Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-02
ARIZONA STATE NEWS

Wes<hh NswspePsr mon Ss"s S~f'iS~ l A canning club may bs organised at Assa.
 At Prescott . strike of moly bdenits was reported on the Contention.
 Flagstaff is to bs the summer capi- tai of the Arizona Food Administra- ton.
 The Chino Valley and the Home Oil companies at Jerome are spuddinG in wells.
 Reports from the Ray Hercules state that the final touches are being put on the mill.
 Cochise county's honor roll of lsl men left Flagstaff on the 18th for a mobilization camp.
 It is stated that by June 10. over 20.- 900 cattle will be shipped to market from the Gila valley
 About twelve men are being em- ployed at the San Xavier Extension i company near Tucson.
 A: B:sbce ;he ~oTk Of getting down to the 1.e0s level at the Denn Arizona 10 progressing rapidly. ! The Arizona Mossback mine at Snowflake is reported to be installing Sl7,oO0 worth of machinery.
 At Jerome three headings are being run on the s00-foot and two on the 800 foot level of the Pittsburs-Jerome.
 The l. W. W. headquarters at Phoe- nix were raided by a '. s. marshal. who seized a quantity of literature.
 The Calumet & Arizona's band flag at Bisbee boasts twenty stars for members who have joined the colors. x. C. Booth of Santa Rita, N. M. was in Tucson seeking leasers or oper- ators for his Silver King mine group. Last month the Tom Reed mill at Oatman put through its plant more than 6.00o tons of ore from the Aztec property.
 The operating conditions in the cop per industry throughout Arizona are in better general form than since a year ago.
 The Cochise County Food Conserva- ton Dealers Association agreed to dis continue the safe of new potatoes un- til June 1.
 The new mill of the Ray Hercules Copper Company at Globe has a rated capacity of between 1900 and l 500 tons per day.
 A bill creating the office of dairy commissioner and for the protection of the dairy industry was introduced in the Senate.
 The output of the Miami Copper Company for last month exceeded B. ooo, 900 pounds for the first time since June of last year.
 W. W. Terry. night watchman at Avondale cotton camp. shot and al. most instantly killed Joe Lindell. blacksmith of the camp.
 Humboldt reports that the Conso,i- dated Arizona Smelling Company's to- tal production of metal for last year was 1s,751.s4z pounds of copper.
 George Hughes. one of the original locators of claims in the Big Bug dis trict of Yavapai county. is dead He died at . mining camp near Wicken- burg.
 That Yavapai county is both patri- otic and prosperous is indisputahly evi- denced by the fact that 1t more than doubled its quota to the Third Liberty Loan.
 A resolution introduced in the House by Mrs. Pauline O'Neill of Mar. iposa, and unanimously adopted. put the House on record against the L w. w. and called upon all state officials to join in ridding the state of the l. W. W.
 It is reported that H. c. wilmot of New York has an option to purchase the old Tip Top mine at Prescott.
 c. Louise Boehringer of Yuma has been appointed by Timothy A. Rior- dan. federal food administrator for Ari- zona, as state leader of college women
 At Chloride the Copper Age mine has 2so.0o0 tons of ore blocked out which is claimed to average better than 325 per ton with 230 samples.
 Official regulations governing the registration June 5 of all young men who have reached the age of 21 years since June :. 1917. have been received at draft headquarters in Phoenix.
 A beginning was made of the legis. lation recommended in the governor's call for an extraordinary session when bill was introduced extending the franchise to citizens of Arizona serv. ing in the military forces outside the state; two measures, one in each house. for the protection of the legal rights of Arizona soldiers and declar. ing . moratorium for them. There were also three resolutions, one in the House and two in the Senate, for the ratification of the national prohibition amendment.
 | Thomas Powers, John Powers and Thomas Sissons were found guilty by . jury in the District Court at Clifton of murder in the first degree for the Killing of three Graham county off cers, who attempted to arrest the Pow ers brothers on Feb. 10 e alleged draft svaders.
 The United Eastern at Oatman, last moatA made one of the bigssst out | ~A A--Vu a- A. xs