Arizona silver belt., 1900-01-25

"~ WI e"S hoio ouu iouuu tuht " Wds the entrance to cave; they entered the cave and found it's sides and bot tom full of holes big enough to admit a man. They let lighted candle quite distance down in some of the holes, but could hear or see nothing of their i've cliff dweller. Prescott Courier. '~ Newspaper offices in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas are admonished to look out for smooth faced, sleek. humble, fairly we'll dressed man any where from 50 to 65 years of age. who professes to be an experienced jour nalist. He is always talking about his ''environments." A little experience with him will disclose that he is en- vironed and saturated with fraud, de. ceit and rascality. He passed here under the name of "E. H. Bennett;" he may have others. If he should call m you kick him out of your office without listening to his plausible story. Pass him around San Der nardino Call Transcript.
 The Los Angeless Express is au. thority for the statement that the Southern Pacific company has ordered 4,0oO new freight cars and 40 locomo- tives, its business being now half 8 million dollars month larger than ev sr before. It is also intimated that the company will soon build line south from Deming and will shorten the main line in Arizona by running a road from Sentinel via Phoenix. Tempe, Mesa, Florence aud the Ora ham county chain of towns to junc- tion with the main line west of Dem- ing.
 "Why Jones Left Home" has been enacted in real life at Tempe, as c. P. Jones, the attorney. has been missing for three days and nothing has been heard of his whereabouts. Illus wife and two children were left destitute, hut relatives in the east have been ap Dealed tn, and the family will go to them. Drunkenness seemed to be the trouble with Jones and to have heen the reason why he left home.-Phoe' nix Enterprise. 1'
 In an interesting article on precious stones in the December number Of Mines and Minerals, Don Maguirs says there was one genuine diamond found in place in Black canyon, Ari- zona. l. is a,smtil stone and is now in the possession of George NJ. Runs, of New York city, and it may bt truly said that it is the only diamond ever discovered which did not belong to this world as it is embeded in a small section of Il m ttepr.
 Naricopa county will purchase a ! rnck breaker with the view of macad am'z,ug the puolic highways. Moth ing builds up a county ike good roads. Good highways make suc"e-sful farm CTS. The surroundings have much do with mo's qrllific ,tions and the conduct o; his business; good road' .no4at neat hauses and pleasant sur ronuaiugs. Tb'- has been proven il ,gitatrIaNd, and other old countries .aftr iuuar.i- of eats of experience
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 -Uiifton Copper Era.
 . There are nine marriageable ladie in Flagstaff who desire to marry, an 9 four of them are wanting to marry tn + same man and he is not considere K bandsone The five others are not - hard to please; they would marry tt
 same man, or any other respectab n gentleman who would throw his a h tention and affections in that dire ,- tion.
 r. MT. Nichols, of Thatcher, says ,- has figures to prove that he raise e s46O worth of watermelons, turnil
 and a variety of other vegetables, e not over an acre of ground. This f. markable fertility cannot be surpasst /, by any locality under the sun, ar
 we doubt if it can be equaled' says u l. Guardian.
 ,e A number ofeA-eonfederate vetera
 residing in Safford. Graham count .. have issued a call for meet'' ,5 at ttat place on Feb'u'ry ,, ts the ruToss of r anizing DO n. fedcrate Veterans association. P' T. parations have been made to enterta ,d tbosa from distance at the homes
 the local veterans,
 m James Parks, who has the contra <. sor the obstruction of twenty-five og t,i,ty cottages at Moreuci, for ra Morenci Improvement company W