Arizona silver belt., 1901-02-28

it lidu gone lb0 yards. Walnut Grove Is considered a poor country for cats to live in now. Prescott Prospect.
 party of wood packers, who had
 been camping III cave on Eagle creek
 for the past few weeks, having exhaust ed their supply of baking powder, used tue contents of baking powder eau
 winch was left in the cave by former
 occupant. Three of them became vio.
 lently ill shortly after eating some of
 the bread containing the sup
 posed baking powder A fourth mem
 Der of the party who mad been out
 hunting the horses and burros found
 the men Ill convulsious upon returning
 to the camp. Hastily mounting horse,
 he galloped to Morenci for medical
 assistance. He obtained poison anti
 dotes and hurried back to Eagle creek
 About four miles from Moreuci he met
 another party of wood packers who
 were bringing the sufferers to Morenci
 One of the poisoned men was dead and
 the other two were in bad shape. How
 ever, they immediately took large
 doses of the antidote and soon i'm
 proved. They have now entirely re- covered. The coroner's jury rendered
 verdict of accidental poisoning by arsenic or strychnine used by mistake instead of baking powder. Isabel Pi. sano, the deceased. has long been resident of Morenci Copper Era
 At Clifton on Monday of last week a warrant was sworn out by Road Supervisor Spoon, of Morenci, against John T. Parker, a sub-contractor who is building new road bed up narrow gauge to Longfellow, for the destruc- ton of parts of the county road be- tween Clifton and the Rock House. Parker was taken to Morenci and tried before Justice Chapman, and a fine of sl00 assessed, which was paid by Parker. On Monday he got into fight with Bill Price for which he was fined Sl5. Tuesday evening Parker was in Clifton and became somewhat abusive in his language. He said he was from Texas, and that no son-of-a- gun of an officer could arrest him. Constable Hamilton tapped him gently over the head with d six shooter and then started to lock him up, but Parker begged so hard that he was turned loose. On Wednesday morning Parker abused R. s. Hill, who clerks for S. !. Forbes. Hill swore out warrant for bis arrest, and he was given a jury trial before Justice Boyle and the jury brought in verdict of not guilty. Copper Era.
 There seems to be a difference of opinion as to the bounty law as it stands at present. The supervisors of the several counties in convention assembled in this city some weeks ago, recommended that the bounty law be repealed. In addition to this has been presented petition from Pinal cOun- ty. signed by the board of supervisors, asking that the law be not chan ged. In other counties there has been no action whatever taken in the matter, leading one to believe they will be sat iSted with or without bounty. To this journal it would appear that for the present time the bounty on noun tain lions could be reduced to half what it now K without endangering the situation any. The price now paid for the scalp of one of these animals is s20. and in some counties, especially Gila, it works hardship on all the taxpayers. If the sum now paid for the scalp of the lion were reduced to half the amount the counties would be relieved and the result woIld in- jure no one, witt the possible excep- tion of the hunter who makes it d pro fession to hunt these anim is for the bounty. Southwestern Stockman.
 The Southwestern Stock man says: Elsewhere in thls issue We have an "i 'iNit ieAciiihS iO uu experiment. about to be made by the Uni )n Pacific railroad Ill reseeding the range Tn DOT tions of the country adjacent to its lines. Early in this month he cattle growers of South Dakota in convention agreed to make experiments along the same lines It is live sub iect surely, and we behevs that In. stead of the Santa Fe PacIt c railroad desiring to exchange their lands along their road in Arizona, amounting to | millions of acres, for other hnds, they would be doing n wise thing if they | were to retain the lands they now have, experiment. with the reseeding methods | 70 successfully practiced elsewhere, and [ proving successful, lease them for cattle | md sheep grazing, thus creating traffic or their line and also helping to build ID an industry which has been no small part of its business in the past. The 'reat Southern Pacific system, under ts new and energetic management, ould also show its good intentions owards Arizona and New Mexico were to do something along this line. Wherever this has been done, whether II arid or semi humld countries, the ttempt has been crowned with success, nd tkoro tu nn raoaap ,,b,, !