Tombstone epitaph., 1914-09-20
News of the State
 in Condensed Form
Largest Sheep Deal

laT0eSt Sneep uedi
 Announcement was made by F A Reid of Seligmsn that the individual mt tmbers of the range firm Of Reid. Evans & Go. had purchased the c . Hutchinson sheep, iand and other ip terests in the northern part of this county. and the consideration would reach to over sl00.0OO.
 Large Cattle Deal
 John Slaughter of the San Bernard. iuo Ranch, last week shipped 1900 head of beef cattle to Fl Paso. The cattle were bought by Mir Slaughter on the s3rd of August from the Gsbi- fonda brothers. who owo . large ranch in northeastern Sonora. This is one of the b'ggest cattle desls that hss been made in that part of the country Tor some months.
 Lodged In Jail
 Mrs Lillian Augustine wss brought to Kingman from She Big Sandy coun- try Tuesday plight snd lodged in jail, and on the same automobile R L Gray . ranch owner of the Big Sandy. and former husband oi the woman, wac brou sht to town for surgical treatment for three dang rous pistol wounds in
 the shoulder and neck.
 Beans Are Important Crop
 The humble pink bean, known To-
 cally as the ir jole, is coming into its
 own this year, and vii! be 6 "big
 money" crop for the farmers o' Ari-
 .ona. The market for besns is s,eadi-
 ly advancing. six cents ger pound
 being the Los Angeles quotation Mon day As ihe result of the increased 4 pr,ce there ie an unusual scarcity of
 ,his commodity on the market st
 present. The bean crop in the Sul. pbur Spring valley, rromises to be l larger, beth in acreage aud yield, this , year tban ever before in the history O!
 the big basin. Practically every
 armer has several acres in besns and this will mean that when hsrve-t time
 comes around, money will be more
 plentiful among the sgriculturalists ) than for many years.
 Railroad Material Arrives 5 Material was recently unloaded ai l | Wilcox for the construction of the r new railroad to be built from Willie, ! to the Dos Cabelss district, 6 distance f about ten miles. The new road ii 5 being financed by the Mascot Copper
 company. the largest concern operat-
 iug in that dietrict, and upon which properties more than sl, ,OOO, GOO ha, 3 already been expended in eqlipmen' and development work since 1t wal
 acquired about five years ago.
 Automobile is Destroyed
 t JH Slsughter's 5000 Pierce Ar. ! row automobile was dstroyed by f.e
 Wednesday mig Int near the govern menl
 rife range three miles north of Doug las. Mir Slaughter had stopped the car to repair tire and wss ready to continue his trip when he struck 6 ! match to light his cigar. As the : match fell to the ground, i. ignited fumes from lesk in the gas line
 tank. Mir Slaughter could do nothing to stop the epresd of the flames, which were fed by the escaping gasoline The aluminum body of the car was
 melted into sli bits.
 Final Arrangements Completed Final arrangements for the great Mystic Shrine Ceremonial to be held
 October 5 6 at the rim of the Grand Canyon have been completed. Word comes that the com mittee which has been working to make this the great est gathering of the kind ever held iD
 the state has secured exceptional aid
 from the railroads and are now in
 position to announce rates from all
 points north of Phoenix. The rates
 rom points in the south gre to be | made rnhiic vishin the ,eek and if ;s