Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-13
What Has Happened in the Terri. tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION,
New Business Enterprises-.Good Year for rhe Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of Live Stock. everybody Except the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn.

Solomonville will celebrate the Fourth of July. The Bulletin an nounces d liberal programme. Harvest is under full headway in the Gila valley. The grain crop Is very heavy. Barley iS selling at S5 cents per hundred.
 An exchange thinks that, in Arizo- ma where cowboy has to ride l4O miles to find doctor, there ought to be good opening for Christian science.
 Large quantities Of new barley are now coming in and exporting has al- ready commenced. It is estimated that between now and the 10th, over million pounds will be shipped from this point.-Tempe news.
 The sale of the old Orndorf hotel means much more than may be gen orally supposed. The real purcasher is man of wealth and will, it is said erect the finest hotel and business block anywhere to be found in the terrltory.-Star.
 4 gigantic storage reservoir will be built at Fort Grant this summer. The reservoir will be S0X40 feet and 20 feet deep. The walls will be made of con crete and faced with cement. The cost of construction is estimated at between S25, 900 10 s35,0OO.
 Yuma furnishes a large part of the supply Of tirewUod consumed in Los Angeles. Many Yuma Indians are en- gagged in cutting and hauling mes quite, receiving for it s a cord deliy" cred at the track. The wood is even better than oak for heating purposes.
 James Crowley has the contract for putting in about forty miles Of fence for the Santa Fe Pacific. The part to fence is from Canyon Diable to the cliffs east of Flagstaff. When this Is fenced all of the companys property in the territory will have been fenced.
 In the district court at Phoenix last week, Ed Butts, Jr., late keeper of records and seals of the grand lodge Knights Of PyJhias, was convicted of embedding the funds of the order. His sentence was postponed until trial will be argued.
 b. C. Stevens marketed his apricot crop last week, and il was generally noted that the flavor of the fruit was superior to that of the fruit brought in from California and elsewhere. Both our soil and climate seem to be peculiarly adapted to the growth of this favorite fruit.-Florence Blade.
 This week, contract was let here by H. Gerwein and c. T. Cornell mem- 0ers of the Reform School CommiS- sion, for drilling d we'll lOe0 feet at Benson for water. The price to be paid for the first five hundred feet is B cents a foot, for the second five hundred feet at the rate of 50 cents. Star.
 Henry Hill of Clifton, has purchased sixth interest in tine Gila valley tele- phone company, and will become one of the directors Of the company. It is the intention of the new management of the company to give Clifton, and in fact the entire line, tirst-clasS service. The company will build new office at Clifton, which is the most important station on the line.-Era.
 !. J. Fraser left Thursday for San Francisco, where he will take steamer for Valdez Landing, Alaska. There he will meet his partner Jack Smith, and together they will go and inspect the wonderful properties on Copper river, which the latter has located Sheriff Truman has a third interest in the venture, he and Fraser having grubstaked Smith.-Florence Tribune
 John T. Pritchard, engineer at the Treasure mine, near White Hill, Ari- zona, was found dead at the bottom of the 600-foot shaft Tuesday evening. He was pumping out the mine and in some manner fell into the shaft. Pritchard was an old timer on the ComStock, and in 1876 killed Hum- phrey Symmons, constable at Gold Hill, and was convicted of the crime. His family is in Wales. He was sixty years old.-Gazette.
 Thursday afternoon as freight train from Benson pulled by $. P. en- zine No. l,652, which was nearing Naco Junction, 1t crashed into the rear end of string of cars which were being switched onto the main line at that point. The rear car was loaded with dynamite, caps and fuse and it io almost miracle that an explosion did rot occur. As a result of the collision