Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-22
What Has Happened in the Terri tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
New Business enterprises.-Gcod Year for the Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of Live Everybody Except the Editor Expects to Nave Money to Burn.

Maricopa countyS wealth as shown by the duplicate assessment roll, is s9.5I1 ,675.
 Eastern buyers have secured l0O, 900 tons of alfalfa hay in Phoenix, and want 1000, GOO tons altogether. There is liable to be d jump in the price of hay as soon as fall comes.
 The report comes from Fort Apache that Governor Murphy, who is on a hunting expedition in the White mountains, killed I00-pound bear. Teddy will have to look to his laurels.
 Dr. F. A. Sweet has returned to BiSbee from d vacation of several months duration in the east, and has resumed his position at the head of the medical staff of the Copper Queen company.
 Chas. T. .Connel resigned as mem- ber and secretary of the Reform School board, because there was no pay attached to the position, and he is not hunting for glory. II. Bueman, of Tucson, was appointed to the place left vacant.
 R. l., Long. territorial superintend- ent of public instruction, has return ed from an extended trip over the east. He visited among other points of interest, the pam American expoSi- tion at Buffalo and his old home near Georgetown, Penn.
 The Citizens Benson correspondent reports that the body of d man was seen floating down the san Pedro at that point. It is supposed to have been that of a railroad bridge carpen- ter who committed suicide by jump ing into the river at Fairbanks.
 Tucson will have cowboy and h. dian carnival during the coming win ter which will eclipse all previous events of this kind in Arizona. The Union Driving association is making plans for the big event. and it will begin to take form as soon as cool weather sets in.--Post.
 A gentleman from the Pearce camp informed the Tucson Citizen that Sul- phur Springs valley is as green as a meadow, the grass is from six inches to one foot high and the cattle SD fat that they can scarcely walk The Pearce mine will not start up until after the rainy season is over.
 The Mesa Free Press reports that Mexican woman, the wife of Guade- loupe, gave birth to five babies. All are alive and hearty. The par ents live short distance east of the city. Oh, this wonderful climate of Mesa. It has only been short time since Mrs. Davis, of Lehi, gave birth to triplets.
 J. D. Newman, of Maine, Coconino county, lost 232 head of sheep by light ming. The sheep were huddled under a big pine tree, and the flash of light i ming, which struck the tree, apparent ly came from q clear sky, only few clouds appearing at the time. Of the band of sheep under the tree but two escaped injury. :;
 A second we'll has just been com pleted by the Southern Pacific at Casa Grande. The depth attained is nearly 300 feet, where great flow of magnif- cent water was encountered. The second well was sunk for the purpose of adapting the walking beam system, which with one stroke the pump is made to do double work.
 The Santa Fe Co. will complete the Grand Canyon railroad from Williams Jo the rim of the canyon and will build big hotel for the accommoda- tion of the travelling public, which will be managed by Fred Harvey. The opening up of big hotel at the Can yon will bring many people to the great gorge who would never other wise go there.
 Judge John Blake. of Stafford, who has been in the mercantile business a number of years, closed his store re- gently and sold his stock to the mer- chants of Stafford, the Cyclone depart ment store getting the most of it. It is understood that MT. Blake will de- vote his time almost exclusively to mining, as he owns valuable property in the Lone Star district and also in the Coal Fields strip. Bulletin.
 The Gazette says, Secretary Hami- ton of the board of trade sent out , nearly 5000 advertising folders, yester. , day. Arrangements have been made ( with l2 big railroad systems that will I result in write-ups of Arizonas $ wealth { being put In the railroad cOmpany's l advertising pamphlets. This will C