Tombstone epitaph., 1916-04-30


Paul Pitchlyn has been made for
est supervisor OF the Sitgreaves forest |
The shaft on the Telluride mine at |
Oatman is in GRE al depth of $50 |
feet
There are now iorty-one active local 1
farm Improvement associations in /,
Arizona
" II. Plunkett. former state exam |
iner, has been appointed auditor OF
the city of Phoenix
The annual meeting of the Arizona /
Good Roads Association will be held
in Phoenix Nav - and 10.
a fund OF SSn.u"1 Will be available
for the construction OF a highway
from Clifton to SClomonyille.
Vital statistics fer sthe last six
months of 1915 show 2.292 births in
Arizona. as against I7ll deaths.
The annual meeting OF the Srand
lodge of Arizona, l. o. o. F.. at Bisbec
has been postponed until May Is.
Over s7,o00 OF the fund OF $4,000
church at Kingman has been raised
A. b Bailantyne of Utah county,
Utah, has been appointed farm ad.
wiser for Graham and Greenlee coun-
ties
Tie BIDS for NavaPai county's new
court house may all be rejected be
cause they exceed the amount of the
bonds voted.
An election to vote on the question
OF a $4,000 bond issue for a municipal
lighting plant will be held at Thatcher
on May $
Petitions asking the supervisors OF
Navajo county to cad an election TO
vote road bonds of SI25,OcO are being
circulated al Holbrook
Preparations are being made TO Gp,
ply for the release on parole of Louis
V. Eytinee. serving 4 life sentence in
the state prison for murder.
Oatman is experiencing a genuine
mining boom, and many old-timers
from the early days Of Cripple Creek
Tonopah and Goldfield mix again with
the throngs of newcomers.
The Arizona members of the defense
board named by Secretary Daniels are
J. b. Grand. Phoenix; John c. Green
way, A G. McGregor, Warren: David
w. Jones, Clifton: Frank y. Guild
Tucson.
Believing that of and gas have been
struck in paying quantities in well
being sunk on state land near Frank
lin. Greenlee county. residents OF
that district are rushing to file Oh
every available tract OF land
The bodies of J. Whit Stanfield
"a years Cid. and Mrs Joe Collins, -
former residents Of Cloverdale. y. NJ
sixty-five miles from Douglas, were
taken to Douglas following their death
as a result OF an automobile accident
while they were en- route TO Douglas.
The suffrage special bearing TWEEN.
ty-onc members of the Congressional
union, visited Phoenix, Tucson and the
Grand Canon in their trip over the
country to obtain support in their en-
deavor 10 obtain the passage of the
suffrage amendment.
Prof J. c. Uphof OF the agricultural
school of the State university, was re
Gently advised that fortune of sl0J,
900 had been left him by his grand
mother in Holland.
Mrs. W Butler Of Tempe was killed
and four other occupants of an auto
mobile were injured at a crossing OF
the Arizona and Eastern railroad foui
miles east OF Phoenix. Their automo-
bile was stalled on the track within
$50 feet OF an approaching train.
On account Of recent destruction OF
the ore bins at the smelter of the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany at Hayden, the corporation com.
mission has granted a special rate
of sI.s5 per ton on ore from the Christ
mas property OF the company to Sasco
As a last resort attorneys for Perez.
Chavez, Peralta and Rodriguez have
filed motion in the Supreme Court OF
Arizona for rehearing of the appIi-
recently denied This action is the
last move possible to save the four
men. who have been under sentence
OF death for five years. They have
been reprieved seven times.
Adyices from State Engineer Lamar
Cobb, who is in Washington, state
that the area factor has been retained
In the Bankhead bill providing fea-
eral, aid for state highways, and that
the bill has been endorsed By the ex-
ecuiive committee of the American
Highway Officials association. The
factor or area now added TO the bill
will increase Arizona's appropriation
from $4,000 TO $S5S,00o
Crude oil has been discovered on
the north side Of the Colorado river
near Lees Ferry, according to al
vices received at Flagstaff.