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Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
GOVERNMENTS TRYING TO
 STABILIZE SILVER MARKEr

LONDON. Oct ; The times ara prop.uou, for improving the currency systems oi those silver countries no, possessing the s5.d standard. asserts Findlay Smrras. director O: statistic. in India. ID paper which has been issued by the league Q. nations in connection w,,A tae international t.. nanc.a! conference held a. Brusse., this month
 Alr Sh.r-a, declare, tna' he adyan- taees of ,he adoption 0; the gold star dard d, s5sirm O. currency have been inconre,,ab, proved in The ca oi India especially bs.~eeu The year- lSes and lsl7
 The sta,isuc.an points ou, ina, an aercemen, between government, re. rardne ,he purchase and sale ot -n. yer might lead [, s,esty.ne of the market and preyen, speculation.
 During the war" h. say- when .l., aI.el government, purchased sl.. ye. pomly competition va, 10 a cop -iderab.e eA,sa. SO far a, ,he gov ernmen,s were concerned restricted and the beuef.;s o. concerted action were clear"
 He recalled that an American con. .4.ss.on oa .nreruatonai exchange in ,,o3 had pointed 9u, ,ha, a steady de. a.aud on the part Of governments for The silver which they actually nyede! from year to year Mou'd tend to steady it's price He a.so recalled that Mexican commission had suggested that the Bank of England and Bank Of France act for their governments in making silver purchases.
 Mr Shirras ascribed jhe fluctua- tions in the price Of silver in the last few years 10 d decline in production and a great demand for coinage ow. ing to the war Asia he said, had en- poyed prosperity by exporting it's pro ducts during the war and India and China had taken payment by import. ing precious metals. notably silver.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
DROPS FROM AIRPlANE IN
 A PARACHUTE. 5000 FEET

MORALES. Ariz,. Oct. 6-Sergeaut C w. Lark made parachute jump today at an altitude Of 5000 feet from an airplane pilOted by Lieuten- ant C. K Knarp travelling at 129 miles an hour High wind prevented Larks first parachute from opening and he cut loose 6 second as he plunged toward the earth It opened Nearing the ground, the parachute caught the top of a tree, but Lark landed safely.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
HEAVY BLAST SET OFF
 ON MlAMEsUPERioe ROAD

MIAMI Oc, | Several .ucai ea. sins.r,, accompanied by score ot .oca residents. ie,t hi, morning ID wilkes The explosion Of several ,ou of INT shot of OF ,hs Miami supe for highway. The explosion was to take place al l2.@0 o'clock today
 The unusually heavy charge was nece ,sitated by the proposed removal of d straight wall uf rock. overhang- ing portion Of the highway upon |. point. juttiug out into Queen Greek. According 10 the computations of the engineers in charge, the one blasl, said to have been ,ne of the largest ever used in the state on highway construction, would be sufficient to perform the task
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
MURDERER OF SHEPPARD
STILL IN MEXICAN JAIL

BISBEE. Oct. S.-Wh0her or not the eMxican. Pedro Mesa. held at Ma. co charged with the murder of Con. stable A. F. Sheppard. will ever be brocght across the line for trial on the charge. is not yet known. After his hearing in the Mex,can court at Naco Wednesday morning. the judge sent a telegram to the superior judge at Cansnea, recommending that the man be turned over to the United State authorities for trial Further action in the mater awaits some word from the judge al Canapea.
 It appears that the United States has an understanding with the Mexi. can government whereby extradition proceedings between Mexican and L. $. border states are left to the gov ernors of those states. EStradition proceedings in the interior of Mexico must be carried on through the fed eral offices Of the two governments.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND
 PARTY GET DEER EAcS

DOJGi As Oc .. IT. ;ha sEett. el. who says Aa. ,he deer a-e srmr4s -vduct in coclI-e county. Judes x < Jack recommends an interview with sam Boucher and party Nt, returned from th- Chiricahua mou9- 'a.n. yesterday each with good sized buck Judge Jack was picking the venison from his teeth yesterday and bemoaning The fact that it Vas not time to go home and ps-take Q, Ore from the boun;iful supply !es. there by members of said hunting party.
 Deputy Sherffs sam Boucher aaI Hud Kelly, with Constable George Newman and Rube Wells ranche-, went out Saturday and each re;urnei with one deer. one Of them so lsrg- that i, was necessary to cut il up |, several pieces and divide the load b.. tween the four to carry i, to the az. tomcbie On The way home the pa " saw several more deer bu. wer. satisfied with the days luck and le'' them for others ies fortunate
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
OBREGON STANDS
FOR PROHIBITION

E!. PASO. Texas, Oc:. 5.--"While i am prohlbtonist and am earnestly desitous of suppressing the liquor traffic in my country. believe tha reform should come gradually in Mex. .co and no; in a drastic manner. This will be the policy Of my administra. tion"
 The foregoing statement was made by General A!varo Obregon, president. cleo, of Mexico. who arrived in Jua-. ez late today to attend the Interna. ticnai exposition and military carn!. val, now in progress in EI Paso Gen, Obregon expressed himself as eX. tremely grateful for h!s election which he said marks the beginning Of new era of good feeling between the Am. erlcan people and those of Mexico.
 Guest Of Gen. Howze.
 Tomorrow General Obregon will he the guest Of Britscler General R l.. Howe. and the officers oi the garrison a, Fort Bliss. where a re. view will be held in his honor He is accompanied here by Governor Ignacio Enriquez. of Chihuahua. and Governor FlaSio A Borquez. Of Son. ora From Fl Paso the Mexican Of ficials, accompanied by Governor Hobby. Of Texas. VI go to Dallas where they will attend the Texas state fair
 General ooregon will be inaugur. ated al president ot Mexico on De. cember Roberto Y resqueira. nsca. agent of the Mexican govern. men, in The United States. :: is prl. yately announced will oe a4med am bassador ,o Washington Nlr Peo. que!ra accompanied The president. c!cc, rom Mex.co City here.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
TAX OFFICIALS OF STATE
 INCREASE CAR VALUATIONS

PHOENlN. oct. 5.-Assessed vaiul- .,n Of pr!yare car lines operating oa -a. rold- .n this state totals sl77S.1li Ic.ariius 70 figures compiled by the -.A.e '5A commission and made pub.
 tol4y The sum represented all increase O: s-ll,sl3 over last years ta.ua'ion The tax i+,,e was placed s Sl75 per $lco Of assessed yalua. aln. making the states revenue from private car lines abou, $26O0o.
 The assessment of the Pullman Co. Nas increased from sSss.74l to lo4i. }o' The number Of car lines opera5- Ius iu Arizona this year was gwen as llp comparrd with jS last year.
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COUNTY GAINS li.s74
 PEOPLE IN TEN YEARS

Su5lec' 10 possible correction the l,2o. or fourteenth census shows Co. cn.st county To have a total popu,a- lion Of l54c5 as compared with 3459t in 1910 and 925l in 1900 The gain .u ,hc pls, decade, therefore is H.. >74 There has beeu a gain ot s7..li -.u,e 1900.
 Incorporated places Of he county were shown 70 have the following populations Douglas a,sl6 as com. pared wi,h 64s7 in 1900; isbee, s.2o5 as against s.ols ten years ago Tomb. stone LIS a. compared with l.5s2 in 1910 Wilcox. so5 mo; incorporated in lsl0.
 In addition 10 Douglas city. the fig ures show the population Of Pirtls. vile. suburb. as 32l6. and Douglas precincts No 1 and No. (both out. side the city limits as 2Ol9 and 65o. respectively This gives great Douglas total population Of l5sOl, not in. cluding. of course. the soldiers sta ,ioned al camp Harry J. Jones here.
 The total oi the Bisbee percinc;. in. clding Bisbee city, and the Warren Lowell and Don Luis precincts shows l6.OsG.
 Considering the army camp p0pu.a- tion. then. the aggregate Of greater Douglas exceeds that of the ,ntirs Warren district
 The county population py preclne., l. al follows:
 Benson precinct s25
 Bernardino precinct. 100
 Bsbee precinct. including Eisbee city s2l7.
 Bowie precinct. ss5.
 Buena precinct l27
 Central Bridge precinct, l63
 Cochise precinct. 2l0.
 Courtiand precinct. A..
 Curtis precinct. 9G.
 Dos Cabezas precinct. 560.
 Don Luis precinct, l207.
 Douglas precinct. comprising Doug. las city, 9.sl6
 Douglas precinct No. l, 20ls
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
? MASKED MEN ENTER
 PHOENIX HALL AND ROB

PHOENIX. Oct. 1.-Two masked men. with drawn revoh CTS. entered the Phoenix Labor Trades Counci. hal tonight. lined up eight men. for ing them 10 put up th-,r hands anl face a wall and robbed the men and 2 cash drawer Of about s.oo in money and a number O. checks Hundreds of persons passed the labor hall while the holdup was in progress The ban hits took no jewelry from their vic tins. When they had finished they backed oot the door their guns st:,l covering the eight men and d!sap- peared in the darkness Ofcers la-- CT reported having taken two men in 10 custody as suspects
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
: INGERpRINTS BETRAY BOY WHO WANTED TO
 SEE ENGINES RUN

PhOENIX. Oct. 5.--ln an effort to match wits with small boys, who pull ed fire alarm and then hid 10 watch ,h- department race to fire that never existed, police today used the ''.eyr pr.n; system of Identification .ud arrested two youngsters. II to \ years ed They were turned over to s frolatloa officer saying they ;ur@. -d .n ,ae alarm, becaus. they want. -! 70 see 'Ae fire engines run
 The police took prints from ,he Ike. the alarm box. ques toned dozen boys in he neighbornood and obiaia- ri their finger prints. The arrests followed
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
MAN WHO FOUGHT GERONIMO
 WITH GEN. CROOK HERE

TUCSON. Oct. 6.-The picturesque old gentleman with flowing white hair who may be seen about the streets Of Tucson and somehow reminds one of Indian fighting days is Capt Charles A Montgomery Tucsonan of 50 years ago, who is now resident of Los An geles.
 It is not necessary to introduce this old government scout and Indian fight CT to many of the old timers of Tue son. for they know him well, and many interesting memories were called 10 mind during his visits to several of his old Tucson cronies Saturday
 Capt. Montgomery has the distinc- ton of being one of the few men liv- ing today who lived in Arizona his tory in the old days when the terri tory was being slowly. but surely won fsom Indian dominance.
 The .eteran Indian fighter ju rcG Major General Crook in 73 when the campaign against Geronimo was in full swing He first rode into Tue. son a; the head of fourteen Indian braves. who had been chosen as SC .uts by the government to hunt down he Indian chief
 Later when General Crook was SIG. seeded by General Miles. Captain Montgomery remained as scout for ire capture Of Geronimo and was a witness Of the surrender 1l IL In Gan. whose crimes ataias, ;ie whi . inhabitants. mortified the civilized world.
 captin Montgomery vh5 is i7 years old. and who h, .ohg sice ei:en up he rift Tor the les, thrilling 1c. equation Of s broker n L.. Angeles. rsn up from Nosales. xsare he was called on bnsiae.s to v. .:-4,td h., o.l Tucson fr.cHi>
 The occa,.ca Of h. u.. vi,.t her" was the opening o' iha santa Ria hotel. where he va rrtsoas d, he d.nu,r give hy the p;cmat,r. ro .r. memorA;e the even, l6 year, ago Cap. ain Montgomery ], again gues, aj m, santa R-s
 Captain Nsntsobe.1 :. i '.c,..d .a d large .aus tragsA-.. l across ta, border
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
MEXICAN MOONSHlNER IN GUN FIGHT WITH DEPUTY
 SHERIFF AT REGAL MINE

GLOBE. Oct. 5.--In gun fight a; the Regal Asbestos mine. F miles 10 The north Of Crysollte yesterday morn ing between Deputy Sheriff Ben Her. rick and a Mexican whose name is unkonw here, the deputy was shot through the thigh and his horse shot from under him.
 The eMxican was ordered from the camp by the deputy but refused to go. stating that fl he was taken our !, would be his dead body" The Mexican had been selling intoxica;- ing liquor 10 the employees al tho camp and was considered undesirable
 When he was told 10 leave. the Mexican began firing and wounded the deputy Because of the fact that his pistol refused 10 fire after the sec. ond shot the deputy was compelled to let him go He stated tonight he felt certain that he had injured the Mexi. can.
 This is the second similar affray which has happened in that district between deputies and Nexicans in the past few days. One Mexican is lying in a local hos pitai here believed to b. fatally wounded by a deputy sheriff al Crysolite Both affairs were caus. ed by selling liquor
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
NURSES OF cocHlsE
 COUNTY IN SESSION

DOUGLAS. Oc'. 6 The second meeting Of the autumn Wa. held b. the Cochist county nurse. in the Nurses club a, Camp Harry Jone- on Monday nigh, Routine business va. transacted
 |, ~a- decided q, tho meeting Ina, several uur-es from Coch,sa eoua y would attend the state convention to be held in Phoenix October 2l-22 A ,acia. hour followed ,ap Business se~. sion
 !, has b,ea urged taa, every nars. .a the state attend The Phoenix meet us and that every district D, organ ized and represented Nurs-s residing where there is ID d.,;r.c, association may become member. by applying for iad.ydnai application blanks from MacKay. secretary Tucson
 The -g.-la,ive bn. Mil be read and discussed as vii. be prospective regis ;ra'ion laws A. nurses in good in their district associations and state association for 1920 are en. s.H sfHF meeting to he held before the nurses bill is presented to the legislature.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
Sto.o0o GIVEN BY OElA
 HUERTA TO CITY HOSPITAL

MORALES, Oct. 5.-President Ado. fo de la Huerta has made the city of Nogales. Sonora. a donation of s1O, 900 which is to be applied to the erection of new municipal hospital The new institution will be of the most up-to- date character in construction ani equipment, 1t is said
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
Douglas precinct No. 3. $50.

Douglas precinct No. 3, 650. Dragoon precinct, 100. Fairbanks precinct, 269, Garces precinct. including part of Huachuca forest reserve. 27S Gleeson precinct. 3Sl. HeNford precinct, SCI. Johnson precinct. iG5. Light precinct, l25.
 Lowell Precinct, 3j2O, Lusk precinct. including part of the Chr.cahua forest reesrve, 41i. McAllister precinct, Ill McNeal precinct. 34s.
 Naoo precinct. 543
 Osborne precinct, lsl. Paradise precinct, including part of Cl'rihahua forest reserve, ;35. pearce precinct, 614.
 Pirtleville precinct. 32lc. Pool precinct, l60.
 Robinson precinct, 25S. Fucker precinct, li0. Si David precinct. 26i. san simon precinct, 52G. Servoss precinct, l3g. Slaughter precinct, IA. Tombstone precinct including Tom5. ,-Oue city. l.2s5.
 Turner precinct, loo. Warren precinct, 2oi.. Webb precinct, 399
 We>; Huachucap recinci. including Fort Huachuca military reservation and part of Huachuca forest reesrye, L573.
 Whitewater precinct. 352 Wilcox precinct, including WILCOX roNu. 1868
 Wi!sus precinct, li6
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
DEsS RELEASE SOUGHT BY
 STATE LABOR FEDERATION

TUCSON, Oct "A resolution ask .ng .or the release rom prison of Eu. gene Y Deb. d copy ot which N.li be forwarded 10 Presiden, Wilson. was adopted by ,he Stare Federation O. .abor a, the Wednesday afternoon session ol is ninth annual convention which i, now being he,l 4 the Labl. Temple
 A resolution 10 amend iae cons;ita. ton and bylaws of ,he federation. re. moving he ,wo-term limitation Of is ohcer,. va. adopted The question w. be submitted 10 'he entire mem. bership o. ;he body for q re.erendulA yo.e.
 Efotr,- vii b. made by the tedxa f,2n ,o secure the passage a, the nex: session of the state 1,.a'arT of a bi,i requiring an inspection ot s,ean boilers. A resolution ius,ucuus tho law and legislation committee to work for such a measure was adopted
 F ] k Mcbride. who has acted a, advisory counsel for the federation during the past year was given vote of thanks for h.s services and also re-apoointed for the coming year.
 In order 10 secure funds for the work of the law and legislation com. mittee, resolution assessing each member of the organization sl for the purpose was introduced After an ex. tended debate the resolution was adopted, the roll call vote standing 2l 10 H. This question, as well as the one raising the per capita tax on members Of the federation which was favored in a resolution adopted Tues. day. will be referred to the entire membership for a referendum vote
 A resolution recommending the re. moval of the readquarters Of ,he fed eration from Phoenix 10 some other city provoked considerable debate among the delegates Upon roll call vote it was defeated 25 10 10.
 Condemnation Of the state land leasing bill and measures providing for efforts for it's repeal were cor talned in a resolution introduced d; the morning session by L. E Doane. which provided that the next law and legislation committee be instruct. ed to work for the repeal of this les. islation and to endeavor to secure th enactment of such legislation as will protect the interests of the state i1 the lands given 1t by the federal law and to bring about the establishment of policy of development and home. making fulfilling the promises to ex- service men and to homeseekers !"
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
MAY LIFT FRUIT BAN

MORALES. Ariz. Oct 6-E. R. Sas. cer, Washington D. C.. chief inspector for the federal horticultural board, is here to confer with the local cham Der of commerce on proposal to re- move the government ban on the ir;. portation of citrus and other fruits from Mexico.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
JAIL DOORS OPEN FOR
 SLAYER OF sIseEE OFFICIAL

BISBEE, Oct. 5.-Charged with the murde rof A. E. Sheppard. constable. and the wounding of Charlie Long. fireman, on the evening of September Is, at Lowell. Pedro Mesa, Mexican. was arrested Sunday at Naco on the Mexican side, and was positively iden- tified yesterday by Long as the maa who did the shooting, and by C. A. Orton. a switchman on Sacramento Hill. as one of the two men whom as met along the railroad tracks carrv- ing a sack that later was found t' contain articles stolen from the Woot- ton hardware store.
 The Mexican is being held in ths jail at Naco. and will be given 4 hearing Wednesday morning al 10 o'clock in the Mexican court before being turned over to officers on this side of the line for trial here.
 The police are in possession a' important evidence against Mesa aside from the Identification by Long and Orton. and Rush Swope, the boy who was in the car with the officers  at the time of the shooting Several days before the burglary of the Woo ton store. Mesa was rooming al tha Arlington hotel here Patroiman Sherill and Sheppard raided his room on information that he was bootleg ging They found a quantity Of hquo- in his room, but Mesa had left and dii not return While sSarchlng ths room Sheppard. son Of the murdered constable, found in trunk quantity of insulated electric wire Of the same sort that was used by rhe burglars ,a descend from the skyligh; into ths Woot;on store
 Chief Kempton and other mam5,-v of the force wen, 10 Naco sunday n search of Mesa. They saw him in , pool room there. but when Mesa saw inc officers from Bisbee he s;;ppe'  on, the back way end made for :he hills Kempton hurried 10 the Msx can police station. got writ for n, arrest. and Mexican police wen, n pursuit They captured Mesa on a, outskirts Of town
 When first arrested the Mexican assumed an ar of brayado, and de. c!ared his willingness to accompany the officers anywhere. but when th-y started across he quickly changed h.. attitude and declined 10 20 Mexican officials at Naco advised the man that if guiltless he should accompany ths officers 10 the American side O, n, line where h.s innocence would b- e.. iab,ished easily. bu; Mesa remain.f obdurate The hear.a- VII b- n-- cessary foruaity .n ,hs N.xica' cour, before Me-a caa 5s Fe.Urard 70  this .de of ,he aue
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
SCHOOLS MAKING PROGRESS

PHOENIX. Oct 5-Excellent pro gress in vocational training in Apach Q county was reported today by Miss Buelah Coon. secretary of the state vocational training board returning from a visit to that county.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
CONDEMN CAR OF LEMONS

PHOENIX. Oct. 5-A carload o, lemons. received here this morning. from California by local producers firm for sale. was condemned later n the day by D. C. Mote. state entomo- logist and was ordered back to Cal. iforna.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
Growth Very Rapid.

Comparison Of the rate of increa>- for the territory with those for ,he United States as whole shows tha: during each decade the population o' the territory increased much mor- rapidly than ,ha, of the United States The largest difference between the two rates was during the decade o: ls7O-s0. when the population O. tue territory increased 3ls.7 per cent and that fo the country as whole 90 per cent. and the smallest difference during the decade l>@o.lsco when ths population Of Arizona increased @9a per cent and the population oi .he United State, 2"7 p.r cent.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
ARIZONA GROWTH
 LARGEST IN HISTORY

WASH NGTON, Oct. 5--1ne censu, bureau today announced the popula. tion of Arizona as follows: $33.2T3. increase, l2S.sl9 or eSl per cent.
 Arizona had q population of 204,S5i in 1910 ranking the state as 46th in point of population. It showed an iE- crease Of Sl.i23. of 662 Der cent in the ten years from 1900, having had the largest growth numerically in it. history. the number being almos, twice as large as any previous de cade.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-10-10
Fifth in Area.

In area Arizona ranked as fifth largest state in the Union in 1910 wi,h a land area of llS,Sl0 square miles, making it's population average IS pe:' square mile
 Arizona was organized as terri tory in. lSeSs admitted as state in 1912 and appeared on the Fedora. census reports for the first time in 1870 During the twenty years from 1870 to 1890 Arizonas growth was very rapid, it's population increasing a little more than four times during the decade l>7o-so, and little more than doubling in the decade lsSO-si. The absolute increase for that 20 year period was 75.5S5. From lS9o Co 1910 the growth was somewhat slower the population increasing ll6,lll or Fl Der cent.
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Growth by Decades.

The record of growth O: A~,zaua , population follows
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-09-23
/ .25o. 900 TONS OF COAL ADDED

With the temporary suspension by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion of the New England priority
order, which called for shipments of
/ ,250 900 tons of soft coal month
to tidewater for transh;pment to New
England ports, The entire soft coal
situation is appreciably improved. It
is now possible for substantial
quantity of coal to be diverted &c
other, points in the East and Middle
West.
Although the suspension order is
only temporary. every evidence in
dicates that the New England de
manGs for the remainder of the yea,
will be met without further prefer,
entail Shipments. The estimated re