Arizona silver belt., 1901-02-21


 He was buried in the Wilcox ceme. tery Wednesday afternoon. Capt Jenks is well known among the old timers here, and everyone has word of praise for him. Arizona Range News.
 Naco, on the boundary of Arizona and Sonora, is a booming frontier town. There is more life in Naco in one day than in the average town in week. A custom house is located at this point, where a deputy collec- tor is stationed, with five line riders. The towns population is about 300. A good hotel, called the Nac0 House, furnishes splendid accommodations. The Copper Queen Mining company has store at this point The firm of Curry X Co. does large busi ness there and with the surrounding coun- try. Naco is the shipping point from the Canannea mines, 50 miles distant. A large amount of freight goes from there to these mines. A number of large cattle shipments have been made from Naco. NOgales Vidette.
 Speaking of forest reserves, says the | Southwestern Stockman, it is the opinion of this journal that in light of such seasons as we are promised now, the only way of preserving the | forests will be to graze very closely the grass and undergrowth vii spring up rapidly and grow to rank growths. ! By keeping the cattle and sheep off | the reserves will be to invite forest fires, and with the growth of grass and weeds which will spring up if left undisturbed, the fires will sweep mil | lions of acres, destroying not only the the grass which ought to be converted into taxable property, but the forest | growth itself will be destroyed de- spite the efforts of all the force the government can employ to prevent | such conllagration.
 | The prohibitioniStS are starting in to work the legislature, though there seems to be considerable ice in the atmosphere when they approach most | of the members. Most folks do not | appreciate that the work for female suffrage is nothing more than an en- terlng wedge for booze law such as Bleeding Kansas is at present afflicted with. A little church assemblage up at Scottsdale the other day sang | hymns of joy over the passage of the antl-canteen clause of the army bill and then signed petition to the leg | iSlature asking female suffrage. The | National Woman's Christian Temper ance Union has sent d specIal repre- | sentative out to Arizona to attend to | the legislative end. She is Miss Maria c. Brehm, superintendent of the fran chiSe department of the Union. She is saying nothing to the legislature about prohibition, but is preaching the doctrine of equal rights. The peti- tions are being collected in Phoenix
 to be unloaded, tO the weight of a ton or so, on the legislature at an oppor- tune moment. Phoenix COrrespon- | dence of the Arizona Bulletin.
 George Wheatley, well known miner, was found dead in bis tent one half mile from Schultz. Ariz., on the l4th inst. Beside him lay the body of Mexican miner The men had been working upon some claims owned by Davis X Smith. There seems to be enough circumstantial proof to show that they met death through asphyXiation. The night was cold and the men were accustomed to bringing dutch oven filled with coals to the tent to warm it up. It is well known fact that mesquite charcOalS produce deadly gas, and many old miners in Arizona have had eXper- fences which convince them that death will result from breathing the fumes of cOals of this kind in closed room. But the bodies of both men were burned, which can hardly be ac counted for. J. B. Cavaney, who was with the men until last week says that they slept upon beds of "A ArizOna feathers, which contain oil and in a dry state are highly inilammable. 1 He thinks that dog that slept in the 1 tent with the men knocked over the | oven and the Coals ignited the | feathers. Tucson Citizen.
 Beginning last Saturday morning | and excepting short intervals of ,essa tiOn, continuing all day and through out the night and Sunday, more water fell in Yuma and vicinity than has before been experienced within the | knowledge of the oldest citizens, many | Of whom have lived here more than | thirty years, says the Yuma Sentinel. | The lower part of the city (the Rin- con diStrictD was inundated Saturday | night and caused much trouble to the | residents, nearly all being compelled | to move out. .' There was consider able damage to household goods, but ,,,l, .lI ,l