Arizona republican., 1896-12-22
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 Joe Spitz of Winslow while breaking a broncho last week succeeded in breaking his own collar bone. ! The Colorado valley is said to be settling up fast, despite the fact that the title to the land is in dispute.
 CD. Lane, the mining king, went to California last week. He has been to Mexico inspecting some mineral prop critics, and on his road home stopped off at Fortuna. The steamer Mohave, which plies on the Colorado river, will leave Yuma today for Picacho and other points. She carries a ten-stamp mill for the Golden Dream Mining company at Picacho. A Phoenix paper announces that members of the chamber of commerce will wear badges during the irrigation congress. Is that all?-Globe Silver Belt
 Most of them wore smiles also.
 J. w. Davis of the Gold Cross Min ing company, Hedges, was in Yuma last week on business. He reports the outlook at the mines very promising. They are now turning out from 300 to $50 tons of ore daily.
 Rev. T. M Connolly, who has been stationed at Flagstaff for the past six months, during the European tour of Rev. F. billy, arrived In Winslow last Saturday, and will have charge of the church there.
 The amount of building that is go ing on in Tucson would be taken as evidence of boom in most places, but here it is looked upon as nothing more than the legitimate growth of pros porous community, says the Citizen.
 A Los Angeles man opened a saloon in Yuma Sunday. In it's ''As they come and go'' column the Sun says of the newcomer: Although he will dis pense liquors by the drink his particu- lar speciality will be the bottle trade" The Californian evidently is 'on" to the Yuma public.
 The Lordsburg Liberal says: "The Arizona & New Mexico road is now receiving so much freight that it's two trains can scarcely handle it. If the business keeps up, and it gives every indication of so doing, the road will have to buy new rolling stock and put on more trains"
 c. L. Brown has turned the Yuma Sun over to Mulford Winsor, who for some time has been managing the pa per. MT. Winsor in his Salutatory says the Sun will be fearless in adding it's mite in the correction of whatever of public wrong may arise from time to time" The editor has cut out a big job for himself
 According to the Globe Silver Belt the Nayajoes are destroying in wan ton manner many game animals south of Williams and Flagstaff. A party of white hunters found an Indian camp with scores and perhaps hum dreds of deer piled up for the purpose of Skinning. The Indians hunt deer principally for the hides. They ought to. be restricted to the limit of their reservation. The government has cod died the Navajoes so long that they think. they own Arizona and New Mexico
 The editor of the Globe Silver Belt is somewhat pessimistic on the sub ject of statehood, as witness: Hope of statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, in view of the election of Nc, kinley, stands aghaSt. Purblind poli- ticians may not have discovered that silver territories, representing six con. gressional votes, are likely to receive as cool a reception from a goldbue administration as was accorded the devil upon meeting St. Peter, the celes tiaI turnkey, at the gate of paradise and who denied him admittance ever through the rear portal to that heav enly abode.''
 A ]. Wakefield recently arrived il TuosOn from Davidson's canyon ant reports to the Citizen the finding 0 the remains of a mastodOn near Jos Andrade's ranch. Some of the bone wer9. exposed in a large water hol and attracted attention. Excavation we're begun and resulted in uncover ing a number of bones and teeth which. without doubt, belonged to on of. the species of giant monsters whic- undoubtedly inhabited this country i the distant past. This is not an un colEmon find in this section. Ther have been bones of a number of thes large animals unearthed in the neigh borh0od of Quijotoa and on over int Sonora.
 There was a meeting last week C the directors of the Gila Valley, Glob and Northern railway. Those presen were: President Wm. Garland, Vice President E. A. Cutter, Secretary A. Laird and Auditor B. Jones, also M Burnett a lawyer from Los Angeles President Garland said he had no lat news from the Indians on the Sa