The border vidette., 1903-06-06
ARIZONA NEWS.
items of Interest from all over the
 Territory.

Chief Justice Kent will pass throusI Tucson today on his way from Pine nix to open the June term of court for the third judicial department al Globe. Judge Doan will also pas through this city today en route for Tombstone, where he will open the June term of the second judicial dis trict. Tombstone Is now the lega headquarters for it's district. Nc United States court will hereafter be held at Florence May 30.
 The Arizona Arrow says: The greatt st gold region on earth is what experts call that section along the Colorado liver from the mouth of the Grand Canyon to Yuma. Every Assure in the earth with little sprinkling of gold will not make a mine, but in this vast mineral belt are many fortunes cached by nature leach ing, to be opened up by the skilled miner, and lucky are those who come afterthe prospector and secure posses sion of these favored spots.
 The Daily Miner of Bisbee IS now tout of soak'' and has passed into the ownership and management of three able and capable newspaper men. Frank DeSousa IS the managing editor. Mir. DeSousa was formerly city editor of the Review, a fine news gatherer, forceful writer and compiler of news paper matter. Mir. k. s. Bennett is the business manager and hustler for business of the IS karat order. As important as any Is Mir. Arnold Spring the mechanical man of the staff, and none know better how to handle the forms and presses than Mr. Spring They are getting out a splendid paper and the American congratulates them and wishes them every success.
 A trip through the tel eiritory shows unprecedented prosperity on every hand. Tucson and Phoenix are going ahead under a full head of steam stimulated by new railroads and new enterprises of every kind Especially is Ph9uix rejoicing in the immediate prospect of the Tonto reservoir and the new Eastern Railroad and the beet sugar factory. Jerome is fast ap- preaching old time production of cop per and hopes soon to surpass the old days Congress is grinding out the yellow metal. Prescott is reviving under the rehabilitation of Whipole Barracks. Every where it is the same story of progress and prosperity. The Arizona Bulletin.
 Billy Johns and Ed Hanley came up from Mexico last Monday. They brought with them some elegant gold rock. the poorest st ecimens of which are to be seen at Jim Walkers place. They stated that they made their find about 80 miles west of south west of Nogales in Sonora. According to their statement the ledge is from Is to 20 feet thick and can easily be traced for miles It is gold proposition, the specimen exhibited being greasy quartz carrying free gold in abundance It would appear that in the gnlches on both sides of this ledge for miles, the Yaquis have been placerins sue cessfully for years. The boys left for Bisbee Tuesday where they will outfit and return to their find in the old Republic Tombstone American.
 That Arizona has had favorable i weather to revive the range and bring the livestock business to a prosperous condition as we now see it., Is not the only reason why We should consratu late ourselves for living here The almost entire freedom from disease of all kinds is another strong reason for self congratulation. This pleasing condition of affairs is brought more prominently before us when We read reports of the havoc disease Is creating | Ill other sections of the west In | Wyoming we read that stockmen are i greatly troubled by the spread of 1 blackleg and other diseases among their herds. Again in Utah, southern Idaho and Eastern Nevada, where large focks of sheep have been run ming, the ravages of winter were not only unusually severe, but malignant disease known. as 'big head" is mak- ing matters much worse. In fact it | is said by the time the summer ranges are reached the owner: will not have ninety per cent of the stock they had 1 last fall, which loss in U tah alone will amount to full million head. Such losses are unprecedented In that sec tion. We may have our own local difficulties and all that, but the fact remains that we are particularly fort unate in the matter of diseases, both 1 among cattle and sheep. It has been a hobby with Arizona to give careful attention to her livestock sanitary affairs, and when we witness the woes among our neighbo:s we can not but conclude that it not only pays,