Arizona silver belt., 1900-09-27
ARIZONA.
News and Comments Pertaining to
the Territory at Large.

duplicate assessment roll, and the to-
tai valuation is sl,676, 00S.4S and the
total tax is s577, s23.96. Florence
Blade.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ, Murphy re-
turned to Prescott last week from a
tive-months' trip to Europe. Mr..
Murphy's health is said to be very
much improved.
In the case of S. S. Acker VS., L. w.
Quinlan, involving the validity of the
law passed by last legislature making
the payment of poll tax necessary to
vote. Judge Sloan declared the law
constitutional Coconino Sun.
Special deputy ]. P. Welles, of the
U. S. marshalS office, came in last
Saturday from Globe with Manuel
Barcelo, charged with selling liquor
to Indians. Barcelo is held to await
the action OF the grand jury. Flor
ence Tribune.
The governor rooms at the new
capitol are being furnished in a much
more expensive manner than the pres
idents rooms at Washington. Where
does the money for all this expense
come from? Persons entering those
apartments will think royalty is in
possession. Gazette.
Salt river valleys date trees are in IA
tlourishing condition this season and
promise an exceedingly fine crop, says
the Stockman. Those at the expert
mental station farm, near Phoenix,
will yield from 200 to 800 pounds of
fruit per tree, a large increase over
last years yield.
A. T. Wolverton was in town this
week from the coalfields and says that
an effort is being made to have the
balance of the mineral strip segregat-
cd from the reservation. He says the
most valuable mineral is still ON the
reservation and is doing no one any
good. Graham Guardian.
The Citizen says, there will be two
military companies at the university
instead of one as last year. The in
creased number of boy students makes
the division necessary. Rudolph Cas-
tanada will command one company
George Parker the other.
Charles Mullen and family OF Tempe
have returned from their vacation,
taken Ia the Sierras Anchas. Mr..
Mullen says the recent rains
have improved the ranges in that sec
section, and as a consequence cattle
are all looking fine.
The new toll road now being built
from Solomonville to Morenci and
Clifton by w. \. Bennett and j. II.
Vaughn, will soon be completed. The
promoters of this road claim that IL
will be the shortest and best road
connecting the ella valley with the
east end of the county.
Redmond Toohy, who is engaged IN
the construction of the Bisbee and
Nacosari railroad passed through Tue
son Yesterday on his way to California
saws the Citizen of Saturday. He said
that orders had been received from
New York to rush the construction
and that he was on his way TO Califor-
mia to get 100 more teams to work on
the road.
Since the receipt of that decision Of
the district attorney, Tom Shulh has
been doing land Office business regis
tering voters without poll tax receipt
Fifty-seven names were enrolled the
first day. So far as known, no other
registering officer is taking chances OF
"A $500 tine and imprisonment by ig-
noring the law.-Prescott journal
Miner.
Prof. George Emmett has secured a
lot from the Ray company, adjoining
their store building, at Kelvin ana
will erect thereon building in which
he will open tonsorial parlors ana
bath rooms. He will also open bar
Der shop at Ray. He has also located
number of good copper and goio
prospects near Kelvin, and Is liable to
blossom into a bonanza king, before
longitude.
There is considerable sickness III
Nogales, many of the people coming
down with the same fever which ha'
caused so much sickness al Minas
Prietas, Guymas and Hermosilio
The illness is preceded and accom-
panied by excrutiating pains IN the
head, back and, in some cases, every
bone in the body aches. Among thost
taken down this week have been T. )
Zeimet, Fred BoreDstein, Jack Gates
Ell. Gibson, w. Athern and WI. T.
Key.-OaSis.
Charles G. Smith, gambler EN-
ployed at the Palace saloon, dled il
his chair while dealing game OF
Wednesday, says the PrescottJournai
Miner. He was apparently IN goo'
health. when all of sudden ms neat
fell back and he gave one or TWO gasp
,nd ,yas dead Deceased was abOu