Tombstone epitaph., 1913-08-10
News of the State
 in Condensed Form

Santa Fe to begin sn active double tracking campaign through Arisona and New Mesico. More than $2O.- coo, 900 is available for the work which will be rushed to completion, The double tracking through this section will be long drawn out. the greater part being heavy rockIwork. Tbous- ands of men are to bs employed and every class of labor ssving machinery will be used. 1t is generally believed that work will be commenced ct Kingman not later than the 6rst of September. Charging desersicn, Dan B oenung. the manager of the Mildred Gold Min ing Company ct Stanton, has started suit in the Superior Court for divorce from bic wife, Ida V Genung. For the purpose of gathering sta- tistics pertaining to the freight and passenger traffic along the lines of the Ar& 6 F Frsilwsy system. which are to be used later by the main office ct Chicago, . delegation of railway ofs- cials have arrived in Prescott to re-
 main for the next three or four months
 The Nevada. Ga.elle and Surprise mining claims, situated on Spruce
 mountain and about seyen miles in . direct line from Prescott. have been
 leased and bonded by John Odell and
 Bethel Grey. The leasors are W N
 Kelly, John Hutchins and the V A
 Stephens estate.
 Joe Prochasks, postmaster st Mi-
 ami, who wac named state fair com- , missioner for Gils county, is busily
 engaged in preparing the exhibit
 from that section of the state to be
 shown a, Phoenix this fall.
 The property valuation If Pinsl county this year, is Sls. .729 ,OOO. The total valuation last year was s .l36.- 600. hence property values in Pinsl !. county have increased over two hun. dred per cent during the twelve months just past.
 II A new school building, modelled on . modern fiat, devoted entirely to
 household economics. is inst being
 completed in Douglas. The super
 visors and his sssistsnt of the mao usl
 training. department took the con. tract to put up the building As helpers they chose siI boys from the undergraduates of heir department. Peter La Tourette, . pioneer oi Phoenix. died Fridry morning st the Sister's hospital after three weeks illness of typhoid fever. He is sur- vived by . mother and two sisters, all Of whom live in Phoenix.
 The trail from Iron's ranch to su periOr has been put in fine condition by the crew Of county road repsireEs that was put to work there this spring, according to . report brought to Globe by the Misses Belle and Adele Mal-
 donado. The young women rode
 horsebsck over the tsslve miles oi
 trail from the town to the ranch and
 declared 1t was the first time they had
 ever made she trip under such favor.,
 able conditions. They said ell the
 boulders and fallen trees had teen re.
 moved from the trail and that it is
 nov possible to make the ride with-
 out dismounting to lead the horses
 around obstructions.
 | During the storm Thursday evening si Douglas, tine storage buiidings in
 connection with the Marshal flats op
 E avenue were unroofed by the wind.
 The roofing is heavy iron and when it
 vent 1t created some excitement, e
 the occupants of the Hsss have srunks
 and other articles stoesd in the she is [. No damage of aoy note wss done.
 The Catholic church ct Morenci was almost totally wrecked Saturday by sn ezplosioo..of dynamite, Omeers believe the explosion to have been
 the work of . young Mszicsn who recently swors to destroy slI institu. tions msintsinsd by contributions from the working clsss.
 While chopping wood the other day W H Jackson, ot Miami, was unfor- tunase enough to get . foot in the way of sn axe snd severed artery was the result. A doctor was summoosd and the necessary surgical attention given Mr Jackson will bs laid up for some time e the result of his mishap.
 Tbsre was meeting of the board of directors Of sbs Yuma Commercial club, ss which action was taken to usse San Diego, Imperial county and Lss Assslss so raiss shs s2s. 900 which