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Tombstone epitaph., 1920-06-13
ARIZoNANs AT
 NATIONAL MEET

COLORADO SPRINBS. Colo, June e10.-The benefits Of legislative bureau to state legislature were discussed in an address given b. Con P. Cronin, librarian of the State law and legislative reference library. Phoenix, Arizona. before the Nation al Association of State Librarians al; Colorado Springs. June ,. The bill. drafting department has been an aG- junct of the greatest benefit 10 the legislature" said Mir Cronin. and during the life of the Bureau at least fifty per cent of the bills introduced ento the legislature have been drawn or the data collected by the Bureau; and it is a matter for pride that no bilb prepared by the legislative ref erence department has ever been held illegal for any reason nor de elared unconstitutional In closing MT. Cronin defined the modern leg jela,ive reference bureau as "Aris. Sotle up to date The National Asso- cation Of State Librarians is affilia;- ed with the American Library Asso- citation which was holding its forty second annual conference a, this time
 The chief topic Of discussion at the 1920 meeting was the Books for Ev- erybody' movement in which the as- sociation- is now engaged. Friends of libraries arer aising a fund of two million dollars with which to promote library extension.
 Among those presen; from the southwestern states was Miss Este.le Lutrell. librarian Of the University of Arizona Library at Tucson
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COTTON PLANTING TO
 sE TRIED IN SONORA

NOGALES. June 10.-Sonora, Mex ico. is the center of what will be one of the greatest cotton growing dis. .,ricts of the Americas. according to Capt. J c. Beasley of Hermosillo, who arrived here last night on a brief business trip. Extensive exper- mental crops on the San Carlos ranch. 8 miles from Hermosillo. have been planted this year under the direction of the captain to try out the district as a producing sec ton. The initial crops. he says. are doing nicely. both long and short staple cotton growing well.
 l. is expected that a large acreage will be planted next year. as the San Carlos proposition will be developed on an extensive scale Other planters in sonora report large acreage of cot ton. and to care for the saving of the crops the Arizona Cotton Growers as sociation has leased an extensive floor space here for storage purpos- es The association also will handle Mexican labor.
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WEAPON OF PIONEER
 FRoNTiERsMAN ADDED
 TO sociErY's COLLECTION

TUCSON. June 10.-The yalust.. :. and interesting collection of relics in the possession of the Arizona Pio- neer Society received a notable add.- ton "Wednesday when the revolver carried by the late Robert N. Leather wood through his years of service as pioneer ranger and sheriff. Of Pima county was presented to Inc association. The weapon. desp.:e its iong period of usefulness as th, ccn- siant companion of the active iron uersman an: peace officer, presents n appearance of pristine cleanliness ard is a .i5 Colt revolver. IL was found among Mir. Leatherwood's ef- fleets in his mountain cabin in tbe Caralinas. following his death Easter Saturday last in this city.
 MT Leatherwood served as shcriff Gf Pima county for two terms irc.n January. 1895. until January. 1898. His period cf service as a ranger antedated the other by abou: ten years
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TREASURY CERTIFICATES

DALLAS. Texas, June 10.-The sec retary Of the treasury of the U. g. has authorized an offering of limi.- ed amount of treasury certificates Of indebtedness, dated and bearing in- terest from June fifteenth. 1920. Series A 1920. five and three fourths per cent. due January third. 1921. and series to 1921 six per cent due June fifteenth, 1921. As fiscal agent of the |. S, the federal reserve bank Of Dallas is authorized to receive subscriptions and make allotments in full in the order of receipt of appli- cations up to amounts indicated by the secretary of the treasury AL most any banking institution will handle your subscription, or you may send subscription direct to the fed eraI bank of your district. Subscrip- ton books are now open.
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HARRIS AND INGALLS, CONFER TODAY ABOUT
 OLD GUARD ACCOUNTS

PHOENIX. June 1O.-Initial steps toward strengthening out the alleged discrepancy in existing accounts o. the company funds belonging to the old national guard will be made this moring when Charles w Harris, for mer adjutant general, and Walter S Ingalls,. adiutant general. meet with F. J. K Mcbride. assistant attorney general.
 The assistant attorney general yes teriay notified Colonel Ingalls, that he had arranged for meeting with MT. Harris, who will bring his per soual records to aid in strengthening the tangled affairs Such vouchers and cancelled checks as are in the possession of the adjutant general. which passed into his possession un- der the order of the court will also be gone over.
 Wiley E. Jones, attorney general stated yesterday that MT. Harris manifested a desire to do his bit in the way ot an accounting and that ,n his opinion the matter will not reach the courts.
 The accounting was brought about by Gov. Thomas E. Campbell. who in his third and last demand for an ac- counting stated that if it were not forthcoming. court action would be taken. After conveying this word 10 Mr. Harris the matter was turned ov- CT 10 Assistant Attorney General Me Bride with whom Harris held a con- ference yesterday.
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DAYLIGHT SAVING

PHOENIX, June 7.-Without turn ing. back the hands of the clock. Phoenix is considering practicing the daylight saving doctrine during the summer months 4 movement is un- der way to open stores and other es- tablishments an hour earlier and close at p. m-. instead of the GUS. tomary $ D. m. The chamber of com merce has gone on an to schedule and reports received by that orgaU- ization. it was announced today. were that many other local houses were about to follow suit
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MAN SHOT WHEN NEARING
 CHICKEN COOP PASSES AWAY

DOUGLAS. June 9.-Lee Lindley. who was sho, in the knee Saturday as he attempted to open the door of the Jose Lopez chicken coop at the rear of the Lopez premises south west of the city. died at the county hospital Monday night Death was due to a breakdown in the general health Of Lindley and 70 the bullet wound.
 Lindley had lived in Arizona for % years. When he frs; came to the s;ate he was employed in the mines as a teamster Expecting the return of the thief. who had taken the fam fly wash from the line the night be. fore. Lopez slept with a gun in his back yard. Another washing had been on the line to lure the thief back Lopez awoke late at night and saw a man trying to get into his chicken house: he called for him to halt. then as the man started to run, he shot him.
 Lindley was taken to the county hospital at once. He was about 62 years of age. and had no relatives in this section Of the country.
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SUPERVISOR or NOME
 ECONOMICS RETURNS

PHOENIX. June 6.-Miss Buelah Coon. supervisor of home economics of the vocational educational depart ment of the state. has returned from the southern part of the state where she has been on official business. Miss Coon will pass the coming weeks tn preparing her annual report which will be presented to the state board of vocational education which will meet in this city July 19.
 The members of the board are Governor Thomas E. Campbell. D-. R. B. von KleinSmid. president oi the University of Arizona; Dr. J. O. Creager. president of the Northern Arizona Normal school: A. J. Mat thews. president of the Tempe nor mai: C. o. Case. state superintendent of public instruction. Elsie Toles. SUI perintendent of schools of Cochise county: c F. Philbrook. superinten. den; Of schools of Bisbee and H. E. Matthews. principal of the Mesa High school.
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Mrs. Sam Hodgson. 335 East Twelfth street. Tucson. Mrs. Hodgson. it if understood. is a sister of Dibble. She will arrive here tomorrow morning
 Dibble was a stranger here and is understood to have been a ranch cook A. P wrenn of this city saw him Saturday and gave him lift to Casa Grande. It is supposed he came back the next day. hearing oi a job he might get. He was register ed at hotel Sunday night.
 Dibble was about 50 years old. He wore a gray mustache and bore Moose and Eagle emblems tatooed on his arms. About $1so was found in his pockets.
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ELECTRICAL COURSE

There is open at the State Univer- sity at Tucson an opportunity for young men to obtain an excellent training in electrical engineering. The The University has a fully equipped electrical laboratory containing al, types of direct and alternating cur rent generators and motors. trans formers. and full line Of acrdra.e measuring meters. The University power plant. a modern one. is also equipped and available for tests by the students.
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LOS ANGELES LEADS
 FAR WESTERN CITIES
 IN CENSUS RETURNS

WASHINGTON, June 1O.-Los An- geles has outstripped San Francisco and become the largest city west O; St. Louis during the last ten years, the census bureau announcement Of the populations of the two cities to- night shows. It also has outgrown Buffalo, tenth largest city in the country in 1910, as we'll as Milwau- kee. Washington, Newark. Cincinnati and New Orleans.
 Los Angeles now has a population of 575.4s0, an increase of 256,282 while San Francisco has 50s,41O in- habitants. Los Angeles' rate of growth was so.s per cent compared with San Francisco's rate of 213 per cent, during the ten years.
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PROPOSED BOND ISSUE
 NOT SUGGESTED BY
 HIGHWAY COMMISSION

PHOENIX, June 1.-In the matter of the proposed highway bond issue of s4,5OO.OOO an impression has gone out that the bond election has been asked for or suggested by the county highway commission That is not a fact. A few days ago the highway commission at the request of various persons prepared a statement of the amount of money that would be need ed to complete the original program, but il offered no hint Of its desire that additional bonds should be voted.
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ONE KILLED, ONE
HURT IN ACCIDENT

r. HURT IN ACCIDENT A boy identified as Hugh Williams of Rincon. New Mexico. was found dead by a freight crew near San Si- mop. Arizona, last night and a boy giving his name as Willard Fogal, was found to be suffering from a bad scalp wound. According to brief report from the constable of San Si- mon the two boys were found at Baw try siding. where they had evidently failed asleep with their heads on the railroad ties.
 Willard Fogel. the injured boy told tie authorities his mother, Mrs. Mary Fosal. lives at Five Points. Phoenix. He Is bout IS years old and weighs about 13O pounds. His height is given as five feet and seven inches. He is being cared for at San Simon.
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ARM CUT OFF eY TRAIN. TOES SEVERED, YOUNG
 MAN WALKS MALT MILE

DOUGLAS. June 1O.-James Dean Russell. aged IS. who had his left arm cut off above the elbow in . railroad accident Saturday. and who walked and rode a long distance into Douglas following the accident. is on the way to recovery at the county hospital
 After the accident Russell picked up his arm. but did not bother about a part of his foot, four toes of which had been cut off, too, and walked about a half mile. Finally he was picked up by passing automobile
 Am I driving too fast? asked the driver as he nervously steered his car away from the rough places.
 There is no occasion to worry about me-" said young Russell with smile. Twice he changed automobiles on his journey. and seemed an ordin- ary passenger. When he arrived at the county hospital and was put to bed. the nurses took his temperature and found 1t almost normal The in jured young man lives in Locust Grove, Oklahoma. He was beating his way on the train when he fell from it and sustained the injuries.
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VOCATIONAL BUILDING
 URGED FOR TEMPE Hi

PHOENIX. June lO-A s50.099 building for vocational educational work is proposed by the Tempe Un- Son high school board The board has gone cn record in favor of the building and will shortly call for an election to vote bonds in the amount of the proposed structure, which will house the courses in domestic science manual training and agriculture. While domestic science and manual training have been featured in the school. the course in agriculture will be new venture for which there has been a demand.
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BIG BOND ISSUE

PHOENIX, June IA bond issue of $300.000 to cover cost of buying sites and erecting three school build. ings to relieve present crowded con- ditio9s in the schools of Phoenix was suggested by the board of trustees at a public meeting held tonight. Ac. ,cording to plans submitted by Super. intendent John D. Loper. schools would be built in the north, east anh west sections of the city.
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FORMER DOUGLAS
 MAN KILLED ev

MAN KILLED eY WIFE. IS CLAIM DOUGLAS. June 1O.-Mrs. Harry Jurgensen. who is charged with the murder of her husband, formerly a Douglas resident. in Fl Paso on May 2S. has been held to the Fl Paso su. perior court in s1O.OOO bail. Mrs. Jrgensen. who since leaving Doug las several years ago. has been tray. cling for the Fisk Rubber company O. Fl Paso, was in Douglas on the Thursday before he .ced. He was in the best of spirits and counted on re. turning here this week to spend a few days. When he returned home he had a quarrel with his wife. which is said to have resulted in his death a; her hands.
 Mrs. Jargensen was indicted by the grand jury of first degree murder MT. Jurgensen was cashier for John George when he ran the Douglas Grocery store on G avenue.
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CONTRACT FOR RAV-kELvIN
 ROAD LEA AT $1oo, 900

FLORENCE. June s-The bids for the construction Of the Ray-Kelvin road were opened at the office of the county engineer. The grading con tract was awarded to B. M Gaileger and company of Phoenix. for $S2.0Oo, while the concrete work went to R. C. Sheedy Construction company Of Los Angeles for approximately $27,- 900. Next Monday bids for the con- struction of two concrete bridges on the Ray-Kelvin road will be opened and on the 2sth the bids for a DOT ton of the Florence-Superior road will be opened.
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PAUL MeOSkER
 IS KILLED IN
 MINING SHAFT
MARTHA MILES.

BiSBEE, June l0-Paul H. Me Osker. 5. of the engineering depart. men. cf the Copper Queen company was instantly killed yesterday morn ing in the Dallas shaft when he was struck on the head by a descending cage.
 McOsker and C. c. Pidgeon were plumbing the shaft and were working on platform a few feet below the S00-level in one side Of the two com partment shaft. The cage had been tied up in the side in which they were working.
 Pidgeon had just left the platform climbing up the few feet necessar to reach the s00-level. and had start cd across the station landing when he heard the descending cage in the next compartment strike something He looked back at the platform he had just left and McOsker had .is. appeared.
 McOskers body was found on the hurricane deck" of the cage .kat was operating in the next shaft. Ii IS thought that he put his head Through the timber into the ncx; compartment just in time to be sruck by the descending cage. Wha. could have caused him to take such risk is not known.
 Mir. McOsker had been in the en- picy Of the Copper Queen for sbcut five years. His immediate relatives reside at Lowell, Mass. and be is a giaduate Of Boston Institute O. Tech. Eology. Mrs. McOsker is from Cal ifornia. Besides Mrs. McOsker. two little girls survive their father The family home is opposite the Lircclr school on Bailey hill.
 Funeral arrangements will te an- naunced when word has been receiv- cd from relatives in Massachusetts. The body is now at the Hennessy Undertaking parlors.
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ElKSIN MORALES
 FORM ORGANIZATION

MORALES. June 9.-Nogales Elks created preliminary organization Sunday at meeting il the Santa Cruz club which will lead soon to the forming in this city Of a new lodge of Elks
 Two committees. one to select an Elks' home and the other on new membership were formed. Charter members are now being signed.
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KISS COSTS MAN
 $25 IN MORALES

MORALES. June l0.-A kiss stolen from a pretty fourteen-year-old Greek girl cost Peter Zefroberts. proprietor Of fruit stand, $25 in Police Justice F. F. Coles court today. He also suffered various and sundry bites and scratches from the fingers and teeth of a small girl friend of the girl who was kissed. According 10 the evidence. Zefroberts wen: into a fruit stand on Grand avenue which was in charge of Sofia Morachi, dur ing the temporary absence of her father The kiss followed and Zefro. berts ar-es; came closely on the heels of his escape from the infuria:. ed girls.
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MORALES "GAsLEss"
 ALL OF ONE AFTERNOON

MORALES. June ..-Nogales was gasless yesterday afternoon for near y four hours. due to the feed pipe between the generating aud supply tanks becoming clogged. Al the gas plant it, was explained that the stop. page was due 10 nepthalyne. a petro- leum by-product. being deposited on the inside of the feed pipe. The gas used here is made from crude oil.
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SONORA AND SiNALoA
 REGISTERING SINCE
 REVOLUTION CLOSED

NOGALES, June 1o.-Sonora and Sinaloa are booming since the revo. lution has ended. according 10 II. NJ. Clagett. manager for Roy & Titcomb Inc. with large business interests in both Mexican states. Clasget return ed from the south last night after the erection of a $100.0e0 power plant and electrical equipment for the Protrero Gold Min ing company, located near Mocori;a. Sinaloa.
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sHATrUck ARIZONA SHOWS PROFITS IN
 THE MARCH QUARTER

BISBEE- June 7.-The shattuex Arizona Copper company reports for the quarter ended March s1, total re. ceipts Of $445,s0s ana net income aft CT depreciation, etc, of $55,740. Me tals recovered from copper ores dur ing the quarter wefe: Copper 1.0o2.- 2s2 lbs: gold 215 ozs.: silver 26,332 ozs. Metals recovered from lead con centrates were:' Lead 1.902.''s1 lbs; gold s34 ozs.: silver s1.1ss ozs. Me- tals recovered from lead ores: LesS 17.s4s lbs.: gold ozs.; silver sss ozs.
 The net income is equal to nearly lsc on stock for the quarter.
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CATTLE SHIPPER SUES RAILROAD FOR s2oos

TUCSON. June GA suit to recov- CT damages for losses of cattle en route from Amad0 Ariz.. to Montana. in May 1919. was filed against John Barton Payne. as agent under the United States Transportation act O: 1920. yesterday by John Willis. King. man and Campbell are attorneys for the plaintiff.
 Willis sen. 3Ss head of cattle over the Southern Pacific railroad. En route 26 of them were killed and the rest deprecated in value to the ex tent of g each. alleges the plaintiff. He asks S1.oes for the cattle killed and @ each for losses on others. to- Saling s1.Se5.
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RED-HEADEp BOY REPAys
 GOVERNOR 4YEAR-oIp LOAN

PHOENIX, June 6. Governor Campbell received letter from an Imperial Valley business man this week. accompanied by a check for g. and thereby hangs a tale of no little interest
 It was several years ago that the governor was approached by a Ger. tain red-headed boy. who recited a hard luck story and induced Camp. bell to hand him g. to make a star. in life.
 The governor had long since for. gotton the instance and it would have remained forgotten but for the letter, which was from the self-same red-headed boy.
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TO HURRY FEDERAL AID

PHOENIX, June e.-Fritz H. Holm. quist will leave the end of the week for Albuquerque, going later to wasa. ington, in the Interests Of a number of federal aid projects. Mr. Holm. quist. who is in charge of the state highway departments portion of fed. eral aid, Is going east primarily for the purpose of expeditiug the ap- by the secretary O: agriculture.
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TRIES TO RIDE THROUGH DOORS

DOUGLAS, June 10.-After having driven his automobile through the front doors of the Bank of Com merce about midnight yesterday. Frank Lang. who had just purchased the machine. according to the police. was arrested by Chief of Police Jones. He was later released on bond. The storm doors at the entrance to the bank were taken completely from the hinges.
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WOMAN BURNED

PHOENIX. June S.--Mrs. C. F.. Hopkins. living at 1928 East Wash. ington street here, was 50 intent on her sewing this afternoon that she failed to notice her home was on fire until the room next to the one in which she was sitting was afiame. Then she tried to get her belongings ou, of the blazing house. In so do- ing she suffered such serious burns that she was taken to a hospital
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FRENCH GIRL STOPS IN
 DOUGLAS ON WAY TO
 SOUTHLAND TO WE

DOUGLAS, June 9.-Miss Ange. lique Francois arrived in Douglas yes terday from France and will leave today for Courtland. Miss Francois came here to be married. she said, but would not tell the name of the former service man, who is waiting in Courtland for her. Miss Francois met her future husband in Paris. just before he left for home and the year and half that has eiapsed since then has been a long one. according to the young woman.
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GASOLINE RATioNED

FLAGSTAFF, June s.-The gaso- line shortage has become so acute here that last week all Of the garage men of the city met and appointed a committee to devise means to pre- vent hoarding and provide for spread ing out the present and expected SUD- ply so that no one may be totally deprived.
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CALUMET ( ARIZONA
 DECLARES DIVIDEND

BISBEE, June 1.-Directors of the Calumet X Arizona Mining company have declared a quarterly dividend of $1. payable June 21. 10 holders of record June f.
 Three months ago the company paid S1 and six months ago 90 cents.
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GLOBE HosTELRv
 DESTROYED BY FIRE

MIAMI. June 9.-Fire of unknown origin last night destroyed the Mou-.- tain View hotel in Globe. Despite the prompt response of the fire de- pertinent which had one line of hose strung before the alarm finished sounding the building was totally des- troyed, and 1t was with difficulty ad- joining buildings were saved.
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FIND eooX 'oF MAI
 HANGING FROM TREE

FLORENCE, June 10.-The body Of . man. Identified as R. C. Dibbie, was found about 10 o'clock last night, hanging by the neck of rope from . three. Indications were clear tha, the man had hanged himself earlier in the night, plscing the rope abou, his neck and then standing on boz and kicking the box from under him sell. Death was caused by stransu iation. the neck. not being broken.
 On the body of the dead man wal . campaign card of Judge Charles D. Sales waeeier, candidate for the Asmocrsec 'kominition for secretary of stats. On the card, vhich ob viossly hsl beid gfveA to him, va. written . sentence saying to notify