Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-24

 Ct.y. N. M., on May H..
 \riznna ApricotS, from Salt river II ,.IIpv, are selling in the san Francisco m rket at 10 cents per pound, The postmaster general has ordered fl house to house registration system etter carriers, to go into effect at r pniX and Tucson at once. ucsnn is enjoying a very healthy Iu.ding boom and it is of character N rrh naS substantial backing and n..- come to stay says the Star. ~rnatDr Hoar has reported form the alriary committee d bin increasing nm. salary of the justices of the SUI pr.me court Of Arizona to S5, 1000 each. Delegate Wilson's bill authorizing tI.. Arizona Water company to con ,rruct power plant on the Pima res pratiun, was reported favorablv to lnr house on May 15,
 Phoenix can boast of one of the lar ,e,t ostrich farms in the world. lt has -pu birds now feeding on its alfalfa fields: the value of each bird is Tn the peighbOrhood of S50O
 The dedication of the Northern Arizona normal school, at Flagstaff, took place on the evening of May II. The school has Il pupils, and has been successfully conducted the past year. Speaker Henderson in conversation \ with a correspondent of the Chicago Times said Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico would be admitted to statehood immediately after the na- tiOnal election.
 Suryeyor- General George Christ is advertising for proposals for the sur yev of a large amount of land in the northern part of Coconino county. It embraces land in B townships and a total of 23ss miles.
 The ire on Mt Lemon burns on, and a great scope of the mountain k GOV N cred by the flames. The spectacle at night is grand one to behold, but 1t k iSa most expensive exhibitiono of some body'S carelesSness. says the Tucson Y Citizen.
 We notice from the county records f says the Tempe News, that the Far merS and Merchants Bank of Tempe, $ mas loaned ten thousand dollars to one & of our prominent cattlemen, on a & thousand head of cattle, principally | steers.
 The Tucson Citizen will shortly ap- pear in d new dress and under the management of George Smailey' d & well known newspaper man. The # paper is soon to be enlarged ana promises it's readers more news both
 local and relegraphic.
 A purse of s43j0 was raised in Sal ford and sent to Hershel Jewell, TOT merly of Graham, who had the ms fortune 10 get lost in snow storm at Luna. \. M.. on March :. His hands and feet were SO bably frozen that they had tO be amputated. Uuardiah' 
 John Duke has brought suit against the city of Prescott for s6,sOO damages on account of the city pumping water out of Granite creek. He also prays that the city be perpetually enJolned
 from operating the pumping plant where it now is, or at any point or Granite creek above plaintii1 ditch.
 Rosario Brena, merchant. Of TUG son, has made an assignment TOT the
 benefit of his creditors. MT. Ereha owns two stores in Tucson, warehouses
 and branch stores in several places ID southern Arizona. He is also largely
 interested in cattle. His liabilities
 amount to $50, 233.02.
 The Yuma Sentinel of May l6 says
 Dr. Cotter yesterday received a tele'
 gram from Delegate Wilson at Wash'
 ngton. stating that the Wilson Ago
 dOneS land bill had passed the house
 The telegram reads: "Algodones pii
 passed the house today. carried II
 to the senate and put it into the hand
 of Senator Berry" WiLsoN
 The United States cxperimentai s1d
 ton of the University Of Arizoiia y
 making excellent progress with lii'
 date palm and the experiments Deiht
 made will no doubt prove most satls
 factory. Says the Star, Arizona VII
 be the date section of the Unl'e'
 States, and the date will be one oi ou
 most profitable sources of wealth.
 The Santa Fe Pacific has slgni'ie'
 ts intention to pay the dellnqueh
 lax for 1898 on basis of s2500 mile
 The arrangement was made by Juue'
 Blakely, to whom was delegated lh'
 authority to enter into an agreemeh
 for the payment of the tax. Juo2
 6Iakely carried out the instruction
 ni the board of supervisors in mos
 satisfactory manner. Mohaye Miner
 As district court will open at Iomp
 stone, June l, Sheriff White has ont
 short time in which to capture LII