Arizona silver belt., 1902-10-23

| these bogus coins. The pieces are light of weight, they having been sawed open and part of the gold taken out of the center and the joints then glued togethe again.-Prospector.
 L. N. Hopkins cane up from Globe Saturday morning and has taken up the work of the Mammoth tunnel and will push the enterprise with all his energy in future. MT. Hopkins has many friends in the valley and in Globe, and will be in position to ac- complish great deal for the enter | prise, in the success of which he has great confidence, as indeed has every one who has studied the situation much.-Pima Paragon.
 The Fraternal Order of Eagles have | closed arrangements with the South ern Carnival association, for the ap pearance of their big shows in Tucson | during the week of November r to 22, inclusive. This organization is the largest and best of its kind on the road. There are over three hundred people connected with it. They have forty lions in their big menagerie and large number of other wild animals. There are five free shows in cOnnec- tion with it. The show travels in its own special train of sixteen cars.- Star.
 Robert E. Morrison has the encouI agement and active aid of Mrs. Morri- son in his campaign. She originated souvenir of the campaign which is attracting great deal of favorable att tentiOn. It is small metal rake at tached by means of blue ribbon to a card on which is printed instructions to "rake in'' votes for MT. Morrison. The supply of small rakeS has been ex- hauSted, but small spade has been substituted, and is after all still more appropriate, for the spade is an instru- ment for the digging up" of yOtes.- Republican.
 An important work in the survey | and investigation of the government forest reserves by the United States geological survey is this season in pIO- gresS, under Henry Gannett, geogra- | pher. In Arizona the examination, which was commenced last year and | carried over the northern section of | the San Francisco noun tain forest re- serve, is being continued to cover its southern portion. The total area of this reserve is 9S5, ,360 acres. A like
 examination is being carried on in the Black Mesa reserve of Arizona, whose area is 1,65S, ,S9O acres.
 The machinery which has been eX- pected for some time for the purpose of driving the Canyon tunnel at the Ora Vista property came in last night. It will be unloaded and installed at once, and great developments may be expected. This company has been act
 i've in pushing work on their property and deserve the success that will
 crown their efforts. Many of the home
 people are interested in the company
 and they are highly delighted at the
 arrival of the machinery. The officers
 of the company are expected in from
 St. Louis daily.-Pima Paragon.
 Referring to the decision of Judge
 Doan in the Graham county seat re-
 moval case, the Copper Era says: "It
 appears that the court held that the
 board was in error in not ordering the
 election, but inaSmuch as the mistake
 was an honest one, no interfering or
 der would be made. This puts the
 board in position which the members
 do not relish. They had no interest
 in the matter whatever, except to dc
 their duty as they saw it and if they were wrong they would prefer to have
 been set right by the court. It is be
 lieved however by a majority of th'
 lawyers that on its evact merits th' pc etltion would not stand the test O the courts"
 The United States geological survey is at work now on new map of th' , Grand Canyon of Arizona. Considera . ble progress has been made. Some 0 the lines of sight between triangula
 tion stations are seventy miles long
 And as observations can only be mad , to good advantage between sunrise and a. m. or between p. m. and sun set, the work is necessarily slow. Tn signals flash an easily-deciphered ligh
 only an inch square as far as from Ks drick point to Point Sublime. dis tance of sixty-eight miles. Accurat elevations have been established o ' the Bright Angel trail, and it is n 7 longer necessary to guess how high on l, is above sea level. It is now know ! that from the rim of the south wall t T the river is drop of 4,430 feet a l Bright Angel, 4,9l3 feet at Gran l View, while from the north rim tn s distance is several hundred feet great f CT, or more than mile. Twenty built 8 ings like the Masonic temple, Chicago | No ri,xn,N i,, | ha