Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-01
Horse thieves have been operating

postmaster at Mesa City.
 -1The bank of Bisbee expects to open it's doors about the 18th instant.
 Frank J. Duffy has been re.appoint. ed to the office of assessor of Santa Cruz county.
 There are over one hundred and ffty students registered at the terri torial university.
 The townsite of Nogales has com menced issuing deeds to property within it's borders.
 Mohave county is showing won derful growth, both in population and taxable wealth.
 Justice of the Peace Joseph E. liar vey, of Jerome, fell down pair of stairs and killed himself.
 The Masonic lodge of Phoenix is preparing to build temple at a cost of not less than Si0,o00.
 The Gila Valley bank of Solomon vile, D. w. Wickersham president, opened for business last week.
 The postofiice at Lochiel, Santa Cruz county, has been transferred to Washington Camp.
 There is quite real estate boom at Tucson, principally in the locality or the university.
 About 1000 head of northern Ari- zona sheep are being wintered in the region tributary to Phoenix.
 The first number of the Native American has been issued by the pupils of the Phoenix Indian school Louie Jaeger, of the Southern Pacific hotel at Yuma, is arranging to take charge of the San Xavier at Tucson. Judge T. T. Hunter is meeting with encouraging success in a soliciting funds for the erection of jail in Saf- ford.
 The Smithsonian Institute is desir- ous of cooperating with the Arizona authorities for the preservation of rel. ics of the cliff dwellers.
 Messrs. z. C. Prina and George A.. Olney have purchased the ice plant at Thatcher. They intend to enlarge the same and move it to Saflord.
 The Southern Pacific in New Mexico is assessed at s7.OO0 per mile, the Ar, zOna and New Mexico narrow gauge at S, 3,O00, Santa Fe Pacific at S6,000.
 By the tipping of a bucket at the News mine, near Jerome, Tom Lar sen, an old and well-known miner, lost his life. falling 200 feet.
 The inquest upon the body of Kid Fox, the colored man who was killed on Saturday by Denis Sanders, alias .Snow," was concluded late that day. Hon. William L. Wilson, author of the Wilson tariff bill, has lately ar rived at the Castle Creek Hot Springs and will remain there during the winter.
 The Wyoming delegation at the cat tlemen's convention in Fort Worth offered a resolution calling on con- gress to admit Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma to statehood.
 "A prominent member of several oig trusts and innumerable mining and coal companies was yesterday noticed on the streets of Phoenix trying to borrow a dollar to eat on. Gazette.
 The building of a temple at a cost o S4O,OOO is in contemplation by the Masonic lodge of this city. At tiit meeting last evening a committee o ten were appointed to select aslte an( gather other necessary data. Enter prise.
 Notwithstanding the fact that th' production of alfalfa has increased 1T this vicinity at least two hundred pc cent within the last ten years, there i still not more than half enough t' supply the demand.-Gazette.
 A Prescott butcher has excited tn admiration of his townsmen by intro ducing bright red delivery wag"' and horse in silver mounted harness The Journal-Mine declares the turn out one of the gayest ever seen Tn th mountain city.
 Some little alarm is now being eS perienced by our fruit growers on a' count of the present, balmy, spring like weather. It is said that some o the early fruit buds are already begin ming to swell, and the apprehension felt for February frost. Arizoniar
 An organization of young men c Tucson has been perfected. speakin of which the Star says: The Ar zonans' are worthy of the highest con mendation. The membership of tii club is composed of the highest aim and ambition. They arc all studiou and good workers; they discuss tn important issues of the day. Thu they become informed of the impor ant features of the principles and qu~'