The Winslow mail., 1913-12-13
LITTLE ARIZONA ITEMS.
important Happenings Occurring Over
the State Mentioned Briefly.

udlly, TWO OF which carry mail
Pinal county farmers are planning
to raise large amount of cotton next
season
Cattle shipments from Flagstaff
during the past month have been the
heaviest for years.
Herman Miller of Bisbee was arrest
ed on the charge of stealing the we'd
ding dress of his divorced wife.
Mesa is to have a new hotel, where
the guests will find all the comforts
of metropolitan life.
The Central Highway Association
has been organized by the farmers of
the Sulphur Springs valley.
Acting in self defense Marshal Rob-
ert l.. Pinyan at Globe shot and in
stantly killed Pablo Barraga.
The cold weather of last January
delayed crops, and Arizona oranges
will be picked late this year.
Harry Holt, who escaped from the
prison road camp on the Bisbee-
Tombstone highway, was captured in
Nogales
Dec. Is was fixed by. the State Tax
Commission as the date for the an
nual assessors convention, to be held
at Tucson.
The University of Arizona defeated
the University of New Mexico by a
score of Z to in a superb game at
Albuquerque
Arizona in general benefits by the
reduction in coal and slack rates
1913, for period not less than two
years.
Assisted by the fire department the
city of Winslow will install an cleo
trio fire alarm system within the next
80 days, and 42-inch fire bell, at a
cost of about $780,
Miss Winifred Wallace, a trained
nurse, at Douglas, was severely
burned when her dress caught fire in
passing an oil stove which she had
lighted to heat her room.
The Indian service intends to es-
tablish schools at Indian Oasis, Top
owa and San Miguel, according to
Otis B. Goodall, supervisor of Indian
affairs for Tucson district.
About 500 people witnessed the ded
ication of the new Masonic temple and
attended the banquet at Douglas, 125
of whom were from the Perfect ASHER
Masonic lodge of Bisbee.
The various well-drilling outfits are
busy drilling new wells in various
parts of the San Simon valley and it
is anticipated that some very fine
wells will be brought in soon.
The Shortridge tract, 10 miles south
of Tucson, consisting of $50 acres, has
been sold by Gen. l.. H. Manning to
Frank Holmes of Rochester, N. Y,
and associates, who will colonize it.
Charging violation of the weight
and measures law, o. N. Cresswell,
state inspector of weights and meas
ures, swore out the complaints for the
arrest of seven of the butchers of
Phoenix
Globe is now entitled to free deliv-
cry of mail if the people desire that
the service be inaugur2ted. This news
was contained in a letter from Daniel
G. Roper, fourth assistant postmaster
general.
Tucson is entitled to a land office
if the business justifies it and I'll see
that they get it, said Congressman
Carl Hayden, recently, when he
stopped over there on his way to
Washington.
From reliable sources it was learned
that the Braganza Mining Company,
in disposing of the Henrietta mines
on Big Bug creek, is to receive over
100000 and that the two payments
are to be made covering two years of
time.
Seven citizens of Maricopa county
were named by the Board of Super
visors as an advisory highway com
mittee.
All of the so-called gambling cases"
with the exception of the indictment
against the Yavaiki Club, were thrown
out of court by Judge Frank o. Smith.
at Phoenix
To promote acquaintance between
the various parts of the state and the
resources of each session, to inaugur
ate a movement for the patronage of
the summer and winter resorts of Ari-
zona, to promulgate a knowledge of
places of natural and historical inter
est throughout the state, to promote
a movement for good roads in order
that natural attractions of the state
may be made accessible, to develop
concerted action on the part of the
commercial and trade bodies of the
State of Arizona, in the advertising of
the resources of the state, and to or
ganize a state board of trade for the |
carrying out of the foregoing pur-
poses, were the purposes Of meet |
ing of representatives Of the boards of |