Tombstone epitaph., 1912-08-18
STATE ITEMS OF IN. TEREST CONDENSED.

 Phoenix to hear the case of Tucson against the Tucson Gas. Electric Light & Power company, on . charge made by the city alleging exorbitant and discriminating rs es. This is the statement of City Attorney FEE Cur ley. Suit was filed by She city sgainst | the Tucson corporation about twc months ago, and sinca then the city filed an amendment complaint
 Emery A Peffley of Tucson hss been appointed by the civil service commission. superintendent of the Spokane Indian reservation in wash- ington.
 While the movement of homeseekere iron, the east is large. Secretary Myers. ststes that prac icaliy one-third of the ietteis Of inquiry to the Tucson chsmbe. of commerce are coming from California, Oregon and Washing. ton with c number from Nevada snd Idaho. Sky high prices for land in the three first named etstes are driv. ing many bomeseekers to the east wa-i.
 Charley Bell wae accidentally killed by a blast while working:on the Bright Angel trail in the Grand Canyon. Details of the accident are meagre, |, bu. the accident was caused by e blast .hst failed to shoot for somt minutes after sn attempt was made to fire it. Bell had been . resident of Flagstaff many years.
 The frs, death from typhoid fever where the disease was contracted within th. Warren district occurred Tuesday at Bisbee. The victim of dread typhoid in this instance was . Montenegrin named Gsrcin Domnio. vich, aged 26. employed in the mines there.
 From present indications and rro- gress, the Phoenix Federal building will be resdy for occupancy by the lst oiJ,nusry. l9ls. Practically all m the material for the buildings com pletion is on the ground. and the contractor, Wm H Maxwell, intends to rush the work.
 Owing to the number of complaints that are being received at the office of Chief of Police Moore of Phoenix |, that official has decided to take some stringent measures to put . stop to rowing dogs. That they are . menace to the pedestrians is acknowledged, |, and according to the chief. the pest must either be mu1zled or shut up,
 Hsbeas corpus proceedings insti- tuted in the superior court ct Pres colt. wherein Ignscio Lopez made sp- plication to be admitted to bail for the alleged crime of murder commits ted in Apache county last June. ter minated in bis favor late Monday afternoon, with the sum of $20.OOO fixed ss security for his appearance later for trial.
 Francisco Oliveras, the newly sp- pointed Mexicsn consul at Phoenix arrived Sunday. Senor Oliverss has been located in San Diego. ss consul there, and will succeed Senor Gomez, who has served as consul in Phoenix for some time.
 The Fl Paso and Southwestern is nov at Psntsno, building toward Tue | son. and has about 26 miles more of track to lay before reaching that city. Last Monday they laid one and c half miles of track. Several bridges will be built between Tucson and Pantano. The lsreeet one is that at Cienega creek. It will be about 800 feet long and approximately no feet high.
 Plans are being drawn for what will De one of the bsndsomest residences in Tucson to be erected for 0 WI Hinchcliffe, wbo wse general mana ger of the Arizons Telephone and Telegraph company before absorption of the corporation by the Mountain States company. The dwelling will be designed On the lines of . swiss chalet. The cost will approximate el5.OOO. ' It is reported on good authority , that the cattle and ranch belonging to ; Charles Thomss, on Blue river, Green lee, which he sold . short time ego to 4 ) H T Cooper ::and GeoTgs Webster has been again sold. The new pure chaser is ssid to be McDest. the Colo- rado cstsle man and the price paid approximately e60 900.
 The 22-yesr old 500 of supesinten. dent Hughes of swsnses fell down s sbaft at that place lsst Monday. being killed TLe young man sas employed e sampler. and wss liked by his fellow work msn-