Tombstone epitaph., 1913-05-04
News of the State !; in Condensed Form

John Ericson of Courtland was per- hsps fstsllv wounded Saturday by . shot in the neck from gun in the hands FF Gee. Gee is held in Doug lac, awaiting the result of the shoot- ing. the victim being in the c & A hospital at Douglas. The shooting occurred st the Lesdvi'le camp 25 m'les from Douglas. the trouble sris- ing over differences with reference to the ownership of come mining clsims.
 Robert E Morrison, who returned to Presc tt few dsy. ago from . trip through the southern cities ot the state, reports that there prevails among auto tourists favorable ieeh- ing about spending the summer in Prescott and other northern Arisons points. The sutoists seem to incline fsvorsbly to the idea of having the northern route surveyed and the rosds made in good condition SO that they may get to the oortbern part of the stste without serious difficulty.
 H H Hieper, for years owner and general manager of the Globe Silver Belt in the palmy days of that daily. has been tsndered snd accepted the general msnsgership oi the Arizona Democrat.
 ST Torres, wto was formerly consul st Dougiss, and who for the past year or more hss been located ss consul st Baltimore has been returned to the border town. For few mon,hs dur ing 1911 he had the peculiar distic- tion Of holding two poets for bic gov. ernment and serving as consul at
 Douglas st the came time. He ststed ID an interview that, while be sss glad to return to the border on many accounts, be disliked leaving Balti- . more, wbere be had usde mauy friends.
 rl One of the largest sheep transactions that has taken place in th,s county in
 many years was that closed recently between Levi Young As seller and 1 George Day as buyer, in which nearly l5.OC0 head of various grades are in- volved.
 -i Mrs Arthur Still of Tucson. by birth sn American citizen and . member Of the Daughters of the American Rev. olutiou for many years, finds that she will be unable to vote because, legally, she is . subject oi his majesty, King GeorgeV Mre Still finds herseli in shis dilemma because her husband
 who Is an Engiishman by birth
 neglected to complete bis ns,ur.liaa- ton as an American citizen.
 In . joint meeting of the Miami In- dustrial council and committees from the various labor unions of Globe held in Miners Union hall ct Miami, plane for the celebration of the inter- nssion.l labor day, Msy I, were per- fected. Borch was decided upon ss the location of the celebration and Lewis Page O. the Globe Miners' union was elected msrshal of the day. I William P smyth. of Chicago. who is we'll known in Tucson has bought the Sylvsnis ranch, four miles eouth O. that city on the mission road. He bought the property from Mrs Csrrie BsyIand, who. with her daughter. Mrs Sellers. hss been living on the ranch Mrs Baylssd bought the ranch several yeaEs ego from Charles Godfrey. paying 5000 for it. The purchase price paid by Mir smyth was pot stated. but it is said to have been considerably more than 5000.
 The environs Of . mine are seldom attractive. but J c Mcdonald, super- intendent of the Ray Consolidated at Hayden. j: 4c:ssaioei co make the Hayden townsite the "city hesutiful" of Arizona. The townsite hes been laid out in regular blocks. sepsrar cd by wide streets we'll surfaced and smooth e pavement. Date pslmes ere being set out around the principal company bCuses and the main thosoughfsre ! will bs bordered by cotsonwoods Co afford grateful shade in the summer seasou. Morrison and Redewell. of Phoenix left Wednesday for the White Noun tains snd Globe for the purpose of tsk- | ing . comprehensive survey of the road between Phoenix and the site ol l the permanent motorists camp that is to bs established in the mountains The two accredited representatives of the Msricops Auto club go bencs to prepare . wsy for the Pboenix motor iste. They also attended the con- vention sf the EIks at Globe.
 This is Arbor Day in the northern counties of the stsee and the holiday is being appropriately observed by the planting of trees and flowers.