Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-17

none on the market, The dates are from the same trees as the dates which the president and his cabinet sampled few days ago.
 Fortune has favored some of the old time newspaper men of this territory. s. c. Bagg, formerly editor of the Tombstone Prospector, has just re. ceiyed payment of $30,000 on a $250, ,00O mining deal in Mohave coun-
 ty. T. D. VandevOOrt, former typo on the Journal Miner, went into the Tonopah country during the early days of the camp, and started paper , there, which he afterwards sold out at a profit, and he has just made nice clean up from the sale of mining ] property there. e.-Journal-Miner.
 The Gazette of the 10th inst. says IA conference will be held in San Francisco today which means much to Phoenix and the Salt river valley. The manner in which the Phoenix spur of the Southern Pacific is to be ham, dled will be settled and the advisabil- ity of putting Phoenix on the main line of the road discussed. It is possi- ble division will be created running from Maricopa to Phoenix and placed in charge of an assistant superintend- ent. Mir. Jones, superintendent of the Tucson division, is in attendance"
 The Clifton Era is informed that two petitions will be presented to the board of supervisors at their next reg ular meeting, which will occur next month, praying that an election be held in various voting precincts of the county on the question of prohibition One petition asks that an election be held in the precincts of Thatcher, Thomas and Stafford, while the other petition includes those precincts and also SolOmonville, San Jose, Duncan and Clifton. Both petitions are regu. lar and are signed by a sufficient num- Der of voters to justify the board in ordering the election.
 One of the most satisfactory evil denCeS of the prosperity of Bisbee is the report of the condition of the Bauk of Bisbee at the close of buSi- ness November 30. It seems but a month or so ago that the Bank of Bis bee was organized by few of the most substantial business men of this city, and it was thought that the cap ital stock of $50, 900 would be more than ample to accommodate the re- quirementS of trade. What a story these SjO,O0O tell Today the surplus and undivided profits exceed the orig inal capital to the amount of $3,055.l0 and the individual deposits in the Bank of Bisbee reach the almost in- credible figures in town of 10000 people, of $932, 62s .09-almost million dollars. Review.
 James Bailey, a member of the ran. ger force, has established for himself a record for bravery, says the Review. He was assigned a case of horse trust ling over near Flagstaff. He arrested his man and started with him for Flagstaff, but just before arriving there was intercepted by two men who threw their winchesters down on him and ordered the ranger to let his pris oner go. Sliding down of his horse, and pulling out his 90 40, he covered the men and effected the arrest of them also. Captain Rynning has re- ceived letter from the sheriff of Co., conino county telling in highly com. mandatory words of the bravery Of Ranger Bailey.
 The tax case which is now in the su- preme court of the territory, entitled Copper Queen Consolidated Company vs. NJ. D. Scribner, Treasurer and Tax Collector. will again come up for hear ing on the 18th day of January. The BiSbee Review says, W. C. Mcfarland, who represents the interests of the county, was before the board of super viSorS in Tombstone yesterday asking that sufficient sum be allowed by the board for the expenses of the attor- neys for the county while they are at- tending the session of the supreme court in Phoenix. The board took the matter under adviSement and vii act on this matter at it's next session, which will be the latter part of the present month.
 On Wednesday evening last new saloon opened at Don Luis, near the Recreation Park, and it was very largely attended by people of both sexes from NacO and Bisbee, who had a hilarious time drinking and dancing until after midnight. At this hour number of cowboys arrived, ana the fun went fast and furious for some | time, until the red-eye began to take effect on the cowboys, and then out ,o mo Tho rao odu raupluap nnI