Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-16

The first beneficiary to receive pay ment on death certificate in the Ari- zona and New Mexico jurisdiction of the A. 0. U. W, recently organized, will be Mrs. John T. Shull of Prescott, whose husband died few weeks ago as the result of an accident several weeks previous. A warrant for 5000 was sent last night by Grand Recorder F. w. Sheridan, payable to her order, says the Phoenix Republican of No yember 9.
 The Mohave County Mining EX- change building at Chloride is fast becoming d reality. The directors are pushing work on the structure with all possible speed. Several changes in the personnel of the exchange have taken place within the week, Charles D. Ridgeway the well-known aSSayer, superceding Major W. A. MenSch as secretary, and Charles D. RIdgeway and Charles Sangster being added to 1 the directorate. Mohave Miner
 The Prescott Courier has heard that a company with S50,0O0 capital in- tends to take out ditch from Oak creek, taking in Pages springs, for the purpose of irrigating the lands of the valley, as well as those of the mcsas above, and to generate electric ] power for the mines of Jerome and the Black Hills. Pages springs are To- cated above Supervisor Dumas ranch. The power plant will be located in q | canyon opposite Fane'S ranch, where | the water will have a fall of 250 feet.
 The clerk of the board of super visors of Yavapai county is in receipt of a blue print plan q proposed jail. { library and town hali building for the city of Jerome. As the Prescott Courier understands it, the parties who sent the blue print in, hope to | get county assistance to pay for part of the construction of the building, in view of the fact that it is proposed to be devoted partly to branch county | jail. There is no petition, and nc official action has as yet been taken in the matter
 Assistant United States District At. torney Thomas D. Bennett returned yesterday morning from Florence, where he went to make engagements for the opening of United States dis trict court on November 20, says the Phoenix Republican. Twenty-onC grand jurors and seventy trial jurors were ordered. There will be about thirty cases before the court, most oi them from the san Carlos Teserya
 tion. Of these are thirteen negro soldiers charged with assault with in tent to commit murder in late as sault committed upon lot of Apache Indians near the post.
 By executive proclamation, dated October 2l, the boundaries of tht Prescott forest reserve have been cX tended, taking in, practically, ail the timber lands in Yayapai county, anC hereafter it. will be unlawful to GU
 any timber within its boundaries, eX cept on land owned by individuals OI owners of mining claims. In the lat
 ter case the timberS so cut must b,
 used on the claims from where the. are cut. By this proclamation tn cutting of mining timber for eXpor
 outside of the boundaries of this for est reserve is absolutely prohibited.
 One of the American exhibits q
 the Paris exposition will be petritie'
 wood. This wood will be taken iron
 the forests of A rizona. Permission t
 take a carload of specimens-tree that are down and scattered frag
 ments has been given by the genera
 land commissioner to representatiy of the exposition. Commissioner Hel mann, however, insisted that no tre be cut down in the effort tO secur good specimens. There are betwee : l,50O and 1000 acres of this petrifie, wood in Arizona, and the governmen , will use the land as national park The wood is considered of much valu by the department officials, and effort
 are being made to protect the tree
 against persons who would have Il scruples about selling the wood.
 Special Agent II olsinger of the il , terior department has returned { , Phoenix from several weeks at tn
 pctriiied forest in northern ArizOn; He went there to investigate tll , charges that were made against pei
 sons whom it was claimed were takin . the petrified wood from the forest an , disposing of 1t in the east One fir
 proposed to ship a large quantity (
 the wood to the Paris exposition. NJ 5 Holsinger informed the Herald tina e the persons who have been taking th ,, wood took only the best that could | n found, and their operations will ten [, to destroy the beauty of the forest T 1t is allowed to continue. The go l- T n.