Arizona silver belt., 1902-10-16

Tbe First National bank of Toml stone openedits doors for business la. ! Monday.
 A company of Tucson capitalist have asked for franchise to install
 sewer system in Bisbee. Twenty-tiv years is the period for which the frar chiSe is asked. e,
 . The Tombstone .Prospector state that there were 3,4T2 names on tn great register of CochlSe. county las
 rhursday, and that fully 100 moro cer
 titicates would be received before reg
 istratiQu closed. a"
 There will be an eclipse of the moor
 on the 10th. It will be total echps,
 and old Luna will hide her face com
 pletely. On this occasion the eartt
 will pass between the sun and thC
 moon. Itis thought tliatthe ecfips,
 will be visible to an parts of Arizona
 The new bank at Naco, to be called
 the Bank of Naco, will be ready for business in a few days A temporary
 office has been opened in the Aguirre Mercantile company Store, on the
 American side. Work will shortly commence on the new bank building on Main street.
 The parties interested in building a smeiterat Wilcox arrived Wednesday
 from San Francisco and are making another canvass Of the situation, and also looking further into the mineral resources of this section. Range News.
 There are thirty men at work in Gardner's canyon, in the Santa Ritas, building big storage dam and at the same time trying to tap veins of wa ter The Santa Rita Water & Placer company is figuring on working the extensive placer beds in that vicinity through this method. -Citizen.
 N. A. Smith has returned from Eu- rope and was in Washington last Sun day. He win be back in Arizona in a few days and take the stump for the democratic ticket Efforts are being made to have Mark Smith here on the 22d inst. to attend the big democratic rally.-BiSbee Review.
 Itcosts over $l40OOO per annum to meet the public outlay of Pima coun- ty. The population of this county is less than 2OOOO The cost is entirely tno large for the population. This fearful outlay must be curtailed. How eau iJ be accomplished ? This is the question which should be discussed by our statesmen during the present campaign.-Star.
 Prest James Douglas and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James of New York, V. R. Stiles, general freight aud passenger agent of the Fl Paso & Southwestern railroad, and S.sJ. Sim mons, chief engineer of the same road, visited Morenci last week, the guests If Superintendent Mills. They were in Bisbee last Friday.
 In the opinion of Attorney General Wells, "all voters must vote in the precinct where they reside, and not l elsewhere" The attorney general be- ng the legal officer of the territory, bis opinion of the law must be fol- owed until overruled by the decision 1f a court of competent jurisdiction.
 Carl Eyetl, the artist, has just re- turned from a trip to the White noun ,aius and other sections north 0fGlobe. lie states he had rather severe expe- fence by getting .lostin the mountains -ud for about five days wandered about lying on berries and such other nat Iral foods as he could secure in his yanderings Wilcox Range News.
 Dan O'Leary, who is well known in 'ombstoue and Bisbee, has filed a suit Jl NetihdB Bto dRdlihb btit HbeulA CbItGG | company for$1, ,0OO O'Leary n the lst of Septem Der was thrown rom one of the company's cars while was rounding sharp curve, and lst tined serious injuries. from which e has not yet recovered.
 Contractor Redmond Toohey re- lrned from Bisbee and Douglas, where Q has been on railroad business. He I ill rush his work here as much as i, lSsible, as heexpects to get contract ] the Phoenix X Eastern railroad out i.
 Benson, and will want to move his . rceS there in few weeks. Tomb . one ProSpector. Word comes from Clifton that the s ti2ens of that place will probably | Ike steps at an early day to provide Il .emselves with a city government Ii order that some regulations may be & Id in caring for the sanitary con ?