Arizona silver belt., 1901-09-05

Morenci has population of 2,55S, which makes it the most populons town in Graham county.
 Naco, the port of sntry for the Csnanea country, is growing rapidly and promises to become an important town.
 Allen Bernard, secretary of the Greene Cattle company, has gone to New York, where he was summoned by a telegram from w. c. Greene.
 Clifton is without school house at all adequate to it's needs, and pro. poses to build one at a cost of sI2, 900, If the people of the district will vote the bonds.
 Chief Engineer Wambaugh denies that Phelps, Dodge X Co. are in any way connected with the recent pur- chase of several thousand acres of land at Deming, x. M,
 It is quite probable, says the Enter prise, that Phoenix will soon have & school where the different work of an undertaken may be studied Under taking is profitable business in Pboe- niH, especially the embalming of con sumptive victims from the east.
 That underground river fake from Safford seems to take among the out side newspapers at least. It origi- mated at Ei Paso in the mind of some resourceful drummer. TR& Gila val. ley papers in that vicinity don't seem to have discovered the underground river, as yet.
 The Rock Island road is expected to be operating it's line into Fl Paso by the first of the coming year at the latest. 1t is said that it will also operate the Arizona X Southwestern or Bisbee line, which will be pushed down the San Pedro to the Gila and thence to Florence, Phoenix, Yuma and san Diego. Gazette.
 EX.Sheriff W. P. Birchfield was painfully injured last week His horse stepped in hole and fell with him, throwing him on the horn of the sad dle and causing d painful rupture. Mir Birchtield left yesterday morning for Los Angeles for medical treatment, accompanied by his brother, who is here on visit. Pima Paragon.
 The extension of the A. X N NJ. railway, to be built from Lordsburg to Hachita, to put the Clifton Moreuci the Bisbee route, has tho charter right to operate telephnae and telegraph systems with or without wires" This is the first instance on record of a charter being secured to use Gods at mosphere Era
 The waters of the Colorado river wHi be utilized on the Nile plan. if fond hopes of Arizonans be realized. AS starter, it is announced that Delegate Marcus A. Smith will ask congress in the next session, to appro. priate sl00, GOO for levees and embark ments in the neighborhood of Yuma. This work would protect about 90, 900 acres of land now subject to overflow, and at present worthless. Tucson Post.
 The Ellison company, a corporation formed some time since by |. W. Ellison of Pleasant Valley, together with his wife and daughters, also some minor children, relatives of the Ellison family, disincOrporated on the 18th inst. The company publishes a no- tice asking all who may have claims against 1t to present them to the sec retary and treasurer Of the company, at Ellison postotiice, on or before Sep tember 24th. S. W. Stockman.
 The city council passed an ordi- nance on Wednesday night condemn ing the wedge block between Church | and Court streets and taking strip oil the blocks intervening between Court and Pearl streets, thus giving uniform width to Conngress street throughout. Proceedings will begin in the district court to condemn the | property The wedge must come out, | although it is a slow proceeding and | requires roll of red tape. Tucson Post.
 The Tempe News says: "The air is again full of railroad rumors, one of which is to the effect that the line of the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phoenix is to be extended southward by way of Tempe, Mesa, Florence and Mammoth. A surveying party of fifteen members went through here to Mesa on this mornings train, and tomorrow the preliminary survey will be com menced. It is said that other parties