Arizona silver belt., 1901-07-04
What Has Happened in the Terri tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
New Business Enterprises--Gcod Year for rhe Man With the Noe, and the Owner of Live Stoek--Everybodyt Except the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn.

Wickenburg is to have newspaper, to be published by E. R. and D. Il. Hall, of Phoenix.
 Frank w. Doan son of Judge F. M. Doan, and Miss Ethyl A. La Chance were married at the home of the OrideS parents, MT, and Mrs. l.. La Chance, in Phoenix, on June 20.
 The ten days test of the Del Rio pumping plant, which is to supply Prescottwith water is now in progress. Before the plant is received by the city the contractors must demonstrate that it has a capacity of 50O,OOO gal Ions per day.
 Parties who recently arrived from the Verde valley state that no word has been heard from John Mccarthy, who disappeared from camp on Clear creek, June 6. It is a peculiar clrcum- stance, that in the vicinity where Nc Carthy disappeared some six or seven violent deaths have occurred during the past ten years.-Journal' Miner.
 Word comes from San Pedro that John Brown has developed artesian water on his ranch in Pinal county by driving pipes. The water flows out of the pipes several feet above the surface of ground. This is a most valuable demonstration of that section being favored with arteSian water as it will result in hundreds of flowing wells being developed in the lower san Pedro valley which contains much valuable farming lands.-Star.
 Some idea of this years grain crop on the south side can be had from the number of sacks that will be required in handling it. J. A. Peters has dis posed of two carloads of sacks and has just telegraphed for another carload. The Bartlett-Heard ranch will con- sume between thirty and forty thou sand sacks. In all it is estimated that one hundred and fifty thousand sacks will be required tO supply the section of country contiguous to Tempe .-- Tempe News.
 With the approach of the regular summer rainy season, the cattlemen feel hopeful that the warm weather augurs good for that "beautiful down. pour" we read about in countries where it rains more frequently. Rains now would do the ranges of the south. west world of gOud-not that they are suffering for either grass or water just yet, but the situation would be wonderfully improved and beef-buyers could begin to cast about for range beef from early fall till Christmas Southwestern Stuckman.
 A new departure in celebrating the Fourth of July will be made in Tue son this year. Mayor Schumacher and the city council have decided to raise money among themselves for celebration, since there seems to be no disposition on the part of the peo- pie generally to subscribe. These gentlemen will provide music and re- treatments for the children of the city at the city park and patriotic ad- dresses will be delivered by Mayor Schumacher, Hon. Roscoe Dale and Gen. Royal A. ohnson.-Citizen.
 The Phoenix Enterprise reports that Charles R. Drake has again se- cured the southern Pacific contract for furnishing supplies and men from Fl Paso to and including Los Angeles. The past year Gen. L. II. Manning has held the contract. It includes the furnishing of at least 3,50O un- skilled laborerS, together with sup plying them with clothing and pro- visions. Drake and Norton for many years previous to the last, had the contract. Mir Drake will take posses sion August l. This is without doubt the best contract in the territory, being worth S20, 900 a year in profits.
 Geo. w. Brown who was one of the Arizona delegates to the A, 0. U. W. supreme lodge which met at Buffalo, N. Y., is thus quoted by the Phoenix Republican,: Arizona has but very slight representation of its resources on exhibition. There is display of petritied wood by a St. Paul firm, and | a small but good selection of copper | ores by the Copper Queen company of | Bisbee. The Benham' $ Joint" | of Phoenix, attracts It's share of atten- l tion. MT. Benham gives it his person al care and Tom Barnes cleverly talks | sweltering visitors into belief that heavy Navajo blanket is the only thing in the world to keep the heat out. Benham's Indian Congress is drawing attraction on the Midway.
 David Hutton, rancher on the river, near Quartette, appears to have