Arizona silver belt., 1903-04-16

The Tucson postOtlice is being re- modelled and refurnished at an expense of $34O0.
 The assessed valuation of Clifton for this year will be in excess of $700,- 900, which the Copper Era thinks is sufficient to maintain a city govern ment.
 "There is a rumor about town, says the Tucson Star, to the effect that L. J. F. Jaeger will shortly dispose of the Bowie depot hotel business to c. NJ. Kellum, of Bowie.
 The Cochise county supervisors are still anxious to make contract with Maricopa county for the care of it's in. digent poor, and has offered raise in price from 33l cents per day to 3Sl cents.
 The board of school trustees at Douglas has issued a call for an cleo tion to be held on April 2s, to deter mine whether the citizens will issue bonds to the extent of S20,0 900 for the building of new school house.
 The board of supervisors of Pima county have rejected the claim of Rochester Ford for $l9ss.O .Os, additional fees for services as special counsel in the Narrow Gauge railroad bond case, the county having already paid him $2500 on that account
 The United States geological survey has force of twenty-two men at work in the Salt river valley. The object of the survey is to prepare comprehen- Sive map and gather information con corning the valley, such as determin- ing the various elevations and the amount of water under ground.
 The petition for the disincorporation of Bisbee was not presented to the board of supervisors of Cochise coun- L y at ts recent meeting, and it is be- lieved the movement has been aban- dUned, as it should be. Bisbee is too large and important town to get along without municipal govern ment.
 J. w. Walker, treasurer of the Po- land Miners union, is under arrest on a charge of having embedded union funds, about $l33. He had his prelim- mary examination before Justice Vas SaT, of Poland, and was bound over to the grand jury with bail fixed at $25O, which he failed to ve.-PrescUtt Courier.
 An exchange says that last week the Santa Fe railway company had party of workmen employed at the petritied forest seven miles south of Adamana. They built an arch under the famous petrified bridge to keep it from falling. The log has been in weak condition for some time and has been materially weakened by the hands of vanddls who carry off specimens from it,
 A new levee is being constructed along the Colorado river below Yuma It Is thirty feet wide at the base, three to five feet high, and when completed will be twelve miles long. A county road has been constructed on it's top. The Sun says that under ordinary con- ditions this leYee will protect about fiyeseYenthS of all the land that is subject to overflow between Yuma and the international line.
 Mrs. J. A. Zabriskie died at her home in Tucson on the morning of April 9. Deceased, whose maiden name was Adelaide Stephenson, was the daughter of Hugh Stephenson, d cousin of former Governor Stephen son, of Kentucky. She was educated | at San Antonio, Texas, and married Col. J. A. ZabriSkie at Fl Paso, Texas, immediately after the close of the civil war. She was about 56 years of age at the time of her death.
 The PrOSpectOr says that for the | past few weeks the pumps of the | Tom bStone Consolidated Mines com pany have been throwing out over l 1,S00,000 gallons every twenty-four hours, and the pressure of the water in | the mine has begun to weaken, which | plainly indicates that the volume of water is rapidly being reduced. The men employed in the shaft are now getting ready to cut out a station for the 700 foot level, which marks depth | that had never before beon reached in | the history of the camp.
 The International says "The Meth odist3 will have the first protestant | church in Douglas. Work was com menced on the building April 9, aud the contractor agrees to have it done in sixty days. The material to be used | will be white tufl. The dimensions of the building will be 50x64 feet, with