Tombstone epitaph., 1912-11-17
STATE ITEMS OF IN. TeREsT CONDENSED.

to participate in the io- sugursl parade.
 DrJ A Ketcherside. president of the Commercial club, Supervisor F F Elliot snd Presiden, Earl E Smi'h 0! , ne Water users' assC citation. went to l os Ahgelts on the invitation of the .os Angeles Chamber Of Commerce 10 meet with that body and represent stives Of other sections 0fthe Colorado river watershed for the purpose of or eaniziug an association for carrying out the project for constructing dams at the head aters Of the tributsries Of the Colora'o river. forming grand conservation project that will use all of the waters of this mighty stream for irrigation aud incidentally develop sp enormous electric power.
 Assistant Superintendent Sykes of the penitentisry has sent out re- quest Tor more books tor the prison library. A, the last term of the legis- lsture DO appropriation had been made for the library.
 Reports are reaching Prescott, of ihe most systematic line Of thievery ever known 10 occur in the country, ip which idle quartz mills, hoist housee and other buildings of abandoned companies are being made thu. .prey of we'll conceived plan Of robbery.
 Jack McMahn is still the Pride of Prescott. he having earned the right to retain that title jn his bout with "Yolng" Mitchell "Wednesday night in what was scheduled to be twenty round contest but which ended in the first o' the nineteenth in kn ,ck- out.
 Frederick Seinpick, new American consul successor to Dr A V Dye, after spending 0 few days in Nogales at his headquarters. left for Douglas from which place he will work cut as the necessity may demand.
 re Hill. who is in Prescott from Thumb Butte mining district. brings news Of . very rich gold strike made last week by Burlington and Stone on the Big Ben mine that is psrsllel 10 the interests of R Lowry, and oI the same system
 Official advices from the United States land office at Phoenix are to the effect that the registrar and re- ceiver has handed down q decision in the case of John Duke against the Arizona Land X Irrigs,ioni company Tn favor ofthe latter. The issue gres out O! the protest of Duke against the company acquiring a cite on Willow Greek for the construction of dam for storing water to reclaim certs D lands of Lonesome valley, and the final hearing took place ID Phoenix during tue middle O. October.
 Tie county will construct new roads south of Tucson to sccomodate the settlers of the district being opened by the Tucson Farms Com pany.
 The Jobpsyille Mining company which owps twelve claims in the Gold GuIch district Of Miami. has recently shipped several wagon load. of lum- Der and supplies to the camp, and is sinkingsa shsit.
 Mics Ross Durango, who is the daughter of one Of the best known and weslthiest rsnchers in northern Sonora, was married October 3l in Mocsezuma Ito Ygnscio Soto, the paying teller in the First National bank of Douglas.
 The Florence Improvement com. psny has applied to the board of aldermen for . charter covering water light and power, and che question of granting the charter asked for will be submitted to the.electorste of Flor ence for determination.
 Chef Justice L.lfre! Frarkiin ci the state supreme court Is the latee, candidate to enter the ii-ts for federal judge actingoon the assumption tbat the Democrats will be acle to delay the confirmation of Sloan ss Judge until the end of the short session.
 The car shortage is becoming even worse than it has been during the last few weeks, according to the stsse- ment of yell known csttlemaa.
 At Passgonis, the most important deal oooeummated iE the district during the past week was one chat hes been pending for some time. Brscey Curties of the First National bank of Nogsles bonded the Hum boldt group of coppes-silver claims 10 the Phelps-Dodge interests for the sum of $l00, 900, snd work of opening the property on an extensive scale will begin ct once.