Arizona silver belt., 1900-09-20
ARIZONA.
News and Comments Pertaining to
 the Territory at Large.

The Guarulan says tnefe IS more typhoid in the Gila valley now than was ever known before.
 The Bulletin says the recent rains have assured plenty of grass for the cattle in all parts of Graham county.
 The Graham County Bulletin has announced that it will supper; x. L. Stratton, the republican nominee for district attorney,
 X number of the business men of Kingman, Arizona, have boycotted ''Our Mineral Wealth." for political reasons. The Wealth is outSpoken for Bryan and free silver.
 Hugh L. Dickson, the democratic nominee for district attorney in Mohave county, has no hands. How he lost them is not explained by our Mohave county exchanges.
 The Journal-Miner states that the leading business men and prominent citizens of Kingman have issued call for non-partisan convention in that county. The ticket nominated by the democrats is not satisfactory.
 Forest Mckinley, nephew of Pres ident Mckinley, and special agent of the interior department, has been assigned to duty in Coconino county, to take the place of J. II. Osborne who was recently transferred to Okla hOma.
 The destruction by lire of A. J. Han sens wood pile at kyrene near Phoe- nix, was the most disastrous conilagra- ton of stove wood on record. There were 7,400 cords of wood and it was worth S22, GOO. The fire was undoubt- edly Incendiarg.
 D. W. Wickersham of the firm of solomon X Wickersham, Stafford, has returned from Los Angeles, California, where he spent the summer with his family. Mir. Wickersham while in Los Angeles became interest in an oil enterprise in which he has the greatest confidence. Bulletin.
 The board of control has decided to permit the establishment in the base ment of the capitol building of cafe where all the necessities and luxuries may be obtained. No arrangements have been completed, but the privilege will be let soon and in ample time for service during the session of the legls- lature.
 The Star says that fears are enter ,ained by Tombstone friends that Prof ]. A. Rockefeller and family may have been numbered among the vic tins of the Galveston horror The professor and family embarked at New York via the ocean route for Galveston and were to return here from that point. Nothing has been heard from them and the belief is that they were caught in the tornado. Inquiries have been instituted and news is anxlously awaited.
 Another flowing well has been struck out in the artesian district at Safford. The new well is on the land of MT. Madril, and located short distance southwest of HildrethS ranch. The How is through six inch pipe, and is said to be very strong. 4 twenty foot pipe was attached above the ground and the force was sufficient to throw the stream above it. The flow was struck al depth of 105 feet. The apparatus used for boring the well was a homemade one of the spring pole v variety, and the cost of boring the well was merely nominal.
 The Tempe correspondent of the Republican says: Boring on the arte- sian well has now ceased at 1905 feet, the depth that had been decided on, and no flowing water. It is too bad that the people of the county would not accept Mr. McQueen's offer and sink until the the artesian question could be solved one way or the other. But they did not see fit to do it, so the work of sinking has ceased. And now the piping from the 620 to the 626-foot level is being punctured to allow the flow of the water struck at that level. It is expected to puncture the piping from twenty-five feet to PIP feet, where a flow of l25 inches will be ob- tained.
 Talking about the wonderful fertii- ity of the soil in the Gila valley ana the opportunities here for farmers to make money, here are few ligures given to the Bulletin this week by MT. Geo. Nash Mir Nash bought forty acres of land two or three years ago. two miles below Solomonville. Some of it had been once badly washed by the San simon, but had been grad ually filled and leyeled up by sediment For the forty acres the price paid was $500. On this forty acres of land MT. Nash raised this year 1900 sacks oi barley which he sold for sl.40 per sack delivered at Fort Grant. The crop was worth S2 300 or an average oi so'