Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-28
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.

12SAeT II 70 nave = new notoA.
The Legislature will be called in
special session.
The 8. p. depot At Tucson is to be
reconstructed.
Three cavalry regiments are to be
stationed at Nogales.
TEXAS Day" for Texas-Arizonians
was celebrated in Douglas.
Arisona's quota for the first call
under the second draft 10 40.
In the call for 4s.sl3 men Nay !
to 10. Arizona will furnish as.
The spring offensive Of General La
Grippe has invaded the Warren dis
trtct.
Many large purchases Of third
Liberty Loan bonds were made in the
Warren district.
The Arizona Verde Oh Company
has recently been organized by Pres
colt and Verde men.
State Bank Comptroller Jesse l.
Boyce issuedsa license for the Round
Valley bank Of Springerville.
Tucson hotel and restaurant men
have adopted the wheatless regime
until after the new crop IL harvested.
A lumber yard and some small
buildings adjacent thereto at Tyrone
were destroyed BY fire. the loss being
placed at $4,000.
Ray Consolidated Copper Company
for the year ended Dec. 81. 1917.
shows 3615 earned on stock $50 par)
against $742 in the previous year.
Chino Copper Company for the
year ended Dec. 81, 1917. had earnings
equal to Sl0.s3 . share (S5 par)
against $1440 In the preceding year.
Dave williams was tried in the Su.
perior Court on the charge of killing
Cashier T. H. Brandt of a Tombstone
bank by Fred Koch. who implicated
Williams.
Oatman reported a 100 per cent
oversubscription to the third Liberty
Loan bonds on the opening day
Thatcher also went .'over the top" on
the first day.
John Franks. aged go, q deputy
sheriff Of ella county. under Tom
Arner At Christmas, was shot and
killed by a Mexican named A. San
chez. according to word received in
Globe.
A Tucson branch Of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy
was perfected at a public meeting
held In the Tucson Trades Council
rooms, which was addressed by A. A.
Worsley.
Chief Of Police East, in his report
for March. to the Douglas City Coun-
ell, showed Ill arrests, 1922 col
lected in fines. S1,577 recovered in
stolen property and eleven policemen
employed.
1t was reported at Tucson that an
offer Of $4,000 has been made for the
bond and lease of the North Star
mine, In the Twin Buttes district. A
hoist is being erected on the property
and operations are beginning.
Pledging themselves to support the
food administration in its effort to
win the war, seventy.five Cochise
county grocers met in Douglas and
formed an organization to help exc
cute the orders Of the food admins
tration.
The Crimson and Crepin strike in
the PapaSo district, near Tucson, is
more spectacular than ever in the de-
velopment Of high grade lead and sill
YER orc than in the wulfinite At first
encountered. Lead and silver run
ming ~ high ~ Ill ounces of silver
and ~ per cent lead was found en-
crusted in several inches Of high
grade wulfinite ore at q depth of
about eight feet.
Phoenix postal receipts for Feb
urary exceeded those Of the same
month last year BY over $1,000.
B. J. Mustain Of Fl Paso. Texas; j.
n. O'Counor Of Maxwell. N. NJ. and
IN unidentified Mexican, were killed
and five Mexicans seriously injured
when q railroad motor car crashed
into q switch engine in the railroad
yards ut Douglas.
Ramon Duarte was arrested At Tue
- on the charge Of criminal assault,
the complaint being made by his al
legged victim, Rosario Flores. The a.
legged offense occurred near Greater
Vile and the warrant was issued by
Judge Robinson Of that precinct
Jack" Greene. who was found dead
1t Nogalss with . discharged der
ringer beside him. according to papers
found among his effects, was the
Right Hon. Lieutenant Jeckson Bar
gle. son a the Countess Of Darnley
Of Gotham Hall, Gotham, Kent coun-
ty. Engiand, to whom he left letter.
His papers showed he enlisted in
to1l in The fourth battalion Of the
Royal 18th fusiliers and was dis-
charged IN Sareh, 1917. He bsa three
ssyonet wounds and Q billet wound
= lii thighs.
The Mascot properties at Wilcox.
taken over under Q long time lease
an1 bond by the American Smelter
saA Rs(ining Company. were turned
ovsr 10 H. owners.
More than 1900 motor vehicle H.
csasss have bssa Issued from the Of.
Me- d SECRETARY q state thus far this
ysar. They are SIN coming in at the
~ q assut my . day.
~ FoSs. 0lsSs Dsea room attend
ant, was sAst s.1 Dsoeably fatally
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