Arizona silver belt., 1902-11-13

that he expected to resume operations within thirty days. MT. Blair has gone to Los Angeles for short stay.
 There is strike on among the ma chinistS and boilermakerS in the De trOit Copper company's shops. The men want shorter hours of work at the same wages. As yet there has been no agreement arrived at.-Mo renci Standard.
 At Tucson, the case of the Territory vS. TeodOrO Elias, charged with the murder of Officer w. H. KatzenStein about four months ago, was continued for the term, A. Ortila asking this in view of the inability to secure wit neSSeS at this term.
 A number of people are leaving or preparing to leave the valley for Qua temala to settle There may be some points in favor of such an undertaking but they are indeed few when com pared to the disadvantages of living in foreign country and in tropical climate. e.-Pima Paragon.
 Political slateS are being made up for the assessor and clerk of the board of supervisors. These two officers will be republicans as a matter of course. For clerk of the board the names ef John Metz and E. E. Sirrene are prom inently mentioned, also Chas Connell. For the assesSorsbip, Ramon Soto and Lyman Wakefield are prominently | spoken of.-TucSOn Star.
 Work will shortly begin on the erec- | ton of the large stone roundhOuse at Douglas, to be built by the Fl Paso X | Southwestern. There will be thirty four stalls and plenty of room for the rolling stock of the company. The StruoSure will cost in the neighbOr- hood of $4O.OOO, and will be built of pressed brick and white stone, aud will be an ornament to the city.-Re- view.
 C. NJ Shannon, who still claims Cliff ton as his residence, was a most con conspicuous figure in politics in this precinct during the past week, and the success of the democratic ticket was largely due to his efforts and those of his first lieutenant, Ben M. Crawford. Shannon can't help it-he is built that way. He can now return to the coast with a feeling of great SatisfactiOn.-Copper Era.
 The new train service on the South ern Pacific went into operation on the | first, and we now have two tranScCr. tinental trains each way daily. Dur. iug the last days of October long trains of tourist cars filled with pas. sengers passed through to California. It has been predicted by railroad off cials that travel from the east to southwest Arizona and southern Cali fornia will be unprecedented this win ter.-Yuma Sentinel.
 A smelter for Yuma is no longer a doubt. A company has been organized mainly with Los Angeles parties, with capital of $l00, 1000, and ths corporate title is the Arizona Smelling & Reduction company. Mir. Frank s. Rust, the secretary, spent last Friday and Saturday in Yuma, and informed the Sentinel that a site little west of the quartermasterS $ reservation had been selected, and that the work of construction would ] be begun immediately.-Yuma Sen tinel.
 The site is being cleared and mate l rial delivered for hotel at the Grand Canyon, to be erected by the Santa Fe company. The hotel, to contain | 100 rooms, will be built of rock and | timber, both cut and hewn into shape in the forests and cliffs of the canyon district. It will be one of the hand SOmeSt and most unique homes in America, having been planned entire ly for harmony with the mighty scen- cry of the worlds greatest chasm. Superintendent Heller and his force of men out at the Calumet & Arizona plant are bending every effort to get the plant in operation by the 10th, and not later than the 18th. A night force is at present employed. Nearly all the motive power is in place and is being IeSted A large portion of the ma chinery will be driven by electricity. Every thing about this plant is of the latest and most improved pattern. It