Arizona silver belt., 1902-04-17
What Has Happened in the Terri tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION,
Nss Ru,las,s Enterprises..Good Year for the Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of live stosk..EverybOdyE Except the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn,

At BiS0ee last week a claSs or one hundred applicants were initiated into the A.O.U.W. order.
 The Gazette says E. J. Bonacker is in Phoenix from payson on business He reports that feed is short in that region and that 1t will probably be d rather hard year for cattle.
 The Poland extension of the Brad shaw Mountain railway is being rapidly pushed to completion. There are l25 men laying steel and twenty five men are employed in bridge con structlOn.
 The completion of construction work at Cananea is causing the release 0f a large number Of men who have been employed there. Many of them come into BiSbee on their way to other parts of ArIZOna.
 Information has reached here that the contract for the erection of the city water works plant has been signed by the Phoenix Construction company. and work will commence in very short time. Tempe News.
 Trainmen on the Southern Pacific say that the road is storing an unusual amount of coal at Deming and Lords burg for some reason or other. Not only are the regular coal yards full, but other space Is being used. At LOrdsburg switch tracks are being filled with coal
 l.. T. Hams, president of the Gila Valley Telephone company, has gone to Los Angeles to purchase the wire, poles etc., to be used in the construc- tion of the telephone system which is to connect Bisbee, Tombstone and ad- jacent camps with the towns Of the Gila valley.
 F. E. Brannen, Of Washington, D. O., is Tombstone visitor. MT. Bran nen is interested in mining in COchise and Gila counties and is visiting the territory on a tour of inspection, He has great faith in ArizOnaS mineral resources and will getin on the ground fOUr.-PrOSpector.
 It is understood here, says the Saf- ford Guardian, that w. A. Place has recently been located in Mexico and it is said the officers will make an effort to get him out and bring him back to Graham county. It is difficult to un- derstand why he skipped, as It is as- serted by his friends that he could have easily raised and paid back all the cash he was short.
 The Southwestern News Bureau has been UrgaulZ.d q with headquarters in BiSbee. It will furnish telegraph and | mall new matter 10 newspapers from Southern Arizona and Northern So- | nols, Mexico. The officers are George l H. Kelly, president; W. B. Kelly,vice. president; F. B. Dorr, secretary; F. l WarteI, treasurer.
 The Democrat says a peculiar peti- tion Is being circulated in Phoenix. It is to the effect that the signerS bind | themselves not to patronize the mer- chants who have signed the petite asking for the return of singing girls to the saloons. The petition contains upwards of 500 names.
 Keane St. Charles says that if a Present. Jury decides that we are an anrrchiSJ our hair will be allowed to grow bong like Herr Most and our chin will not be moleSted by razor for 300 years, If we are follower of the red flag we want a sign to remind us of it when we look in the glass;"
 The committee appointed by the Bisbee Elks at their last meeting to make arrangements for celebrating in fitting manner the coming Fourth of July, contemplates three days pro- gram. One If the main features of the event will be drilling contest for a purse of l,0OC.-PrOspector.
 The development of water in the Santa Cruz is being prosecuted sue cessfully by several parties, says the Tucson Star. It is estimated by several competent judges that suff- | cient water can be taken ont from the | undertlnw to reclaim several thousand l acres of land. This is d practical way | or developing the wealth resources | near home.
 The recent statement attributed to | Superintendent Morgan, of the Fl Paso & Southwestern, that their road would be in Tombstone by August next, is in fair way of fultillment and | the looked-for iron horse steam into our city on schedule time. MT. Sam uel k. H. Robinson, of the well known hrm Uf Robinson < ruuhey, railroad |