Tombstone epitaph., 1912-04-14
STATE ITEMS OF IN. TEREST CONDENSED.

In the northern part ot the state, Friday wss Arbor Day. and strange tol say. the county officials at Florence almost overlooked s bet and nearly failed tu take day off that they were untitled Co. They opened up their oi- fces ss usr--;. snu rru.>iped open un- til 6 citizen oi Prescott tolS them oi the day. Then ,here ~ss c se1ss.. closing.
 Au election will soon be held when fourteen freeholders ~ill te selected for the task of drawing . new city charter fer Globe, ss there are twenty eight aspirsnts fer the honor.
 The twenty.ninth annual communi- cation of the grand lodge of the .n. dependent Order of Odd Feliows of the jurisdiction of Arizona, the an Dusl meeting of the grand encamp.. ment and the assembly of the Rebec- ca degree will be held in Douglas be- ginning on Monday, April Is at 10 o'clock.
 Next week . number of lsdies oi Nogales will circulate . petition to the board of supervisors to levy . special tax upon property in Nogales school district to provide for establi ment Of high school course in the public school system.
 Fire Monday morning threatened the lives of hundred guests in the Head hotel in Prescott. It was die. covered in the store of A E Black burn, but was extinguished in time.
 P Montez. Porfrio Harcositas and Mike Spezis, all of Morenci, are regis~ tered at the Commercial in Phoenix They represent the | Mexican populs- ton of the Morenci section, which is much alarmed over the prospect thst the Kinney bill will psss the legisls- ture. Several indignation meetings have been held and these three men were sent to Phoenix to protest against the proposed legislation. which would preclude all but EnRlish speak ing persons from working under ground iu mines.
 IL is reported that fourteen Santa Fe men lost their jobs this week. being called or the "csrpet" to answer var- lous charges preferred against them |, one of the charges most in demand being Rule "G." which prohibits the use of liquor. The men in question were from both Gsliop and Winslow.
 That the Wells Fargo Express ooln- psny will give free transportation to tents. supplies, money. food or cloth- thing for the flood sufferers of the Mississippi valley if consigned to authorized charitable or municipal authorities. is announced by Steve Roemer. route agent for the Wells Fargo company.
 At Phoenix, on Saturday night. pre-. limirary arrangements for the torma. tion of . Champ Clark club were made. Over 100 attended this ore. lim'nary meeting and enthusiasm was manifest.
 That the health officers of the state hold 6 meeting for the purpose of forming sD organization whicb, 1t is believed would be an i'm mportsnt iu. fluence fer better health conditions in all sections of Arizoua, is the sugRes- ton from Phoenix.
 Maritime Marcus has been assessed . fine of s25 for carrying two guns in Phoenix. Marcus comee from Vuk ture and stated that he is always accustomed to carry suns as home and forgot to remove them when he came to town.
 The Waters Usere' association went on record e unequivocsily opposed to the payment Of interest on deferred payments, st a meeting held Monday in Phoenix. Congressman Hayden was telegrsphed relative so the matter
 Senator Ashurst hss selected Elroy Irvine, of Phoenix. as cadet at West Point and John Bennett Lsssiter os Graham county and John J Bart holds, of Prescott e sltesnsses
 At Mesa, the election for tho pur- pose of determining whether franchise Ihall he granted the Salt River rail- 'osd brought out . great number oi voters considering the fact that there were no officers to be elected. Tbs ot.l vote cast was l27. of which 77I were in fsvor of the franchise and S5l .gainst. This mesns that the work ID the railroad sill be commenced ct nee. There wss . meeting held on Mon- Icy night in Phoenix for the purpose f organizing : Wilson club. followipgl be example of the advocates of the lection of Champ Clark to the pfssi. ency. There wess about fifty pses- snt at the fret meeting, while the lark club organised with hundssd .arrk.~a