Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-23
ARIZONA STATE NEWS

Agua Prieta.
 Prospecting for oil suu continues near Benson
 \ Chamber Of Commerce has been organized in Sommerton. Building permits in Douglas for No Nember amounted 70 s5.@ir. The Yuma City Council awarded paving contracts on four Of irs streets. The Arizona boys Dr Camp Funston are well quarteret IL their new bar racks
 Fifteen lir's in Phoenix in the month oi November resulted n t to. tai loss Q; sl.555.
 | Nearly .o.onp auto licenses have been issued by Secretary or State Os- borne, bringing in slua.Uuo, r N IIutchins sustained the nj jury or d broken leg whil. working ou th" oil well rig n Lower Gold Gulch near Bowie.
 ! Colonel Fred S. Bre,n 0. Flagstaff has resigned as di-bursing officer for Arizcna under the sel,ctivc draft service law
 A part o' the great Pau-American ostrich farm al Cashion. w.>' of Pho" nix has been purchased by John Scar buer.r Of Midland. Tex.
 Not one Jeromi'e vas indicted for gambling by tho county grand jury, which adjourned after being in sos- siD, af Prescott A Week
 A streak Of gouge eighteen inche5 ' wide has been opened iu rhe uast drift on the 7uo-foot l",ei oi the Verde Combination al Jerome
 Word comes from Mesa that the Mormon church has large plans afoot for the financial b",r-rmen' of the Arizona Indians oi tho faith
 By d vote o. 70 10 2>. ". (. Ward Sas elected president Ot the Jerome Miners Union over John Rice. al th. annual election Of that organization
 The propos. tion 'o form a town in, corporation al Sommer'oa. Yuma county wa, anandonel when tLe ques- tion of required population wa- raised.
 Thre- huELsc! and twenty acras oi ! Yuma valley farming lands mar ! Somer,oa las been rented for three years at thirty dollars pr acre each year.
 R H. Mcrorkl. and N ; orr .. Tucson were bound over 10 answer .A the United States Dis'rc, Court on a rha-c, oi stealing tHO barrels ui whisky
 Jor Hooks, formerly -ta.ionad it. . Douglas win 'he seventh cavalry. no" al For Ogie'Lorpc. Ga. writes friends that hc h4- I-ra promoj to iiIst sergeant
 Cost ot raising Ar.zoaa's quo.a ol soldiers for th, national army Uu-i. they woT" turned over Iu rhe railroads for cntrainm,nr Was s2SI5>"f The Eumb,r oi men sent "as a.i72.
 The old Dominion Company a Glohc is now working fu.l capacity iu all departments Tn. sm-.ter pro Guced approximately .."n"."nu pounds of copper for the month Of November. which is Iltrl, above its normal pro ductiOn
 l. is improbable nat any Pima Egyptian corrousred will Q" allowed to leave Sal River valley rhis season Available in the valley Will b" oulv seed enough for the planting ol >"uug acres
 Tworhirds oi the stock of rees in cold storae. III Arizona mus; loo Gi>- posed of by Jan. !. according to an or | der which has been received by Tim othy ! Riortau. United states food administrator for irizona
 Authorization for s.o.0oo worth Of improvements in the plant Of the Mountain States Telephone and Teio- graph Company. on The north.id" of | Tucson has been secured by Roy |. Burgess. district manager l Applications for the third officers | training camp 10 be organized al Fort | Bliss. or Fort sam Houston. are being ! filed now with the military depart ment of the University ot Arizona by ! members of the student body. 1 The Salt River Valley Egyptian Growers Association. at a meeting held at Tempe. has changed is name to the Arizona Cotton Growers Asso- | citation. subject 10 ratification by the various local cotton exchanges. The Calumet X Arizona Mining ' Company made fine showing in the production of copper al the smelter | in Douglas for the month of Noyem- Der. It exceeds the october product | by j5o.03o pounds. the total being s. | 0s0. 900 pounds. Besides this produc- ! ton of copper the company produced LOO 900 pounds of sulphuric acid from it's acid plant.
 Cattle range condition in central Arizona are in serious condition as a result Of ten weeks Of drought, ac- cording to a bulletin issued by the Phoenix weather bureau.