Arizona silver belt., 1900-08-09
ARIZON A.
News and Comments Pertaining to
 the Territory at Large.

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 The total valuation of property in Coconino county, listed for taXtion is s2,Ol7, ,S92.30.
 The Graham county democratic con vention has been called to meet Sept. l, at Sailord.
 1t is said that seven or eight horses from TOnto basin will be entered in the Flagstaff races, to be run August -, 2S and 20.
 The opinion prevails at Jerome that the United Verde shelter will soon close down for repairs for period of sixty days.
 The Prescott Journal-M Miner says that A. F. Banta lost all of his data of early times.in the territory from which he intended to compile q history of the territory.
 At St. -Davids, in the san Pedro valley. there are number of flowing wells from two to four inches in dia- meter, and the boring of new wells has not lessened the volume of water coming from the older wells.
 It is understood says the Prescott JournalMiner, that a company of about sixty government packers has been enlisted at this place for service in the Philippines and China. They will probably start for San Francisco in day or two.
 The Fl PaSo Times publishes d rumor to the effect that the s. P. shops at Tucson are tO be moved to Ei nagA Nhn ap arA nc the necessity for shops at some point between Fl Paso and Yuma is appar- cnt and Tucson is the best place for them.
 Arizona now has five prospective oil fields: along the Colorado river above Yuma, in western Mohave county, near Winslow, in the Mineral Point district eight miles from Jerome, and near Tempe. In none of these local- ities has oil yet been developed by boring.
 The Gazette thinks that the poll tax law will cloud the election in Maricopa county with great uncer- tainty. In fact this will apply with equal force to the territory in general. Ii is not q question of which party IS in the majority it will be d question of which has paid the greatest percent of poll tax.
 A petition is now being circulated and literally subscribed to for the purpose of boring test we'll for arte- sian water in Stafford. John Sparks proposes to put the we'll down and, on account of it's being an experiment. will do the work for half price. The pipe will be six inches in diameter and it will be driven 1000 feet if necessary.
 The Mesa and Ray stage company has pulled of its Florence stage and is now running the one stage direct to Ray and Kelvin. The new route Is 20 miles shorter and better road, says the Republican. The small traffic owing to the closing down of the Ray mines and shelter, does not justify both stages, but as soon as the camp starts up again the other Concord will be put on again.
 Judge W. H. Benson, who returned from Kelvin Saturday, reports that the Ray company leta contract that day for two thousand cords of wood for immediate delivery and were ar ranging to let a contract for the de- livery of twenty thousand cords along the new road leading from Red Rock to Kelvin. This should satisfy the skeptical that the shut down at Ray and Kelvin is only temporary. Flor ence Blade.
 Opposite Buckeye on the Gila, Logan Rivers has under erection one of the most extensive pumping plants for irrigation purposes tO be seen in Ari- zOna. At present writing he is pre- pared to raise tO the surface of the lands under his water system, about live hundred inches of water per day However, when his works are compile ted the capacity will be about double that. He has in one body about five sections of splendid land. part Of which will be sown to alfalfa and grain in September in order to have early winter feed. Gazette.
 Gen. John F. Lacy, congressman from the 9th district of Iowa, has paid the northern part of the territory a very extended visit in pursuance of his political duty, as well as combin- ing pleasure with it. Gen. Lacy went to the petritied forests of Arizona, across to the Grand canyon of Arizona. One of the main features of his visit will be to make a careful examination of the petritied forests, and give fur ther data to show why this should be made a national reserve. He has al- ready got bill through the house for this purpose and is now engaging him. self to see that it successfully passes the senate. in which he has entire faith.
 Tn the litigation brought before the court at NOgaleS during the term just ended, relating to the division of the bonded indebtedness between Pima and Santa Cruz counties. the district court construed the legislative act of the last session in the winter of lS9S- go. creating the new county. not to contemplate any credit to Santa Cruz county for the courthouse and other property retained by Pima county But the court refused the writ of mandate asked by Pima county to compel the new county to execute it's proportion or the debt, on the ground that the evidence showed that the joint boards of supervisors bad not yet ascertained and fixed the amount of indebtedness as required by the law.