Arizona silver belt., 1903-04-23
What Has Happened in the Terri. tory Since Our Last
 Issue.
ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION.
kev Business enterprises--Goo Year for the Man With the Hoe, and the Owner of Live Stock--EserybOdy Except the Editor Expects to Have Money to Burn.

| TlNeI Ndllty are BOlDR lOTWdru to Jnl- cago.
 South Clifton has voted sl0,00O bonds for the erection of a school building.
 Nearly half an inch of rain fell at Phoenix last Friday, a very unusual occurrence there.
 Prescott voted almost unanimously to expend another $lOO, ,OOO on l ts water works system, which has already cost $l50,000.
 The farmers in this valley are cut ting their first hay crop and it is a prolific one. The Salt riSer valley never looked more beautiful than il does this spring. Democrat.
 The Fl Paso & Southwestern is now running an accommodation train be- tween Douglas and Benson, arriving at the latter point at 10 o'clock a.m., and leaving for Douglas at noon.
 The Copper Era states that the Ari- zona Copper company has let con- tract for the erection of modern store building at Metcalf, j0xl40 feet, two stories, and complete in every de- tail.
 Registration in Phoenix did not stop with the bond election. The munich pal election takes place in May, and voters are still coming to the front, there being now nearly 1900 names on the register.
 The prospects for good season in this valley continue, for there is still considerable water in the river, and the valley has been more thoroughly irrigated this spring than it has for some time preyiously.-G Gazette.
 A large number of cattle have been contracted in the Tonto and Pleasant valleys, and the roundupS are now in progress. Steers have sold for $l5 for yearlingS, $l9 for twoS and $22 for threes and up. The cattle are in fine condition and are well bred lot Democrat.
 Arrangements are already com pleted whereby Nogales will have a daily pa. per. B J. Whiteside will be the edi- tor and the politics of the paper will be democratic. Ted Healy, formerly with the Oasis, will have charge of the business and mechanical depart ment.-Citzen.
 Gov. and Mrs. A. O. BrOdie and son, and Auditor and Mrs. w. F. Nichols are at the Grand Canyon. The ladies will remain there some time. Cover nor BrOdie, while at the canyon, will make arrangements for President Roosevelt's visit to the canyOn.-En- terprise.
 Objection to the Fl Paso & South western building into Naco was with drawn and construction work on the Naco-Forrest cutoff is progressing rapidly. No attention is being paid to the injunction recently issued out of the district court, according to the statement of Contractor Redmond TOohey,
 The Douglas International says "There seems to be lot of silurians in Bisbae. They don't want to i'm prove the town. The proposition to vote bonds for better fire protection was beaten by 13 votes, an unlucky number for Bsbee. General Apathy had charge of the election, there be- ing only 174 votes cast"
 It is learned from good authority that Ores and Metals, large mining journal of Denver, will open their southwestern office in Douglas. Messrs. Wm. J. Arkins and F. L. Rheinstrom, of this journal, recently spent some time in Douglas and BiSbee looking oyer the field and have concluded that the smelter city is the best location for their branch. h.- Douglas Interna- tional.
 Dr. J. c. Norton, territorial yeterin- ary surgeon, came up on this mornings train from Phoenix and went out to Mayer this afternoon on official buSi- ness. Dr. Norton says that the sani- tary condition of live stock in the ter. ritory was never so good as at present, cattle, sheep and hogs all being free from disease. The time was when a great many sheep were affected with scab, but he says that this disease has been practically stamped out through the vigilance and energy of the sheep men.-PrescOtt Journal Miner.
 Work on the new barracks at Fort Whipple have commenced, and when completed will be lighted by electric ity and heated by steam. The new target range at Point of Rocks, on