Arizona silver belt., 1902-05-15

ChlSC county ldll aJ lumOSlOnC,
 Jue T. Mckinney is reported to have accepted a position with the Cauanea bank.
 The Guardian says that hardly a town in Graham county is entirely free from smallpox of mild form.
 The removal of the old wedge" that has diSfgured Congress street is ths cause of much rejoicing. in Tue son.
 Emma A. Miller has filed two at tachment suits against the Ray Cop per Mines, Limited. in the district court at Tucson.
 Reese NJ. Ling has resigned as dis trIct attorney ot Yavapai county and samuel L. Pattee has been appointed tD ill the vacancy.
 The city of BiSbee has granted the BiSbCe West Mining company water fr.,.- lSe, the company guaranteeing to furnish at least n, GOO gallons every twcnty-fouIohOurS.
 Last quarter the Sewing-room force at Rice Indian school made 96O new garments, including boys blouSeS and overall pants, work and school dresses. They also mended |, ,i69 pieces.
 Mort E. Hackney, convicted of bur glary in the district court Of MaricOpa county, was sentenced to twenty months imprisonment at Yuma, his sentence tu date from the ninth day of last December.
 The officers of the company stationed at Whipplc are Captain Hatch, First Lieutenant Dillingham; and Second Lieutenant Potts, Captain Hatch is post commander and he and Lieuteu- ant Dillingham; are accompanied by their wives.
 A debate is to take place at Tempe on May r be wecn three students from the university and three from the normal school. The medal to be awarded to the successful contestants will be furnished by Dr, B. B. Moeur, uC Tempe.
 The Tombstone city council has passed an ordinance prohibiting wo- men from frequentiug or entering sa- looms, and fixing penalties for both the women convicted and any officer who should fail tO arrest one of them found violating the ordinance.
 A large force eOfcarpenters is at work uu the interior of the Copper Queen warehouse at Douglas, which is tO be used temporarily as a store. The in- tCntiOu is t1 open for business on the 10th inst A large amount of mer- chandise has already arrived and is being unloaded, Review.
 The Phoenix Democrat charges that the territorial board of education con- templates changing the school books in use in the public schools and that there is a jDb in it. A board that is about tO go out of existence by a change of administration ought to be ashamed of itself to rush forward such a scheme, says the Democrat
 Arizona has five railroad companies controlled by operating mining compa' nies to-wit The United Verde, mar TOW guagc, 2G miles; Congress, stand ard gIage, miles Fl PaSo & South western, standard, Benson to Fl PaSo via Blsbee and Douglas, 26O miles; Ari z1na & New Mexico, Clifton to Hach lta. and its branches, l20 miles Ari zpna x New Mexico, Detroit Copper campanyS MOrenci toGuthrle, narrow guage, IS miles, with six loops in tha' distance.
 J. V. Vickers, president of the Chir irahua Cattle company, was at Geron imo last Saturday and Sunday ship ping two trains of cattle gathered iron his ranges in that vicinity. MT. Wick CTS says that while grass and water ar' short now in many places in Arizona still the danger of heavy loss D, NtdLll lS llOb llb" ilIlliliiiIiih "'i' o'''''''' early summer rains be abundant th' loss will be very light.
 The Indian Hot Springs presented scene of unwonted gaiety on Frida, evening last, on the occasion of bal given by the Messrs. Alexander to eel ebrate the completion of the new din ing room. The grounds, decorate' with Chinese lanterns, looked like lairyland. and refreshments wer served on the tennis lawn, where Mir and Mrs. Willis and Mir. Albert Alex ander supplied eycryone'S wants Paragon.
 The Prospector says "The South ern Pacific is preparing to abandon 10 miles of it's main line west of Yuma