Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1916-05-28

thlorlde is TO have new s2S,0O0
hotel
Bootleggers are filling the bastile
at Bisbee.
A campaign is on to make Bisbee
a flyless town.
Twenty-eight barrels OF beer were
seized at Douglas
The East End ward school build
ing at Phoenix was destroyed by fire
Melville c. Hankins was nominated
ty the President for postmaster at
Douglas.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Douglas is having an industrial cen
sus taken.
The new $4,000 Spanish American
Alliance building at Tucson has been
dedicated.
Three bars of gold bullion were
worth over $4,000.
The Arizona National Guard, con-
sisting OF about goo men, is now do
ing duty on the border.
1t is reported that the Black Eagle
Of the Tom Reed has encountered
rich ore in its lower workings.
A large amount OF shipping ore.
ready on the various levels to be
hoisted, will 20 forward from Chic
ride
Getting together for good roads
and more roads in Arizona was the
slogan OF the road conference at
Phoenix
The Old Dominion, the Globe, In
spiration Magma and Iron Cap mines.
IA the Globe district all report in
creased outputs.
The Oatman Southern Mining Com
pany is starting new work on its
property, known as the Curry and
Alexander group.
The Western Union Telegraph Of
flee at Fit Huachuca was ROBBED. The
money in the office and secret teie-
graph code were taken.
Sheriff Dickinson OF Coconino
county has purchased couple Vi
thoroughbred bloodhounds to be used
in tracking down criminals.
Petitions are circulating to secure
sufficient signatures TO place prOhi-
hitionist candidates in the field in the
movement for a state ticket
That there is considerable activity
in the mining field in Cochise county
is evidenced by the numerous trans
actions that have been made.
Adyices from the Heffern property
in the Swisshelms are to the effect
that work on the mill and concen-
traitor is progressing rapidly.
The north crosscut on the 300-foot
level of the Black Range at Oatman,
has thus far passed through five solid
feet Of green quartz which pans well.
Owing to the congested condition
OF the Kingman postoffice, the gov
crnment is seeking new quarters,
which will have to be twice as large
as those at present being used.
Thirty-fiye prisoners were SEN
fenced in one day at Bisbae by Judge
Sswtelle, OF the L. s District Court,
sentences running from one month in
the county Jail to one year in the pen
itentiary.
The Alabama Queen Mining Com
pany. working the OrOzco mine north
of the Alto postoffice, about fifteen
miles from Patagonia, is in good ore
which appears to increase in value as
depth is obtained
The Board OF Pardons and Paroles
declined 10 make any recommenda-
ton to the governor in the case of
Francisco Rodriguez, sentenced to be
hanged for the murder OF his wife in
Phoenix five years ago.
That gold is where you find it
was proven in the Black Range noun
tains to the south of the Lost Basin
district when a three-foOt ledge of
excellent milling ore was opened up
by F. f. Young and C. c. Walker on
the Pay Day property. At a depth
of only eight feet three-inch stringer
OF high grade quartz showed up liz
the vein that assayed into the hun
dreds OF dollars per ton.
Jessie Williams. age II. of That
cher. captured state honors in the
Girls Canning Club work as pro-
NOTED by the Agricultural Extension
Service of the University of Arizona.
Ruth Moody, age 10, and Dessa Bran
ham, aged Is, secured second and
third places respectively. All three
a. :--:cc:--., iDrs Of the Thatcher Canning
Club. The girls have beTu awarded
gold, silver and bronze m. 1als, re-
spectively for the distinction hey
have won.
What is probably the most import
ant gold discovery for many years
was made about twenty-five miles
south of Ajo, in Yuma county. The
discovery is an old mine and is said
by the Indians TO be the Lost French.
man that SO many prospectors nave
been looking for in years past. There
is a very large gold ledge exposed ON
the property and for a distance Of s.
eco feet on the surface shows free
gold in abundance.
About 100 carpenters went gu