Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-03


 a crack shot and was trying to shoot close to the crowd without hitting anyone. After he had emptied his sixshooter the local officers gathered
 him in.
 The estimate of 200, 900 head of sheep
 to come to the valley for the spring
 clip and lambing is thought to be too
 low by those who have travelled over
 the country and observed the numer-
 ous flockS headed this way. It is now
 thought that 3OO,0 ,00O head will be a low
 estimate, provided rain falls within
 the next sixty days, It would not be
 surprising, in fact, to see the number
 run closer to the half million mark
 Southwestern Stockman.
 The work of tearing down the old
 Fl Paso & Southwestern round-houSe at Bisbee, Ariz., has been completed and the work of building the new freight house on the same site will soon be started. Since the passenger and freight trains have been running through Bisbee to Benson it is found thot the company does not need as large a rOund-hOus as when all the trains stopped at Bisbee, and as the ground is badly needed for freight ia cilitieS, the change is being made.
 On his trip to Clifton and Morenci, during the past week, Governor Brodie and President Babcock of the Univers- ity of Arizona, visited the schools, which are in excellent condition. The buildings, which were constructed by the mining companies, are beautifH in their appointments. Governor Bro die and President BabcOck were guests of honor at reception and ball given at Clifton while they were there. The people extended to them the most cordial welcome and entertained them in most royal manner.-Gazette
 The surveyors that have been work ing around Guthrie and Duncan for several weeks reached LordSburg Fri day, having run preliminary survey from Duncan to Lordsburg. The sur vey was sent out by the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phoenix road, with orders to run a line from Phoenix tO Lords burg, and then report. Engineer Cochran, who had charge of the sIr- vey, knew no more than this Of the intentions of the people who sent him out.-Lordsburg Liberal.
 II. c. Greene, right of way agent for the Arizona-ColuradO railway, is in town. He reports that the line be- tween CochSe and Pearce is operating four trains per day and doing a nice business. The Commonwealth mine at Pearce is diSbursing about $lOOOO monthly and this together with the trade from adjacent mining camps, supplies the merchants of Pearce with brisk trade. The Black Diamond shelter is using a car of coke per day and shipping considerable quantity of copper matte.-TucSon Citizen.
 Expert sheep Shearers are beginning to gather in the valley to await the clipping season, which will be on in January and February, says the South. western Stockman. The Cooper Shear ing company had an agent at Mesa last week looking up the matter of in- Stalllng a power Sheep-shearlng plant somewhere in that locality, to be ope- rated by gasoline power. The machine shearing plants thus far established do good business annually and 1t would l not be surprising to see one or more additional plants erected before the clipping season begins.
 A large number of horses have died | lately in the Colorado valley, below I una, and it is feared the disease is contagious. The uneasineSs is all the greater cOnsideratipg the fact that an epedemic of glanders made . S'N"N H"'OS III JllC odLlC ucISlUOGuOOu live years ago. After thorough eX- Dr. Norton states it as his opinion that the trouble is due to digestive disorders, probably arising from unwhOleSOme conditions of food pr from improper feeding. The farm CTS will be greatly relieved if this proves to be the case.
 A correspondent of the Range News 'ays: Jack BusenbaTk, foreman of ,he Chiricahua Cattle company, was eriously burned about the head last saturday night at the Hudson ranch. An unknown man, who was full of ighting whiskey appeared at the anch and seemed possessed with q de- ire to pick fight with someone. 5etore BuSenbark or any of the rest # the party knew what was up, the intruder had hurled lighted lamp at he foreman, which struck the wall !, nd exploded, scattering the burning {, Il over BuSenbark, who was severely nFnaH a ahnnf hn