Arizona silver belt., 1900-04-26

a..ung adults as well as children.
 The annual encampment of the G. , R. will be held in Jerome May x.
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 The University of Arizona cadets w compete tomorrow evening for s.. .ial gold medal.
 T. Stodard will be Yavapai coun- r.> candidate for delegate to the ..uocatic convention,
 Nr, Marshall, of Pima, who is sink .- for artesian water, is prepared to
 1000 feet If necessary.
 \. (. Mcqueen $ we'll near Mesa s down 39o feet. He hopes to strike ar r,.,ian water within the next 50 feet.
 Lon Harmon, who returned to phoe- niN from Tonto basin, reported a u-avy ram there which will do great good
 The Arizona pruhi0itionists have concluded to put up a candidate for delegate to congress for the next cam pdign, says the Star,
 T. G. Norris, of COconinD county. haS announced his desire C gO as q delegate to the democratic national convention at Kansas City
 At Phoenix. N. \. sanders was nom mated by the democrats for council man in the fourth ward, and H. H. McNeil in the second ward
 in the opening game of baseball al Tucson last Friday, the Yuma aggrc- gatiOn defeated the Tucson GraFS hy a score of2 to l. The star says it was agreat game.
 Thomas W. pemberton. territorial treasurer, had his left leg broken in stepping from his Dnggy in Phoenix one day last week. He cannot account for the accident.
 The Phoenix board of trade is agi- tating the question of bonding the county to construct storage reservoirs. To do so the consent of congress must tirst be obtained.
 Both houses of congress agreed to conference for adjustment of settlers claims on the Naya:o reservation, and permitting mining north of 3G.U lati- tude and III longitude west.
 The government has appropriated s33ODO to feed the Indians on the Sac aton reservation. who are now on the verge of starvation owing to lack of water for irrigating their crops.
 The territorial grand jury at Tue sot returned an indictment against Al Ezekiels for murder. There is keen interest shown by the public in the case, and the trial will be watched eagerly.
 Traffic over the Arizona X New Mexico railroad is so heavy and the scarcity of freight cars such that teams are hauling merchandise from Lordsburg to Duncan and produce from Duncan t0 Clifton.
 According tO the Gem, Flagstaff boasts of less immortality and better order than any other town in Arizona. The female warblers in the saloons of that town were recently retired by the order of the common council.
 Fifteen men at s5 per day each will be engaged for month in taking the census on the Navajo reservation. They will he furnished interpreters, but will have to furnish their own transportation. Gallup Cleaner.
 The Prescott Bryan entertainment commtte collected s930.05 and spent I9O.6j leaving balance on hand of SllO, which is in possession of Treas urer NJ. J. Hickey. The surplus will probably be donated 10 the free li- brary.
 The Star says that the preliminary steps have been taken which have for their purpose the construction of railroad from the Gulf of California to Tucson, thence to Phoenix. with a
 
 branch to the coal fields. This line will connect both Tucson and the cap lll with tide water.
 Lincoln Fowler left for san Fran ciarO last night, says the Phoenix En- lcrpriSe of the 18th where he will sai on April 20 for Cape Nome. He will be accompanied by Jim Bark, who is now in San Francisco. Messrs. Fowler md Bark will remain through the summer months and probably the inter months in the cold region.
 W. P. Harlow has been deposed as 0Strict attorney of santa Cruz county Hv the board of supervisors, for the 'eason, as alleged, that his bond was effective and he refused to rectify Inc defects. Fred s. Nave has been Jpp0inted his successor. Mir. Nave has been filling the position of secre- lary to the code commission.
 Coal from C. P. Huntington's coal beds in Sonora which has been tested both on the Southern Pacific west of Benson and on the magnates $ line in