Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-16
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
5estern New spapes Union News Service.

Clarkdale has been included In IN.
gambling INQUIRY commenced al Pres
colt BY the county grand mry
The farmers OF The ella valley in
Graham oou,,, ar ,o.;
deal of their attention to raising hogs
Edward l.. Shaw of Phoenix has
been appointed inspector under III.
federal explosives law.
Charged with stealing s,S- from
the trunk OF a woman in the Jerome
redilight district, Edgar Spencer was
arrested at Cottonwood.
Work has begun on a home in Ajo
for Father Gheldorf. IL is expect.,.
that a Catholic church will be bull,
there 10 cost $4,000.
Added to the already long list oil
murders since the first OF the wear is
that OF an unknown Newfoundland
found dead near Wickenburg.
John j. ConnOr, a railroad switch.
man in Tucson. was arrested on a
charge of deserving his family and
taken back to the state OF New York.
One of the oldest mining engineers
oi the Southwest passed away, when
Otto Nechke, IL years old died ar his
home in Tucson, following a long i'll
ness.
on a ,hr...sbift b..is win ni,e....n
men constantly employed, progress is
being made in development work on
the estate OF the Queen Creek Copper
Company at Superior.
Men from tn. min. dapartment of
The OlI nnuiiuion Conner com,a,, a,
Globe worked one shift for the Y. NJ.
&. A. war fund. thereby raising near
ly $1,000 for the cause.
In the nine months ended Sent an,h
last the Consolidated Arizona SneIt.
ing Company produced ,2.o2n onU
pounds OF copper, OF which 1900, 400
pounds were custom ore
Major Neustatter of Tucson has re-
ceived his commission as scout master
from President Wilson through the
channels of the National Roy Scout
headquarters al Washington.
A. S. Embree. alleged leader of the
l. w W. organization among the
strikers at Bisbee last JuIy was
acquitted of the charge of rioring by
a Jury in the Superior Court al Tue
son.
With the appointment of a chairman
in every county of Arizona TO direct
to sell war savings certificates and
stamps, the thrift campaign is on in
Arizona.
James r. Welker. who has acted as
Bishop OF Layton Ward in Graham
county for nearly 20 years was hon
orably released from his position and
Joseph W Greenhalgh was ordained
as his successor.
Having received a r.apnoin,men,
from national Headquarters as depart-
ment commander OF the United States
Spanish War Veterans. Col. James l.
McCliutock will soon tour the state
to visit all the camps
prodpc,io, ,ig,-os ., ,hs p. co,
soIid.,ed Conn.r cou,.r, for ,ba
third o,arter of ,a1- shows a, ou,nu,
of 81 fie 2ao nounds of co,c.p,r.,es
as comnared with % o. ,oS nou,ds
in tho nrecadinp ouar,er
.,
- -,
80
al
e' VI ''"''VV
fo'a'oes are quoted at s-'oo per
huhoreo"eish' a' riaes'al.
The cost OF raising Arizona's first
quota OF soldiers for the national
army from the time the first move
was made until they were turned over
10 the raliroaos foT transportation 10
the training camps was $26,l1S.oi.
Work on the highways and bridges
of Arizona should not be discontinued
during the war. but should be- active
ly prosecuted. according TO Governor
Thomas E. Campbell in eommunica-
ton to Thomas Maddox, state en-
gineer
A message addressed TO Gov. Thorn
as E. Campbell from Miles Merrill of
Bisbee, president of the Loyalty
League of America. asks that the gov,