Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-17

pce anu OdudUed, tnuS opening up a new territory for eastern business. and shortening the haul by several miles, | John D. Wilson, editor of the Pima
 Paragon, died on Tuesday night of
 last week, at Naco, where he had gone
 with the hope that he might be bene.
 titted by the change. He had long
 been sufferer from pulmonary con
 sumption. The body was taken to
 liisbee and buried there last Thurs
 day. Mr. Wilson served in the First
 Louisiana infantry during the span
 iSh-American war.
 i The Clifton Era is in receipt of let
 ter from Hon. C. M shannon, who is
 now in Los Angeles, stating that his ! health has greatly improved during ! the past few weeks Mir. shannon has been d long sufferer from hay fever and since going t0 Los Angeles found it necessary to have two or three sur gica operations performed and some of the bones of his nose removed. He will return tO Clifton, which he still calls "home," as soon as the hay-frrer season has passed.
 The report that NJ. NJ. Wambaugh had resigned from the position of chief engineer of the Fl Paso X Southwest ern is denied by Mir. A. 0. James, first vice president of that company. who said Uo an Fl Paso Herald reporter "AS a token of our appreciation of Mir Wam baugh's long and excellent serv- ice for the company we have promoted him to the position of consulting en- gineer of the road with headquarters in Ell Paso, and to relieve him of the great press of work that has been upon his shoulders for the past several months, We have appointed w. II. Lef- tingwell to the position of chief engi- neer of construction.
 Charles Rose. wbu was recently pa roled from the Yuma penitentiary, de- clineS to accept the freedom granted by such action. He says he believes the reproach of a paroled convict will be greater than that of an imprisoned one : that he would rather remain in the penitenTiary making record for good behavior, so that if he should ever be pardoned Ind can emerge into full citizenship at once. Another req son why he objects to parole iS that he is professional prospectpr. and with out citizenship he would be debarred from making locations of mining claims. He baS been model prisoner and is said to be one of the most inlel- ligent convicts at Yuma -Journdi. Miner.
 A team attached to heavy buck board became frightened and dashed down Gurley street in Prescott, and a cowboy named Anderson dashed after them on his horse. He grabbed rein On one of the runaway horses just as the team reached the brink of ditch. Instead of jumping the ditch. Ander- sons horse rolled over in it. and the cowboy was tangled up with the three horses and hidden in a cloud of dust, out of which all three horses soon dashed. People ran to Anderson, think ing they would lind his mangled body lifeless in the ditch. But before they reached it he walked out. not even limping. When he struck the ground he slid several feet on his face, but the broad brim of his hat had gotten un- der his face and it never received a scratch. How he came out of the mix ug without a scratch is a mystery.
 The stOckmen of Southwestern Pima and in the La Osa section complain much of the presence of large herds of horses, which are devouring and tramping out all of the pasture in l that region. They are great annoy ance to cattle, especially about the wa | ter holes, where they drive cattle from | the water; but the destruction of pas ture Is the worst fault There are | probably two or three thousand head Df these mustangs. They are of little 1r no value. In most frontier regions they bring from $l to 8 per head in Arizona about s per head The stock men who are pestered by these mu tangs threaten to drive them out with sheep unless their owners dispose Of them. In southern Utah, which is )yerrun with mustangs, the stockmen 20 gunning for them. At one hunt last year several thousand mustangs were killed. The same remedy may nave to be resorted to in this country, Star.