Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-21

Three Fingered Jack, is again free man, having been liberated from GUS tody yesterday. Jack called on the PrOspector today and desired that as much publicity as possible be given the announcement that he has served his connection with the Tombstone jail. He was arrested on an old in- dictment for horse stealing alleged to have been committed eight years ago. Yesterday he was discharged because of lack of sufficient evidence to prose- cute. "The fancy part of it." said Three Fingered Jack to the reporter, "l was arrested for stealing my own horse. Wouldn't that jar you?" Jack expects to return to Colorado to [ join his wife and again take up his business pursuits there. Tom mbStone PrOSpector.
 i Scott White, secretary of the Cobre Grande Copper company, returned from the CananeaS a day or two ago. He ! informs the Prospector that the com pany is now working about 400 men, including employees of both mines and i shelter: that the smelter of POO tons capacity is working in a thoroughly i satisfactory manner and is running continuously, by it's product proving the value of the ores to be all that has been claimed by the most sanguine of l those interested. New buildings and 1 improvements of all kinds are being added to the company property and | the camp throughout is in most | flourishing condition. This enterprise although inaugurated upon very eX- tensive scale, has long lgo passed the experimental stage and is upon a solid business foundation and under an able and conservative management Tombstone Prospector.
 A Chicago land and improvement company has acquired 50,000 acres of territorial school land on the Mimbres river, in Grant county, New Mexico, and intends to acquire 50,000 acres more in that section for the purpose of grand colonization project. The price paid was S3 an acre and the pro ceeds will go to the educational insti- tutiOnS of the territory. The land bought is fertile, but lacks water 10 make it fruitful An immense system of reservoirs and irrigation ditcheS will be built and townSite will te laid out on the railroad between Dem ing and Silver City. The water of the MimbreS will also be stored for irriga- tion purposes. A resort will be estab- lished at the famous HudSons hot springs. A. R. Burkdoll and Mr. Spaulding, president of the bicycle trust, made the first purchase. The I purchase of the other 50,0O0 acres is conditional upon the legislature being willing to accept the price the Syndi- cate is willing to pay, the proceeds going to the reservoir fund of the ter ritory,
 The Courier reporter talked with an old time Arizona wood chopper and hauler yesterday, who said that the Arizona blue-jay devoted much of its time to forestry, and that these birds had planted thousands of the trees now growing all over Arizona. He says these birds have habit of bury ing small seed in the ground with theil beaks and that they frequent pinyon trees and bury large numbers of the small pine nuts in the ground many of which Sprout and grow into trees. He was walking through the pines with an eastern gentleman short time ago when one of these birds flew from a
 tree to the ground, stuck its bill in the earth and quickly flew away. When told what had happened the eastern
 man was skeptical, but the two wehi
 to the spot and with knife blade dug
 out sound pine nut from depth oi about an inch and half. Thus, il
 will be seen, that nature has plans o1 her own for forest perpetuation.- Prescott Courier.
 An unsuccessful attempt was made
 last week to rob Mike Hermann al his road house on Groom creek sil
 miles south of town, says the Press
 colt Journal-Miner. About 9:30 a night two MeXicans entered the plac,
 one with siX-shooter and the othe with murderous looking dagger : Hermann was alone in the iron room, at the time, sitting in a chair '. and the Mcxicans no doubt conclude'
 that he was the only person in tn building at the time and would b !, easy prey for them. The man wit ! the dagger advanced toward him an seized Hermann with his left hand while he raised the knife in his righ
 hand to strike him blow with il r MT. Hermann, who is veteran of tn 'i civil war, and who had not only face y bullets, but had been struck wit them, was not to be stampeded as easil t as they had imagined. He alway