Arizona silver belt., 1901-01-31
ARIZONA BRIEFS.
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Coyotes are so numerous in Graham
 county that they come into the farmers
 barnyards and fight with dogs
 Thomas Fitch was defeated for Uni
 ted States senator in Utah Tom has
 always been unfortunate in politics
 Only man Senator Ives, president
 of the council is said to be the only
 man in the legislature that can beat Frank Cox playing seven up.-Gazette.
 On velvet Since his election as chief clerk of the house, Editor Miller occupies the calm, cOntended seat of a man whose chips are all blue and who is playing on velvet Gazette.
 Dr. Ford of the council will intro duce a memorial to congress asking that the governors salary in territor- ies be increased to S6,O00 per year, and that appropriations be made by con gresS for necessary office help.
 The noted Santa Teresa, formerly a resident of Clifton, is now in St. Louis, en route to Paris, France, She has been in San Francisco for several months past, and made many friends on the coast,
 Ties and iron have been laid on the Morenci Southern to within about two miles of Morenci. The road will soon be be completed and trains run ming, which will be of great advantage to the people of our sister city.
 Judge Sloan, of Prescott, has deci ded that under the organic law, a woman in Arizona is not a citizen of the United States, and that the Ari- zona legislature does not possess the power to confer the elective franchise upon them.
 pr. Zimmerman, who returned from Helvetia, said there was considerable sickness in the camp when he arrived there several days ago He reports good conditions now. The doctor ex- poets to leave for Bisbee in few days Citizen.
 Kidnapping is becoming quite an in- duSury throughout the country, ai- though it has not yet reached Globe, but we may look for 1t at any time, as there are many kids, young and old, in this vicinity, who need mapping or even worse. Let those who are in danger take warning.
 The coming season promises to be a prosperous one for the Gila valley. An increased acreage of grain has been sOwn and the fields are already taking on an emerald hue. Interest in the development of arteSian water near Stafford is unabated. There are now more than loo flowing wells in the artesian belt.
 California seems to be taking all the i surplus cattle Arizona has these days As has been frequently stated that state is very short on cattle, and now that the ranges are in good condition there the cattlemen are desirous of them, and Arizona is the natural point from which to draw the supply of stOckers. StOckman.
 A southern Arizona man few weeks ago advertised for wife under an assumed name-hiS sister seeing the advertisement, answered it and very affectionate and desperate love match was in progress, till an eX- change of photographs occurred, then the romance ended in short order, and the man left for the Gallup coal fields to be absent for few months. Cop per Era.
 Col. Ii. B. MaxOn has arrived in Tucson from Los Angeles where ne was. taken i'll a week ago and delayed n his trip to this territory. Col Maxon comes from Reno, Ney., and is secretary of the National Irrigation and an enthusiastic sup porter Of the national policy. Col. MaXonS trip to Arizona is in the in- .ereSt of the reclamation of arid lands and uo further the interest in the work of the association Citizen.
 Willie Rusk, who has been confined n the Tucson jail for some time, was taken to Nugales, January 2I and de- iyered over to the Mexican authou- ties. Rusk will be tried for the mur- der of his wife in Mexico and will be punished by being made to serve a long term in prison. The general opinion prevails that the death pen alty will not be inflicted, although no one knows precisely what punishment Is in store for the youth.
 Pat Slavin, a well known character was found dead in his cabin at liar shaw, last Sunday. He was surround sd by every evidence of abject poverty there being lttlc or mo food in the , nut, and not enough bedding to keep person warm. Yet In his clothes vas found $500 in billsof large denom- nation and d record of other money