Arizona silver belt., 1901-09-26


 The cost of the canal system. includ ing d dam across the Coluradu river will not he less than Sl,000, GOO, and |, is said that the amount involved ir the purchase of the Blythe estate ap. proXimateS S250,0O0.
 X report has been in circulation foI several years to the effect that there Is black antelope ranging on the plains southeast of this place. Sev- eral cowboys assert that they have sect it at different times. Tom Will iams says he has given chase to it on twn different occasions, but it outran his horse If 1t could be captured and well mounted, it would bring a hand some price as a rare curiosity.-W Wins low Mail
 "Divine Healer" Schraeder, so many times reported to be dead, has arrived at Phoenix, where he purposes organ 'zing a "Divine' church. He does not cltim to be a messiah or apostle. but simply gifted with the power of divine healing, The Gazette says: "The healer is man of pleasing appearance and talks in even tones, never rising to the eloquent. Hs speaks without malice toward other churches and has the appearance of man sincere in what he breaches
 On August ?. Henry Levin, the bro. ker and commission agent of this city. sold to B. A. Packard and w. C. Greene the line ranch owned by Mrs Maria P de Elias, situated in Sonora on the San Pedro river. The ranch, which is one of the finest in the state of Sono- "a. contains 3o.000 acres, on which are 4,OO0 head of cattle. The price paid was Sj0,0OO United States currency. Tie deal was closed at NOgaeS last week when MT Packard was here. and Messrs. Green and Packard are now in possession of the valuable property NogaleS Nidette.
 The Bisbee Review states that liar ry Palmer who was arrested here last week ny an officer from Stafford. was formerly in the employ of the Bisbee improvement company. While in B sbee he was placed in charge of the picture machines in a number of sa. looms, Dy Bob Tate, who was the own. CT. Some few days since. Tate sold the machines tn Norman NichnlS, who when he went tu hunt them up. found two machines missing UpOn invpStI- gation it was found that Palmer had t ,ken them and left. He was traced to ileesOn. where he sold one of the machines, and the other he disposed uf in Wilcox.
 Phoenix will probably have a Sl ,OoO, 900 beet sugar plant in less than ayear to be constructed hy the Eastern Su. gar company of New York and Chica gn. An agent of that corporation, Marshall E. SampSell, of Chicago, is here with a view of securing sigma lures to a contract binding business men and farmers of that section to support the enterprise, and if he is suc ceSSful the construction Of the plant will be begun at once. It will be completed early in June in time to re- duCe the next crop of beetS Samp- Sell asks that the people of the valley give bonus of POGO acres of land or it's equivalent in cash.
 Last Tuesday afternoon train load ed with cattle came into the kingman yard with several cars un lire Ky some iScalculation the train men were uu- able to get the fercely burning car under the spout at the water tank un- til it was tpO late and the car had to he cut out and run out onto the spur at the AFizrna Sampling works. The sight of the poor animals in the burn. ing car was most horrible one. The lire in the other ears was eXtinguiShed without doing any damage. IL is said that d kiDgman gentleman opened the car tO release the cattle, hut the train men closed the door again and allowed them to burn to death. If this is so the trainmen will be prosecuted for cruelty to animals. MOhaye County Miner.