Tombstone epitaph., 1912-06-30
STATE ITEMS OF IN. IEREST CONDENSED.

hitnOugu AfEouh ie eusatie" so three members ofth electoral college, so far but one man has been mep- tioned by either the democratic or republican party for the honor, the lone individual being Harry J Saxon of Santa Cru1 county.
 Ore at the rate of carload . day is now being shipped from the Pata- gonia station by N L Amster and associates, who now own the Three R" mine. The copper is a very high grade.
 Twenty-eight mining claiins have been purchased from the Ray Con. solidsted company by the Ray Con- solidated Copper company. Includ- ed in the purchase were the town site of Ray, and all personsl property owned by the former company. The deal enlsrges the mineral area of the Ray Consolidated by about 560 scres, making this compsny's mineral acre. age 26OO acres.
 CIV Hinchcliffe, formerly general manager of the Arizona Telephone and Telegraph company, which was cold recently to the Mountain States cnmpsoy goes to China He is con .idering entering the telephone field in that country, believing, It is esid that the project can he made i'm. mersely profitable. Hinchcliffe's net profit from the ssle of the Arizons line is declared to have been ESQ., OO0.
 Over at Gold.oad sometime Satur. day night, Rudolph Adolphus. an Italian miner. went into . email tun- nel west oi the Goldroad mine and shot himself to death with a shotgun The man left a note stating that be was tired of living. IL is ststed that he made big losing st poker, and that love affair were tSe primary csuses of the man taking bis h.e. He was about 26 years of age.
 Dan Johnson, pioneer, postmaster and merchant st Greaterville, hs. gone 10 California. That will be 8 momentous occasion in his life when he lands at the beach. Though he used to be much ou the ocean, tbis will be the frat time hA bee !. i- 45 years. Also, when be pssses Yums during the night. it will be the frs, time in 45 years that Johnson has been outside the boundaries of A,i- zona. He entered the then desolatt territory in 1867 and emerges for ths first time.
 It ;s said on the highest suthorit, there is strong liklihood of 6 sec ond session of the Ari. zona legislature. II co it may bt called bY Governor Hunt probstly ir November. In the event tce cleo. ton law is held unconsiitutiops there will be DO regular session Of the legislstur> until January, 1915.
 Electricity is being used to pump water at Mafinette, siI miles beyond Glendale. The transmission line be- tween Phoenix ard Msrine,te was ueed for the fret time last week, and the big motors at the pumping plant are working perfectly. The reclsma. ton service bull: the line as far as Glendale and beyond that point it was constructed at the expense Of Marineite Land and Improvement company.
 q Mandates to the superior court Of Pima county have been issued by the state supreme court in l9 damage caseS from flood of December l3, 1906. against the Detroit Copper company. The. supreme court rem.nds the case to the court of original jurisdiction with in-tructions to try the suit with out recognition of the plea of iimita- ton entered by the defense. It is held by the supreme court that the limitation has ceased to exist, and that it did not run sgainst this con- pIsint.
 At Glendale the sugsr beets are coming in ty the wagon load and the manufacture of sugsr will start full blast next week.
 The city farm will yield S35OO worth of hay this year at Tucson. from between 60 and 70 acres under crop l, according to Farm Superintendent H Urquidee. This amount will be sold Urquides ststes, in addition to that which is used to feed the city's col horses. Five cuttings of hay will be made.
 Horace Cook kicked up quite sI muss when he applied for the posi-l tion of city engineer of Phoeniz, and in his application charged that the work of that official was not being properly performed by o A Turnsy. I The council Monday nioht dar;dad so