Arizona silver belt., 1899-11-02

pit0hS. ihSN uiS ttNayo o ouuuShiy started by the Americans on the Mex ican side out of the reach of the troops. They could be prevented though from coming back across the line and shooting at the Mexicans.
 Wickenberger is said to be experi- encing mining boom, and the sleepy old camp has commenced to assume metropolitan airs.
 The meeting at the court house last night for the purpose of organizing an A. o. U. w. lodge was well attended and the prospects for large member ship are flatteriag. This is one of the best secret organizations in existence and for various reasons it should sue ceed. Phoenix Gazette.
 Arizona contains 5l, ,734, ,000 acres of government land open to settlement, besides several large reservations. Only about 5,6s5,00o have passed out of the hands of the government. The irrigation engineer of the state eXper- iment station has estimated that more than 5000, ,000 acres can be irrigated in the fertile valleys of the Gila and Salt rivers alone, through the construction of storage reservoirs and the conser- vation of all the waters of the territory btoh pnny rpn tn xyoSta
 The people of Phoenix have been specially annoyed by fake advertising schemes till patience has ceased en- tirely These loafers who utilize this means to secure livelihood ought to be put on the chain gang. We find fakirs from Denver and Los Angeles running around this city every day in the year with some kind of a blottcr or handbook, or some other faking scheme, and bother business men till they surrender up a few dollars to get rid of the fellow. The way to treat them is to throw few of them out doors. Phoenix Gazette.
 select native daughter of Phoe- nix as carnival queen, and allow each county to choose a maid of honor. Let al Arizona have an interest in the week of festivities to be held in this city December to 8, inclusive -PLoe- nix Enterprise. It is right that the black-eyed Amazon of the Salt river valley should receive some recogni- ton at the hands of the carnival com mitteee, but she should be induced to don garments less calculated to attract the attention of all yisitors-her calico surplice might be waited by the De- cember breezes from her finely chisel- ed form and cause hault ia the pro- cession. Let the Papago be repre- sented
 George Morgan, who was arrested with two others for murdercommitted recently at. Rockers Hot Springs northwest of Wilcox, was broughtin- to court on writ of habeas corpus District Attorney Land and Deputy SheriffS R. Mullan accompanied Nor gan here from Tombstone, says the Star. Morgan was allowed his liberty on bond of S1 ,500 and immediately thereafter rearrested. An additional bond of s6,OO0 was demanded. Attor- neys Hereford and Hazard, Morgan's counsel, caused the matter to be brought before Judge Davis and at the sitting yesterday the prisoner was al- lowed to depart on the original bond of sl, 00.-Tucson Citizen.
 Thomas Davis, who was recently ar rested at Mammoth upon the charge of peddling without license, and who was acquitted in the district court of Pima county last Saturday, announces that he will soon commence suits foI damages upon the charge of illegal ar rest and false Imprisonment against Sheriff W. c. Truman and other Pima county officials. The Citizen says that Mir Davis is commercial traveller representing a clothing house, and can not be considered a peddler in any sense of the word. Before he went tc imammoth he had been told that threats had been made that he ;wouli
 be arrested as 2 peddler if he wen l there. Before he went to Mammoth
 he wrote letter to Sheriff Truman saying that he would hold him legally
 responsible for any acts of his depu 1 ties.
 Tucson will have marble works oi some pretentions, says the Star. Tho
 large marble quarries of the Santa Ri tas have been proved to be of extraor
 dinary value, as they produce the fin
 est quality of white, black, blue ant
 mottled marble in the country, and il
 very large flawless blocks. This vii
 make Tucson shipper of marble fal | and wide as the quantity is as inex i haustable as the quality is superior The specimens of the different quail ties and colors submitted to marble eX perts have been passed upon as of tho finest QuaIitV ArranOemerts hayf