Tombstone epitaph., 1916-12-03
Arizona.


 The plumbers at Miami are going tc erect new hall for a meeting place
 The cornerstone has been laid for the new Douglas postofiice and custom house.
 The Chandler Woman's Club is plan ming the establishment of a civic center
 Sebastin Lopez was shot and killed by Camilo Lara in the Mexican quar ters at Jerome
 Well drillers at the Pilgrim mine in the Kingman district struck a big body of water at $50 feet.
 Seventy carloads of ore were shipped from the United Verde Ex. tension at Jerome in seven days.
 Santa Cruz, the corn country" of Arizona. won sweepstakes against the state On corn at the Phoenix fair
 Five feet of pay ore has been struck at the Shea Copper Company's prop. erty, adjoining the Copper Chief on the south.
 Thomas NJ. Smith was elected grand chancellor and John D. Loper, keeper of records and seals, at the annual K. P. grand lodge meeting at Phoenix.
 "Slasher" Jack Harrington and partner, William O'Neill, of Miami, won the double jack drilling contest at Globe, although three leading teams in the contest were evenly matched.
 The 3-year-old son of Mrs. w. II. Ritchie of Lowell was bitten by a dog suffering from the rabies and as a consequence the local officers have begun the exterminatIon of all stray dogs in the district.
 Alleging that he has been damaged 10 the extent of slO,OOO through the loss of his left eye, H. F.. Lind. a miner, has filed suit in the Superior Court Of Gila county for that sum against the Asbestos Mining Associa- tion.
 The Parker Syndicate, consisting of Messrs. Long, Mclver and Ridenour and associates of Oatman, started drilling operations on its property re gently purchased from Manning & Roeder. located about eight miles north of Parker.
 The body of Dr. Percival Lowell. founder and director of the Lowell ob- servatory at Flagstaff, and an astron- omer of international reputation, was placed in a mausoleum of Mars Hill. directly in front of the twenty-four- inch telescope where Dr. Lowell made many Of his planetary discov- cries.
 Roy Hamblin. a miner about 8 years old, was found dead in the bot tom of the 1,fO0-foot main shaft of the Tennessee mine of the United States Mining. Smelting and Refining Company at Chloride He was ap- parently knocked from the ladder of the manway by falling rock and fell 10 instant death.
 A Phoenix dispatch says: Tom Campbell. Republican, was elected governor of Arizona by a plurality of fifty-five votes, according to official figures announced from the fourteen counties of the state. George W. P. Hunt, incumbent, Democrat, declared that he has retained counsel to wage a legal fight for a recount of the votes. Each candidate carried seven counties.
 John McCuish and associates have sunk a shaft 130 feet on the old Diana mine at Chloride. at which depth they have crosscut the ore body to the hanging wall. A streak about eighteen inches wide was found on the footwall that is good mill stuff, while twelve inches on the hanging wall is appar. ently high grade.
 Mrs. Constance Lowell, widow of Dr Percival Lowell, astronomer. who died at Flagstaff, is bequeathed sl75,00O and an annual income estimated to be in excess of $60,000 by the terms of the will. Lowell Observatory is to be supported out of a fund to be held in trust by William Lowell Putnam, the astronomers brother-in-law. A new worlds record for yearling pacing fillies was established at the State Fair Grounds at Phoori~ wNHn Hemmett Queen, owned by the Hem nett Stock Farm of San FranoIscJ and driven by Ward, set a mark of 2:16L for the mile, lowering the for. mer record by 21a seconds. The mark was made in a time trial when Hem nett Queen attempted to beat the yearling track record of 2:22k. A running horse acted as pacemaker.
 There has been considerable dis. cussion as to when the Prohibition Amendment that was voted on at the recent election becomes effective. It will become effective as soon as the vote is canvassed and a proclamation has been made by the governor.
 Hundreds of tons of high grade cop per ore running from 30 to 40 per cent in copper with gold values of from SO to $50 a ton have been un. covered by the Arizona Empire Copper Mines Company at Treasure Hill, near Parker. Altogether, over 100, 900 tons | of ore are in sight.