Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-30

lanu rom Demlng or SllVer Clty, or account of the high rates on the South ern Pacific and Gila Valley railroads
 An agreement was signed by nearly al
 the business houses to take effect ir case the railroad companies refuse tc come to time. Bulletin.
 A letter was received at Phoenix
 from Walter T. Gregory of the 4th cavalry, under date of Dagupan,
 March 2S. Mir. Gregory was in a mill.
 tary hospital and said he had been
 there since December, that he had
 been very sick, in fact, at the point of death, but at the time of writing was very much improved and expected to make good recovery. He was in good spirits and hoped to return to Phoenix in about nine months.
 The contract for printing the re- vised statutes of Arizona was awarded to Ed. w. Stephens of Columbia, Mo. MT Stephens had made several bids based upon various qualities of paper to be used, his lowest being s4,000. The contract includes 2,500 copies of the statutes, to be delivered by August b. MT. Stephens has for many years been editor and proprletor of the Herald, of Columbia, and is at present state printer of Missouri.
 The court of claims at Washington has settled that the Indian depreda- ton claims growing outof the rayages committed bv Geronimo at the time his raid through this part of Arizona, will not be allowed The courts hold that the Apaches were then at war with the United States, and that the general government can not be held responsible for theIr depredations. The only remedy is an act of congress. The supreme court has affirmed this decision.
 The company store at Morenci iS d revelation to all who visit 1t. The new building was occupied about March lst, and now the business is going along without friction under q perfect system, assisted by every con venyenience. The amount of business transacted is enormous. MT, Van GOrder, tn general store manager, has surrounded him,elf with fine body of men as clerks and bOokkeepers. A bout forty men are employed in the big building Bulletin
 At Tombstone there are p men em- ployed on the triple compartment shaft on the Contention ground. Ey- erything looks bright in Tombstone and people who waited will be well repaid for every thing comes to him who waits. Only s30 for delinquent taxes for ly00 in Tombstone Most of the town is now owned by Martin Cos tello, NJ. D. Scribner, Mayor Emanuel and B. Hattick; at least they are among the largest holders of real estate, most improved
 A peculiar and serious accident hap pened tO John Pollard, at Greenlaw's $ mill last Monday, while operating the edger A small pine knot flew with terrific velocity from the saw, which has i,500 revolutions per minute, striking him on top of the head and breaking hole in the skull. pr. Rob- inson, who performed a very skillful operation on Pollard, found a portion of the pine knot under the skull, which he removed, when Pollard inn regained consciousness. CocOninO Sun.
 It can be safely asserted that no town in the United States the size of Prescott has so many fine buildings of granite, brick and ornamental stone as Prescott has today. The of Prescott and the invest ment represented, as compared with the size of the place, is the marvel of all visitors The men behind those however, are fully posted on the mineral riches of the country around Prescott, and they know that the solid front now presented by this little town is but the heart of the city to be. Courier.
 From every part of the territory comes the information that rich oil indications have been found. During the past two months over dozen new fields have been opened up, and thou sands of acres of land located In every instance the indications are of 1 nigh grade. These statements are made in many cases on advice of ex- Derts who have had experience in ! proven oil fields. This petroleum ac- Jiyity means great deal to the future If the territory, and should small | of the alleged fields develop | nto real producers, there will come as result the greatest mining activity that has ever taken place in the west. l
 Al Bernard, secretary of the La Cana lea Cattle company, has arrived from La Cananea and will be in Tucson until | tomorrow night when he goes to Her