Arizona silver belt., 1901-12-26

other point in the southwest, and when beef herds are brought m the punch CTS have plenty of money to spend, and they turn it loose with lavish hand, Era.
 During the attempt by two men to hold up Whites saloon at Douglas last Thursday night, A. q. Evans grabbed rifle and tried to use it, but was shot by one of the robbers. The highwaymen then walked out Of the saloon and mounting their horses, rode off. Evans was shot in the left breast below the nipple, and the wound was pronounced mortal.
 A deal has been closed at Fl Paso between the Fl Paso and Southwest eIn railroad and the A. H. Loomis es- tate for l02 feet on the west side of stanton street near Franklin. The buyers pay a price of S22, 300 for the property. "The ground purchased will probably be used for switch yards ,n said Chief Engineer Lelling- well of the Fl Paso and Southwestern road this morning.
 Manuel Guardiano, boy who work ed at the Detroit Copper company $ concentrator, at Morenci, went to sleep on pulley belt during tempo rary stoppage of the machinery. Be- fore he awuke the machinery was put in operation and he was caught in the pulley, losing his arm. He was re- moved at once to the hospital and re- ceived immediate attention, but d.cd as a result of his injuries on Friday Bulletin.
 Judge T. T. Hunter and Ben Maurer, brothers-in-law, uf Stafford, have gone to Texas to select and buy a thousand head of goats for shipment to Graham county. That county will be one Ct the principal goat sections of Arizona. Both have lived in Arizona for many years, Mir. Hunter being at one time one of the largest cattlemcn in Co chiSe county. This journal believes they will make a great success Of the Anguras. Stockman.
 In the examinations at Stanford University last week one uf those who passed with unusual hunOrS was Frank Doan, who took four examina- tious and was marked "A" in three cut of the four More than forty per cent of his fellow students in these examinations failed entirely. Frank Duan is a son of Judge Fletcher NJ. Duan aud brother of Hon. John Doan, district clerk of Yuma county.
 Yuma Sentinel.
 In accordance with an order of the Department of the interior, the for est reserves uf Arizona have been talked from the jurisdiction of Super inteudent of Forests l. B. Hanna, who in the future will devote ali his time to the Gila and PecoS rivers reserves of New Mexico. The supervisors of the Arizona reserves will report direct to the interior department. No oSuperin- tendent for Arizona will be appointed. This is done to lessen the red tape in dealing with forest reserve affairs. Stockman.
 In the special charter election held in Phoenix on the Eth inst the pro posed new city charter was rejected by vote of 5l9 tO l46 The Enterprise says: The charter failed for two rea sons first, the people are fairly well satisfied with the present city govern ment and believe the new charter would entail additional expense: sec Und, it was generally conceded that the legislature had not power to dele gate the referendum right and that the charter would not have been legal even if adopted.
 The live stock census of last sum mer gives Arizona TAP, ,63j head of cat tie, IS, l03 head of hogs, 924 ,66l horses. The result of the census shows a wonderful increase over the figures given ont by the Department of Agri- culture estimates, which arc pub lIshed annually as being about right, and clearly shows the erronerousneSS of such estimates. In our next issue We shall devote some space to the cen sus figures which are just at hand Southwestern Stockman.
 Shortly after 6 o'clock Friday night d fatal accident occurred at the Bisbee West mine, in which Frank Bowman and Alex. Duder lost their lives. The company had been hoisLing water all day from their lower levels, says the Review, and the rope and guide had become wet and the cold weather froze the crosshead, and when Bow man and Duder had descended in the bucket about 300 feet the frozen cross head broke and gave way, dropping the bucket and it's two occupants over 500 feet below.
 The Southwestern Stockman pub. fishes the acreage Of alfalfa in Salt river valley, as follows In even tig-