Arizona silver belt., 1902-08-14

Wiley E. Jones has decided to try for the district attorneys office of Gra- ham country again.
 The report comes from Los Angeles, says the Bulletin, that Geo. A. Olney, who left Stafford three weeks ago very much distressed in health, is consider ably improved.
 This year Mohave county's tax roli foots up the lowest of any of the coun- ties of Arizona The corrected roll, as compiled by the board of supervis- OTIS is 1899, l5O70.
 The Thatcher correspondent of the Bulletin says it is understood that Prest Andrew Kimball is d candidate for the legislative council. He served Graham county well in the last legis- lature.
 II. J. Banner shipped five cars of horses to Garden City, Kan. In bring | llie UuS hoioCo WI OiiS hipuh~'ip from Pleasant valley, MT. Banner says they had to go fifty hours without water.
 The announcement is made that two of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships are now available in Arizona. Here is a chance for two young men to go to oxford and get first class education, says the Douglas International.
 Col. Mike Nugent came in from Kofa Friday night, having in his charge S5O,OO0 chunk of gold bullion, repre-. senting the past thirty days cleanup of the King of Arizona, which was brought in for shigment. He returned Sunday night.-Yuma Sun.
 The river was quite high Tuesday and Wednesday, owing to heavy rains to the east. The head of the San Jose canal was somewhat damaged, causing the Montezuma mill to again shut down. The San Simon has also carried considerable water this week. Bull letin.
 w. H. Dresser, Southern Pacific railroad agent at this place, returned Friday night from two months va cation spent in the Sierra Nevadas and in Fresno, Cal. MT. Dresser re- turns to his work inyigorated and look ing much better than when he went away.-Yuma Sun.
 The recent earthquake which shook up portions of southern California was noticed in Arizona. "Here in Wick enburg," says the News-H Herald, "the shock was quite perceptible, the trem- bling of the earth being sufficient to ring the bell in the Steeple of the new catholic church several times" The comptroller of the currency has received reports of the condition of , all national banks of the territory of Arizona at the close of business July Is. Taken altogether, Arizonas na' tional banks have loans and discounts footing up $l ,6i9, ,567 deposits amount ing to $2,950,0 ,000, and their total re sources are $3,050,000.
 A mortgage or deed of trust was filed fol record in which the consideration , named was $2,000,000. The party exc cutting it was the Baca land grant COT poration. and the party to whom il was given was the Commercial Trust company, of Cincinnati, the property affected being the Baca grant, in this county.-Journal-M Miner.
 Congress passed bin, which was signed by the president for better pro lection of the health of the miners il the territories. The new law requires that all mines shall be so equipped that each miner shall have at least { certain number of cubic feet of air and the chances for dust explosion shall be reduced to minimum.-BiS , bee Review.
 The Yavapai county democratic cen tral committee held a meeting anC called county convention to be helt on August 30 to nominate county otl cers and elect delegates to their terri . torial convention. Saturday, August 23, was the date fixed for the prima ries. A resolution endorsing Col. J. F Wilson for delegate, and urging al democrats of Yavapai county to worl to secure his nomination, was passed
 Howell Jones, of the Santa Fe lan( department, is in town this week or business connected with therelinquish ment to the government of large body of land in the Grand Canyon for est reserve. Through Mr. Jones th' Santa Fe will pay the taxes on 146, ,OO( acres of land in the Grand Canyon re serve, at valuation of $2 50 per acre E and he further states that it is the in tention of the railroad company t'