Arizona silver belt., 1903-10-22

country and are in the possession of a Mrs. Friede, a resident of Vienna, Austria, but who once lived in Tucson,
 The Copper Queen store at Douglas will open to the public November 9, and will be the biggest and most com plete affair in the west. The work has been progressing rapidly and every el- fort has been made Co complete the work, says the Douglas Dispatch. There will be eight distinct depart mentS in the new store, and between fifty and sixty uen will be employed in the store building
 The Morenci correspondent of the Copper Era says: While the cage, with five men in it, was being lowered into the Humbolt mine last Monday, it struck the second landing, which had been left closed by mistake, and a serious smash up occurred. One miner hae his leg broken and the others were | severely bruised. They were at once taken to the hospital and attended to and all will recOver.n
 Judge Kent, of Phoenix, has estab- lished very good precedent in regard Co certain amount of respect due a court when in session. Recently five jurymen appeared before him minus their coats. His honor gave them a stare that would make it cold enough for an overcOat in August. This court cannot proceed until the gentle men in the room see it tu wear their coats, was his hOnOr'S order. The order was promptly obeyed, and will stand as precedent fof that court in the future.
 Oil tenders have been added to 492 locomotives on the Southern Pacific system change which, it is claimed, has the virtue of economy, as well as comfort for the passengers riding be- | hind such locomotives In Arizona over two hundred miles of Southern HSlh' bAuNN dAC hbN NllCNs | ht bl iE- inal expense of this oiliug has been about $Sj a mile, but the second year, it is claimed, the expense will be half as much, It is planned to oil all the sandy and dusty track through Cali | fornia, Arizona and New Mexico, and also to oil the grounds about the sta tiOus where there is so much travel as to make diSagreeable dust -Citizen.
 C, A. Randall, right-of-way agent for the PhosuiX & Eastern road, returned | to Phoenix this morning from the San Pedro valley, where for several weeks past he has been carrying on his ope- | ratiOnS, The right-Uf-way is now se- cured tO Benson, that is, as near as such work can be completed much of 1t having to wait until the contractors are ready to go to work. Just when the line will be extended from Mesa could not be learned, but it was inti mated by Mir. Randall that it depend ed entirely on the ability of the con tractors to secure steel from the mills. Gazette.
 Theo. Phillips, in the employ of the shannon Copper company. at Clifton. met with serious accident WedneS- day afternoon. He was working near steam heater, which warns the wa ter for the big boiler, when the heater exploded Mr. Phillips was badly scaIded from head to foot and the only thing that saved his life was that he was under the heater when the eX- plosion took place, the flying pieces of the heater going upward. He was struck on the head by a piece Of iron, which cut gaSh four inches long. One of his arms was badly burned, and it is likely that he will lose the use of it. He is now at the hospital. al.-Cop. per Era.
 Tbe factory of the Eastern Sugar company, near Glendale, is being built as fast as men can be secured to do it. There is in fact a shortage of men in various skilled workmanship and it is understood representative of the company is now in Los Angeles for the purpose of hiring mechanics, The steel framework of two stories is com pleted and work is now progressing on the third story of the structure which is to be in part five stories high, a reg ular sky scraper on the desert. The big smoke stack is to be twenty-six feet square at the base, set eleven feet in the ground, and to tower 16l feet | above the level of the ground To the | bottom of it will be a receptacle for the soot, large enough, it is understood | to hold the accumulation of season $ ! run, so it will be unnecessary to close down for the purpose of cleaning. There are to be six other buildings. beside the main factory.
 A new railroad from Phoenix to Buckeye and Gla Bend, opening up