Arizona silver belt., 1900-07-26
ARIZONA
News and Comm euts Pertaining to
 the Territory at Large.

'uV i' eV N iiViV VII up VT mtun
 Graham.
 Tie Gila valley telephone line vii
 hH extended from MathewSvile tt
 Fort Thomas via Indian hot springs
 The Prescott Journal Miner will bt
 issued temporarily weekly, iron
 the office of the Phoenix Republican,
 Messrs, Robinson and Toohey hay,
 eeen awarded the contract fur buld
 ,ng l0 miles of the Nacosari railroad
 rom BiSbee to San bernardino.
 The Prescott Courier and Journal.
 Miner have purchased new printing
 piatitS iWm the American Type Fuun-
 dry, through Mr. Fleming, the las Angeles agent.
 John Terrence, a we'll known Cali. fornia actor, died from heat prostra- at PhoeniS on the 10th inst Terrence
 had never been known to take drink of intoxicating liquor.
 Senator Clark has agreed to loan the town Of Jerome the necessary money with which Uo build water works, as soon as the legality of the ancorpoation of the town is settled,
 Abraham Hawkins, the 9-year old Graham county boy who beat Roy Hughes, 6-year old lad, so badly that he died from his injuries a few days afterward, has been held to answer to the grand jury and placed in the Solo knoxville Jail in default of bonds for $l00c
 The Grand Canyon railroad con- pany Is in financial difficulties The company owes SS0, ,000 in Williams and the failure to receive this amount of money leaves the business menof that town in a tight boat We hope mat terS will soon be amicably settled, as the roadought to be a paving invest, ment.
 Already the almond crop has begun to ripen. Some have been gathered and the hulling operations have be- gun. Notwithstanding the heat and Nryness of the ground and atmosphere the crop will be up to the average. = Phoenix Enterprise.
 Mir and Mrs Geo H. Kelly left on Sunday last for San Francisco. They will reuain in the western metropolis Sor week and then return to Los Angeles where Mrs Kelly will remain until Sept. Mir. Kelly expects to re- turn about Aug. 1. Bulletin.
 Samuel F.. Farvot proposes to oper- ate automobiles between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon, provided he re- celveS sufficient encouragement from the business men of the Mountain city. He asked guarantee of loo round trip tickets at Sl5 each.
 Arizona stands first among the states and territories of the United states in the average yield of hay. the average in the territory being 2.63 tons, and she is the first in the aver age yield per acre for hay in value, the average value per acre being S21 22 She is twelfth among the sheep rais- ing states and territories with the number of 1,024 ,430.
 Secretary C. II. Akers received a letter from his brother, Postmaster Akers, of Prescott, saying that the amount of insurance in the fire losses there, had been definitely ascertained Co be s360,000. This, MT. Akers said, was about one-fourth of the losses. which are, therefore. brought into the neighborhood of Sl,500. 900. .-Republi- can.
 That there is petroleum on or near the Colorado, there is now not the shadow of doubt, says the Yuma Sentinel. Some time ago oil indica- tions were noticed in the PotholeS dis trict and on closer examination oil was found in several places on the ground. A party of Yuma people last week located about 1900 acres near the Senator mine, where the choicest of oil land is situated.
 If all indications don't fail. says the Gazette, work will be begun on the Hudson river water storage proposi- tion before eight months roll by This or similar statements have been made several time that the promoters have ever been in position to do business and as before stated, the chances are very favorable that within the next i eight months dirt will be moving around the big reservoir.
 l. E. Solomon, who will begin l threshing his wheat and barley crops, 1 probably next week, says the present | years yield was never edualled on his l land which lies under the MOntezuma | canal helow Solomonvile. Mir. Solo, | mon will clean up this year about [ 2500 sacks of wheat and 5000 sacks of | barley, average yield on all his wheat | and barleysland promising to be not . less than 60 bushels to the acre Bulletin.
 Col. II. C. Hooker was in from his l. famous Sierra Bonita ranch last Mon day, says the Wilcox Range News, and in summing up the conditions of ! the stock and range. stated that the . situation was not as gloomy as pic f tured. With the advent of the recent . rains the outlook promises better season than usual. According to his | the best seasons in the past have been those in which the rains have started between July l5 and August 1.
 A series of fatal accidents occurred Ut Clifton last week. all within 24 hours. \ Mexican niler at the power honse "f tho Nri2ona Copper cnmpanv. Tell on ono nn" "f the Large belts and vas crushed tp death under the rul- IevS in.l riuiaNay George Stewart was thrnan from T wagon and kicked nn the head hy one of the horses. His Injuries were pronounced to be fatal. The last accident happened on the Daby gauge railroad X hand car. on