Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-01

l PdrUnlenl, Wllcn means much to any branch of railroad that may be con structed. Besides this there is no doubt that this is merely initatory to pushing the road on to some point on the main branch south. It is expected that this project will assume definite form in the spring.
 The dressed skin and mounted head of what was probably the largest lobo wolf ever killed in the county is to be seen at Soto Bros, store. The trophy belongs to E. !. Hand, q miner in the ChiricahuaS, who trapped the beast a few weeks ago and sent the hide to Buckingham X Hecht to be made into a rug The head is most life like and as ilarge as that of a bear. Range News.
 Walter Fife has struck fine flow of artesian water of sixty gallons per min ute on his ranch near St. Davld. This is the largest flow that has been struck. He will sink several more soon. All crops are doing we'll, Mr Fife tells the f Citizen, and no doubt the farmers will do well this season as they have plenty of water and everything indicates good crops.
 couple of the new locomotives recently ordered by the Arizona & New Mexico railroad arrived this week and will be put in shape for active service says the LOrdsburg Liberal. The engines are much larger than the ones which have been in use on the road, and will handle the traffic easier. Owing to the large increase in traffic over the railroad to Clifton, this additional motive power has been needed.
 The support of Bisbee, which was was closed about a month ago on ac- count of the finding of ticks ona bunch of Mexican cattle offered for entry has been re-Opened to cattle that will pass inspection, says the Range News. The first bunch was to be inspected Mon day by both Dr. Blanche, the federal inspector, and Dr. Norton, the terri torial veterinarlan. The latter was on hand for the reason that some of the cattle are to remain in Arizona.
 Jose Armenia has been engaged for long time in culling mesquite wood on the Sacaton reservation, hauling it to kyrene and cOrding it up just as if the United States belonged to him by reason of the Gadsden purchase, says the Phoenix Republican. He in- tended it for the Tempe trade. He had altogether B cords piled up when $. |. IIolsinger, special inspector of the interior department, went down yesterday and attached the private mark of the United States to the whole lot. Armenia gave up the fight at the beginning.
 Burt Alvord, constable at Wilcox, and Wm. Downing a well known cat tleman. were arrested last week, charged with complcity in the eX- press robbery on the $. P. train at Cochise station last August The ar rest were made by the sheritls office and is the continuation of what the officers contend to be strong case against the accused, the work of gath ering evidence having been slowly and quietly carried on during the past few months Detective J. D. Tbacker. of Wells Fargo X Co.,. has bsen indus triously at work with the sheritf's office and others have also been quietly at work on the case.
 Tom Stevens received a letter this week from John A. McCracken. his partner in the sheep business in the , northwestern part of the territory i says the Clifton Era, and in the letter he states that the drouth up there + getting to be serious: that it has beer : on for several months and, in anticl l patton of its continuance. There arc over 100000 head of sheep in his nm
 mediate section, near Ash Fork, ant unless it rains within 20 days serious
 losses may be expected. He is grazint the sheep in the hills as much as possl
 ble and is compelled to feed the horse :. and even the burros. Water is selling
 at so cents per barrel in Williams, ant , the Saginaw saw mill people at tha
 place are paying the railroad compan,
 S1O0 per day for four cars or wate
 with which to TUT the mill, and at tha s price, can only get enough water to run I four days in the week. He says tha ' business is paralized in all the town r from Albuquerque to California. r During the year 1900 there will b : erected at Morenci the finest and mos e complete mercantile establishment il l. Arizona, says the Bulletin. Work Ina ' already been commenced and is unde r the direct supervision of r. w. ID
 Lancy. who is a builder and contracto It of long experience. The new buildin s- will be occupied by the store depart T. ment of the Detroit Copper company