Arizona silver belt., 1902-01-30

The honor of acting as the first mayor was conferred upon J. J. Muirhead. The other officers selected are: l. w. Wallace, town clerk; Dayton Graham, town marshall; J NJ. O'Connell, town attorney.
 Clifton will soon have one of the handsomest and largest school build ingS in the Territory of Arizona. It is located in North Clifton and will,when completed, be presented as a gift to the school district by the Arizona Cop per company.
 Dr. NJ. E. McGrath, charged with practicing medicine in Arizona con trary to law, was fined Sl0O by Justice Gray, says the Phoenix Gazette. Dr. MacClaire, who was bound over to the grand jury, furnished bond and was released from custody.
 An industrial training school for the education of Navajo Indian ehil- dren has been proposed for Arizona, anu " NiHSlON n "'ihiuS ipi N'iC l'N" tion at that place. MT. ]. x. Wood of Winslow, has been selected by the citizens of his city to proceed to Washington and work for the loca- tion.
 Vice President Taylor of the Taylor Cyclone Mercantile company of Saf- ford, Arizona, was in the city this week, looking for location. The Cyclone company wants to extend it's business and put in another store. He is greatly pleased with the outlook in LOrdsburg and will probably locate here. Lordsburg Liberal
 Seven hundred and one head of goats passed through here last Thursday en route from Globe to the Mere lido can yOn, in the Graham mountains, says the Thomas correspondent of the Bul letin. They belong to Gaum X Me Gillard, of Stafford, and were pur- chased from MT. Butler of Globe.
 /. c. Prina and wife, who have been in the Isle of Pines, on the Cuban coast, for several months, wrote last week to friends in Stafford that they would soon return to Cuba for short stay, and would then come tO New Orleans, where they expect tO remain month before returning home. Bulletin.
 A gentleman who recently arrived from Bisbce states that nearly three hundred men have been let out of em- plOyment in that camp since the de- cline in copper. Most of them found employment at Cananea, the Mecca of all miners and mechanics. More than 6,0OO people are in the employ of the Cananea company. Clifton Era.
 The Phoenix Enterprise says there has been put on the front of the Pythian temple magnilic head of buck elk, covered with gold leaf, the property of the local lodge of Elks The splendid emblem makes a very attractive showing with the red pressed brick of the buildings front for background. From the horns electric light bulbs extend, when lighted, signal to all passing Elks uf meeting night.
 A hobo was arrested at BiSbee and taken before Magistrate Williams. During the progress of the hearing it was discovered that the prisoner had the smallpox. COnsteTnatiun enSued and the court adjourned somewhat precipitately. The Review says the victim was marched toward the hos pital with an officer on either side on the erd of long rope. Dr. Edmund- son found the patient tied to tree down the gulch and safely landed him in the pest house.
 For some time past Prof. Matthews of the Tempe Normal, has been en- deavOring to have the state board of education of California recognize the diplomas from our Normal school, and while in California recently he did considerable missionary work. The results have been most gratifying The California board has at last de cided to recognize the diplomas of the Tempe Normal. Correspondence Re publican.
 Clifton will soon be well supplied with banks The First National has recently been reorganlzed with ], N Porter, who is president of both the Bank of Globe and the Bank If Sal ford, as owner of most of the stock F.. NJ. Williams, store manager of the Arizona Copper company, is president A gentleman from Texas is to be the new cashier. The Gila Valley Bank and Trust company, of Solomonville, will soon open a bank at Clifton and