Arizona silver belt., 1903-11-05

Of the terrltOrlal audlUOr. lie Nislueu Clifton, Morenci, Globe, Bisbee, Doug las and Tucson. Wherever he went he found the banks in flOurishing condition. He also went through the Copper Queen mine and he found that richer than any of the banks he had seen.-Republican.
 The Consolidated Canal company is demonstrating that irrigating on large scale with d steam power pump ing plant is thing that can be done profitably. The Tempe canal people have for some time been considering similar proposition and in all probabtl- ity the near future will see them put. ting in a monster pumping plant that will furnish water to irrigate thou. sands of acres of land. When this is done the Tempe farmers will be the most independent set on the face of the earth co Tempe News.
 John W. HampsOn, probably the largest individual cattle owner in the territory, is stopping few days at the county seat. Mir HampsOn owns the
 Double Circle ranch, on Eagle creek. The range has been famous for the past twenty years as producer of fine cattle and many thousands Of the double circles" have found their way into eastern markets. Mir. HampSon only visits these parts occasionally his home being in Kansas City. Mir Hampson is now shipping several hun. dred head Of beef cattle from Geroni- mo to winter quarters on his ranch in Kansas, where they will be fatte ned for market. Bulletin.
 That the Grand Canyon of Arizona has become strong attraction for tourists is evidenced by the fact that the hotel facilities are being rapidly increased. Present travel, which az gregateS 10000 persons yearly, is com fOrtably taken care of. The new hotels will, however, provide much better accommodation. Mention has already been made of the Bright Angel tavern now under construction at the head of Bright Angel trail, to cost nearly Sl00,0C0 and to be under the manage ment of Fred Harvey. This magnf cent editice will be three stories high and will afford every modern convent enCe.
 Senator Eugene $. Ives of Tucson and Yuma has sued the Arizona Sen tinel sf Yuma for $25 900 damages for alleged liDelous articles which appear ed in that paper during the last cam. paign when Ives was elected to the council after a hotly contested fight. The senator claims that his feelings were greatly wounded at the time but it has taken him long while to dis cover that he has been damaged. J. w. Darlington, editor of the Sentinel, in commenting on the case surmiSeS that the senator is not seeking to re. cover damages he may fancy he sus. tained but that he is looking for few thousand dollars worth of nOtoriety. Tucson Post.
 The rape case against Bettie Trimble was dismissed on Saturday with the understanding that she must go to Mexico and remain there. The de. fenSs in this case was determined to get change of venue in the case, which would have been very expen. Sive proposition for the county, and in view of the fact that she has already served six months in the penitentiary and a year and half in the county jail, and in view of the fact that she was only charged as an aCcomplice and that the principal in the case will prob ably never again see outside the walls of the penitentiary, it was thought wise to dismiss her.-Graham County Guardian.
 J. II. W. Jensen was yesterday af- ternOOn appointed eXecutor Of the last will and testament of Samuel Snead, | deceased. He was not named in the | will, which was proven but was ap- pointed upon request Of the widow. He at once filed his bond in the sum | of $l4,OOO and entered upon the per formance Of his duties. The estate, which consists of $7OOO in the bank and realty to the value of $GOOO, was willed to his children. In the matter Of the application for letters of ad- in the Jos. l Birchett the petitioners, who reside near Tempe, did not appear and the case was continued until later day. Gazette.
 John Nelson, cowpuncher and fire eater, has probably gone back to the high grass of Tonto basiu. This. aft least, Is the police theory. Several days ago he began series of high inks, cowboy fashion, at Five Points. q Al T. T