Arizona silver belt., 1902-02-27
What Has Happened in the Teri tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
New Business Enterprises --Good Year tor the Man With the Noe, and the Owner of Live Stock, Everybody sIcep, the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn.

The house committee on public lands has reported bill making public reservation of tract oi land in Arizona, including the petrilied for cstS
 Three railroads are being built m southern Arizona. Capital at last seems to be waking upto the Tact that southern Arizona is the richest licld in the United States. Tucson Post.
 J. F.. Breitwiser, superintendent and manager of. the Rand oil com pany will return tO Phoenix about the latter part of next week and witli him will come the new machinery Tor drilling the oil wells near the Old Camel Back. Gazette.
 The rumor that q sea serpent was seen ploughing the waters of the Has Sayampa is denied by the leading citi' ZenS here, though they reluctantly admit that some of the Old-timers Of other days may have seen snakes -- Wickenburg News Herald.
 Captain A. F. Banta, whose jour- ualiStic experience in Arizona covers q great period of time and area of ter ritpry, is about tO embark in the buSl- ness again at the town of Douglas His paper, whose name has not vet been announced, will be issued about March 70.
 A contract has been let to Grant Brothers of Los Angeles, for the con structiOn of an extension uf the Pres. colt X Eastern railroad tO the Brad shaw mountains. The road will bs thirty-two miles long, and will open up a rich country. New railroads are being built all over Arizona. Clifton Era.
 Mrs. Harriet E. Wilson of Phoenix, manager of the Arizona Mining, Rail road X Hotel News, is in town work ing up business for her paper. The paper has only recently been started in Phoenix and is intended for circu- latiOn on railroad trains for the pur- pose uf advertising the territory. Journal Miner.
 Major Narnum, who is with Gen. eral MacArthur's party, speaking for himself and his companions, said that he was pleased with all parts of Ari- zona that he had seen, and was espe- cially pleased with Phoenix, which, in his opinion, was destined tO become an important city, surrounded as it is with such broad area of fertile land. Republican.
 The Los Angeles Times says tha }iSbec is tO have a republican morn ing newspaper. The Morenci Stand ard and the Douglas International were launched last week, and Phoenix | Is to have new democratic daily, | making four daily papers for the capi. tal city. This Is q fair indication of the rapid strides Arizona is making.
 Clifton Era.
 Those who left Jerome for the Ca lancas are being McXicanIzed rapidiT he most of them having smallpox md the rest of them have yariolOid. Bob Mitchell was one of the first to dke the former. Mr. Wade was for unate enough to get to work the day fter his arrival. He has the small OX Reporter. The oil excitement is gro wing in 'hOcniX and d great many have com lenced to figure oil what they will z worth if they strike oil in the well hat iS being bored in the neigh bor- uod uf Camel Back lt would be a reat thing for the Salt River valley n particular and the territory in gen !, ral if they are fortunate enough to trike oil. some day the Colorado river will be 1 ned with electrical installation. Ex- I are going on daily along |, he banks of the murky stream with view to utilizing its waters for the of electricity or to use the [ water direct Thousands of acres of l and can be reclaimed if a method Of [ ,etting water from the river is de 'ised. Mohaye County Miner
 
 The Gila valley is beginning to show ' lgns of approaching spring. The cottonwood trees are beginning tp ( 'how a tinge of green and flower gar lens are being worked over and put , n order by the good housewife. h Soon | lhe fruit bloom will appear and the wheat, barley and alfalfa will carpet < jhe fields, There is a good supply of , water, and crops planted are reported ; o be in good condition.
 The house committee on territories ast Friday unanimously voted to re- 'ort bills for tho admission of New !