Arizona silver belt., 1902-03-20

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 About twenty miles below the line, near Naco, is located forest of petri- fled wood somewhat similar to the noted petrified fields of northern Ari- zona. Some samples of the wood from the Mexico forest is susceptible of high polish, although the grain and state of petriiication is not believed to equal that of the northern Arizona product.-Nogales Oasis.
 There are more than fifty artesian wells flowing in the San Pedro valley. Much of the farming lands of the val ley are being cultivated from the ar tesian water supply source. The Re form school at Benson has good flowing well this is far up on the mesa, which would indicate that the mesa lands in this vicinity might be successfully tested for artesian water. Tucson Star.
 Trade between Montana ard other northern cattlemcn, says the Range News, and the breeders of the Texas range has opened up with healthy movement, beginning at last years figures, with a dollar per head in ad- vance already noted This is en- couraging to us of Arizona, who ex- pect the recent heavy rains in Cal | ifornia to cause an early revival of trade from that section
 Tucson papers note the death early last week of Mrs. E. O. Stratton of that city. Mrs. Stratton was the wife of F.. O. Stratton, formerly in the cattle business in Pinal county. and later being connected with the cattle interests of Arizona by serving for a few months as chairman of the Live Stock Sanitary board under Governor McCord.
 Representative Sutherland of Utah, has introduced bill providing that that portion of Arizona lying north of the Colorado river be annexed to the state of Utah, provided that the state shall within one year after the approval of the act by legislative en. actment accept the said land as a part of the state and establish or ex- tend county government over the same
 The railroad news is now to the effect that the contractors will begin work at the Fairbank end of the Iomostone-College Peak branch by next week. The contractors have several hundred teams at work near Deming and one hundred and twenty. live of the number will be transferred here about Wednesday next. This is good news and the start is anxiously awaited.-Prospector
 Work has already begun on the new water works which will supply Clifton with an abundance of good water. The work is under the management of c. E. Johnson of Morenci, who has been in charge of MorenciS fine water system for some months. The plant IS to be located at the wells place, four miles above town, on the San Fran cisco river. The wells are nov being sunk, which are to have capacity of l,OOO gallons per minute It will afford ample water for fighting fire. The company expects to have the plant completed by July next Cliff ton letter to Standard.
 The board of supervisors of Coco. nino county are making arrangements to hold a me ting of the boards of supervisors of the counties of Coco. nino, Yavapai, Mohaye, Apache and | Navajo at Flagstaff The object of | this meeting IS for the purpose of agreeing upon some united action by the counties relative to the bill intro. duced in congress whereby the rights. privileges and immunitieS of the old Atlantic & Pacific railroad are To be continued to the Santa Fe. and which exemptS the road from taxation in the territories Of Arizona and New Mexico. Gem.
 Constable Billy Hamilton is all smiles this week, caused by the re. mittance from California of a draft for s4OO. About four years ago Billy arrested George Stark in this place. who was wanted for bank robbery and murder at Bakersfield, California. stark was tried, and the case appealed oo the supreme court, and was re- cently decided against him, hence the reward was payable. The original reward was for $l,0O0, but in some up- explaipable manner it was cut down one-half. MT. Hamilton will receive $lO0 more from the state of California It Is not often that reward is SC. cured by an officer, as the rewards usually have strings tied tn them Clifton Era.
 .. F. Saylor, special agent in cbarpe or beet sugar investigation in the de- partment of agriculture, in his annual