The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1915-07-02
Range and Market News
Items Of Interest Pertaining the Livestock Industry Of Arizona
Market Letter for the Past Week
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE

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The so mile auto race at Gallup was
won by William Mattox. Walter Nc
Laws came in second.
Cornville will have a celebration on
July Bird. Preparations are being
made for "a jolly good time.
Douglas is having trouble with a
flood of bad check artists. A bad
check passer is worse than an ordin-
AIRY thief.
The earthquake which did SO much
damage to Imperial Valley towns also
shook up Yuma and was felt at Pres
colt and Tucson.
Captain C. f. Younst, of Prescott,
has been promoted to Major in the
National Guard, and is now chief of
the medlcal corps.
James McCulloch, Phoenix photo
grapher, was held up by two Indians
with gun last week on Central ave-
nue. and relieved of his watch.
Westbound passenger No. 9 was de-
rallied at Manuelito Sunday morning.
The engine and mail car jumped the
rails but no serious damage was done.
Claude l.. Fletcher, night officer at
Needles was shot and dangerously
wounded by Mexicans while attempt
ing to stop too hilarious celebration
Of a wedding.
George Toritali was arrested by a
United States marshal in Charles
town, S. c., and returned to Tucson
where he was wanted for having
written an obscene letter to a young
girl in Tucson.
Word has just been received from
Roosevelt dam to the effect that the
water stopped running over the dam
at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The
water commenced running over the
dam on April Is.
County Attorney Lyman was APP
pointed superior judge of Maricopa
county by Acting Governor Osborne
last week. The legislature had just
passed bill giving Maricopa county
an additional judge few days be-
fore.
Prescott has had the novelty of see
ing several prominent men serve ten
days in Jail for violation of the
prohibition law. During their en-
forced retirement they organized. a
Kangroo court and gathered up $50
which they turned over to charitable
purposes. The ten days were put to
a good use dispite the inconvenience
imposed by law.
j. w. Aker, county superintendent
of schools of Greenlee county, was
arrested last week by State Examiner
d. F. Johnson, charged with short
age of $7O4.9S. Aker claims this
amount was held up by him because
of an error in the account. The money
was relate from the Mcneil Co. for
books purchased by the county. Aker's
trial will be held July 18th.
That Fort Whipple barracks will
soon be put to some use by the gov
eminent seems entirely probable. In
deed, the regarrisoning of the post is
one of the moves contemplated by the
War Department, it is stated, and
even should no regular troops be sent
to Whipple, there is likelihood that it
will be used as a school for officers
and a training place for militia
Prescott Courier.
At the request.of the department of
agriculture, the geological survey is
investigating number of claims in
the Grand Canyon region of Arizona.
The claims have been taken on what
is alleged to be platinum and copper
bearing land. The forest service is in
doubt as to the existence of platinum
and copper on the lands specified. 1t
is also claimed that Interior motives
are responsible for the filling on a
number of these properties.
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