Tombstone epitaph., 1912-05-05
STATE ITEMS OF iN- IeREST CONDENSED.

Phoenix Saturday for Los Angeles. Six hundred and sixteen head of steers filling twenty one cars, made up tht shipment. The cattle were fstteped by the Bartlett Heard Land < Cattle conpsny and were purchased for the Cudsby Ps king company by George Hoskins, the well known cattle buyer Over half of the steers were two.yesr. oids, the balance mostly "threes, and Hoskins says it wac one Of the hest punches Of young csttle he ever bought They weighed in at about l050 poun 6 each.
 It is .aid that sl25 GOO will be spen, C. Williams this eummer iu new buildings. The ginger germ" has evidently struck that place The town boosters expect to double the population within two years.
 Supplies have been ordered and it is expected that the famous Hedges mine in the Yums district will be re- opened in & short time. Just what work is to be done hss net been made public.
 SIX hundred bags of wool, or sbout I50 900 pounds were shipped from Holbrook last week 10 Boston by Vsndervorter the wool buyer. An- other shipment of about the same size will go from s. J,seph next week. -Holbrook News.
 From Clifton to Globe. distance of ITO miles, was made hy Sam Abrs- ham of Clifton, in his new automobile. in eleven hours. Considering the sort Of road this IS fine time.
 J H Murray, an officer from the San Quentin prison in California, took Ben Boulden who WAS ou parole from the California prison, and who had been arrested snd indicted st Globe for forgery. As he has . long term to serve. it was deemed wiser to let him go rather than put the state to the expense Ct trial.
 George D Gallagher, contractor in charge of the construction of the new ouildiug at ibe state asylum for the in.ane was injured in 6 runs~ay.
 On account Of ill-heslth, his physi- elan having advised him to leave at once for the coast to remain at least three weeks. Justice P P Parker of Phoenix announced Monday that be had withdrawn from the Democratic race tor delegate to the Baltimore con- vention.
 Work on the new Csss Grsnde val ley canal is progressing satisfactorily Teams and force oi men are em ployed few miles above Florence.
 Altogether the canal is to be oyer fort. miles .ong.
 Five Of the most beautiful and ex- pensiye sleeping cars ever turLed ont of the Pullman factory left Chicago Saturday. They were tagged "El Zaribah Special. Phoenix. May
 At Globe another important minin c deal was concluded when L D Mo- Clure, manager for the South Live Oak Development company obtained SD option for New York. Chicago and Milwaukee people or the Virginia group of 35 claims.
 According to the Arizona Gazette. K E Dalton, day clerk at the Com mercial Hotel, PhoeniI. lost . sister iu the Titsnic disaster.
 To the Grand Canyon of the C. To. rsdo below Bass camp, one Of the three known localItiee of asbestos, in sixty miles of the great cbasm. a small amount of development work was done, but 10 shipments were re- ported in 1911.
 A Globe dispatch says:-
 Crossing the Bridge of Sighs" CD his way from tine jail to the courthouse to receive his sentence for murderous assault, Flank Bsllant lesped 40 feet to the ground and was instantly killed. He feared c long sentence and said he would rather be dead than in pris- on.
 Mrs L. Q. Tsylcr. whose husband was 6 former editor of the Chihushus Enterprize, wac the last American to leave the city of Culiscsn before it wa. beseiged and cap ured by the rebels, according to sdvices received here. Mrs Taylor was accompanied by Mrs Mason, smother American woman They arrived safely at M.z.tlan, where is is supposed they will be picked up by the army trsus- port "Buford." and brought back to the United States.
 The Coconino Sun reports heavy sheep losses as the result of the re- esnt snow storm. o. A. Clark 4 Co., lost about 500 heed,