Tombstone epitaph., 1912-12-29
News of the State in Condensed Form

Csptsin of Police Ges rge Brisbois Ot Phoenix. to an unknown smsllpox patient ss he stuck his head in the police station rbufsdsy night and in quired for doctor. Alter the man was taken a~sy. the entire police | station and city park were iumigated Frank Smith ~ho has charge of the n'gh' street gang. took c sprinkler and spr,nkled anti eermine not only in the pol ce office but also ell around all the benches.
 Marvin W Hsmhv. the 22-year- old express n susRer on the Santa Fe train supposed to have heep held up near Taft, California, and robbed of . t20 900 shipment of gold. hss con feesed the robbery.
 The Navsj hotel at Winslow hos gone into the hsDds of . receiver at the nquest Of it's fo' mer owner Tom Hesser.
 The board of superv scrs of Mohave county recently suth orized hood issue of $s0 OOO fo. . new court b use ~n KipRmsn.
 Herman Molar, . Germsn who had served in the Franco Prussian wsr, threw himself under the wheels of sn apprnsch,ng train last week at Ash Fork and wss instantly killed. He had been in Ash Fork hut 6 day or two previously. It was undoubtedly suicide.
 Jesus Rodriguez was found dead with . bullet in his head in the rear of . ssloon at Ash Fork December 6 He was drinking viii . party of men and women during he night and his hody wac found at 10 o'clock he next day. It lonks like murder. but psr- ties with him claim he committed suicide.
 The iuneal of Henry P Buchanan irmer mayor of Tucson, who died suddenly Thursdsy. was held Sunday from his late residence Rev ii E Roberts of the Congregational church c nductiog the serv,ces. The Msscni had charge Of the ceremonies at the erav.. Buehman's two cons. Alfred and William. arrived from the east for the funeral
 Asa result of an auto accident Tbursdsv evening in Phoenix, F E S,evens Of the antiseptic barber shoI is ly'ne in the hospital v tn . frsc- tnre of the elbow and left shoulder hoth nf which will inflict psrmsnen, damage. The collision was between . email Flanders driven by J F Ste
 vens ip which F B Stevens was . pas. aenger, and the hie Packard si1 which vas recen ly driven overland by c H Warner of Beloit. From sc. counts of the accident 10th driver. were trying to get nut of each others way at the time of the accident.
 The chief min ral product of Ari. sona is copper. in the mining o' which, according to the United S'aie- Geological Survey. the new state rank $
 first among the United ssate'. I' rank. eixth in the prs duction Of ell. yer and seventh in she produc'irn oi | gold. These three metals constitute | 9B pe- cen. Of the total production o' the state, which amounted 'n $43. = 4S3. 3.9l2 in 1910 and s44.l0,.73l h 1911 The valley of the cooper pro duet alone represents 86 per cent of the total output.
 Petitions were filed Wedresdsy with the clerk of the board oi supervisors. signed by more than 10 per cent Of the voters of Gils county. seeking to have referred to . vote at the next general election, the resolution passed bv the board of supervieors granting 70 N L mster of Boston. sn electric railway franchise over the county road between Globe sed Miami.
 Prof GO Case, superintendent of public ,ossructio Q. will visit every high school in Arizona durine the next few weeks.
 It will be uncomfortable for those who undertake Go esnd Mexican goods through tns msils ss Douglas. A customs officer viii be stationed ct the possofBcs. his special business being to see that foreign meschsndiss is not brought into th~ United states without the payment oi duty.
 Almost the entire population of 6 ligman wss st the depot last rues- day evening to welcome the fr's | estbound de lu1e train on the ssn's Fe, Chicago to Southern Califosnia Tbs train will sua weekly east aod west until April. !