Arizona silver belt., 1901-12-12
What Has Happened in the Terri, tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION
Nsw Business Enterprises--Good Year for tho Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of Live Stock Everybody Except the Editor Expects to Nave Money to Burn.

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 William II. Code, of Mesa, Arizona, has been appointed special agent to investigate irrigation on the Fort Hall, Idaho and southern Ute, Cobra do Indian reservation at sl3 per day,
 Robert Ferguson left yesterday with several thousand pounds of freight for Tontn basin merchants. He will probably haul back bullion from the TOnto Basin smelter.-Flagstaff Gem.
 The Arizona agricultural associa- ton is preparing to hold fair at Phoenix on Dec Is and l9. The ladies auxiliary committee is arranging for exhibits of Mexican needework and fine arts.-Yuma Sun.
 The Journal Miner says Murray Me lnery is quite ill at his room in the Prescott hotel He has been confined tO his room for couple of weeks, but his condition during the past few days has been quite serions.
 John Weiner Is spending few days in town. He reports all the bear as being down in the TontO country and not coming down this way. It is a good thing for Mr. Bear as the hunt CTS from Winslow who are now in the mountains, would give him a good run for his money.- Winslow Mail.
 More than sl,OOO,O 900 worth of beef cattle will be shipped from the Salt River valley within the next ninety days. But this is not d marker to the cattle business that would oe done in the valley if we had 100000 acres of Alfalfa fiourishing under ir- rigatiOn with water from an adequate reservoir, Republican.
 been more prosperous than at present. A large number of men are employed in the mines than ever before. In the building trades, with scarce an excep- tiun, all the mechanics hnd work. A larger amount of money is in clrcula- tiOn and none of our merchants com plain of any dulness in their various lines.-Reyiew.
 R. H. Stanton, a member of G troop of Roosevelps Rough Riders, who saw service in Cuba and afterwards Tn the Philippines. has resigned his position as one of MOssman's rangers and will leave in few days for Phoe- nix. After short rest MT stanton will 70 to Yuma, where he has se- cured a position as one of the prison guards.
 George Webb has been appointed to the position of Chinese inspector, to be stationed at Tucson, and receives salary of $l50 per month, with an all lowance of s3.50 per day while travel ing, for hotel expenses. Webb has been in the custom service for eight years as line rider, and as the chief witness against ex-collectpr Hoey, has gained good deal of nOtoriety.
 Six new telephone lines are now being erected to conduct the mines upChase creek with Clifton. Hereto fore one line answered the purpose. The new lines will connect with Long fellow, Metcalf, Corunad0 and the shannon mines, and is d fair index of the increase of business up Chase creek.-Era.
 The Tucson Star says NJ. A. Martin chief clerk in the agents office of the s. F., has gone to Yuma to take the place of Agent w. II. Dresser of that place. who has been obliged to relin- quish his position owing to the pres ence m his family of smallpox. MT. Martin will be only temporarily in Yuma, and expects t0 return to this city as soon as MT. Dresser is able t1 resume his duties.
 Pima county makes line showing in the collection of taxes. Out of a total amount of Sll4,O00 on the grand tax roll of 1900, only *l, 100 remains uncollected. or this latter amount $500 is due from small holders of cat tie. The taxes collected for 1901 is already double that collected in the corresponding months last year. Dec. l6th is the last day taxes can be paid.
 It is expected that the construction work of the Phoenix and Eastern rail- road, which runs from this city to Benson, will begin within a short while. The final survey began Dec. 5th., under the supervision of MT. l.. K. Orten. This survey will deter mine the question of the construction of the road Grade stakes will be