Tombstone epitaph., 1912-08-11
News of the State
 in Condensed Form

Park View hotel at Tucson. is rather seriously i'll at St. Msry's hospital as 6 result of burns in the mouth and oesophsgue which he suffered recently through drinking a solution O! csustic sods by mistake. The csust'c had been placed in the pipes used to tra~ beer from a keg. in order to clear the pipe of its sccumulstions. Not knowing that the csus,ic had been put in the pipes by the bartender. Reid drew glsss of beer containing come of the caustic. and drank it. His mouth and throat were seriously burned, and a stricture, which is now considered the chief source of danger, occurred in the alimentsry canal just above the stomach.
 Announcement has just been made tbst the Leadville and Maid of Sun chine mines in the Turquois district will begin shipping ore at once. Wbat the daily shipmen's will ictal, hss not been determined. Wllla am Holmes, prssident of the Leadville Mining company. has returned after several weeks in California
 $ R. Reeves oi the Tom Reed near Kingmsn, brough, from the mill three bars of bullion, weighing 75 O. ounces, the result of sn extra clean up. The mil recently (Jnly lO) shipped three bs-s weighing 79 ,00U ounces. making the total for the month Of l54 GOO ounces This bul- lion is produced by 20 0s'smps and tube mills.
 The board of governors of the water users' associstion met Saturday al PhoeniI. and after conside ing the proposed contract between the h. spirstion Copper company for 'ht delivery Of power from Roosevelt
 approved the agreement, and sert Il back 10 the secretary of the interior for hie final ratification. snd bis sig-
 nature. The annual revenue to th.
 water users will be about S40O 900.
 With the intention of thoroughly discussing the question Of the ireigh
 rates on vegetables and frrit iron
 the Salt River valley to points within
 Arizona and also the eastern snc
 western markets. 6 meeting o! th,
 boards of trade of the Salt River Val,
 ley has been called 10 meet with th.
 board of trade of Mesa at Mesa ,bi week.
 The biggest movement of colonist
 and other investors 10 Tucson snC
 vicinity ever experienced in the his.
 tory Of the Southern Pacific trsih, department in Tucson Is confidently expected to commence ss scon ss tn, coloni,t rates from Chicago and Mis, souri river points are effective. The postal receipts al Phoenix .ol the month ending Saturday. were s6 |, 9S6 .64, sn increase of 24 per cent ovel July 6 year ago. The receipts fol July, 1911, amounted to S5 .624 @ which elbows that the pact month made an increase of sl.37l 6l over the same month last year.
 Attorney CT Rawlins is st Solo- Donsville attending court. Attorneys Rswlins and Little were the attorn rneys in the csse of Msley vs. the Western Union Company and represent the telegraph company in an action whereby Hesly eues to recover dame ages for mistake in . message.
 A meeting of the executive com mittee will be held in Phoenix on Saturday ne1t. to arrange for putting . candidate for congress and three csndidates for presidential electors ip the field
 To attend the Roosevelt National Convention in Chicago, Ben D.nies, who is one oi the Arizona delegates chosen ct the state convention in Phoenix. Tuesday, left Tucson Tor Chicago Friday morning.
 A tree fall of snakes is an uncom mon sight. Several nights ago when M. 0rmshy was rounding the east 'ide of the Speedway at Tucson in q machine. he saw such . sight. The 'nskes have been hanging there for ome time. e they were dead. It eems thst every motorist who kills q make, hangs him in that tree.
 The police of Tucson made III ar- ests in the month of July. This is a lirly healthy record for the hot sun. per months, ss the records for pest ears show. In the winter months here are anywhere from 15O to 25O rrests made every month. Tramp. !, 'ming through the country furpish . ,s greatest number of fbeee winss 'isoners. t Abraham J. Mervis, ( cigar-msker o