Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-21
ARIZONA BRIEFS.
News and Comments Per taining to the Territory.
THE TREASURELAND OF AMERICA.
Epitome of the Most Important Occur rences of the Week and Inter esting Facts, Culled from
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A terrible cloudburst destroyed
 about tive miles of the Marlcopa X
 Phoenix railroad track last Friday
 morning.
 A recent dispatch dated Washing
 ton March 15, says; George B. Cor
 son of Arizona, is appointed Indian
 agent at the San Carlos agency,
 Jesse Grant, son of the late Presi-
 dent Grant, left Tucson last Saturday
 for sonora on the cannonball. After meeting the Chenoweth' $ and inspect ing the mines he is interested in will return to San Diego.
 Billy Stiles, notorious for his alleged connection with the Southern Pacific train robberies, is at the head 6: d big posse rounding up a eand of cattle thieves near Casa Glande. Two rus tiers were caught, last Thursday.
 A nine-year-old Mexican boy died in Florence of lOckjaw. About year ago he was bitten by a rattlesnake and never fully recovered. Recently he received another wound in the face accidentally and lockjaw resulted.
 Francisco Garcia, who was sen;en- ced from Yavapai countT uo be Sung tor the murder of fellow miner aS the Model mine, iI that county and appealed to the supreme court, must hang, as that body has refused to in terfere.
 The Monte Carlo. a road house, has recently been established about four miles from Nogales on the road lead ing to Tucson. This resort will be great convenience to the fOotSOre and weary traveier between NogaleS and the Old Pueblo NOgales Nidette.
 Les Angeles and San Francisco pa pers teem with yellow stores about outlaws, cut threats and murderers which give the outside public an idea tlat Arizona Is a mighty unsafe sec tion to abide in. To Arizonans these stories afford no end Of amusement.- Star
 From the vicinity of Pine, Gila county, comes the information that feed is growing rapidly on the raEges and the prospects for fat cattle thiS spring are fine. It is such prospect throughout all Arizona that makes the heart of the cowman swell with oy.-SOuthwestern Stockman.
 The excitement over oil on the western slope of the Black Hills con- tinues to grow. New locations are being made each week and old loca- tions are changing hands. Land that a wee k ago could be bought for fifty cents per acre is now held at s5 per acre.-Jerome Reporter.
 In writing up wedding the repor- ter of an exchange said of the bride: Her dainty feet were int ased in pair of slippers that resembled fairy boots" But the careless printer caused the paper to say, Her dirty feet were incased in pair of slippers that resembled ferry boats. Pros pector.
 D. A. LeBar0n is establishing new apiary about four miles east of Flor ence and expects to have about l25 stands at his apiary west of Florence, and will have large output of honey ! this season. The honey produced in | the valley is conceded by experts to | be the finest produced in America. Florence Blade.
 Judge w. II. Griffin, at Tucson, re- ceived two letters from the east this week from parties wanting to buy | several carloads of good horses. There is growing demand in the east for Arizona horses The judge also re- ceived from Kansas City live stock firm letter asking if he could furnish them a carload of burros. The new baby gauge line from Mo. renee to Longfellow is causing the re- moval from the right-of-way of a number of houses. In consequence there is d considerably large demand for vacant houses, in spite of the fact that over 200 houses had been built within d year. Surely Morenci is growing Era.
 There is wealth in the mineral cap ped hills of Arizona. What, indeed. must there be in her rich valleys The sun shines upon no richer land than that which lies along and adjacent to the Gila, Salt and Colorado rivers. Valleys, bottoms, fOOthi Ills, and table Lands await in their virgin richness but the touch of the farmer, the hor- and the vine grower to pro duce results that exceed in splendor the widest dream of the most san guine. Yuma Sentinel.
 w.. E. Fain who is accused of being one of. the murderers of Mrs. J. J. Burns on Feb. 9, was held on March l2, to await the action of the grand jury