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

The Sentinel says the Southern Pa citic company will spend S5O,00O en- larging and improving the railroad wards at Yuma.
 Jack Farrell has struck artesian water in the we'll he has bored at Saf- ford. Our informant, the Guardian. does not give the volume of the flow.
 The republican central committee of Graham county have filled the va cancies on the ticket for the legisla- ture and for sheriff by the nomina- tion of H, C. Hooker and A. F. McEu- en respectively.
 Fort Grant was visited by heavy rain storm a week ago last Saturday night, which caused flood in Bonita creek. The water ran l5 feet deep in the channel. The reservoir was de- stroyed' causing loss of SlO,000.
 A game of baseball between the Tucson and Los Angeles clubs was playt d at Tucson for the beneht of the Galveston flood sufferers, and the re- ceiptS did not amount to enough to pay the hotel bill of the visiting team. The Citizen expresses disgust at the lack of interest shown.
 Morenci is one of the rapidly grow ing camps of Arizona. It's increase is something wonderful, says the Co- chiSe Review. Among many improve mentS is splendid 4-stOry store by the company. This building has all of the most modern appliances -eleya- tors, electric lights, and is a model establishment.
 An effort will be made by the peo- pie of this valley to segregate the for est reserve situated in Arizona, from thatof New Mexico, and new dis trict exclusively for Arizona. This will give the superintendent an op- porCunity to make proper inyeStiga- tionS and to deal justly with Arizona. As it is now the superintendent can not cover both territories.
 The Bulletin has information on good authority that the <. P. depot hotels at Bowie station and Tucson are to change hands October 1. The new contract has been let to Dr. Geo. GoOdfellow, but the actual manage ment of these two eating houses will bc in the hands of Mir. Randolph, a brother of the superintendent of the Tucson division.
 pr. A. R. Hickman, a prominent Phoenix physician, has accepted the position as physician on the Bisbee hospital staff vice w. A. Greene. who resigned and left for Cal ifornia. The departure of pr. Greene is much to be regretted by his many friends, but the doctor found it necessary to resign owing to his failing health. Prospector.
 The Phoenix board of trade has ta- ken the initial step toward a carnival A committee has been appointed con sisting of <. P. Clark, J. c. Adams and c. H. N. Luhrs, representing the hotels, and n. Goldberg and Colonel McCowan. The Republican says the carnival will probably not be held so early this year as last, but be delayed as long as possible to give the belated eastern visitors a chance to see it.
 Dr. C. F. Goodfellow, well known in Arizona, it is said will assume the management of the system of eating houses on the line of the southern Pacific railroad, similar to that of the Harvey system, in a few weeks. The doctor is now the chief surgeon of the Santa Fe railroad in California, but has decided to make this change. The new system will probably extend from Fl Paso to Los Angeles. Star.
 Saturnio Pinard of Clayton, sheriff of Union county, x. M., has arrived at the New Mexico penitentiary with Tom Ketchum, alias Black Jack, who was sentenced to hang on october 9th at Clal ton for train robbery. An ap- peal to the supreme court was, how ever. granted by Chief Justice Mills, which will act as a stay of the eXeeu- tion, as the supreme court does not meet until January of next year. When Ketchum heard the sentence he simply smiled and then turned to talk to his attorneys.
 Jas. P. Gillespie went to Whltlock cienega several gays ago for bunch of cattle. He brought back the news that JoAn D. Parks was quite serious ly hurt at the Parks ranch while Mr Gillespie was there. Mir. Parks was assisting iu branding calf. The as sistant had stuck pocket knife in Jne ground behind the calf. The cali kicked the knife in the air and it struck Parks, the blade entering his right leg lust above the knee. The leg was bildIy swollen at last accounts and Mir. Parks was not able to get around. Bulletin.
 A deplOntble accident happened in Tu,.Snn last rhurslaV rc,ul ting in the