Arizona silver belt., 1901-01-24
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The Arizona weather man says the
 weather for the next four weeks vii
 be mild.
 The Stafford depot is being enlarged.
 When completed it will be double its
 present size.
 The Jeffries-Ruhlin prize fight will
 it is thought, come of in Arizona.
 Present indications all point to this
 conclusion.
 John NJ. Nicholson and Richard l..
 Gardiner two of the most prominent
 citizens of Wilcox, died from pneu-
 monia last week.
 Phoenix will soon have its shelter in operation. The first run will be
 made of high grade copper ore belong ing to Captain P. P. Parker,
 The total expenditures of Cochise county last year, as shown by the an- nual report of the clerk of the board of supervisors, was sl60, ,3lT.44.
 There is ar abundance of snow in the Santa Catalina mountains, which means a good water supply for the valleys which feed from these water sheds.
 Preparations are going on for the big race meet next month in Tucson, and entries of some of the fastest horses in the Southwest have been made.
 Mrs. Christy of OSceola, Iowa, mother of Colonel Wm ChriSty. I. NJ. Christy and o. II. Christy of Phoenix, died at the above place January l4th, aged S2 years.
 General Merriam, commander of the department of the Colorado, who has investigated the abandoned post at Fort Whipple will recommend that the post be re-establshed.
 Senator Hoover is not certain as yet but is willing to be induced to ac- cept the position of governor after Governor Murphy retires. The sen atOr is an exceedingly modest man.
 The Bank of Yuma, at Yuma, opened it's doors for business on Thurs day last. Levi Spar of Williams burg, Pennsylvania, is the president, and & R. Patterson, cashier.
 Bisbee is threatened with water famine. At the present time il is so scarce in the camp that the water company only turns on the water for use four hours of day. The people of Bisbee fear that there will be famine unless snow or rain visits the camp soon. Citizen.
 Horses and cattle on the Tonto, Gila | county range, are doing wonderfully | well considering the cold weather we | have been having. There are indica- tions for rain, which would help the grass which started to grow after the last Storm.-St0ckman
 Arizona produced, according to the iirec tor of the mint, during the year 300, s3,5O0, 900 in gold. The director ,redits us with 4,230, 900 ounces of sil- Ter. This would make Arizona stand eventh on the product of gold and fifth in the production of silver.
 The attention of prospectors is now irected to the Chiricahua mountains, 7hich have never been thoroughly Rich finds have been re- orted there, and it is believed that )me great mines will be located there ] the near future. Nine hoboes were arrested by Con- table Doyle and eleven by Constable .unz within the past 24 hours. lsbee bastlle it not half large enough , hold the many weary Willies ( nat attempt to make this their [ inter quarters. ( Where: A company is being organ ed in Tucson to manufacture ( reparation extracted from alfalfa ' lat is guaranteed to make thin pee q e fat and fat people thin. We sug- ,st Editor Hughes as a victim to ex- I ,riment on, but where on earth will C ley get the alfalfa? Gazette. | A band of Papagos are camped at ian Avenente'S tank, twenty miles |, est of Florence, and hunt antelope ] the desert with considerable sue ,' ss. The Blade says that they hunt t, Ith bows and arrows and will bring /, 'wn an antelope at hundreu yards e shots out of seven. - At meeting of the Territorial Bar fl ,SOciation on Tuesday in Phoenix. m ank Cox was elected president, II. a,
 Willis secretary, and Walter Ben c, tt treasurer. Col. Wm. Herring, n, dge Webster Street, F. E. ElIin. F. 'od, Jerry Millay and Judge A. C. oI ker were appointed as members of h, e executive committee. h, Report from Mesa seem to indicate A city strongly that they have tt luine case of smallpox there. It tr 5, however, been most securely quar- W,