Arizona silver belt., 1902-03-13
What Has Happened in the Terri tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
New Business Enterprises--Goo Year for the Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of Live Everybody Except the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn.

come before the next democratic ter ritorial convention as candidate TOT delegate to congress. ss.-Democrat
 ATucSon university professor wants Marconi to apply his genius to the In vention of a wireless wire fence, some thing which would be of great value to the farmers of Arizona.
 The new school building being erec- ted in Clifton will be, 1t is said, the finest structure of its kind in Arizona When completed, it will be presented as a gift to the town from the Arizona Copper company, of Clifton.
 There are more bicycles in Phoenix than any other city of like population in the world every boy in town has one or more and some one of these con- founded impS has appropriated the one belonging to the Democrat
 The Prescott Courier is informed that since the recent rains quite number of inquiries for cattle are com ing in from California. Edgar Ste phenson, of Williamson valley, we'll known cattleman, is said to have had several letters from California cattle men who desire to make purchases.
 Nj. A. Holmes came in from Los An geles bringing two fine blOOded stal. lions which Col. H. c. Hooker had pur- chased in Lbs Angeles. They were taken out to the stables at the famous Sierra Bonita ranch. MT. Holmes will take back with him carload of splen- did drivers from the ranch which will be of great value to the farmers of Arizona.
 Travellers from Tucson announce that the people of that city are dis pleased at the removal of the office of the surveyOr-general to Phoenix and that in retaliation movement is on foot to secure the removal of the Mex ican consulate from Phoenix to Tue son. It is also hinted that extra po- licemen are guarding the Tucson post office to prevent its removal to the capital city.-Gazette
 The trustees of the University of Arizona are anXiously waiting for the bill passed by the last legislature ap- prOpriating s25, 5,OOO for library at the university to be ratified by congress The bill was introduced some time ago by Hon. Mark Smith and the trustees are expecting to hear every day that it has passed the house. As soon as the bill is ratified, the trustees will have plans prepared for the erection of the building.-Citizen.
 Irrigation of public lands may claim some attention from the government, but what good reason is there why it should not pay it's own way? If irri- gatiOn does not make the lands worth more than the cost of reclamation it is a losing business. If it does add to their value more then it costs, which it does in every case when irrigation ought to be undertaken, the purchaser of the land should pay the cost.--Lou- isyille COurier-Journal.
 Report comes from New York that the subscriptions to the stock of the Manhattan Oil company, which pro- poses to bore for oil in the Lonesome ua1la,y fpnthi1lS Gah hgnrihad l0O,OO shares within few days after it was offered. Arrangements have already been made for the construction of the camp buildings, and the ma chinery is expected to arrive within a short time, when active operations will be commenced. ed.-JOurnalMiner.
 Richard Belk, the defaulting secre- tary of the Jerome Miners union, who is now serving a term at Yuma, ap- piled to Governor Murphy for a par don, which was refused at the request of the union. Yesterday the secreta- " of the union received letter from the governor asking if there would be any objection to restoring Belk to cit izenship after he had served hts term. The reply was favorable to Belk and he will soon walk the streets free man.-Jerome News.
 The bill introduced by Delegate Ro- dey, of New Mexico, to authorize the Navajo and Moqui Indiaus to lease mineral lands is brief and to the point. It reads : Tt shall be lawful for the Navajo and Moqui Indians to lease mineral lands within the exterior linn its of their reservation, whether the same was created by treaty or execu- tive order, for period not in excess of twenty-five years, on gross royal ty oasis, under rules and regulations to 'e made by the secretary of the in- terior ; provided, however, that all