Arizona silver belt., 1899-09-07
The tax rate in Cochise county

The taN fnte lh Sochise county IS 4.25.
 At Prescott seventy five telephones were disabled by flash of lightning.
 The total valuation of property in Jerome. as assessed for taxation by the town authorities. is $36O, ,OOO
 The Arizona Graphic, the illustrated paper to be published at Phoenix, is scheduled to appear about Sept. l5. Many burglaries are reported at Phoenix It is seldom that the ''bur glars not burgling" in the capital < city.
 The contractors have discovered that the saws will not cut tufa, the stone nsed on the capitol building at Phoe- nix tough, al!
 The normal school at Tempe opened Sept. 4; the northern normal at Flag staff opens on the llth, and the univer- sity at Tucson on the 20th inst. - Tucson has at present 5SO telephones and it is expected that before the end of the month the number will reach more than 6O0 Phoenix has less than 300
 F. W. Gleason. who was injured by a premature blast in the United Verde mine is improving rapidly. The doctors attending him say they may be able to save both eyes, surely one.
 The News says the railroad enten- son over the coal and coke bins at the werks of the United Verde company, which was destroyed by fire some weeks ago, will be rebuilt with steel
 There is rush ofpeople to Chloride, the booming mining camp of Mohave county, which three weeks ago celebrat. ed the completion of branch railroad from Kingman on the Santa Fe Pacific.
 President Mckinley has pardoned ont of the territorial penitentiary, San tiago Emerson, an Indian youth, sen tenced, on January II, 1899, by the United States conrt of the First district, to one year in that institution for perjury.
 G. R. Bragg, the man who was bitx ten by hydrophobia skunk in Verde valley several weeks aga who was sent to the Pasteur at Chicago by means of su raised m Jerome for ths<
 finished his treatment
 is now at his home in
 The Bulletin says:
 niDgham. of the Coal
 in Solomonville Wednesd mess, in connection with
 some mines, known as thd Group, ' located on the stri sale will include mines owned ningham, Foster, Bond, Joe Bul others.
 Joe Bull, F. P Burnett and W. HN Albritton, owners of the Copper Queen mine on the San Carlos strip, shipped last week three tons of ore from that property which 1t is believed will give returns of over fifty per cent copper. The mines on the strip are reported to be making good showings as work pro- gresses on them. Bulletin.
 A. r. Potter of St. Johns, Apache county, who is among the leading spirits of the Arizona Wool Growers association, has been selected to make map of the entire Blach Mesa Forest reserve and plating it for the benefit and information of the secretary of the interior. Among his other duties Is that of apportioning the reserve be- tween the various sheep raisers of the eastern division of tho association.
 Dr Miller, who witnessed the Moqui Snake dance, was thoughtful enough before setting out on his visit to take with him grophophone, with which instrument he was enabled to capture" in the native tongue and tone many of the Moquis' most interesting prayers and songs They were for the most part the public songs, but few speci- mems of the sacred prayers were ob- tained in private by the courtesy of the chiefs, who were greatly amused at their mechanical reproduction.
 The fifth annual report of the Santa Fe, Prescott < Phoenix railway, sub mitted to the stockholders, has been issued and IS before us, says the Jour nal-Miner. It is for the year ending Juhe 30, 1899. The gross earnings are given at Ss75, ,2S7.77. an increase over 1898 of 14.55 per cent. In three years the gross earnings have increased over $500, 900, showing q showing and sta