Arizona silver belt., 1889-05-04

The Wilcox Stoekman reports the sale of 1000 steers. by the Barbacom- ari Cattle Company. to go ts Kansas as feeders
 The artesisn well at Thatcher Gra- ham County, is down 450 feet, and there is 300 feet of water in 1t. Bsr- ing will continue.
 J. Q. Stephens was lowest bidder for furnishing beef ts Wbipple Barracks for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S90 His bid was 4.15c.
 Fifteen miles west of Harrisburg, in the Iiarqua Hala mountains, big copper strike has been made which is said to be the biggest thing yet un- covered in that country.
 The Journal-Miner says: Citizens of the Verde valley have forwarded a petition to the powers that be protes- ting against the removal of the Indians to the Camp Verde military rvserya- tion.
 The committee on site for g capi- tai at Phoenix have declded to adver- tise for proposals for selling the same. Lecatiensks we'll as price will be taken | into consideration by tbe committee in making selection,
 l. now appears as theugh the com test for the offices would go the United States Supreme Court. In fact there IS little doubt Of 1t in which case, alas, poor printers and others waiting for funds that have been earned.-Phenix Herald
 It is said that several of the Zulick officials now holding on to their offices have hypoihecated their claims on the Territory for the coming year and that thc ex-C3himissianer of Immigration has spent years printing funds in advance Phoenix Herald.
 The Winslow News gives an &C., count of recent fight of three officers with McNeil, the noted desperado, Tn which sixty shots were fired, without sffaet, at 150 yards range. The shoot ing was done in Clear Creek canyon, where McNeil has been making his headquarters.
 The phenlx Herald says: The agri- cultural and horticultural products of tue Salt River valley, during the com ! ing season, will be far in excess of the
 local demand, and as result, large
 amount of hay grain and fruit wlll be
 shipped to many points throughout
 the Territory, and even into New
 Mexico.
 Mr. A. T. Colton and party returned
 Monday from a survey of the exten-
 sion of tue Florence canal to the rail- road east of Casa Grande and for some
 distance beyond. Contracts are to be
 let very soon for the construction of this new work and the canal will be completed as rapidly as the present
 facilities for excavation will permit Enterprise.
 r If the farmers of Arizona don't stop raising crops without irrigation, no- tices of which are daily being pub
 lished in our exchanges, the operation
 of the desert land law Tn our Territory
 Nill cease. 1t will gradually dawn on
 the minds of people that Arizona IS not second edition ot the desert of : Sahara, nor IS 1t next door to the in fsrnal regions.-Epitaph. l The Star publishes the complaint of , Smith vs. Foster Tbe actioh is g brought by plaintiff for the possession 1 of the office of Territorial Treasurer, 9 As the law seems te be paln and ex- f picit it seems strange that Foster does not give up without compromising l himself and the party. The law, prin- ciple and honor in this case ali seem to be on one side. and that is squarely f against the defendant. Star. t The old employees of the Silver King mine are beng replaced with : new men as rapidly as circumstances
 will permit. When Mir. Lyle first as. : sumed charge of the mine a liberal @ quantity of extra dry Aumm was ded- s icated to the ceremony, and 1t Is now ' believed that mum" is to be required h of every miner regarding the eondl- D ton eff the mine; hence all possible 0 confidential relations between the c mine and outside parties are to be s broken off by complete change in 7. the medium through which they might s be carried on. This is the usual f method adopted by the l,onanza com { pany and if any advantage is to be s deryed frem the exclusive knowledge :, of tho developments made, they pur. e pose to reap the profits thereof.-En-
 terprise.
 The New Mexico bureau of immi- :, grafton has employed Gee. ". Hart.