Tombstone epitaph., 1914-05-24
News of the State in Condensed Form
Examinations to Be Held

Examinations to Be Held
 Miss Francis of the Douglas post office announces that large number of examinations will he held between May 20 and June g for government positions. The list follows: Veter- marian, litbographer's helper, awning maker, orchsrdiss, assistant in pbar. macology, assistant chemist. electr cal engineer and drsftsmsn, aid in egg and poultry banding. dental interLe, jun or fuel engineer aid in seed test- ing inspector assistant, as istsnt in plant msln nutrition, steam 6tter, gaeo- l line engineer, examiner Of accounts, superintendent of cereal farm station, and land-gr.nt college specialist.
 Heavy Shipments of Cattle
 Heavy shipments of cattle from many points will follow the rodeos now in progress, and this year the shipments will be especially heavy from Skull Valley Station. from which point one ship; CT slone-George A Carter-will send to California Wy cming and Colorado purchasers about 1000 besd Courier.
 Will Start Work On Highway
 During recent visit made by State Engineer Lamar Cobb to Pre- colt. he ststed that it is probable that the construction of the portion of the state highway between Prescott and Cherry creek will begin this fall. when the will be available for the purpose about $l5,0O0 This cum
 will not comp plete the work, but this sum will be constructed in the same substsutial manner as that recently completed near Cherry creek, which : is 6 great improvement to that part of the country.
 Passes Away Suddenly
 Leandro Taptim.s, an old piopee: in this par. of the county, suddenly passed away here Thursday. The old
 man bad been sicx for some time at his ranch about twelve miles down the river. He came to Benson for midi
 cal treatment but died just ss be ws- getting out of his wsgon.-S,gnsl
 Will Send Delegates
 At the meeting of the board oi ! trade at Bowie Saturday evening it was
 deci1ed to send delegs,ion to Will-
 COX and San Simon to arrange with
 hoth towns ro send reoresentatives to Tom bstone at the next meeting oi the Board of Supervisors and take up the matter of establishing roads be
 tween the three towns. This question o' public roads is becoming acute as
 no railroad crossings can be procured
 without legally established roads at the points of crossing
 Douglas Will Celebrate 4th. of IuIy Douglas will celebrate the Fourth of July this year. This was definitely decided upon st the meeting of the chamber Of commerce Tuesday aud . committee wss appointed to take charge of the entire affair. Tse !o!. !owing committee was sppoint ted to make all the arrangements and raise the nece sAry fnnds: w L.wh,u. s F Applewhite, T Hood. DC ONeii and Sam Greenidge.
 Todd Jury Disagrees
 Alter being odt abopt thirty hours the jury in the csee of the people vs Joe Todd failed to agree and were discharged the jury stsu ding eight to four for convection. Todd was chsrg- ed with au ssssult to commit murder upon the person of " E Essson on or about the 18th of March by slsshins Esston with knife.
 Surveying Party
 4 Surveying party under the direc- tion of NJ M Carpenter, started Mon. day afternoon to do surveying ou the Three Rivers irrigation project west of Tucson. They are surveying ditches and canals. The party will be station ed at an old house near Rillito. Three Examinations for June 17 Three examinations are announced Tor June l7 by the United stsies civil service commission. Positions for | which elieibles are sought include gen. ! eral mechanic, $720. $9O0; law a.s,ss- | ant. $l6O0; expert radio aid, $6, Further information and application blsnks may be obtained from the Tuc. son secretary of the beard of civil service examiners st the Tucson post- office.
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