Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-21

serve. The contracts were divided among many civil engineers, of whom three reside in Phoenix. Under a rule of the general land office contract for more than s5000 cannot be awarded to a single surveyor. for that is supposed to be as much work as he can do with in the time allowed for the comple- tion of the whole survey.
 The shortage of water at Bisbee has become serious. The BlSbee Water Co. supplies water between the hours of II o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m. only. Irrigation of gardens and lawns and Sprinkling of floors and sidewalks, or the use of water for any other pur- pose except actual business and fam fly needs is absolutely forbidden. The steam laundry has shut down and the majority of BlSbeciteS will wear jeans, jumpers and oYerallS and go without socks.
 The work on the Murphy arteSian we'll is Still progressing nicely, says the Mesa correspondent of the Repub- lican. They have now gone 7l0 feet and are in a kind of clay or Shale. At eos feet sand stone was struck and the well borers thought bedrock was struck sure. But they kept on boring aud finally penetrated the sandstone and struck Il formation that is very indicative of water near, One hun dred feet more of pipe has been sent for and the well will be sunk 800 feet anyway. and probably further if wa ter is not reached sooner.
 A Jerome dispatch to the Star says: ! The grand jury in session at Provi- dence, k. l.. refused to return an in- dictment against the Hon. q. w. Hull, the millionaire mine owner and founder of Jerome, accused of perjury by his associates in mining deals. The ton of the grand jury means much tO Arizona, for some of the richest mining properties have been tied up by this trouble The companies, of which MT. Hull is president are; The United Verde extension, Columbia Copper Co.,. Hull Development Co.,, Granite Reef Gold Mining Co. and King Development Co.,, all heavily capitalized in the east.
 The Yuma correspondent Of the Citizen says: The canal now in course !. of construction by the American ditch and leyee company, nine miles below town has been severely damaged by the flood. The town of SOmerton, E} miles below here is also suffering tGe ill effects of too much water, which is said to be two feet deep in the streets The post was rescued from impending danger by being moved 10 higher ground. It is said that the farmers under the ditch nave had the misfor- tune to lose their entire crops. This loss is deeply to be regretted. They had worked hard and every surplus dollar had been put in the canal.
 Collector Hoey. of Nogales, had a 1 lively experience last week, The Cochise Review says: A few days ago he was arrested at the information oi the SheehY hOys of NOgaleS on tho charge of cattle stealing. It appears that the Sheehys smuggled bunch ot cattle across the line and claimed thai they were American cattle. This as sertion was disproyed and the cattle seized and sold by the authorities | The district attorney advised th, Sheehys that they had no case agains the collector, but they succeeded Il having a warrant issued. The cas- against Mir. Hoey was dismissed ol habeas corpus proceedings. In tn
 meantime the sheehyS have beel arrested, charged with smuggling am | bound over to appear before the gran, jury.
 All persons bringing livestock 0 any kind into the territory of Arizon must provide themselves with cert ficate of health from a state or count
 veterinarian at the point where tn animals are loaded, setting forth tha said animals are free from contageou diseases. All stock not having Sucl certificate will be held at port of CT
 try to territory and refused admi! sion until examination and passe , upon by the territorial veterinarian
 which examination will be made a owners expense. Parties about to in
 port livestock into the territory al urg d to communicate with the terr
 tori Il veterinarian at Phoenix befOr shipping in order that they may |
 posted as to the regulations governin the entrance of imported animals.
 A new map of Tucson, its addition
 and adjacent territory. compiled an drawn from public and private SUI
 veys, official records and other relii
 ble sources of information, by Georg
 Helen, ex-city engineer, assisted b
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