The Coconino sun., 1916-02-18

The democratic state central com mittee will meet in Phoenix on March 4th to mix medicine for their state ticket.
 The quarantine against Mexican cattle has been lifted by the Arizona state live stock board, under certain restrictions.
 February Fist to 26th has been de- signated by Mayor George U. Young of Phoenix, as "pay up week" In his proclamation he urges that all pay who can pay.
 H. G. Edward, of Phoenix, who plead guilty to an unnatural crime against his own daughter, was given an indeterminate sentence of not less than thirty years.
 Inner tube collectors have been busy at Phoenix and the Police eventually landed couple of them in jail. Many tubes were recovered and are await ing identification by owners.
 Ajo, the new copper mining camp, is to have a newspaper published by Renwick White formerly of San Si- mon. He is an old newspaperman and will give the camp live production.
 The state will build a $1O,OO0 building on the Capitol grounds at Phoenix for the supreme court. With so many commissions to care for in the capitol building the supreme court has been crowded out.
 The growth of the asbestos indu- stry in the Globe district is indicated by the fact that new postoffice has been established at Chrysotile, Ariz., near the Fisk and Shell asbestos claims. A new postmaster will be appointed this month.
 Thomas s. Bullock, the man who put down few rails on the old Pres colt & Phoenix road, for which this county is still holding the sack for S159,000, has become a bankrupt in California. Looks as though retribu- tion had at last caught up with him.
 Claiming that he was assaulted and beaten by sheepmen while running sheep of his homestead in the Higley district, W. F. Morris, homesteader, has caused the arrest of three sheep owners who are pasturing their fiocks on the desert east of Chandler.
 A large ferry boat for the purpose of accommodating automobiles has been installed at the Gila river crossing at Florence since the destruction of the south approach to the state highway bridge. A small boat used for pas sengers only will also be maintained in service.
 Sheriff Young of Yavapai county was held up and captured by lady at Ash Fork last week. Her name was Mrs. Mary Cook Weaver, she made him appear before Justice of the Peace Faxenberg where they were married. Young threw up his hands and surrendered easily.
 A bill providing for an appropria- tion of $20,000 for the repair of the recent flood damage to the Roosevelt road has been introduced in the senate by Senator Smith, according to ad- vices received here from Washington, and the Arizona delegation is working as unit for its passage.
 Henry Baker, private of Company F, 11th infantry, was killed and six other soldiers injured in a crash with an automobile, in which they were re- turning from Bisbee with a dray load ed with furniture last week. Harold Marshall, the driver of the auto, was arrested pending an inquest.
 As a result of the recent strike in the Clifton-Morenci district there is not a rabbit left in Greenlee county, according to farmers in this district. Determination of the rabbits was brought about by the strikers, who killed thousands of the animals for food. Forest rangers report that hundreds of deer were also slaughter ed by the strikers in their search for food.