Arizona silver belt., 1902-07-31

Jerome produced 41,970,2l0 pounds of copper in 1901.
 The appropriate motto"Ditat Deus" which appears on tho territorial seal, means "Enriched by God"
 There are over 800 people drawing wages in Douglas and the payroll amounts to over S62, 900 month.
 Mrs. I. E. Solomon has been informed that 5000 policy in the New York Life, upon which she has been paying premiums, has matured, and the mon cy will become ailable.-Bulletin.
 It is said that the railroad people and the mining companies will spend more chan S1, 1,000, 900 around Clifton during the next twelve months, making it one of the greatest camps in the south. west.
 The assessment roll of Yavapai coun- ty for 1902 footS up $5, 22O, 735. .9l, as against $4, ,346, 626. 34 for 1901, or an in- crease of nearly $l,000,0O0. This will enable the board of supervisors to make d reduction on the tax rate.
 In complying with the order of the Indian commissioner to exclude from the Indian schools all pupils who had as much as onc-eighth Mexican blood in their veins, about 100 pupils have been sent home from the PhOe- nix Indian school.
 A gentleman in pOsit to know whereof he speaks, states that the ap- propriation of Sl20,000 recently made for rebuilding Whipple is only fair starter. He says that before the i'm provementS contemplated are complet- ed it will require close to $l,000, ,000.- Journal-Miner.
 The shaft house of the Hercules mine, on Castle creek, was destroyed by fire. The Journal-Miner says that the only plausible theory for the ori-
 gin of the fire is that it was caused by the heat rays of the sun. A tank with
 a lot of gasoline in it exploded and
 damaged the hoist somewhat. The property of Frank Cline, located
 fifteen miles east of Phoenix, on the , Yuma road, was sold by the sheriff. The ranch, consisting of forty acres was purchased by George R. Ray, for $9Ol. .5S. The land was sold by order ] of the court under foreclosure proceed ingS instituted by E. E. Pascoe.-Ga- , Zette.
 Deputy United States Marshal Hill of Tucson has been notified of the in- crease in pay for members of the fed cral grand and petit jurieS from $2 t0 $3 a day. The increase is in accord ] ance with the provisions of an act of congress passed and approved on June 2l of this year.-Range News. } A terrific rain fell Sunday evening, and a great flood of water was precipi tatcd upon the town from the foot hills. The San Simon was not much affected and no overflow from that quarter was experienced. Frank by 5art states that across the Gila the > water simply came down in torrents , completely submerging the face of the earth. Bulletin.
 { Secretary George Smalley has adopt ! ed splendid method of keeping tat
 on public opinion, so far as it concerns the present territorial administration
 Hc has provided himself with a scrap
 book, in which he will paste all of tn,
 comments-good, bad and indifferent
 concerning Governor BrOdie and hi
 administration of the territory. Thi'
 s a good idea, and it will enable Gov
 srLOr BrOdie to pursue an intellig nj
 course and fully Understand what tho
 people expect of him.-Enterprise. \ Geo. A. Olney and Wm. Gillespie ) filed suit in the district court last Sat
 urday against the officers of the Mon
 tezuma Canal company, and an injunc
 tion was issued by Court Commission
 CT Frank Dysart, restraining then = from putting headgateS in the San Si
 mon, as has been proposed for the pur
 pose of conserving the flood waters O
 that stream. The plaintiffs set up th'
 plea that such proceeding would
 subject their land to great damage ant
 endanger the crops growing thereon
 A temporary injunction was issued 1 returnablc at the October term of th'
 district court. C. l.. Rawlins is attor
 ney for the plaintiffs. Bulletin.
 pr. J. M. Ford, chairman of tn
 meeting held last Saturday to talk
 steps tor securing the building of
 reservoir at the Tonto basin site, yes 'k terday appointed committee consist
 ing of William ChriSty, B. A. Fowle