Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-31

The town of Jerome is said to be on . up grade at present.
 Harry S, Van t;order has been ap- r ,nted postmaster at Morenci.
 complaint is made of d scarcity of y tier in the Gila valley ditcheS.
 Phoenix is preparing for an enthlis- ,tic celebration of the Fourth.
 Iongrcss, Arizona. has raised over 100 for the celebration Gf July |.
 The school census of Prescott will ON between 600 and 650 names of nils of school age.
 II. E. Dunlap. late editor and pro r~ietor of the Range News, has de ..ded to locate at Stafford,
 Fred FleiSnman of Tucson, has been .Dpointed receiver of the Rosario rrena assets His bond was placed at S2j GOO
 Doctors Wright, Love X Weeks ,rerated on Wm. Hundley, of Pima. arr appendicitis. It is thought Hund- .ry will recover.
 The senate refused tu concur with the house in the bill to appropriate .5OOO0 to rehabilitate Whipple bar racks. near Prescott
 The death of Wm. Thompson, pres jdent of the Shannon Copper company of Clifton, is announced. Deceased WAS resident of Butte, Montana.
 The bid of Clinton X Campbell, of Phoenix, of ss,9O0 for the building of frame dormitory for the Indian school at Yuma, was the lowest bid made.
 Mr. B. F. Murphy, father of Frank and Governor \. Q. Murphy, whose death had been expected, is now re- ported to he somewhat improved and in no immediate danger,
 Thomas Williams of the agricul- tural department at Washington has arrived in Tucson. He will inyesti- gate the ranges for the purpose Of as cartaining if certain grasses can be grown successfully in this country which will insure constant feed for stUck-Citizen.
 The ease of the City of Phoenix vs. II. A. Diehl. to test the validity of the merchants license ordinance, was heard in the pOhce court at Phoenix last Friday Judgment was rendered against the defendant. and an appeal was taken to the district court
 The largest flow of artesian water vet obtained in the Gila valley was struck last week by Vim. Kirkland on Brig Lees ranch. south of Sailord. A B inch pipe was put down ID feet and the Guardian states that the wa ter shoots mp a foot above the top or the pipe.
 Sheriff Scott White received dis patch from Texas notifying him or the arrest of Bob Brown, the last one of the Fairbanks train robbers wanted. The sheriff immediately sent for requi- sition papers to have Brown brought to Arizona where he is under indict- ment.
 The fire in the Catalina mountains has reached it's limits and ceased to spread. It has burned over an area of about ten by fifteen miles. The Citizen says the fire has not damaged the large timber to any great extent being confined to dead and fallen tiin- Der and underbrush.
 Shipments of figs were made last week from Yuma to san frahciaco markets. They are the first on the markets from any place and are an eN' cellent grade of fruit says the Yuma Sun. Shipments of apricots have been made from Yuma for the past mohth' that fruit also being the first on tue market. Yuma county is the coming fruit section of the United States.
 The QrdfJ or o' ucdu VI Hereford cattle bred and owned oS Colin Cameron and Mrs. Alice F. Cam eron. of Lochiel, Arizona, took place few days ago at the Kansas City stocs yards sale barn, says the Willco' Range News. All of the s7 hea' except four were Arizona bred lh' sale realized sl2,67
 The Southern Pacific is to try Ih' cXperiment of sprinkling the raliroa' bed on the desert with crude petro cum to prevent dust. A few mics . the road bed will be sprinkled wio' Dil and if the scheme proves a success as it undoubtedly will. says the uni Sun. the entire Southern Paclnc roa' across the desert will be treated m like manner.
 John Henry Wood, secretary or th Cobre Grande, has unfortunately go into trouble. Sheriff White arrested him on an official telegram from + pacp nr t,o cl,oruo that he had Deel