Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-31
What Has Happened in the Terri.
 tory Since Our Last .... Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
Ass Business Enterprises..Good Year for the Nan With the Hoe, and the Owner of Live Stoek--evsrybody Except the Editor Expects to Nave Money to Burn.

The new Commercial club house to be erected in Prescott will cost $40, 900.
 According to the Winslow Mail, al- most all the northern Sheepmen are coming south this winter with their flockS.
 E. D. Futile enjoys the distinction of being the first mayor of Stafford. He will not find the duties of the office arduous.
 The chemical fire engine for Bisbee, which was built to order and excep' tionally strong, has been shipped from New York.
 Mrs. c. D. Reppy, wife of the editor and proprietor of the Florence Fri bune, has returned home from visit to the East
 John Doan, son of Judge F. NJ. Doan, has been appointed district clerk and court commissioner in Yuma county, by Judge Street.
 We are informed that w. A. Stark has sold his entire herd of over 2,0o0 head of cattle to J. N. Nidifter, of California, says the Wilcox Range News. .....
 The miners at Pearce want to form union, which is objected to by the officers of the Commonwealth Mining company, who say they will close down in the event of any trouble.
 The Range News says: There are at this date awaiting trial. The jail is about full of criminals so the next term of court promises to be very busy one.
 Rain has been falling in Clifton al most ali week, which is quite unusual Doubtless large amount of snow has fallen in the MOgollon and White mountains of Arizona and New Mex icO,-Era.
 The Phoenix Enterprise says that carload of date palms is en route from Africa to the United States, and will be planted at the expense of the Ex- perimental station, near Kyrene, for test work. The Southern Pacific road franks the car from New Orleans to Kyrene.
 Royal A. Johnson, of Tucson, and H. I. Latham, of Phoenix, have been appointed appraisers of the abandoned part of the Fort Yuma military reser- vatiOn. The tract of land comprises forty-tive acres of land together with the goyernmc nt buildings.
 John Jungermann this morning brought tO town a bunch of the finest dates We have ever seen. The cluster contained oye ten pounds of perfectly developed da tes, There are seven more large punches on the tree from which this bu lch was taken. With such results a. this there is no doubt about Tempe'S future as a date-pro ducing section, Tempe News.
 MT. and MrS. W. F. Nichols left here Wednesday for Phoenix, where the Judge will sht rtly assume his duties | of territorial auditor. NIT. Nichols has resided at Wilcox for about twen- ty years, has always been a progress sive and respected citizen. He has iiiled numerous offices of public trust with credit to himself and the entire satisfaction of the community. No man ever lett Wilcox who will be more universally missed than be- Wilcox Range News.
 The Bisbee postoffice is now the fin est office in the territory, the fixtures alone costing in the neighborhood Of s3,5OO. In the new office thousand lock boxes with keys have been pro- vided, which will give everyone chance to secure box. Bisbee can now boast Of one of the finest fur. nished and eq quipped offices this side of the Rocky mountains, and it will com pare most favOrably with the major 'ey ih c'iS UcS.
 Court Commissioner Moore, on an. plication of the district attorney of Iavapai county, has issued an order to restrain the board of supervisors from paying John Duke s2,5OO, in ac. ;ordance with relief measure passed by the last legislature. It is an old story, MI. Duke buying bunch of cattle at tax sale, the county giving title to property. Duke lost the cat. tie and the defendantcounty has sirc ce refused to give his money back.
 MT. c. A. Brown, chief clerk in the superintendent office of the A. S S. E. railroad, has resigned to accept service in the transportation depart ment ot that line, says the Bisbee Re. view. MT, Brown was at one time