Arizona silver belt., 1901-02-14
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stalled at BlSDee.
 Graham county never sent an abler or better delegation to the legislature than they have now. No county is better represented than Graham.
 Of the Arizona copper exhibits at Paris, those of Phelps, Dodge X O., operating the Copper Queen, Morenci- and Globe mines, were conceded to be the bsst.-Review.
 There will be more farming done to the square inch in the Salt river val ley and more raised to the acre than in any other part of the United States water in abundance does it.-Ga- zette.
 A Jerome young lady was heard to remark that young man shouldn't think because girl looks at him in an interested manner that she is stuck on him. His necktie may be up to his ear or his socks down over his shoes. - Reporter.
 c. M Layton, of Thatcher, who went to Phoenix, last week, returned home Saturday and thinks county di vision is not one of the probabilities during the present legislative session. Bulletin.
 The Phoenix Republican laments the fact that every time it rains in Salt river valley water flows over the dam and goes to waste. What the valley needs is more sheep to drink the wasted water.-Sun.
 Many of the sheepmen who went south last fall, says the Coconino Sun, are preparing to shear at Cave creek. It is estimated that loo, 900 sheep will be shorn at that place during the next six weeks. The wool will be shipped from Phoenix.
 It is announced that an elaborate reception will be given by Mrs. N. Q. Murphy and Mrs c. M. Walker in the Adams hotel, February 27. The re. ception will follow the capitol build ing dedication events.
 There is talk of some of our leading business men forming company here to engage in the sawmill business in the Philippine islands. The mills will be located in the mahogany forests and the lumber shipped to the United States. s.-Review.
 The Tempe News says, there is movement on foot in the valley, head. ed by well known real estate firm of Tempe, capitalists of Phoenix and Chicago bankers, to lease, buy and de- velop the oil fields on the north side of the Salt river.
 The late rains aggregated about T. inches. The rain, however, fell in such manner that it all soaked night that Salt river south of Phoenix was upward of mile wide and still spreading her spread Gazette.
 MT. George E. Truman, assistant chief clerk of the council, was one of Teddys Rough Riders in the late lit- tie scrap with Spain. MT. Truman makes a fine reading clerk and attends to the business assigned to him with the same fidelity that he followed the flag into hostile Cuba.
 It is reported from Gallup that Sen ator Clark telegraphed from Butte that if his coal were connscated he would close down his Clarksville mine He needs all his output for his Jerome mills and if it were withheld several thousand men would be thrown out of employment. nt.-Republican.
 The last few days have solved the l water problem for the Salt river val | ley for this season, but we don't want | to let up on that water storage pro position minute. The present con ditious only serve to close out the | croakers who claim that if there were a reservoir there would not be water enough to fill it.-Gazette.
 It is said that Ms. Carrie Chapman Catt will come to Phoenix soon to see the legislators in the matter of equal suffrage. Mrs. Catt has been here before on the same errand, which leads us to express hope that her visit will not be alluded to as feline recurrence. Republi- can
 NJ. A. Leahy, of Lordsburg, sus- tained sad loss, a short time since. His youngest child, Claire, thirteen months old, fell face down into a tub n which there was about two inches Df water. and was drowned before he vas discovered. Mrs. Leaky died ew weeks after the boy was born. The family formerly lived at Fort Thomas, Arizona.
 W. J Parks visited the Clifton country last week and reports great lctivity in that section of the county, avs the Bulletin. A large force of ( nen is engaged on the work of widen I ng the gauge Of the Arizona & New