Tombstone epitaph., 1912-04-07
STATE ITEMS OF lN. TeREST CONDENSED.

An essy way to keep sn oil Ian p| from smoking is to sstuEate the wicks with strong vinegar aLd allowing them to dry before using them. one will h astonished to see how clear and bril- liam, flame is produced. At Williams 6 contract has been let for two-story s2O 900 opera houss severiano Ansya arrested near Florence for the murder of his father in-lsw. Ramcp Duran bss admitted the crime.
 The Ray Hayden Wipklemsn die trict is to be connected up with 6 new long distance air line.
 Two Phoenix youtbs are in jail e the result of . joy ride. They stsrd accused Of taking e mschine from . garage and wrecking it.
 Prescott Knights of Columbus per. formed . graceful act last week when they gave 6 smoker and made the gnests of honor fifteen old timers from the Pioneers Home.
 Parser is to have c test O! the locs option law which it adopted when go. ing dry. An arrest has been made and the hearing set for April 5 Tn, Anti-ssloon league is behind the pros. ecution.
 As 6 result of having both feet iroz. CD about two weeks ago. William Royle IS lying in . critical condition at the hospital in Prescott.
 The eighth summer session of tn, Arizona Normal School will open Jun, IT, and close August
 Those interested in farming will b, pleased to learn that . movement il being made to organize . stste- -wid, Farmers Institute in Arizona.
 Superintendent R Trepgroye, o the Blue Bell mines wss in Prescott last week. and ststed that about fif teen men will be added to the force a that mine.
 According to advicet received s Prescott from Washington, reliabl, informAtionis given out that the mili tary affairs committee O! the seuat, has emphstically frowned on the pro- possl of the war department to abolist Fort Whipple.
 An experiment with eucalyptu trees will be conducted on the Warrel ranch near Bisbee. A hundred o these hardwood trees are being plant ed OF the ranch.
 An election O! considerable impor tsnce to Tempe took place on Tues day Of this week, April 2nd. In election in question was to determin whether or not @ franchise should b granted to the Salt River Valley Elec tric Railway company to operate 6 lin through the town. The result bs not yet been learned.
 At Yuma, William Irby died at tn residence of c c Taylor sunda morning after . short illnees oi pneu monia.
 The saloons over st Phoenix are do ing . rushing business these days il furnishing material for the police otfi cers to work op. Last Saturday nigh there were 64 srrests made by the oH cers-all drunks-and only IS out o the 54 escaped with suspended sen tencee.
 The escape from the asylum of [ Mexican named Sankerine vas report ed last Saturday. When be dissp- pesred he wore . new suit of overslli and government hat.
 During the recent high water tht bed of the Gils underwent consider- able change about five miles from Hayden, according to reports from that city, which brings. it within threatening proximity to the poles of telephone lines.
 The salaries for Pinsl county st the present rate will total about s42. 900 for the year 1912.
 What are termed the outside inter ests in the Tucson Iron Works have just been purchased by A steinfield & company snd will be sn integral part Of the companyis business enterprises. The new telephone lioe from Yums to SomertoD snd ell way roints has been completed It is now possible to talk from Ynma to slmoet every home in the valley with perfect ser- vice.
 Whether they were grazing them in the forest or merely driving them over "long trails" is the point in connec- tion with the case O: six sheeprsisers who are On trial ID Phoenix for grss ing their foeks in the Tonto forest reserve.