Tombstone epitaph., 1913-06-01
News of the State
 in Condensed Form

} thick il the reports printed in the Douglas papers are to be believed. Rarely is one or the other of the papers picked..up sitbout finding the detailed account of how somebody ~as held up. or how somebody's place was entered The resson, perhaps, is on account of the proximity to the border where large number oi sd- ven;urers congregste. hoping that something will break in the southern republic that will allow them to enter and secure some of the spoi's.
 By . decision handed down in the superior court of Yavapai county, Judge Krook sitting in the place of Jufse Smith. it was decided that all mining machinery and other ma. chinery placed on c piece of property which was under lease, returned to the original owners of the property should the lessee. failt to make good on their contract and fall short on their payments.
 Ed Brown. . we'll known mining .usn Of Cosbise county who is also in- terested in the Copper Prince Mining Company of Wickenburg. Colorado, has made arrangements for shipping ores from Colorado to the reduction works in Douglas.
 The board of directors of the south ern Arizona fair figured up some days ago that it would cost SIS .4l5 .S5 to put the new far groauds in shape. Tnis amount only includes . matter of $500 for ground, the largest part of that having been donated to the fair directors by 6 public spirited citizen of the OldlPueblo.
 1 $ Marto, the enterprisiog sdver- tising man who wac connected with
 B Goldwster and Company of Phoenix for several years. is being heard from in Tucson. He is advocating the "stay at home" habit for the Tucson
 iAns.
 The lprice of town lots in Csss
 Grsnde has increased 500 per cent in the pas, year, indicating the growth
 o! the toxn and confidence iu it.
 future. Lots which went begging {
 year SEQ for sl0. are now worth s4(
 and $50. Building is on the increase
 Clara Alton and Minnie Pablo, tws
 Pspago Indian girls, V. re tent to tht reform school by Judge Cooper o
 Tucson, in the juvenile court in Pim,
 county several dsys ago. According
 to reports coming out Of Tucson, the girl., until several weeks ago. ser, Normal students in the Indian schoo but they became "movie" crazy ant
 started to carry ont some o! the stunt
 they had seen pictured on the screen They finally landed in the somsn'. ward of the county jail.
 Following the lead of the Pboeni, new.pspermen in organizing . press club, the moving spirits of Douglas
 have organized an Ad Club,
 According 10 an official of the Fl
 Paso and Southwestern railroad sys tenn, speaking in Douglas several days ago, the passenger srsine of the system mste sixty miles sn hour on their regular schedules in some parts of the country. The road is sbout ready to take over the Rock Island traffic from Fl Paso very soon and de- clare that they will make the die
 tsnce from Fl Paso to Tucson io i .oou: :"o ..os.s .os: :Ss:::S time than does the Southern Pacific.
 What might have resulted seriously for W H Doyle, occurred at the Fred Harvey farm north of Pre- colt lsst Sunday. Doyle and . companion were riding along in sn automobile when the machine struck something, and cstapulted, throwing Doyle twenty feet in the air. The Prescott man was not seriously hurt, how ever.
 The liquor selliUg to Indians habit is as.uming alarming proportions in Northern Arizona, according to Dspu- ty United States Msrsbal Bach A nder. GOD, of Phoenix. He arrested tWo saloon keepers ss Holbrook last Fri- day, ~ho were released oD $500 bonds for trial in the federal courts.
 The Journal Miner quoted from the Army and Navy Journal. sn article in which Secretary of Wsr Garrison declares be is in favor of keeping the army scattered in the poets which can handle regiment or lees, and not mobiIising the troops in brigade posts. This is taken to mean by the Prescott people that Fort Whippls will sgsin sss the sigus of life.