Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-07
ARIZONA BRIEFS.
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 taining to the Territory.
THE TREASURELAND OF AMERICA.
Epitome of the Most Important Occur rences of the Week and Inter- esting Facts, Culled from
 Our Exchanges.

Jerome OH neluS S now at Jefonl'
 Junction awaiting removal to th'
 fields. Jerome Mining News.
 The Montana legislature has elected
 Thos. II. Carter as senator. Mir, Car
 ter is a friend to Arizona and is {
 strong advocate of statehood for oul
 territory.
 J. F.. Valiean of Philadelphia, reg
 istered at the Florence hotel last Sat
 urday. He is interested in valuable
 mines near the Ray and is now on his
 way back east, Tribune.
 Kingman lodge of Elks did nice
 thing at their last meeting by advanc.
 ing six months rent to aid in keeping
 the Kingman school open month
 longer. Kingman Miner.
 Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, wife of General
 Fitzhugh Lee, and daughter have just come into the territory and have gone
 to Ft. Huachuca for tbe benefit of
 Mrs. Lees health. The general may visit Arizona shortly.-Gazette.
 Horses from the Gila county range are being brought to the alfalfa fields of the Salt River valley to be put in rOde0. It is said that the horses run- ming at large are rapidly gaining flesh, as feed is coming on fine. -Stockman.
 Work was commenced last week on the tunnel of the Arizona Copper company which is designed to carry all the smoke, fine dust and sulphur fumes from the cOmpany's plant to the crest of th3 mountain, two hun dred feet above the town of Clifton Era.
 Wolf Sacks has two races on hand now, one with Tom Wing of Mesa, for sl00 side, and it will come off at Phoenix next Wednesday, March 6; the other with Jack GibsOn's Windy Jim, which will come of at Phoenix, March l6, and is for 5000 a side. .-En- terprise.
 Radium, the new metal, is an illu- minal of great power. Half a pound of it will make an ordinary sized room light as day for a million years. At present the price of the metal is too high for general use. One ouuce is worth sl,000.
 Wednesday morning Mr. Bird of the Oasis, left La Colorado en route to Matape, Suaqui and other points along the Yaqui river-the trip to cover about 400 miles of travel. As the jour- ney progresses his readable "Wayside Notes" will be sent back for publica- tion. Oasis.
 Charles Metcalf recently submitted some of the tufa which is on his land west of town to Denver chemist familiar with this class of building stone. He says that it is the closest | srain and the best material of its kind | le has ever seen, being far superior i o the Denver rock which is largely ! ised. .-Kingman Miner.
 The date for the execution of Tom . <etchum, better known as "Black ack," whose band of outla ws terror zed New Mexico and Arizona terri Ories for long time, was fixed by he New Mexico territorial supreme ourt to March 22nd. Although ac- used of several murders and other elOnies, ketchum was tired for the Obbery of d train near Folsom, x. M., he penalty for which in that terri Ory is death.
 A dispatch from Washington on 'ebruary 26 says: The house today hooked out the appropriation of sl0O,- DO in the Indian appropriation bill pr building irrigation works on the lila river, Arizona. This appropria- ion was got into the bill in the sen te after long and hard fight, and it , as considered to be a distinct victory , Ir the irrigationists. When it went ', ack to the house, after the confer , nee, the house refused to accept the , nendment by very large vote. , The report of the live stock sani- l Try board for the year ending June [ ), 1900, shows that there were slaugh- c ,red during the year 3l, 300 head of s ittle. Tucson headed the list with l24 head, Phoenix played second f dale with 3,032, Bisbee 2,35S, Clifton n 2i3, Globe l.5S9, Jerome l, ,396. The :, oove figures furnish a good index to f le places in the territory where the f reatest activity is manifested, and f here the centers of population are f cated that are consuming the great n t amount of meat. Bulletin. :, Jack Gibson has returned from Tue h n, where he captured the gib money c the races, Sl,200 in purses. His W ,rSes never lost heat and he came W 1t with three running races and the O ee-for-all pace to his credit. Mr. D IbSon says he was treated royalty. b ld that the citizens of the Ancient v