Tombstone epitaph., 1912-03-03
STATE ITEMS OF IN. TEREsT CONDENSED.

Judge Ben Lindssy of Denver, who has done so much in the interest of the boys of the country is coon com ing to Ari.ona. He will make an ad- dress in Phoenix and su effort is sls0 being made 10 have him address the legislature.
 A new modern plant is to be in- stalled at the Yarnell mine in Yavs. pal county.
 Police iu Phoenix this week ma ie . raid on . roomipg house close to the best sections of the city which bad been under surveillance for come time and four srrests resulted.
 JB Burrell, Ernest and Arthur Burrell. the latter two sons of the fret named, who were charged with the killing of Victor Thylan on Castle Greek near Globe. on December 8. were found not guilty.
 Yavapai county officials are busily engaged in road improvement, the most important being to Copper Basin where recent copper strikes have been made
 A prisoner cane near losing his life while attempting to escape through . small window of the Wiuklemau isil He rtuck and wac "all in" when aid reached him.
 It is taid that the loss from the fire at Congress was more serious than shown by the first telegrsphic reports The loss is said to exceed $50,OO0 and may reach $lOO.OOO, and only one business building of the camp remsins standing.
 Approximately 2D0 notsries have been appointed or re-sppointed since statehood. The number before the announcement that new certificates must be taken out was approximately l5OO.
 Mesa is another Arizons sspirant for an agricultural college of its own.
 The farmers of Willcox held e meet. ing recently and organized an oil company.
 Josie Msza. . three year old Mexi- csn child wac run over by an sutomo bile In Phoenix Thuredsy and prsc- ticslly escaped injury.
 During the year 1911. 479O cattle car, were shipped from Arizona points over the Southern Pacific.
 Charles Eichelberger ,discoveror and locater of the King of Arisons mine. was recently found dead near Cooney NM.
 Because of the..continued drought, |, sheep are being moved from desert range localities. Prescott repoi ts the moving of 5000 during tie present week.
 Two boys have heen held in 22OO bail at Prescott, charged with aseault with deadly weapon. The affair grew out of dispute over an irrigat- ;ng ditch.
 Fiendish duplicity and subtlety were e1empli6ed by Jesus Valencia in Phoenix, when. in the presence of their four children he kiesed his wife and at the came moment siashed her with knife, inflicting wounds tbst may prove fatal.
 Governor Msrshall of Indiana, ~ho is sometimes mentioned as 6 demo- cratic presidential possibility was in Phoenix iast week.
 Pima county .ax collectors are mak ing collections from the graders at work CD the extension of the Fl Paso and Southwestern railroad. Thus far between sl2OO ard $l5OO has been collected.
 The sentiment in Douglas continues to grow in favor of commission gov- ern nmect.
 At Billside sheep shearing will com mence soon. and after shesrinx many bands will be started north for the summer.
 That the incendisry who attempted To burn the Douglas high school build. ing is knovn, is the report in police | circles sod sn arrest is expected with. in few days.
 By by-stssdsrs making . hassy get s-way whens gun was drsvn spd brought into play. there vas soDe lively sprintine st the Afro- Amerirsp :lub iu Phoenix lsst week. Although ive shots wers fired bot little damage sss done. four going wild ssd one tsk- 'flect in the forearm of the human sTget.
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