growers in Arizona, was shot and in
stantly killed at Bowles watering
place, half a mile south of Humboldt,
by Alexander Deyardo, Mexican
sheepherder. The first rifle bullet
passed through the heart and the Sec
ond hit in the right cheek, coming
out through the back of the head as
Yaeger fell. Deyardo left immediate
ly but was captured an hour and half
later by Joe Cenci and Ben Mowday,
near the bridge over the Aqua Fria
river at Dewey.
Prescott is touted as one of the few
cool spots in the territory of Arizona
during the summer months. 1t is hold
ing out every inducement to bring
within it's borders citizens of the
warmer places during the heated term.
Recently the city of Prescott, at the
suggestion of Mr. Fraser, purchased a
large tract of land at the edge OF town
and this is actually given away in lots
1O0x50 feet to Phoenix residents and
others in that section, provided they
build summer residence. The plan
is resulting in building boom.
On the mesa near Camp Wood re-
Gently fierce fight took place be-
tween a large and vicious mountain
lion on one side, and Orville Bozarth,
Ed Contreras and John Scott on the
other. The combat lasted one hour
and at the end the lion was killed.
The stockmen relate thrilling tale
of the novel encounter, which was con-
Quoted from beginning to end with
rocks as the only weapons used. For
the first time in many rides over the
ranges in that section, neither carried
a gun, which was an unusual clrcum-
stance