Arizona silver belt., 1901-07-18

most pretentious now under construc- tion is the very handsome building destined for MT. Perkins, the Copper Queen company'S head architect and builder. Correspondence of the Pros pector.
 In the steer tying contest at Pres colt on July 6, James Carter got first money, time 54 seconds; Oscar Roberts of Phoenix, second, time 54 l.5 sec onds; Haskins, of Mohave county, third, D seconds. There were twenty steers bought by the committee for Sil0. The steers were not hurt, and were sold by the committee for s360.
 Manuel Guzman killed jaguar in the Superstition mountains near Bloomerville recently, and brought the skin to town this week The jaguar is a beautifully spotted black and yellow creature and is exceed ingly rare in Arizona, though quite plentiful in some portions of Mexico. The supervisors paid Manuel a bounty of S20. Florence.
 The terms of all the judges of the Arizona supreme court have expired, save that of Justice Street. Why have they not been reappointed? is the question. The Gazette intlmates that light is being made against the reap pointment of at least two of them, which two it does not say. A few days will undoubtedly determine the mind of the president, as to whether these judges shall succeed themselves or not. Star.
 In the double handed drilling con test at Clifton, on the Fourth, the fol- lowing results were made: Severa Mazzatta-Giosi Rozea, 2O4 in; N. O. Garcia-Celcio Probencio, l9l in; Andres Rincon-Penetij Gomez, l7i in; Aug. Contrares-Francsco Raiz, 15 in; Luis Sias-Tunes Cores, l2 in. The S75 purse went to Mazzatta and ROzea. Gregoria Martinez was the winner of the single handed prize, s35, drilling hole lOS inches.
 A special to the Republican from Buffalo, N. Y., says: The Arizona fruit exhibit is attracting much atten- tion. It arrives in remarkable good condition and keeps surprisingly well. We had the first fresh pears and grapes on exhibition and might have had the first apricots, peaches and apples. There are only two experi- ment sta lions in the United States sending rlore frnit. We have the only dates at the exposition.
 The genial agent of the Huachuca Water company complains that the 700 people of Tombstone use nearly 300, ,OQO gallons of water per day, where as they are not entitled by their pay ments to more than 5000 gallons. For the present, he adds, until it rains whenever the unjustifable use of water draws down upon our reservoir we will be compelled, without further notice, to shut of the supply, as it IS essential that the reservoir be kept full for fire protection.
 The population of Wickenburg is now estimated to be 1000. and strangers are arriving from Colorado. Montana and other sections of the country every week, and it is only fair to presume that before the advent of 1905 this town will contain , 5,0OO peo- pie and the mining camps surround ing it will have as many more. Wick enburg is located on the line of the $. F., r. X P. railroad, and is admirably situated to command the trade of a wide area of mining country. Herald.
 Following are the scores in the double-handed drilling contest at Jerome: McGOwan and Shea drilled 23t inches in l. minutes and won the first prize of Sl50-the former is from the Big Bug country and the latter is from Bisbee: Burg and King of Bisbee, won the second prize of $50 by drilling 22s inches; Verde Queen team drilled 2Oi inches; Keeley and Mclean drilled IFS inches. Scores in the single. handed contest were as follows: Dan McGowan of Big Bug, H. inches, first