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- h THK COCONINO SUN. cyit fsgjg: Y It May Be Finished. Dr. G. W. Vickers, Territorial audi tor and member of the lioard of con trol, was hero Monday and Tuesday. The purpose of his trip was to visit the partly completed building now known as the Home for the Insane and exam ine the condition of the building. Monday afternoon, with a party of Flagstaff gentlemen, the trip to the Home was made. A critical examina tion of the building was made and Dr. Vickers pronounced it as being one of the liest public buildings in the Terri tory. Hut as to what action the lioard of control would take toward Its com pletion Dr. Vickers could not say. There is money enough appropriated to do the work, and the matter rests sololy with the board, which will meet on the return of Gov. McCord. One Limited Off. After thu train which leaves Chicago Monday, March 7th, and arrives in Uw Angeles Thursday, March 10th, and after the train wliieh leaves Los An geles on Sunday, March l.'lth, arriving in Chicago Wednesday, March Kith, one train of the California Limited ser vice will be taken off and the train, un til further notice, run only twice a week. No change will Ihj made at this time in thu schedule of the California Limited trains which leave Chicago on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving in Southern California on Saturdays and Tuesdays, or in that of the trains which leave Ijs Angeles on Tuesday aud Fri day, arriving in Chicago on Friday and Moi.day. A Chinese lsy and girl go to the I'lescott public schools. They are said to bu quite bright, and the novelty of the affair has naturally been the occa sion of a small sensation among the ounger children. FiitMton for llrst-olas job printing. To January 1st. Members in good standing January 1, 18!t8, 343,295. Net gain in membership In Decem ber, 18i)7, 3,000. Amount of beneficiary fund paid out in December, 18!)7, $507,088.57. Total beneficiary fund disbursed in 1897 to January 1, 1898, as shown by the monthly reports, $8,145,488.20. Grand total lienefieiary fund disbursed by the order from organization to Jan uary 1, 18118, $81,10(5,027.27. New members admitted in I)ecemler, 1897, 4,84!). Members suspended in Decemlier, I8!I7. 3,057. Members reinstated In Decemlier, 1897, 4,430. Members died in Deee"mler, 1897, 337. Memliero withdrawn, etc., from the order in December, 1897, 07. The lnerea-e last month looks like old times. The A. O. U. W. still leads the procession. It's still an improvement wo show for December. Twentj-one jurisdictions show gains, eleven only showing losses. Keystone Workman. A large number of horses on the H.ir lueomarl range are dying off from eat ing loco weed. A prominent cattleman today, in speaking of the heavy loss of the horses, tells thu Prosector that ho estimates fully 50 jier cent, of the range horses owned a year ago by cattlemen on the Harlueomari and San Pedro have disappeared or died In this man ner. However, as range horses have decreased in value generally, the loss is not felt so heavily, and besides as long as the horses arc not kept in pas ture the death of more cannot lie. pre vented. 1'rosjiecUir. The Alaska party, consisting of Messrs. Dorsey, Fisher und Perlinda, expect to outllt from Victoria, and by this time have started on their north ern trip to the gold fields. Prospector. " I . tunwun'. ! vwuawuwi&tnx2imx?m'53tU