Arizona silver belt., 1903-04-30
What Has Happened in the Terri. tory Since Our Last
 issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
Eev Business enterprises-.Go Year for the Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of live Stock Everybody Except the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn.

The railroad from Cochise station to Pearce will be completed within a week.
 great deal of sickness is reported at Bisbee, nothing, however, of a ser iorS character.
 Arturo Elias has been appoin ted Mexican vice consul, with headQuar. ters at SolomOnville.
 The assessment of the town Of Douglas will this year amount to about $7OO,OOO. Pretty good for two year old.
 l. E. solomon is visiting his daugh- ter, Mrs. Julius WetZler, in Los Ange. les. He is taking a much needed va cation.-Bulletin.
 The Review predicts that Bisbee will have population of twenty thousand within tive years. The rapid develop ment of copper mining in the Warren district justities the belief. The big water suit involving all the canal companies in the Gila valley, will be tried at SolomOnyille some time in August or Septem Der, when Judge DOan will hold a special term for that purpose.
 Construction has begun on the long, talkedof shelter at Benson. Owing to delay in the arrival of material the work has progressed rather slowly, but the Press states that full force will be put on within a few days.
 Sheriff Tom Wills, of Pinal county, has been gathering some 800 steers in the San Pedro country, which he has sold to w. B. Refs, of the Santa Mar garita ranch, California. They were to be delivered at Tucson on the 2Sth ut.
 The construction of the Forrest Naco cutoff involves the driving Of a tunnel 1000 feet through solid rock. Work on the approaches has been in progress for some time. This will be the longest railroad tunnel in Arizona.
 Fifeld X Gallagher were awarded the contract for the construction of the new brick dOrmiCOry for girls at the Tempe normal school, their bid being BPS Sl3. They began work last Monday, and expect to have the build ing completed by August 20.
 Mrs. Geo. II. Kelly, who has been receiving medical attention at the California hospital for the past two months, has so far recovered as to be able to receive visitors. Her improve. ment at present is quite rapid.-Bul- letin.
 The Era correspondent says "Mo- renci is preparing to entertain the | lovers of chicken fighting in fine style. An amphitheater with seats enough to accommodate all who may wish to attend is being erected around the old pit this week.
 The Jerome News reports that the suit of Franklin Farrel and A. Mid. geon against the United Verde Copper company, for damages for alleged in | fringement of patents on smelling and converting devices has been decided in favor of the copper company by Judge Wallace, of the circuit court of New York
 The board of supervisors of COchiSe county have decided to build $20,O0t addition to the court house at Tomb. stone, to accommodate the United States court officials. The rent re ceived from the government is eX pected to pay the interest on cost Of the improvement.
 The Southern Pacific railroad has made a rate of $lG45 for the round trip from Tucson to Williams, so that southern Arizona people can see the president. Tickets will be good tC leave Tucson May B with privilege oi returning any day up to and including | May 10.
 The Santa Fe, Prescott X Phoenix railroad has ordered six new engines, | to accommodate the increased buSi ness of the road and it's branches. | Three of them are to be delivered in September. The new machines will be much larger than any now in use on the road and will also have greater speed capacity. y.-Journal- Miner.
 The Star announced that commence ing April 9 there would be sent out | from Tucson series of shipments of cattle which in the aggregate will probably exceed any previous deal in that line. Something like 12,000 head of cattle will be rounded up in the local corrals of that city and shipped to eastern points. The majority oi these cattle will come from southern