Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-08

| ming struck telegraph pole near by, knocking them down, giving them a severe shock, but not causing any se- rious results. Review.
 Water is to be used for the manu- fracture of electricity for Phoenix, says correspondent of the Bulletin. Plans have arrived and all difficulties have been swept aside from the con struction of the Pemberton water power works on the Arizona canal, twentv-four miles east of Phoenix.
 Men, animals and material are being shipped in as rapidly as possible for the construction Of the Grand Canyon railroad. At present there are be- tween l50 to 200 men at work and the contractors expect to have the road completed ready for traffic by the first of October.
 The survey of the proposed railroad from Benson to Florence, and on to San Diego, has been completed down the San Pedro and past the eastern | end of the Catalina mountains, cover ing the only portion of the proposed line presenting any engineering diff entities. The route was found to be a feasible one.-Arizona Blade.
 If some of the challenges that are being flung broadcast among the COW men of the Globe and Stafford districts come to aught, Phoenix will be the scene of steer tying contest, 1t being the common ground chosen. The latest fling comes from Globe, the champions, Bud Odle and Ed Horrel, defying the Stafford men to the tune of Sl,0 ,00O on Phoenix grounds. This city will probably furnish a good audi ence for the event. Enterprise.
 A newspaper is of no account if it has no enemies. When abuse comes from the lips of newspaper enemy d close investigation will generally show that the man from whom the hard words come has been crossed in some scheme by that paper. A newspaper that has no enemies has no warm friends; it is neutral sheet, afraid to take position on any subject. News paper abuses. do not hurt paper as much as good word from a friend helps it. Ex
 Generous rains throughout southern Arizona will place the cattle industry upon a more encouraging basis and no doubt the ranges depleted by heavy shipments of stock will be restOcked very soon. A Arizona has furnished many thousand heads of stock to re- stock the ranges of California during the present season of prosperity there, but this territory will not have to call upon California to return the favor Tucson Post.
 The new reform school which is to be built at Benson will be a beautiful structure as well as a most substantial one. It will have frontage of l20 feet and depth of forty feet. Ari- zona stone will be used in the build ing. As soon as Il number of details are settled the plans will be open to inspection by contractors and bids invited. It is probable that within fa l-A I,. ,T tion will have commenced. Tucson Post.
 A company of Yuma and Los An geles men has been organized for thoroughly prospecting the Texas Hill district for oil. The incOrporators are F. l.. Ewing, Donald Mcintyre and Frank Guerra of Yuma, W. A. Johnson and F. II. Johnson of Los Angeles. Two thousand acres of choice land near Mohawk Sum init has been deeded to the company, the capital ization being $2OO per acre. F. L. Ewing, while in Los Angeles, made arrangements for the shipment of complete well rig and sufficient casing to make thorough test of the ground.
 Yuma Sun.
 Arizona will get a share of the date trees recently received from Africa by II. k. Van Deman, U s. pomologist at Washington, D. c. Mir. Van Deman says that the valley of the Colorado is perhaps the best place, climatlcally, in which to grow the date on this continent, and one colony of the trees will be placed there. Another will be tried at Las Cruces, N. M., and third will be given to Phoenix. As there are only six male trees in the lot received, only six col Onies can be started The female trees will not bear fruit without the pollen of the male. Mesa Free Press.
 The Unined States geological sur vey has spent several years in making studies of Arixona's water supply and how it may be most advantageously used, and how much of the present activity in that territory, is the. re- suit of having the detailed facts upon which projects can be based. The la rnaaf of ha c.han,no ;, tlo