Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-28

watch to Mir. James Colquhoun, su- perintendent of the Arizona Copper company, by the employees, afforded the opportunity for some fellcitous and very encouraging talk regarding the future intentions of the company. | A fine new school house, savings bank and better water supply, tO be secured at Guthrie, were among the improvements named to be made in the near future.
 Indications are favorable to more range beef cattle the coming season than for many years, siyS the South western Stockman. There was a time when about all the steer cattle sold from our ranges were sold for pref, but for many years the cattle turned of were of the feeder variety, the fat cattle output being confined to the agricultural valleys. It begins to look now as though the beef period was again returning, which will naturally mean better prices for the steers of the southwestern range.
 The Florence Tribune suggests that steer tying contests at Phoenix are getting so numerous that the old cows running loose around this burg lie down on their backs and hold up their legs to be tied as soon as they see cowboy approaching It may not be quite so bad as that but the condition is budding with promise if the con tests" are kept up very much longer. It is now suggested that the same sport be included in the programme for the editication of the presidential party when it reaches this city next month. We move to amend by mak- ing it a bull fight, as that will be more interesting. Southwestern Stockman.
 An old time Arizona wood chopper says the blue jays have planted thou sands of trees now growing all over Arizona. He says these birds have a a habit of burying small seed in the ground with their beaks, and that they frequent pinion trees and bury large numbers of the small pine nuts in the ground, many of which sprout and grow. He was walking through the pines with an eastern gentleman a short time ago when one of these birds flew from tree to the ground, stuck it's bill into the earth and quick ly flew away. When told what had happened, the eastern gentleman was Skeptlcal, but the two went to the spot and with knife blade dug out a sound pine nut from a depth of about an inch and half. Thus it will be seen that nature has plans of her own for forest perpetuation. Star.
 Douglas, the new town on the south ern border has taken on quite bOOm A correspondent of the Tombstone | ProSpector states that 78 lots were sold week before last, besides what had been sold during the time since the opening of the townsite plat six | weeks previous, which must number some hundreds. What speaks so well for this border town is that the lots have not only been sold but that they are being built upon and that too iii a | hurry, d, the Douglas Lumber Co. are ! tIflsilIIts tn kpnn N&I Ina. ,gt for bIilding material, even with iull | railroad facilities aud the eud is not get, but only little less than two months beginning. Al this speaks volumes for the success Of the new city.
 The Pima correspondent of the Bulletin says: Tnus. Hamblin of Eden, passed through Pima last Mon day on his way home from Bisbcc; he took dinner with lhe family of j. W. Nangum, and it is reported that he was at the time all broke out with the smallpox. 1T thls is true, and the man was in his right mind, he was certainly guilty of criminal negligence Tn thus exposing entire neighDJrhUOds in the way he has done. II he tally has the smallpox there have been 50 many exposed that 1t would be next to impossible to successfully quaran- tine them, as no one can say with any degree of certainty who has and who has not been exposed, hence the only course now open for us is to await de- yelopments, and should symptoms of the disease appear in any one else, no doubt a strict quarantine will be eS- abolished.
 Billy Stiles has returned to Casa Grande from Sonora where he went on mining business. There was d report that Stiles was going to join Alvord, but this has proven untrue, and Stiles. writing to d friend in Tucson, says he never intended to take such step. In Sonora he secured bond on rich mine. He also ran across d Mexican desperado who Is fugutive from jus tice in Arizona. The Mexican broke jail at Prescott with Jim Parker and