Tombstone epitaph., 1918-03-24
ARIZONA STATE NEWS

The new Tucson city charter was defeated by 241 votes.
 Of the 5000 men called March 29. Arizona will furnish l4s. Mrs. Mary F. Brown has been op- pointed postmistress at Parker.
 Thrift day at Florence netted a to- tai of $1 ,800 from the 1,400 residents.
 There is little doubt that 1918 will be the banner silo building year in Ari- zona.
 Yee wun. a Chinaman of Phoenix. has made application to enlist in the army.
 A postoffice has been established at Rowood, with P. H. Holcomb as post master.
 A large number of Arizona boys have gone to the training ca: ; at Fort Ri- ley, Kan
 The Cochise-GrahamC Cattle Growers Association held an interesting meet ing at Wilcox.
 Citizens of Gleason have voted unan- imously to issue $6.000 bonds to com plete the new school building
 The inspiration war garden expert offers to help all Globe Miami resi- dents in putting their spare ground to good use
 Governor G. w. P. Hunt learned while a boy to knit Now he puts in an occasional stunt knitting socks for Arizona soldiers.
 A pension has been granted to Anna l A. Porter of Dos Cabezas at $25 per month and to John Widsom of Wick enburg at $2O a month. Ben Olney, charged with the killing of John Hawkins, was bound over 10 the Superior Court of Gila county, fol- lowing hearing at Miami By an unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors of Gila county an order has been issued granting the incorpor- ation of the town of Miami
 The Arizona State Bureau of Mines has been asked to gather samples of light volcanic rocks that are capable Of developing good strength. Superintendent Martin of the Pres | colt public schools has announced that the sale of the War Saving stamps in the schools reached total of $1,471. The clean plate" is to be the order at all mess halls at Camp Funston. national army cantonment, says a bul- letin issued by Brigadier General Vim.
 The cotton growers of Tempe are looking ahead to this years crop and realize that the present ginning facil- ities will not be sufficient to gin the | increased acreage
 Since March l no imports other than perishable merchandise have been re- ceived from Sonora through Nogales, owing to restrictions placed by the treasury department at Mexico City. Imposing the heaviest penalty that has ever been given bootlegger, Judge Stanford, in the Maricopa coun- ty Superior Court, sentenced Will Heil- man to two years in the county jail and a fine of $300.
 A<. oPoohy O hOi AANl dtputg of Gila county. pleaded guilty to vio- iatihe the liquor jaw before Judge ! Stanford and was sentenced to seven ty-four days in the county jail at Phoe- nix. dating from Dec. 2S.
 Governor Hunt has announced a call for special session of the Legisla- ture the date of which will be fixed later The matter of enfranchising sol diers will be one of the items dis cussed and acted upon when the ses- sion convenes.
 The reported discovery of potash near Jerome. is important. owing to the fact that potash has been one of the war minerals for which it has been difficult to find a substitute and new deposits of which are rare. Two beautiful American flags were l on display in Phoenix, designed for the two regiments in which most of Ithe Arizona boys taken in the army serv- ice are enrolled One flag goes to the 15Sth infantry at Camp Kearny and the other to the 34Oth field artillery at Camp Funston. Each will go as the gift to the regiment of the Arizona So ciety, Sons of the American Revolu- tion.
 At a meeting of directors of Inspi- ration Copper Company. c. F. Kelley, ! vice president of the Anaconda Cop per Mining Company, was elected a member of the board to succeed Flu gene Meyer. Jr., resigned Operations at the properties of the Inspiration Company are now running at 80 per cent of full capacity, sixteen of the twenty sections of the concentrating plant being in operation. Officials hope to start the additional sections as soon as a sufficient number of addi- tionai workmep can be secured. Slayers of Sheriff Frank Mcbride and Deputies Mark Kempton and Dave Wootan of Graham county were cap tured by cavalrymen eight miles south of the international boundary line. near Hachita, N. M, and taken to Saf- ford and placed in the county jail. The prisoners are Tom and John Powers, wanted as slackers under the selective draft law, and Tom Sisson, . hester, who aided the youths and their father, who was killed, in . battle with the three slain officers and Deputy United States Marshal Frank Haynes of