Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-15
ARIZONA. News and Comments Pertaining to the Territory at Large.

Phoenix city percent warrants are selling at 10l. Four years ago 10 per cent warrants sold at only 90.
 The Gazette says, ]. B, Early of PhoeniN. is in Washington, seeking an appointment as judge at Manila,
 The Tucson Star calls attention to the city ordinance against splitting on the sidewalks or streets. The line is SlO
 \ Mexican consulate is to be opened at Tucson, AuguStin Pima, consul at Deming, will probably he transferred tp Tucson.
 The Home Savings Bank and Trust company will soon open it's doors on Center street, opposite the Hotel Adams, Phoenix.
 At Phoenix on March 10, the ther- mometer registered 92 degrees, thus eaualling the hottest March day re- corded March D, 1896.
 D. D. Mcdonald of Jerome will re- tire from the newspaper business to engage in mining in Tonto basin. He offers his paper the Hustler, for sale,
 The Erie Cattle company is about to sell their cattle estimated from 5000 to 9OOO head and ranches m Co chise county, tO the Ryan Bros Cattle company.
 A local company has been organized in Yuma tO test the quantity and character of natural gas now going to waste in the Colorado river at Yuma, by boring an experimental well.
 The town council of Jerome has adopted more stringent curfew ordi- nance. The bells ring at o'clock, after which hour all children under ls years of age are expected to be within doors.
 Charles Graham, a l6-year old Ari' zonan. and Miss Eunice Irwin were married a few days ago says the Tue son Citizen, at the very appropriately named town of Gretna Green, x. M., a short distance across the border.
 Progress is reported in the construc tiOn of the long distance telephone The linemen are pushing out of Oracle to Florence end force is working tt ward Florence from Phoenix. It k likely the two forces will meet 1T Florence about April 10. Distances from Oracle to Phoenix is 96 miles.
 Special Agent $. J. Holsinger re turned last night from Helyetia where he found that the Helvetia copper company was using wood cut iron government land for smelting pur poses. A large amount of wood wa: found at the shelter and MT. Hol singer notified the manager that ar immediate settlement would be re duested by the government. Int matter will be amicably adjusted. Citizen.
 There are some 240 prisoners in tht territorial penitentiary at Yuma, ant d greater proportion of life termer than in any similar institution in thu country. Under the uperintendenc. of Herbert Brown the best of diScip' line is maintained and there has mol been a breath of scandal connected with the prison management Flor ence Tribune.
 The butchers of Phoenix have mad long and winning fight against tn exaCtionS of the sanitary board, an' it's hide-tagging law. This foolisl statute has cost the butchers of thi city upwards of S4OO0 which. of courS in the end, comes out of the pocket of the people who purchase their mea and the Gazette is pleased at the d( ClsiOn of the court which puts a vet upon the useless tagging of hides. Gazette.
 C.G. Arney, of Phoenix, has bee
 sent here by the experimental static at Tucson to experiment on tl growth of the sugar beet in the Gil valley, the Thatcher correspondent ( the Bulletin says. He has locate plots in different parts of the Gila va ley. One plot in Layton, one in Pin and four in Thatcher. The reason | has planted so many in Thatcher, | thinks this place will be the cent' 4 belt of the sugar beet industry. | has every confidence that the grOwir 8 of the sugar beet here will be gre; H success as the soil and climate bO'
 are very favorable.
 A notice of intention" was filed M the office of the secretary of the terl VI tory, March :. by the Gold Belt Ra way company. The members of th # company are Frank A Davis, Mau' & NJ. Clifford, W. II. Baldwin and Hen VI B. Clifford, all of New York. The # itial terminus of the proposed road # Huron on the Prescott X Eastern.
 will run southwest through the B # Bug district to the head of Big B VI creek and south toward the Bradshs x mountains to point near the Cr0' *# King. There may be branch fro ' Big Bug creek to Lynx creek and 0 | from Huron to the Agua Fria, then M north to Cherry Creek station, then IX west to the Rio Verde and to ,IprOu