Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14


 a day and board to pick fruit in Cali tornia.
 Harvesting is now under full head way in the Gila valley, The grain crops will be large.
 Prescott is already in the field in an effort to secure next years reunion of the Rough Riders,
 Among the last acts of congress was that allowing Tucson to issue bonds to the amount of sl00,000 for the pur- pose of building or purchasing water works for the municipality.
 Among the richest and handSomeSt mantleS and tireplaceS nov manufac. tured are those made of petriied Ari- Lona wood, veined and colored like sienna marble and as highly polished.
 Five cent beer seems to have a bad effect on Stafford people. \ corres- pondent of the Bulletin states that a party of business men" after imbib- ing freely became hilarious and shot up the town.
 The Norton house annex and the GOdfry residence, at Bisbee, were de- StIoyed by fire week ago last Sun day. A general conflagration was only prevented by the strenuous efforts of the fire brigade and other citizens.
 Deputy Stock Inspector William Speed met with an accident sunday. He was thrown from a horse, bruising his face and forehead, and injuring his left foot. His injuries are painful but not serious. He is able to walk around with the aid of stick. Range News.
 On dit: That Major James McClir- tOck, late of the Rough Riders, will lead to the altar one of ArizOna's faiI- est daughters, on the 18th of the pres ent month. After getting ambushed at Las GuaSimas, Cuba, where he had the everlasting daylight shot out of himself. even marriage has no terrorS for Jim. Florence Tribune.
 ". J. Millsnp and Lafe Gibson were bitten by skunk while in Ash flat, about 75 miles from Stafford, where they were working for J. \. Porter on the roundup. The men were badly frightened and rode hastily to Pima, where Dr. Wightman dressed their wounds.
 4 masked man, single handed. held up the Free Coinage gambling tables in Bisbee early on the morning of the 9th inst, but secured only S37. Most of the money had been placed in the saloon safe. No resistance was offered. The bold marauder and his identity is wrapped in mystery.
 The rival towns of Saff0rd and Solo monville are striving te outdo each other in the celebration of the glor- iOuS Fourth. Elaborate programmes have been arranged. Col. J. F. Will son will deliver the oratiOn al Solo monville, and Col. McCord will per form a like service for the SaffOrd people.
 The Phoenix board of trade has de- cided to cooperate with the Denver chamber of commerce in the exchange of tourists, Denver to send summer tourists here for the winter and Phoe- nix to send winter guests to Colorado in the summer, rather than to Cali fornia. A representative with a big exhibit of products will start soon on tour of the entire east to further the fame of Arizona'S $ resources.
 A miner named Mcintosh, in the employ of the United Verde Copper company, had the misfortune one day last week to have his legs so crushed with one of the electric motors at the shelter as to necessltate the amputa- tion of one. He was on his way home about o'clock and while walking along the upper motor track he was run onto by the motor. r.-Jerome News.
 Charles Driscoll, an old Arizonan, a former resident of Tucson, attache or the territorial legislature and secre- tary of former code commission, IS a late arrival in Phoenix, says the Re- publican. MT. Driscoll returned re- gently from Alaska with one leg shorter than the other and useless arm. lie had been caught in snow slide while hunting for gold. He IS rec0vering from his injuries.
 Scarlet fever to an alarming extent IS prevalent in Tempe. The Gazette says: The disease has got under such headway that at a meeting of the ministers of the city it was decided to postpone all church services until ar Ter the epidemic passed oyer. The people of the south side are seriously co1sidering the adyisability Of pro 1ibiting any public gatherings during 'le next three weeks.
 A notice of appeal to the U. S. su- preme court has been filed on the part If fba uovarnment in the territorial