Arizona silver belt., 1901-06-27

The Grand Canyon railroad will oe sold July 10 under an order rom Judge k. E. sloan.
 Over seventy miles of grading has been done on the railroad leading out of Douglas toward Fl Paso.
 Headers and threshers have been busy in the Gila valley for ten days and grain is reaching the mills Tn quantities.
 Geo. A. Olney, of Stafford, who re- gently bad an at attack of heart disease has gone to Baltimore, Md, to consult A specialist in that disease. Ills wife panied him.
 Last month the Morenci Southern contracted for six new gondola cars or the American Car and Foundry com pany, and for two new locomotives Of of tue Baldwin Locomotive company.
 lt IS said that the Southern Pacific company has sprinkled its roadoed with oil for eighty-eight miles west of Tucson. The oil cakes and thus holds the dust down, removing very disagreeable feature of summer travel over that part of the road.
 Each member of the legislature has the right tO nominate a pupil to at tend the territorial normal school free of tuition No doubt each member from this county would be glad to nominate any bright boy or girl who desires to go and will let it be known.
 Mr. and Mrs. James Pursley, Of Saf- ford, left last Saturday on an. extended trip through the east. During their absence they will visit New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago. New York, Buffalo, 10 see the exposition, Washington, Portland, oregon, Salt Lake and San Francisco.
 The Chiricahua Cattle company has contracted for all the cattle they can get in the valley, to be delivered at Ash Flat about July 10. The prices paid were very good, being sl5, SIS and S2l, for yearlings, two year old and three year Olds respectiyely.- Pima Paragon.
 Messrs. b. A. and W. J. LeBarOn re- turned Monday from Mesa City, whithef they went to ship their honey crop, says the Florence Blade. The former took over 1000 pounds of strained honey and l50 pounds Of 0eeswaX. The .latter took over 2,5OC pounds of strained honey. They get the top prices for their honey because of its superior quality.
 Deputy u 5. Marshal J. r. Welles came in from Globe Saturday with Jesus Lunas and lodged him in the Pinal county jail. The prisoner is charged with selling ardent spirits to reservation Indians. He served six month sentence in our jail for a simi. lar ofiense last year. He will prob ably be given an opportunity to "sniff" the Odor of Yuma orange bios sons as punishment for this second offense. Florence Blade.
 General Thomas F. Wilson was en. gagged today in drawing contest papers for four Yuma Indians who each claim forty acres of land which has been filed upon by others. Being native Ameri- cans the government allows them twenty-five years to file upon the lands which have been occupied by their fOrefathers and themselves. Twenty three entries of forty acres each were made today by these Indians of lands in the Colorado river valley.
 It Is said the salary and emuluments Of the secretary of the territory dur ing the last four years averaged more than sl0,O00 per annum. The fees resulting from laws enacted during the last four years has increased the fees of the office, so that the income has more than doubled that of pre- vious years. There are some who say that the office, during part Of Secretary Akers' administration, reached the sum of si5,00O in single year-Ari- Zona Star.
 There will be at least fifteen entries in the drilling contest in Kingman on the 4th of July, the entries coming from all parts of the county. The purses hung up where at first thought to be too small by several miners at Chloride, who were desirous of enter ing the contest, but they have now signitied their intention of entering the lists. The rock has been procured and will he placed on a platform on Front street where everyone who de- sires can see the men at work.
 One of the miners employed at the Holbrook, while engaged in changing his clothes in the change room had S65