Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-27

stolen from his pants pockets. There were but few men in the room at the time but one of them was sneak thief enough to appropriate his fellow work mans money. A number of thefts Of this kind have been reported during the past few weeks and it seems evi- dent that something must be done to stop the pickpockets from continuing their contemptable work of robbing a fellow laborer. .-Bisbee Review.
 Postmaster Pritchard has been noti- lied by the department of the ac- ceptance of the offer of Jake Schmidt to furnish a building for the postoilice at Bisbee. A two-story brick building will be erected just north of Dubacher & Muheim's brewery in Brewery Gulch, The lower floor, 32y6O feet, will be en- tirely devoted to Uncle Sam's service. Nearly one thousand new lock boxes will be added to the number now in use. As the Bisbee postoflice passes into the second class on July l, it is expected that the force of clerks will be increased.
 After September lst coyote scalps will be worth sl each, and our local nimrods are cleaning up their fowling pieces and traps in anticipation or a rich harvest. The law is little too liberal in this matter. A twenty-five cent bounty would have led to an ex- termination of the coyote tribe just as speedily and would not have car ried with 1t the risk of also eXter- minating the cash in the county treas ury. Under the new dispensation coyote propagation would be a profit able industry and some of our plains men are liable to 'catch onto" the idea Florence Blade.
 News was received at Tucson last Thursday that on the San Pedro last Saturday, Wallace, a cowboy and Tom Burns quarreled over work on the Tom Willis ditch. Burns struck Wallace over the head with shovel, cutting the scalp. Willis ordered Burns away. On leaving he encountered Wallace and threatened to kill him with a shovel. Wallace drew revolver kill ing Burns instantly. He was buried with his boots on. Burns Is said to have worked on Arizona ranges, tC have been Wells-Fargo guard and tC have been member of the force that captured Evans and Sontag.
 On last Saturday night telegram was received by MT. Williamson, the railroad agent, that the freight rate on hay had been reduced to s4 per tor from Stafford to Benson. Although il was great injustice to this valley tt ever raise the rate, and the reduction was very slow in coming, it will vel give the farmers of this valley an op portunity of selling portion of thi. - years crop at Bisbee and other camp. in that vicinity. So far no change has been made in the rate to El PasC and LOrdsburg. Tais should be ad justed, as the present rate, as com pared with other points, is rank in justice to this valley.-Guardian.
 The Copper Queen company ha now in the course of construction anC nearly completed, d large hotel, bull of brick and roofed with sheet copper the cost of which must exceed 5000 "a structure which any city in tn, southwest might be proud of; to bt furnished with all the cOnyeniences 0 modern hotel. Now in the hands 0 the wOrkmen and fast assuming pro portions is gymnasium, gift to tn, city by the Copper Queen, to be replet when finished, in all the appliance 0 a modern gymnasium, bowling alley bars, rings, weights, etc. A ney church will be commenced soon, tn gift of the Dodge family to tn, Presby terians,
 The great stride that has been mad, in putting on the new line of boats t' connect with the ocean steamers a San Jorge Bay, has already developed great demand for transportation from many sources. The Mexico-Colo radO Navigation company is construc ting stern wheel steamers and barge or the finest, lightest and stronges material to be had in the market, anC it will be the best equipped line tba has ever been put on the Colorado river. This line will be the means O bringing to life many undevelopet mines and oil lands that now lie dor mant along the Colorado, awaiting transportation facilities to give then great value.-Yuma Sentinel.
 Over at Camp Apache, in Northern Arizona, the annual spring or matri monial dance of the Apache has jus ended, says northern exchange. Oyel 1000 Indians participated. In Septem Der the corn dance takes place, where