Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-03

There was eight inches of snow at Wilcox during the late storm.
 The late snowstOrm at Prescott was continuous all of one day, and the to- tai fall measured about two feet.
 Ben Schuster. Navajo county wool grower, has sold his clip of 90.0OO pounds to a Boston buyer for SIS, 95O.
 The senate, on March 27, confirmed the nomination of John Ii. Bauman as receiver of public moneys at Tue SOD, Arizona.
 Yuma is to be favored by congress y an appropriation of $ll0, 900 to be used in the construction of a leyee on the Colorado river below the town, where overiOwS occur during high water.
 The safe of the Wells-Fargo Express Company at Clifton was dynamited last Thursday night and the contents stolen. Agent KeeDe stated that he did not know exactly the amount of money the robbers secured.
 The Guardian says: We are in- formed by reliable men who have just returned from the mountains that there is more snow piled up Tn the mountains tributary to the streams that are feeders to the Gila, than there was last year
 The published rumor that the South ern Pacific company was negotiating for the purchase of the Fl PaSO & Southwestern railway is denied by Superintendent Choate, of the Fl PaSO & Southwestern. and by Walter Doug las, of the Copper Queen company.
 The Bulletin Thomas correspond ent says; "COl. w.. c. Bridwell ar rived last week for an extended visit to Hot Springs, from Los Angeles. The colonel is as jolly and full of dew iltry as of yore, and is always the life of the party, wherever he alights."
 Plans have been drawn for a new academy hall at Thatcher to take the place of the one lately burned. The new building will cost $S,00O. The auditorium will be 5OXSO, with stage 25x5O. It will all be modern in its ar rangement, with private boxes, gal lery, etc.
 Since arteSian wells have been drilled and water secured on the upper San Pedro the quantity of water passing down the river is greater than has been known for years. If ranchers would all go into the business of securing ar. tesian water there would be hope for the Santa Cruz, HaSSayampa and other Arizona rivers. S.-TuCSUn Post.
 The Prescott correspondent Of the Republican says "Jhe excitement about oil has been once more famed into blaze by the knowledge becom- ing public that Douglass, Lacy & Co. had received two carloads of boring machinery at Jerome Junction, and were about to begin sinking for oil at point ten miles this side of Jerome, in the Mineral Point section"
 The bids submitted for the construc- tiOn of the Tempe water works are George w. SturteYant, Jr., $28,350; the Arizona Building company, $32, ,223; Clinton Campbell, S31, 23S. A telegram having been received from John II. Kennedy, of Detroit, Mich, stating that bid had been mailed, it was de- cided to postpone action on the bids
 A. W. Childress, of Bonita, was in SolomOnville MOndry for short visit. Mir. ChildreSS says the people on the west side of the Graham are cOntented and peaceful, and nothing puts them out of humOr until they attempt to make trip to the county seat over the Stockton pass road. Mir. Childress has recently engaged in the dairy business and is supply ing milk to the Fort Grant military Bulletin.
 A gentleman just returned from the east says that he met several drum merS on the train, being sent out by houses that heretofore never paid any attention to Arizona. Their inStruC- tiOns were to visit every town in the territory, regardless of the expense of getting there. This shows that Ari- znna is attracting the attention in the trade centerS of the east that it's rapid development demands. Douglas h. ternatiOnal.
 The SolomonviIle public school was dismissed on Tuesday last until Mon- day next This actiOr, was thought necessary by the trustees because of the presence of several cases of scarlet fever in town. The cases now known are Alice Lacy, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. Il. Lacy, and Harry the son of