El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-05
TAX ROLL
GAINS TWO MILLIONS
Violin in Dispute Is Believed to Be a
Genuine "Stradivarius" Worth
Thousands OF Dollars.

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Douglas. Ariz.. June 5.-The Douglas
city assessment roll Tor 1913 wiz show
an increase of S2,OOD,OOO, according to
assessor Edward Gleason. Not alone viii
every stock OF merch andise in the city
show a betterment of from 50 TO I50
percent, but there mas been an increase
ON every piece of realty in the citv.
Ihe tOCal OF the rOlL tins year VIII be
more than S5,UU0UU0. lie county tax
list Tor Douglas Is a duplicate OF that OF
the city. Air. Gleason having performed
both tasks at the same time
That a violin claimed by Al Terry,
Sulphur Springs valley rancher. and now
held as evidence in a. case against Fred
and Otto 81 atsOn, who are charged with
having stolen 1t, may be a genuine Stra-
GIvarIus worth thousands OF dollars. Is
The expectation OF a number Of local
musicians vino have examined it. The
instrument was purchased from a second
hand store here several years ago By
Terry, who paid IS Tor it. The violin
has an unusually sweet resonant tone.
often drowning out the accompaniment
OF Two guitars. with which the owner
has been accust Omed To play at country
dances. 1t Is now IN possession of JUS
tlce r. s. AlGcldy, awaiting the time
when a trial can be had Upon exam
lining the instrument judge Gaclav fOuno
the following inscription inside Of it.
'AnJOnIus StrddIvarIus, CremOnin lis
Faciebat ammo 1716-7
April was the best month the CITY
water department ever had. according
to the report Tor thai month which has
Just been completed ready Tor submits
sion to the city council at its monthly
zl-240,0UO gallons OF water were pumped.
with gross receipts of S5489.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". ~. Webb have left
for a tour of the stare In Mr. Webb's
automobile, intending, after having VS.
tied numerous points of interest. to 20
TO California, where. they VIII locate.
Left IN care Of relatives in New York
at the age of years, Cecil BOisOn, r.
did not see his father again until last
week, when the Young man, aged p
years, arrived in Douglas to meet the
relative he had located by applying to
the French consul In San Francisco,
Later the father expired suddenly Of
heart disease, after an illness of less
than two hours.
Deputy sheriff A. ". Howe IS N
Douglas securing affid0yits in the ease
OF Jesus Deunez, alleged murderer Of
Jose OrOZcO, of PiTtleville, on april Is.
Deunez Is said to lave shot Orozco down
on his own doorstep as he vas about to
enter his house in which Deunez was
with OrOzco's wife. Deunez made his
escape to Mexico. He was captured and
taken to Cananea for Imprisonment,
pending eNtraditiOn. Mr.. Howe VIII
leave Saturday with the necessary docu-
ments, signed by governor Hunt, to Sc
cure eXtr3ditiOn-
The most lively wedding ever held IN
Douglas took place when Jose Herman
DEE and Ladisiada Telles were married
by Justice R. S. Maclay. The brides
brother and his wife objected to the
ceremony and forced the marriage party
out Of the house onto the sidewalk,
where the ceremony was performed
After the ceremony. the brides clothing
being in the house. demand was made
for these. The sisterinlaw would not
allow the trunk, provided BY the BRIDE
groom, to be brought into the house. As
rapidly SIS the bride and her sisterinlaW
sorted out their belongings those Of
the new Mrs. Hernandez were thrown
through the door onto the sidewalk and
packed by the groom
Wrfght's Cleaning Works Dhone s43.