Arizona silver belt., 1901-04-25

greSS, where it would permit the party to inspect the Congress mine and then return to Phoenix, arriving there at 10 clock a. m. The train is due to leave Phoenix at o'clock p. m.- Journal Miner.
 Elaborate predarations are in hand for oig fiesta at Nogales, Sonora, be- ginning May 5, and continuing two weeks or more. Messrs. M. M. Conn and Frank Main have the concession for the plaza and will spare neither expense nor effort in making the fiesta one of unusual brilliance. There will be games of all kinds, bull fights, balls, etc, etc.-Oasis.
 The new code is being carefully pre- pared for publication by Pattee and Perkins in the office of the secretary of the territory. It will be in the hands of the printer in few days and work on it pushed as rapidly as poSsi- ble. It is expected to be completed by the lst of August and we dare say it will be the best code of laws Ari- zona has yet had. Mineral Wealth.
 Only a few cattle have been con tracted for in this vicinity for spring delivery. There are lots of good cattle in this section for sale. The ranges were by no means so denuded of stock last fall and winter as is gen erally believed, but the cattlemen are not willing to part with their stock for any less than last years prices.- Range News.
 Imported berries are causing the Arizona Berry Growers association a great deal of worry, says the Phoenix Gazette. At a meeting it was decided to boycott local dealers who are selling berries brought in from the outside. This action is taken for the purpose of forcing the fruit dealers to sell only local product which is now crowded out of the market.
 A large body of Papagoe Indians, from the reservation near Tucson, are encamped on the desert about five miles directly south of Phoenix. There are about l5O Indians, in the band, which is scattered widely, and they are awaiting the harvest of the Pima and Maricopa tribes. The Papa goes annually help in the harvest of the northern Indians, and get their pay in shares of the grain. .-Republi- can.
 J. c. Adams, wealthy stockman of Phoenix, has been purchasing from the Arden herd of Jersey cattle owned by II. N. Higinbotham at Joliet, III. His purchase includes Handsome Prince, son of the famous sl0,00O Pe- drO, exhibited at the Worlds Fair. The price paid was 5000. The stock will be shipped to the Adams ranch in Arizona.-Stockman.
 The property recently purchased on the corner of Fourth avenue and wash ington street by Fiteld & Gallagher, is to be made the sit of a large hotel, says the Phoenix Gazette. The pur- chaserS have street frontage of 200 feet. The plans for the building rival in detail those of the Hotel Adams, which is famous in the southwest as a hotel of the first-clasS. The builders expect to begin construction wor k be- fore long.
 The heads of the pen al institutions of the territory, Herbert Brown, superintendent of the penitentiary. W. II. Ward, superintendent of the insane asylum, H. Gerwein and c. T. Cornell, of the reform school, and B. A. Packard, of Bisbee, were designated by the governor as delegates to the twenty-eighth annual national confer ence on charities and corrections, which will be held in Washington, May 9 to l5.
 Judge Street has appointed five wa ter commissioners under law passed by the late legislature, known as the Fowler act. The commissioners are ChaS. Goldman, Dwight B. Heard and w. D. Fulwiler, of Phoenix; J. T. Priest, of Tempe, and J. c. Peterson, of Mesa. The commission is to make a thorough investigation of the prob lem of procuring adequate water Stor- age for Salt river valley, and has at it's disposal Sl50O0, annually, for two years
 Messrs. Wollen5erg, Wilder, Geo. Cornell and J. w. Stewart have re- turned to Prescott from cattle selling trip to Phoenix Mir. Wilder said that Goldman X Co.,, agreed to take all the cattle they had to sel at the following prices: Steers, ], , and 3 year olds, sl5, SIS and 2l head: 2-year-old dry heifers, s14; yearing heifers, SIP; bulls, s15; dry cows, Sl5; cows with this years calves, Sl0. MT. Wilder says there Is lots of feed in the valley and tho fnlES. 1nu, ,y,