Arizona silver belt., 1900-01-18

dimension. With this chamber ale
 connected rooms both on the sides and
 ahead. After passing into the tlhrd chamber ahead, the descent is again | down gradually for 400 or 5n0 feet t' q
 point where apparently q Sawning
 abyss heads oil further descent. A
 stone dropped into tlls pit is heard to
 drop and rebound for the space of sev-
 eral seconds. Mr. O'N.il and assist
 ants explored the canyon as thor
 oughly as they could with the limit, d appliances and cOnvenienceS at hand.
 and came into town "Wednesday for rope and lanterns, leaving for there
 again Thursday. where they will make
 thorough exploration. The cave is
 known to be of huge dimensions, and
 as it Is near the line of the $ tnua Fr \ , Grand Canyon railroad, it 1, possible i that it might be made au objective sight for tourists. W iliamS News.
 The Phoenix Gazette offers the fol-
 lowing timely suggestions to the cl,y
 council of that place: ''rlIe ely council ought to CuuIpel all business l houses to sweep their sidewalks after
 sundown or early in the m 'rning. The sweeping of walks in midday is not
 only a nuisance tn travellers, but there Is an element of disease in the til ing
 dust that people don't care tn take
 into their lungs. If the people refuse tO do this on their own account the
 city council ought to see that iJ is
 done"
 | F. T. Aspinwall, we'll and favorahly
 knowg in Arizona, and who went tC
 Ecuador about one year ago to engage 1, in railroad CunstrucIi m, writes an h.
 teresting letter to the Phoenix Repub liGan in regard to that country. II, says: Il am nearer heaven than
 ever expected to be- 1 gO tp b d il the clouds and wake up in them Once in while we get glimpse 0 . sunshine, but mighty seldom. Then
 again, the levers in these parts ar
 bad, but that is to be expected Therefore, l would say to all my raj road friends who contemplate Cnmiu to this country, stay away for th
 time being
 . While Phoenix is pleasant place { . spend the winter and the climate [ quite beneficial to iuvalids, unless i , the last stages of consumption, this g no place for an idle man to come [ . tnd work. Out in the country, i . fact all over Arizona through tn $ mountain region, there Is no trOub, |. experienced in securing emplnyment
 but in Phoenix from 5000 to 5,0C tourists and outsiders come to winteI :, and many of them to lind employment Q As result the supply of help is mOT ,, than sufficient. The man short ( !, money and out of job should % els, where.-PhoeniX Enterprise.
 | Clerk Gray, of the board of Supe O yisnrS. has prepared statement y the territorial treasurer, in which Y is shown that the county's bonded il
 debtednesS is SIP, l3j. 43; Outstandin ?, claims, S5.190.96; road warrants, S4 t 795. 70; amount due the territory, s6l 6 13I.29; total indebtedness of siS3 |. iS5S.42. On the other side, real eStat 0 owned by the county Is valued q k S23l.O .O20; school property, s225, ,540; cas ' in the treasury. sl63 S23 sS; a total ( \ s62O. .4s3 Ss. Since then the amour s due the territory has been paid, r
 ducing the treasury balance by tha much. Phoenix Enterprise.
 z The St. Johns Herald makes tt Il following neat play upon the title ( 2 Arizona newspapers, but to make p complete, had to go outside: Gap d John T. Hogue, our worthy probat } judge, was a welcome caller at u n Herald sanctum Tuesday eveninI e Knowing the judge to be an ex-edit'
 and a popular man in the public cy r. and this being election year, we trie E. to show our esteem by handing him ,f big bunch of citizens Thinking ,e too small token of regard, though s. great excellence, we presented the T re public, which we had at our dispoSs 0. We supplied him with presses, I .o porterS, 'gazettes' and bulletins t. corral in graphic description tl .h news of the times We turned ov Is to him our miners, 'prospectors' al
 our mineral wealth. Argus ' " gave to watch his enemies and t a mails to carry him information oo their slightest movements. We pl ,s sented him a belt, glittering wi ,o gems and long enough to req m around the globe. We gave him t ,t thriving oasis for pleasure ground is assuring him that the stars a at the sun, the great orb of day. VOL ,d add much to his comfort. The Cal
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