Tombstone epitaph., 1913-03-16
News of the State in Condensed Form

A ''leak" some evbere hetween places O. supply and the commisssry of the state university at Tucson, is under investigation by detectives mp'oyed | by the board of regents and. it is said, ct the direction of Governor Hunt. . member Of the board.
 Fire threatened the country resi- dence of George B Willcox of the Adams pharmacy. yesterday afternoon about o'clock. Early in the s'ter- noon Mir Willcox burned grsss sur- rounding the house, and. after prac- tically being certain that he had ex- tingui-bed the fire. left for his drug store. Shortly after his srriv.l a tele- phone call announced the residence on fire. NeiRhbors were warned .nd they extinRuished the blaze after it had burned on two porches. en,siliDg loss estimsted st $500. It is thought that some of the burned grace blew under . porch, setting it on fire The Willcox home is on the Wilson road, ne-qusrter of a mile be low the asylum. It was erected at cost of $3OOO.
 Nrs Byron Gray who was appoint. ed by the trustees of the Yuma Grammar school to take the echool census for 1913 has completed her work. The census shows ,036 chil- dren in the district of scbool age. This is . gain over last year of 35. small but substsntial growth.
 pr L Proper govern ment veterin- srian for the port of Nogsles, received orders from the bureau of animal inc dustry by which the late order requir- ing two clippings of cattle imported from Mexico st this point is modified and only one dipping will be required when the cattle are coming from clean districts of Sonora. A closer inspection for fever ticks and other diseases of cattle will be required however.
 Work on the road from Cauille to the boundary of the Huschucs miii- tsry ress vasion will begin in about two weeks. according to R J Selkirk supervisor of the Coro nado forest, wbo hae returned to Tucson from the
 Huschuca mountains. The road
 which will run c distance of four
 miles through heretofore inaccessible country. has already been survey ed by sn engineer employed hy Santa Cruz county and the assembling of material viii begin at once.
 Unless new cAees of meningitis are reported it is the present intention oi the beslth authorities in Bisbee to raise the quarantine next Friday.
 Walter L Pendergrah. . business man of Lowell, fell in front of nov ing street car Friday afternoon, the oar paced over him, but the man wss pulled from under it upburt with the exception of :a elight injury to his right hand caused by falling. A number of women who aitnessed the accident isinted and everybo ex pected that the man would be killed or terribly ms1gled.
 N Rodenburg, Jr., committed suic.de in Phoenix last Friday. The msn took poison and the cause of his suicide is unkuown. He Is survived by wife and three children, one of whom Wae with him at the time of bis deatb.
 A Mexican sheep berder. employed by ArSh,e Wilson. shot himself acci- dentslly Friday, near WilIcoz. H. stumbled and fell and bis gun va. discharged, the bullet entering his leg above the knee. He lay out in the open :of nearly day before he was discovered and brought to town, where he is being attended by Dr Wilson.
 Miss R Lewis, of Santa Barbara, Cal, who arrived recently to accept the position of teacher of . public scbool at Cherry Greek, returned to | Prescott after Ibeing msrooned for several days as Dewey. She will re- main in Prescott inde6nitely snd has cancelled the above petition rendered her by the board of trustees,
 A thorough investigation Into the exesss fares charged passengers who board rsilrosd trsios without tickets is being made ss . hearing before the AFisous Corporation commission Several complaints have been filed with the commission regarding excess lsse charges. The Southern Pacific spd Arisons Esstsrn cbsrge each pas DsoRss boarding . train without ticket 10 cents over the regular fare while the Santa Fe charges one cent , milscAsisoos Caste.