Weekly journal-miner., 1917-01-31
BILL ELEVATES THE SALARIES
 OF JUDGES

PHOENIX, Jan. 2o-Effects of the cost of high living clearly are shown in Faires' bill for readjustment of the salaries of State and county officials. The governor is left at S4,000 and the administrative offices are untouched The "readjustment" is to be wholly for the benefit of the courts. The Supreme court judges are to rise from S5,00O to $S,00O year, possibly with reference to the strain of naming a de facto governor. The clerk of the Supreme court only is granted S2O0 above his present wage of S2,500. Su- pcrior judges in the counties of Yava- pal, Maricopa. Pima, Gila and COchise to go from S4,000 to 5000; in Green Ice from S3,500 to S5.500; in Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, Yuma, Pinal, Graham and Santa Cruz from S3,000 to S5,0O0. Half of the county judges salaries arc paid by the State and the balance by the county.
 After Drones In Office.
 Representative Mahoney of Yavapai has brace of bills designed to get full service from the servants of the people. All officers arc to keep their 4 p. m., except Saturdays. County offices are 10 be open from s to , and on Saturdays from 9 to l2. Shcriffs and clerks of courts must keep some one on hand to transact business ev- cry day of the year
 Women Jurors.
 Possibly a bill will be offered to lcgalizc cmpanclmcnt of jurics of women in certain court actions. Stuff ragists have just discovered that the Arizona laws permit on juricS of any sort only "malc citizens"
 No Newspaper Angels.
 It is not improbable that Phoenix will have new Democratic daily be- fore many weeks. The scheme main ly IS directed against the Gazette and its principal weakness seems to be its backing by the Hunt element, which is in a decided local minority, some thing demonstrated in the late cleo ton. Ii there be a new daily, it may be the expanding of the weekly Mes scnger, journal which now claims to be the only Democratic paper pub lishcd in Phoenix" It is edited by \. s. Mills, a pioneer editor and con sistcnt partisan, who is supporting Hunt in the fight over the governor ship, but who Is rated of rather the conservative sort.
 Mallory Has lob.
 Mir. Mallory of Pima Is dcyoting a large part of his thought and energy to his Torrens land legislation bill. It is slight modification of the practice in Nebraska and is the most volumin- ous offering thus far made to the leg islativc mill, having 70 typewriter pages. Mallory considers it in the line of constructive legislation, decid- ediy advantageous 10 the people at large and productive of possible loss only 10 abstract and title firms, from whom he expects opposition. In the scheme proposed, title will not rest upon an abstract, but upon a certified statement of county officer, backed by d guaranty of the State and sub Jcct only to claims which show dis tinctly upon the certificates that they have not been settled. It is claimed that the general run of abstracts in the older settlements of Arizona now arc getting so bulky and expensive that the realty men are turning to- ward guaranty certificates issued by corporations.
 Tucson Follows Suit.
 As predicted, Prcscott'S demand for 2,5OO a year for the Northern Arizona Fair has been followed by a similar suggestion for the Southern Arizona Fair at Tucson. Prescott has been getting S2,50O and Tucson nothing. There is free prediction that all the other fairs now will come in for a bit i and that the struggle, revolving | around the State fair appropriation will partake to degree of pork-bar- rel methods.
 After Main Measure.
 IL has developed that the suspicious | devotion of some of the senators for the blue law provisions of the anti i gambling bill was due to a. desire to | toss monkey wrcnchcs into the ma chincry Of the main measure. They | think the present anti-gambling stat Ites sufficient and do not propose to put in danger their little games of slough at the club.
 Normal Has Deficit.
 The house appropriations commit lee has discovered that the directors pf inc Northern Arizona Normal school have ovcr-run their allowances l small matter of Sl ,000. which it is the appropriations shall cover. Members aver that number of State officials have been spending what they liked, without reference 10 appropriations and they propose to stop the practice