Arizona republican., 1899-02-06


 higher the pinnacle of political fame,
 says the Prescott Journal-MinCc. lie
 has been appointed a notary public by
 Governor Murphy.
 Judge George R. Davis returned yes
 terday and was pleased to ind an i'm
 plOvement in the condition of the i-tl9
 enc at his home. He will return to
 Phoenix on Thursday, supreme court
 having adjourned until then.-Tuc-
 sen Star.
 Snow is said to be smalpcx proof and
 as long as it lays on the ground TO
 danger of infection exists HCT prOph-
 etic is the board of supervisors of Mar
 icopa county in raising the quarssl-
 tine just when it did.-PrescctU Jcu--
 nal-Aliner.
 Judge William LcveN's copFeF claim
 near the San Xavier camp, south Of
 the city, was sold last week t5 Charles
 Bell Of San Francisco and Joseph lJ.
 Goldcaum Of this city. The consider
 atiOn is understood to be $i0000. A
 shaft of seventy feet is down on the
 claim, ard the purchasers will go to
 work on further development.-Tuc
 son Star.
 Thus the newspaper field of Arizona is viewed by Don kelzie from the other side of the fence The Arizon- i. U, and for the next year will be run by him. MT. Webb is an experienced newspaper man, an eX-ROugh Rider and good republican, three ch3rac- tcristics which do not help man much in Arizona. Notwithstanding these drawbacks the Liberal hopes to sec him prosper
 A Clifton correspondent of the Sol omonville Bulletin thus describes the peculiar run of i'll luck a railroad man of that place is having: Jack Price, brakeman cn the New Mexico 6 Ari- ZCna road, was married on Wednesday, the 25th to Mrs. Howard of this city, and had the greater misfortune to be seriously hurt the day after. His leg was caught between the platform and car at the narrow gauge depot and was so seriously crushed as to prob ably confne him tC his bed for several weeks
 Another man is trying to break into Arizona neWSE9 DeTdOm. 4 Clifton cor respondent says: Mir. C. E. Bull was here last week looking over the field with the view of putting in a newspa- ! per here. He only stayed over one day but was so pleased with the open ing that he ordered his presses, type and printing material at once and ex- poets to come cut with his first issue ! fn about three weeks. He has been ] editor and publisher of the Independ- ] cnt Democrat of Las Cruces, N M but now will move here
 The board of supervisors of Graham county granted the petition Of the cii- ! Zcns of Thatcher for a town fnc0rp0r- { ation, but through an oversight. noth- . ing further can be done in the matter until the supervisors meet again bn boH T,5cs (y failed to suggest any names for the members of the first council and there were none appointed. The old prov erb, there is safety in the midst of counsel' would be profitable in such cases. Consult the statutes and fcIICw the letter Of the law in such matters should be the rule.
 Another great enterprise was launched on the ocean of progress here last week, that bids fair to bring more to the Gila valley than any of those heretofore put forth. writes a Fc-t Thomas correspondent to the Solomon vile Bulletin. Judge M00rman, rep resenting party Of eastern capitalists. completed the organization of the Black Rock Reservoir and Irrigation company, with . capital stock of s. 5G0,0O0. As your correspondent under stands their plan it is to build. reser- voirs in the mountains of sufficient storage capacity to irrigate a very large body of agricultural land between the foothills and the river. The plan IS feasible and will be g paying invest ment for its promoters.
 Under the head of A Pointer" the Albuquerque J0u nal-Dem0crat says: It Is announced that arrangements arc IT. progress for the building at Phce- nIX. Arizona, of a sanitarium to cost a million and a half Of dollars. Of ccuGse. It is not local money that is gong into this big institution, but it was local energy that worked up the scheme among capitalists in the east. and showed them the advantages to be cerlVed from such an investment This Is pointer for AIbuqueTque. It shows that capital can be had for investment in the southwest, if a proper effort to that end is put forth by the people. and this is Q reminder, too. that can ltal, like everything else in this world that is worth having, is only to 6e hal by going for it.
 Bud WoOdson came in last night from Webster gulch where he has been doing assessment work on a grOuD of 1 seven copper claims owned ay William Beard Of Florence, Charles Hclzrnan and himself The work for four claims was done in the crOsscut tunnel on the CarVilO claim which was driven sey- enty-five feet further, and which cuts the lead at depth of abOU5 1GG feet { below the surface. Some time ago good ere was struck in this tunnel and fifteen to eighteen feet Of ore has since been gone through and the face Of the tunnel is still in ore (carbOnates and Slance) which will average from 10 to