Tombstone epitaph., 1912-08-04

been uoOoed out of existence by serious rain that has been falling over 36 hours. The tracks of the Santa ( Fe near Prescott were nearly inun- dated. while the desert looks like email lake. being completely covered with ws'er for distance of nearly ' miles.
 Alter sitting ip the contested eisc- tion case for the superior judgeship of Navajo county. Judge F. J. Duffy of San Cruz county arrived in Tucson | Friday night from Holbrook, and left Saturday morn ng for his home in ! Nogales. Tne contest nas between Sidney Sspp. Republican and Thor walt Lsrson, democrat, bo h of whom claimed to have been elected a. the general election of last year. Judge Duffy, who is a Democrat, caused the Republicsn contestant, Mir. Sspp, to be seated.
 W. A. Former, who has been in Fl Psso for several days looking for 8 suitable location for 6 million dollar pleasure resort, has written the cham Der of commerce at Douglss that he has been called to Chicago hy tele- gram, but that he would come to Douglas in tbe near future and see what the prospects are in this vicin . ity for obtaining land for his proposed venture.
 Orders are reported to have been re- ceived from the war department st Washir gton to get Fort Wbipple in shape for the return of the first tatal- lion of the 18th infantry, now on duty at Fort Bliss, near Fl Paso, Texas, and it g believed that within the rext ten days the return of the troops will be announced.
 Alter being traced 10 Galveston and New York and back to Galveston two IS year.old boys wanted in Phoenix for robbiDg the home Of MT. and MT. A. Graham of s20O, were captured Thursday night lin the Texas city Sheriff Henry Thomas wired frcu Galveston that he had the youths II custody and one oi the attaches O Sheriff Adams office will be sent fo . them.
 One of the important things tn, legislature will be asked to do at it
 next session will be to amend the fire, text |, ok law. It hss been discovered that this law makes it necessary fo
 the st,te to buy -ew books .or all it
 school children at the beginning o P each term. Old books cannot be helt : over from year to year.
 Freight rstes-' on condensed mill
 and dairy products are being probeC
 by the Arizona Corporation Comrns.
 sion st Phoenix on a complaint hlet
 by the Pacific Creamery company u
 Tempe. The comp:siLt alleges tha the rates to Arizona points of distri button are unreasonsbly high. and 2 schedule of rates considered reasona bl are submitted by the complainant with a petition that they be substitu ted for the tsriffs against which com
 plsint is made.
 In Yuma and vicinity last weel five people dlei inside of A hours their demise being hsstened by th, heat.
 . E.. A. McS~iggin of Prescott, whC recently resigned his position a. County School Superintendent, ha. gone to his old home at Williamsburg Iowa, to reside.
 G. R. WooH, an engineer on the Santa Fe vas so badly ipjured by fall ing under the wheels of the wes, bound flyer No 3 Isst Tuesday morn- ing, near Seligmsn, that he died ct kingmsn 10 hours thereafter Mo. have Miner.
 $. J. Tribolet, former Tombstoper and leading butcher of Phoenix, i. reported to have let c contract for hauling 1000 tons of ore from his mines near Goddard, in Black canyon to Phoenix.
 Robert Duff. an old timer. wac found dead in his bed at Wipklemsp last week. He was sn old soldier and drew c pension from the govern ment.
 The three days Labor day; celebra- tion, to be held in Prescott on An gust 3l and September lst and 2nd, will be big success if zeal and dili- gent work on the part of the several committees having the matter in charge indicate anything.
 Just west of Gallup. last week, er- trs freight brakeman Ed E. Moore