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Tombstone epitaph., 1920-05-16
FIND reouilLA IN. BOTTOM
 OF CAPTURED CAR

BiSBE. May li.-With four gal Ions of teQuilia concealed i1 the false bottom of a Ford, Eugenio Castro was captured last night by Polic Sergeant Hill Ruff and Jailor Tex Barton after a chase from the Slas Dump garage 70 the Grand Theater, at the end of which Ruff made a flying leap from the car in which he was Iursuirg into Cassrp's car.
 The police had been watching for Castro, for some time. Receiving in lorna. a.ion that he hal just crossed the line with his car. Raff waited for him ,n Naeo road n-ar the Slas Dump and Barton at the police sta. ,ion. Castro refused 10 stop when the policemen hailei him. Ruff! jumped into a passing car and pur- sued him.
 The liquor was cactred ia flat gal. vanized tanks made for the purpose A cwo-galIon tank that had been fast. ensd underneath tSe machine with wre had sprung & leak and all the liquor had leaked out.
 According to ths police Castro Nll tle held for the federal officers.
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SMALL PCN. DANGER

PHOENIX. May 1.-SiX counties reported g cases of smallpox to tha State Board of Health during April. This indicates slowly increasing spread or the infection due, without doubt according to the State Board of Health. to the failune of ci- tizens 10 get vaccinated. During the first three months of the year there were 50 cases reported.
 Quarantining of cases that may he discovered offers a small measure os protection. Even under the mos: favorable circumstances, cases fra. Quently wander about injecting nun. bers with whom they come in cen. tact before the breaking ouf of the rash makes their predicamsnt apgar ent. This is particularly true Of the slight character Of cases that have 60 far been the rule throughout Ari zona. Had these people been sAcc. mated. they would not have takes the disease themselves and, as : mat ter Of course. would not have beer able 10 have given it to anyone else So far smallpox cases have bee; reported from the following counties Apache. Gila, Graham. Maricopa. Mo have. Pinal. Santa Cruz, Yavapai an' ! Yuma. No cases have been reporte. ! from Cochise Coconino. Greeniee Navajo and Pima. The State Boar
 of Health gives notice that there j
 only one certain safeguard agains
 the discomfort and disfigurement O
 smallpox and that is vaccination.
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UPhoLos DRAINAGE BONDS

PHOENIX. May l3.-Upholding tue action of the board of supervisors Judge Stamford in the superior court today declared legal the s4o0.eo0 bond issue for drainage purposes issued by the directors of the Buckeye drain age district. No 1. The ccur; order was issued on petition of director, of the distric; some time ago.
 Twenty-seyen land owners in the d;stric. had filed answers 10 the peti- ton. attacking the validity Of the bonds
 After ,oday's decision by Judge Stanford. counsel for the 2 land owners gave notice that new trial would be asked.
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REPAIR WORK BEGUN
 UPON APscHE TRAIL

PHOEXiN. May li--Work on i'm proving rhe Apache Trail began Monday. when a force Of men. scrap CTS and trucks was seUt out by the Auto Transportation company to q point near Government Wells. Elk .ensive improvements will be made on the hishsay, according tO officials ot the transportation company, which eventually gill be made one of the finest roads il the stata.
 Judson KIag. an official of the In ion Auto Transportation company. is supervising Ise work of reeonstruc tiou.
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CHANGES IN BANK

A; a meeting Of the board of direc, tors of the Cochise County State Bank held in this city today. the va canc!es occasioued by the resigna. ton Of MT K N Coplen and Dowei! Kohl. cashier and assistant cashier respectively. were filled by the ap po!n,men, Of Mir. k G. Fshnestoci; 10 succeed MT. Coplen and Mrs. T S S,aphakos 10 succeed Mr. Kohl
 Both MT Coplen and Mr. Kohl have accepted positions with the Rigss Bank. which xilI be opene shortly al Wilcox MT Copien as ac tive rice-president and MT. Kohl ss assistant cashier
 This afternoon Mir. Coplen left 10: Los Angeles on a business trip for the neE Wilcox institution. expect. ing 70 he absent for several days.
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BOARD TO HEAR
 TESTIMONY IN
 CASE OF MoEUR

PHOENIX. May 12 Governor Campbell stated at tolight's meet ing Of the state land board inYesti- gsting the state land department un- der he administration of Commission CT ". A Moeur, that seven or eight coMpiainsn.s had communicated with him relative to the department and that he had notified them to ap. pear before the board within 4s hoars-
 If they did 10. do so. he said, they would lose their day in court. The land board arranged for continuance of inc hearing tomorrow al which time A was understood one Of the persons to appear before the board would be John w Gungl of Willcox, ,Cochise county.
 Tonight's session was brief. It was over before nine o'clock One Of the witnesses was the wife of A. F. Par ker of Fl Paso. said to have been an agent for S. G. Barrow of Benson in negotiations for state lands. IL was a letter addressed to Commissioner Moeur and bearing the name of Bar rows as a signature which started the investigation of the land department. It mentioned payment of $500.
 Barrows has branded the signature as . forgery and declared he had noth ing to do with the letter.
 Mrs. Parker said the signature did not resemble her husbands writing saying the formation of certain let fers lacked characteristics of her 'hus bands style. Parker is understood tr be in H Paso and it was not known whether he would appear before the board or not.
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ARIZONA CROP REPORT
 FOR MAY 1. 1920

PHOENIX, May 1o.-Despite the late season. general crop conditions in Arizona May l were very encour- agirg. according 10 the Federal crop report just issued by L. H. Harrison. Arizona field agent for the L. s. Bur eau Of Crop Estimates. Arizona far mers report that spring blowing was s5 per cent completed by May l. wlile the amount Of spring planting done by May l was s5 per cent Range pastures are reported in ex ce,lent condition. Livestock cams through the year with fewer losses than usual Heavy reductions are reported in the wheat. hay. and farm pasture acreage. while the cotton acreage is reported more than twice that of las; year.
 Wheat acreage for the state is es
 riirsted at 5000, compared with 70, | 0OJ acres last season. The condition of the crop on May l was 94 pel cent of normal. which compares wit
 95 per cent last year on May |; aut
 80 per cent, the 1918 May condition Ma,icopa county reports condition of 31 per cent: Graham 95; Pinal 9i Giia 90: and Pima 9S. For the Cn ted States as a whole, the presen |, prospect is for very small crop o
 -iuter wheat Based on a conditic |! o. 79.1 on May i, the forecast ia fo
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DEFECTIVE BALE PoT COSTS
 ARIZONA COPPER co. $2s, ,oco

TUCSON. May l3-a defective bale on q shelter post cost the Ari- zopa Copper company. a verdict of s.5.Qvv. in the federal court yes,er- day ~hen judgment was rendered by the jury in the case Of Charles Roy Bucsatew. about nirre o'clock lat night. after two days trial in which the plaintiff was represented by JaIss R. Dunseath and l.. Kearney
 According to the testimony, Buck alley was employed m the Smelter a. Clifton as a swamper. It was his duty to grab the swinging pot of molten copper as it cams down the room. According to the testimony, as he grabbed it, the bale broke. pre- cipiiating the mosen copper down npon the unfortunate youth, who is only ee years old. burning him about the head and body, nearly cremating him alive.
 The case was presented by Mfr. Dunseath and his associate yesterday morning and went to the jury after three o'clock. The verdict was rem dered about nine o'clock last night. The defendants were given five days to appeal
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PRELIMINARY WORK ON CHARLESTON DAM

J. x. Curtis, Jr., one of the work ing committee of three appointed last week to start preliminary work on the Charleston dam project was in Tombstone today obtaining sigma. lures to the petition asking that the board of supervisors create an irriga- ton district Mir. Curtis reports that the farmers in all three districts down the river are eager to sign the petition in order that it may be pre-. sented to the board IL is hoped [, have il ready for presentation at the reeting of May 17th. As soon as ths board creates the district an election will probably be called to ascertain whether or not bond is- sue would be desirable. If so, as soon as the state law is changed to allow :ssues of the amount tha, will be rec dired to float the project, an cleo ton will be called to vote the bond. Aihost everyone interested in the prc!ect feels sure that definite pre- Urinary steps for the consummatioa of the Charleston Dam and laterals. has been taken and more optimism is in evidence throughout the whole San Pedro Valley, than has ever been displayed before.
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DAIRY INDUSTRY IN POOR
 SHAPE FIGURES REVEAL

PHOENIX. May 1l.-Ssa;ing that indications at present arg that feed will have to be shipped into the Salt River valley this year, into a dis trct which once supported many Of the finest dairy herds in the country, experts yesterday declared that the dairy industry in the valley E in a critical condition and probably the worst situation it has ever been.
 That the dairy industry is in ? more dangerous condition this year tha- last is evidenced by the fact hat this year there are only 4SOo0 ceres of valley land planted to alfa,- ia, as against S5.se0 last year: and that this year there are but ls.eo5 acres of pasture land. compared with 35.00O in 1919.
 The dairy situation in the Salt Rives valley for sometime has been subject of considerable concern among those who think Of the fu. turc, and not altogether of the pres. cnt. The decline O: the dairy indus. Try here has been simultaneous with ard in large part due to, the rise O! cotton in the valley, until now men thoroughly informed on the subjec, aeolGre the dairy industry in critical shape.
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TO INSTALL RADIO
STATION AT AJO

AJO. Aria. May 13.-Ajo is to have an army radio station, to be used as an airpiane patrol in connection with the aerial mapping of the boz der. just being started here.
 The equipment for a standard sta ton has been shipped from kell : Field. San Antonio. Texas. and three army men have arrived here and are prepared 10 start the installation Q. the station upon its arrival Tlc station will be maintained at this poin; for about six months.
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GENTLEMEN REPORT sLAcKLEo Ih STATE

PHOENIX, May 13.-That blackles has broken out in the state is the word received at the livestock sani- tary board. Letters are arriving from many sections of the state where cattlemen have interests to the effect that cattle are infeeeed. Demands are made for vaccine.
 In nearly every letter the live stock sanitary hoard is assue~d of the cooperation of the cattlemen in the use of vaccine. advocated by tn, board. in stamping out the menace" said Ed Stephens. secretary of the board. yesterday. MT. Stephens ad- ded that thousands of dollars worth of cattle have been lost by blackleg.
 Dr. R. J. Flight, state veterinarian. is in Stafford at present in the inter. ests of the cattle industry.
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NEW TRAFFIC ORDINANCE ENFORCED TOO SOON

TUCSON. May 1l.-Alleged traffic ordinance violators turned the tables on the machinery for the enforce ment Of the new ordinance and had laugh. at their expense when the discovery was made about , o'clock yesterday afternpon that the erei- nance had been put into effec. twenty four hours too soon. At that time is alleged violators had been reported and about a dozen had been fined by Judge Cowaa. police magis- trates
 F. C. Bernard. cisy attorn<y, found ou; about o'clock that the ordinance had been put into effect yesterday. He immediately notified the police that The thirty days allowed for tn. publishing of the ordinance did no: expire until midnight last night, sn that May II and not May 10 vas the first day. Chief or Police Hopley immediately notified his traffic off cers of the ruling and all the cases were thrown out.
 Judge Cowan issued a notice to all persons who had been fined that ths money would be refunded immedi
 ately. He said every effort will b<
 made to find every person fined.
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NORTHERN ARIZONA sAEEPMEN AIDED sY
 BIOLOGICAL SURVEY

Stanley P Young. predatory animal inspector of the |. $. Biological Sur yey cooperating with the Arizona live stock sanitary board in ,a.e era dication of predatory animals. return eI |" .:.::e Phoenix office yesterday after six weeks trip into northern Arizona where he demonstrated the new forms of government strych- nine now used extensively in poison i'4g stock-k.llipg pests.
 Late in March MT Roung placed crew of government poisoners 10 work along the Little Colorado rive; on the southern end of the Navajo reservation. and the poisoners in this crew ben, their efforts 10 poison tho coyote drift thereon which saoops down onto those important sheep ranges lying to the south, Due to the excellent cooperation given by the stockmen many good report {; have come in regarding the number of coyotes poisoned Not only were the government poisoners successful in poisoning coyotes and bobcats. but also found in travelling their poison lines each day. that a goodiy mum Der Of wild 3Gs were poisoned as well.
 These dogs had no doubt at one time been domesticated. but due to neglect and being allowed to shit: for their o~n means of obtaining a livelihood eventually turned wild. and when such is the case. such dogs be- come the worst stock-killing varmit that the government forces have to contend with. Time and again. es. peciaily iu the creyiees found in Can. you Diablo. the dogs were found dead. having made dens in these ere vices and after taking the poisoned baits would crawl into the dens and die.
 The poisoning work done in the northern part Of Aripona by cooper ating stockmen and the government: men is; of utmost importance at the present time because of the fact tha; ,many Of the sheepmen are now hay ing large flocks of sheep lanbfns. be- sides the cattlemen prodcrins this years crop Of calves. and 1t is on the newborn stock that the wild dogs bobcats and coyote get in their dead ly ravases.
 Because of the splendid eoopera- ;iun of the stockmen with the bioio- gicaI survey. and the excellent re- sulrs obtained by the poisoning me- thods, il is anticipated that 2 larg. poisoning campaign will be inaugur ated the coming fall on these infes.- ed. areas in Arizona whereon So muctI depreciation as result oi tie, varn,ints is from time to time reporte.I to the Arizona headquarters. here d. Phoenix
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PHOENIX REALTY INCREASES

PHOENIX, May 12-Valuation oi city real estate here for taxation purposes has been increased 20 per cent, 1t was announced by the city assessor today. This conforms to a similar increase on real estate with in the county and does not apply to improvements, 1t was stated.
Tombstone epitaph., 1920-05-16

crcp of ASA million bushels. This is s4S million bushels less than was produced last season.
 Cotton prospects on May l were not very encouraging. due to the late season. While much replanting has been necessary. the crop shows abou, an So per cent stand with the condi lien rapidly improving as a result cf ,oore favorable weather. A prelimAa- ary estimate places the acreage Of the American Egyptian variety a: ' oVo acres. which compares with s.ooo one year ago: ;2.0V0 acres two years ago and 3S.0oo acres three years ago Maricopa county reports is5.. 0V acres: Yuma 1s.ooo acres: Pna! ,r9o0 and Pima 5000. The state acre, age 5t short staple is estimated at sa.oCo.
 The acreage of alfalfa and c;he- ;au.. hay shows a marked decline due to the preference for cotton. The acreage for the state is reporte. a. ils.eoo IS against l69. 9.0e9 acres las, year The acreage to be used for pasture Is estimated al S5.00l. compared with s5.00os acres in 1913 The heaviest decline is repor;ei iro.3 Msrico pa county, which repcrcs i9.000 acres for hay and l50o0 acres for pasture, decline of iS.oo0 acres .l lay and e0,e00 acres in pasture The presen. situation is proving uu. favorable To the dairy and other stock interests in some sections cf :hc state For the United States. the Pcreage Of ;ame hay is estimated a. s9s per cent of 1919 The condition .s r.aced a: ss4 per cen, ot norma. e spared with s4S last year and SsG ia 1913
 The Arizona cantaloupe acreage is estimated 3; 2.5o0 which compares with +.5o0 in 1919; 2.300 in 1918 and e.o00 ;n lal. The commercial, crop is confined largely to Maricopa and Pinai counties.
 Pasture conditions May were % per cent of normal This compares with a2 las. year. Sl in 1918 and Ss. the le-year average condition May 1. For the United States. pasture con, di,ions May were 7ss compared with so.3 last year and Si-5 the lo- year average.
 Due to the excellent condition o: the winter ranges, and favorable weather conditions. stock generally came through the year in better COZ. di.ion and with fewer losses ,han usual Cattle losses for the state are reported a; 5-5 per ce1- from diseass and exposure. compared with Js per cent. the i0-year average Sheep show a loss oi 25 per cent froDs di- sease and 2s per cent from exposVre as against 2'S per cent from disease ana i2 per ceut from exposure. the 1o-year average mortality. The num. ber of lambs that died from dises g and exposure is estimated a. pe. cent. compared with S.2 per cent. the Swear average.
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QUESTION MOTIVES OF PROBE

PHOENIX, May 13.-Prolonged discussions at times acrimonious
 featured tonixht's meeting of the state land board h the supreme cours chambers in continuation os the in vestigation of state land department matters affecting the administration of W. A. Mouer. At its conclusion . decision was reached to continue fhe hearing to next Monday night.
 Tcnight's meeting was marked by
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mary sharp passages between Geo

1 many sharp passages between Geo.
 Purdy Buliard. counsel for Commis- sioner Mouer and F. C. Struckmyer. counsel for the land board and par ticularly between Mir. Bullard and Attorney General Wiley F.. Jones. member of the board. Bullard sought
 to prove conspiracy against Mouer l existed based on the next election three of the Democratic members O. the board having announced their candidates for the Democratic nom- | ination for governor IL was intima. ed a member of the land board had opposed Mouer because 'he latter's friendl!ness toward the candidacy O. Secretary of State Nit Simms. Al torney General Jones objected to an l inquiry into the reason a member Of the land board might have for vo.. ] ing 10 eject the commissioner Bul. lard replied that was matter 10
 be determined by the board Al the suggestion of Governor Campbell. the ! board retired. After it's return. in div;dual members were asked to state their views. Governor Camp
 bell and Auditor Boyce sustained the position of Attorney General Jones thus creating a majority against prob ing the motives o. board member
 Bullard then asked permission 10 file protest agains; the qualification os Mir Jones on the ground of alleged bias and was granted permission to tile any kind Of protest he pleased
 John W. Guns1 of Wilcox. tes:.- fled a client Of his who haa made ap- plication for lease on 2 section c: state land adjacen. to his homestead had been turned down ir favor of a subsequent applicant. On being ques- toned. Gungl stated that the sue eessfu! applican, was the owner of oil stock in MT. Moue-'s company" Commissioner Mouer then said he was one Of the organizers of an oil company which he believed was a meritorius enterprise and that he had invited many Of h:s friends to ge: into il. He said everything in tha, connection was regular. It was brought out that only Governor Campbell and possibly Attorney Jones of the land board membership were not owners of oil stock os some kind. The inquiry was then turned back 10 land office matters.
 Charles E. Bolton. justice of the peace al Courtland. was the frs: wit. ness Of the night lie testified about % unsuccessful applicants for state land purchases or leases were pre- pairing to bring sui; against the land department on various grounds.
 Bolton also made reference to dummy entrymen" relating one al- legged instance, in which he said. 6 cattlemen had gone to Gleeson and se- cured signatures Of i5 men abou. town to lease applications. with pow CT Of attorney vested in himself. The cattlenan, Bolton said. originally in tended to get 50 names but fell five short and said he would be content with 45 sections of land which was all he really needed. Bolton said he did not believe Commissioner Moue: was aware of the dummy entry prac- tice in this instance.
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NOGALES-3OO carloads of sugae from Sonora refinery to be released in United States.
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JEROME Bisbee Co. connects with Arizona power line.
 PHOENIX - Jewish societies to build home.
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MIAMI-Recent copper strike in Van Dyke mine proving boom to dis trict
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-03-19

Washington.
La noche del yiernes lfue ttatro de
grandcs acontecimientos I'm Opal, peaue
sna poblacion del Estadb de Virginia,
pucs unc de sus veciil9s mas impOr-
tantes i meior reputadps de todo el
distrito. MI. Lloyd $. jfpnson. hombre
de SO amos casado ' Edn cinco hijos,
fu6. sacalo por un coEnlt6 de vecinos
de Ia alcoba de la matstra del pueblo.
Miss Birdie N. Zirkiel nujer hermosa
= que no ha cumplido Itddavfa los cua7;
! renta ,cinco, apaleadb y despues en-
plumauo.
Ell suceso merece algh mas Que la
referencia concisa que Hecede. pordue
contienc muchos detalles interesantes.
La vfetfma, es decir, eI bon Juan EN-
plumado, es un homhrd piadoso que
cpmplc al pie de la leth sus deberes
reiigiosos' ejercfa eI konroso cargo
de Superintendente de laI IEscuela Domi
nical de la iglesia metpdista de Ii
!berty. aldea pr6xima 4 poblado de
Opal
| SegIr parece, cierta nOche, als.lin We
cino de esos que hacen amabIe la vida
puebIana, porque estan siempre ace.
chando 10 que hacen los demas, advir-
tic que un hombre trepaba por un pos
te del aIumbrado hasta el baIcon de
la casa donde residfa Miss Birdie v
zirkie, Ia maestro de Opal, y no Sc fue
hasta que baj6 el hombre sigiiasamen-
te ' le reconoci6 con hsombro como e.
Superintendente de la escuela domini-
cal, uno de los primeros moralistas de-
pueblo.
Aquel cbseryad0r comunico su descu'
brimicnto a varios amigos contertulios
snvos en- Ia tienda mixta del pueblo
donde todas las noches Sc reuncn las
personas de alguna representation pa
= comentar las notieias del dfa. j
entire todos organizaron el grupo que
empIumo a Thomson, el cual grlpo, Sc
edn las ahtoridades, fue tornado POI
Turner willis, Labrador aconiOdado
auincuaeenario, hombre de caracteI
agrio cue nabfa jurado yengarse d
| los moralistas, desde que los esfuerzo.
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