Arizona silver belt., 1901-09-26

uulSite uumOeT ol signatures to tb' petition having been obtained.
 Governor Murphy has completed and forwarded to the secretary of tn, interior, at Washington, his annual report.
 The Williams & Grand Canyon rail road has been completed and traiuS are now running to the brink of the canyon.
 Chief Justice Webster Street has returned from the East. He attended the funeral of President Mckinley, at Canton, Ohio,
 They are sinking for arteSian water at HolbroOk. The drill is being run day and night It is expected tostrike flowing water at depth of about three hundred feet.
 Hugh H. Price received his commiS- sion as surveyor general of the terIl- tlry yesterday, signed by President R pusev,lt This is one of the first doc uments slgued by the new pres dent - Gazette.
 A new lag in ArizpnlS code re- quireS foreign corporations doing busi- ness in the Territory tn appoint an agent resident of the county in which it d,es business, and also to tile anu plDllS it's articles.
 $. H. Johnson, of the Yuma valley, left sample of miilet at the Sun or tice Uhis week which is hard to beat. The millet, which is not fully matuIed. is ten feet high aud the heads arr fourteen inches long. .-Yuma Sun
 It is expected that the new postntlice building at Bisbee will be ready fol occupancy on October l. It will be a very hne building and will provide ample accommodation for the i'm mouse amount of mail passing through that office.
 The following are the tax rates Of the various counties in the territory Cochise, s3 20; Pima, S3 70; Naricnpa, g. SS; Pinil, s3 S5; Navajo, s4 p Graham, S4 %; Cocpnino, $500: Isv- apai. s4 %; Yuma, s5.22; santa Cruz, s S6: Mohaye, 4.50; Gila, Si.OO.
 The Bisbee Review states that the Cananea railroad out of Naco has reached point eighteen miles from the CananeaS and it is expected that the road will be in operation tO that place by the first of November There is but very little grade work to do be- tween the present. station and the mines.
 The Gazette states that Burton MDssman, chief of the forest rangers, has cDmpleted his corps of rangers. but refuses to make their names putt lie. Ills motive in this Is to incr, a 6 their usefulness by keeping their idcn- tity secret. This will enable them tO do more efficient detective work.
 The Chiricahua Cattle company shipped back from Maria, Texas, this week thirty-tive carloads of cattle, which they turned loose on their range here. These cattle were shipped to Maria last winter, but owing to the drought in Texas, it was found neces- sary tO ship them back to Arizona. The feed Tn these parts is magnificent.
 Range News.
 Over in Bisbee several indlvid uals came to grief from casting slurring remarks about the late president. One individual lost good job oyer it. be- sides receiving a threshing at the hands of an American citizen. Bis bee is an American camp through and through and un-American talk don't go there. Bulletin.
 We learn from the HolbroOk Argus that Captain MOssman has appointed Carlos Tafolla as a member of his ran. gers from Apache county. We would advise Don Carlos not to venture over into the Blue or Black river country in bis official capacity, unless accom- panied by strong posse of men of uudpubted courage, ,and who know how t. shoot quickand straight Winslow Mail.
 \ disoitch from Phoenix, Arizona states that a project is on foot for the reel ,mation of 14O, ,0C0 acres of govern meut land in the nOrthe Tn part of Yuma county, in Arizona, near the California line. The project is one of the most ambitious irrigation schemes that has yet come to light in this country and is being financed by south ern Arizona and California capitalists. In addition to the government land filed upon, the companyiS negotiating for the purchase of 5000 acres from