Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-18
ARIZONA.
News and Comments Pertaining to
 the Territory at Large.

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 The Phoenix board of trade is ar ranging the preliminarieS Tor the wih' ter carnival, to be held sometime dur ing the session of the legislature.
 In the case of John R, Ward for the murderOf C. c. Jackson at Clifton last March the jury brought in verdict of guilty of murder in the second de gree.
 The board of supervisors of Graham county has compromised the back salary cases on basis of 90 percent, The Guardian says, this action was recommended by District Attorney Jones before the case went to the SUI preme court
 The Sunset, limited, will begin run ming on November I and three trains will be run each way weekly. The train has been newly equipped throughout and will be the finest train of the kind ever run west of the Mississippi river.
 The LordSburg Liberal says that the contract for widening the gauge ot the Arizona X New Mexico railroad, from Clifton to LOrdsburg has been let to <. II. Buchanan of Fl Paso, and the contract provides that work is to commence thlS week.
 The grand jury in their report say: We find the bonded debt of Graham county to be a total of SlS7 ,364.7O, floating debt S34 297.65; the total in- debtedness, funded and floating, is S22l ,653.35 The total available money received this year to offset the above debt will be about s75,0oo.
 Pine trees are dying in the noun tainS on account of the drOuth. -Jer- Ome Reporter. This is especially SD in the MogOllOns where thousands of trees have been whitening up for lack of moisture. It is to be hoped that the recent local rains will revive the life in our forests. -JOurnal-Miner.
 A lively political poll tax tilt took place yesterday over the issuance of these rights of suffrage, says the Pres colt Journal-Miner. Under the law any patriotic citizen has the right to demand from the assessor a poll tax, provided he pays for it, and it is only optional if he desires his name placed on the register to vote.
 The Fl Paso Times says: It looks very much as if the ArlzOna & New Mexico railroad is to be extended from Clifton to Fl PaSo at an early day. RumOrS to this effect are very persist ent aud it is significant that:the chief engineer of the road has made his home in Fl PaSO, and there iS some talk of the general manager locating here.
 The Tucson Star says the deal on the coal fields, in Pinal county, has been completed in Chicago. EXten- siye work and production of coal on large scale will be commenced at once which will furnish southeastern Ari- ZOna cheap fuel and the Gila river valley farmers new market for their products.
 The Citizen says: The walls of the new machinery hall at the university are all up and the raftcrs are being laid. The rest of the work will be through in a short time. The build ing when completed will be as com plete a shop as there is in Arizona and as such a source of pride anu profit to the school.
 Reports from the Crowned King railroad survey state that the engi neerS have located two routes, and considering the mountainous nature uf the country. have located desirable ones. We make the prediction that inside of year the road will be under way, and when once the iron horse goes into the BradshawS the rcgener- ating of that fabulouSly rich mineral section will have commenced, Jour nal-Miner.
 X vicious COW being driven along sixth street, Sunday afternoon, says the Florence Blade, made dash at Alex Bostic and the latter ran and jumped onto a board lying across the top of d well curb. The board broke in the middle and threw Alex into the well which is 50 feet deep. He was not seriously injured by the fall although there was but little water in the well tu break the force of it. He suffered dislocation of one shoulder and few slight bruises.
 The Florence Blade says: c. D. Hen ry has received another letter from Chicago, stating that the men who are to go over the country along the Gila to Silver City, for the Chicago, Rock Island X Pacific railroad com pany. will arrive here about October 20. The route, to be followed by the proposed extension of this railroad from Liberal. Kansas, to San Diego, California, by way of Silver City, New Meyico. and Florence can be seen on