Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-19

Enlistments in the Arizona GuarC
are increasing
The fruit crop of the Verde vale,
is excellent this year.
The Globe sheriff has been instruct
ed TO arrest all slackers
The contract has been let for Flag
staffs new postotfice building.
Isaac Tracey's house near Tomb
stone was damaged by lightning.
The Commission on State Institu
tons is planning Improvements fo
the peIitentiary.
An attempt 10 break through tn,
Globe was frustrated.
There has not been much said abOu
| the cotton crops OF Casa Grande val
ley, but when the harvest comes th'
report will be good.
Walter d. Coakley. a postoffic'
clerk. is missing with sl0uov in cur
rency, il was announced BY Postmas
ter J. VI Renstadi at Tucson.
An effort j. being made by he Ari
! zona Live stock Sanitary Board Il
I simplify tn. brands OF the state b,
reducing the number on the list.
The Loyalty League Of America wa.
/ organized at Phoenix The ayowet
/ purpose OF Il set forth in the consti
tuition IS 10 eAtermina'e the / ". W.
Instructions hay" been issued by IA,
/ United States Reclamation Service 10
resumption OF the drilling OF the ~
perrin I'al well in the HaAapai valley
Operation on a large scale has beer
undertaken Al The Mascot Copper
Com pany recently taken over by III,
American smelling and Refining Com
( pany
/ Tne rime limit having expired. land.
Withdrawn by the state OF Arizona b!
the Cary Act o; April %, 1918. hav'
| now been restored and are subject I,
/ ling on Aug 81.
Announcement that United State!
troops would take over the protection
OF men desiring to resume work in III,
Globe Miami district had sharp refle,
in a changed attitude for the better.
Struck from behind by an unknown
assai!ant and deeply cut about th'
head, Private John Nercouris Of TrOoI
X. Seventeenth cavalry. vas roun,
unconscious BY the roadside in Lowe
Miami
T-nl-rngrrHt, y b.. .rFfT.r- E'r.r.L I
tie, who was hanged al Butte. was il
Miami Just before the strike called II
the Globe Miami district. concealed il
d miners house suffering from ;
broken leg.
The Globe and the Miami district:
have undergone a turn in the tide
with reference TO labor matters.
W. V. and their symparhizers hay'
suddenly found themselves in mucl
greater public disfayor.
Striking miners Of the Internationa
Union OF Mine, Mill and Smelrer Work
crs and allied crafts al mass meet
ing al Miami voted to refuse conCes
sions offered by the mine operator
: pl lit' 'TN'If- -Nllaill ulStE4tt.
Operations were resumed at the OLE
Dominion al Miami. despite the fac
that th- recent strike order has no
been r-scinded. The mine manage
ment said $50 men went TO work am
| applications from 2r0 others are il
hand
A recent strike OF high-grade golC
ore has been made in the Rose Marie
The ore runs well over $4,000 per toI
in gold. and the luck owners hav.
| taken out fifty sacks OF this grade o
ore. according 10 Wickenburg re
port
More than sS50.0U0 in gold was hell
by Arizona state banks at the clOs'
of business July lG.
Believing the Arizona quota for th'
national conscripted army is out o
proportion 10 the states population. Z
movement was begun by Col. Fred 5
Breen TO secure If possible reduc
tion in the number of men TO b.
drafted
At Tucson. Hugh E. Conlon of tn,
fire department. resigned and. with
seven others. enlisted for the war
With him went Ray Chamberlain
Eward VI. Clifford. Percy H. Harley
John p Sebring, Elmer Frederick anC
James A. Tong.
The uprising of striking Indians and
Mexicans al the mines of the United