Arizona silver belt., 1903-05-07

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 c. l. McReynoldS, court reporter of the Third judicial district, will change his residence from Florence to Tomb stone.
 There are now more than POO arte- sian wells in the San Pedro valley, about St. DavidS, and the flow is sutii- cient to irrigate quite large acreage
 Five cars of rails for the Phoenix X Eastern railroad were received at Phoenix last Thursday. It is expected that the railroad will be completed to ' Mesa at an early date.
 BiSbee has taken the initial steps for the proper observance of Fourth of July, which means that the banner copper camp of arizona will have a l great celebration.
 1 Douglas has voted to bond her school | district for S20, 900 for new school house. The matter will come before the board of supervisors at their next , mee ting in Tombstone.
 The Phoenix X Eastern railroad is rushing operations. Two crews are at the Buttes, one on each side, running a tunnel through the mountain. The { railroad will open up wonderfully rich mineral country
 The receipts of the recorders office of CochiSe county for instruments filed during the month of April amounted to S927 .65. This is high wa ter mark for the county, and is an in- dication of the great activity of busi- ness in Cochise county, particularly in mining and real estate.
 The lands of Fort Mcdowell will be thrown open to public settlement in short while. About 5,000 acres are embraced in the holdings and half of this amount will be set aside for the Apache Indians. The land IS located on the Verde river and most of it is under irrigation.
 The Era states that Assistant Gen. eral Manager Veitch, of the Arizona Copper company, has ordered several cars of crude petroleum from Califor- mia, which will be used for sprinkling | the streets. If it is found to work we'll in this dry climate, it is likely that all of the streets of Clifton will be sprinkled with it.
 County Assessor J. J. Birdno has been spending the week in Clifton. He is confident that the tax roll for this year will show an increase over last year of not less than $500,0 ,000. The re- turn of the Arizona Copper company for this year was S5l 900 more than last year All of the companies in this end of the county will show a large increase over last year.-Era.
 "Olive oil is now being shipped by the ton from the Salt river valley of | Arizona, and the business is on the | boom, " said D. r. Franklin, of Phoe- nix, Ariz., to Washington Star man. The entire valley is becoming dotted with orchards, and at this season of l the year the trees are covered with thousands of tiny star-like buds, which " II soon be followed by the fruit formation.
 i The citizens of Flagstaff will present President Roosevelt on his arrival at the Grand Canyon with one of the fin est Navajo blankets ever woven by the Indians of that tribe. It was made for one of their favorite chiefs, and the designs were originated by their most artistic designers. It is made from the finest and most expensive wool, and the blanket would sell on the market for at least $250.
 The Tucson CItlzen is informed that the Golden State limited service will be dScOn tinued at once, and that the Santa Fe, also, will abandon it's limited train service. Western railroad man. agerS claim that these trains have not only been a source Of loss to the com panies operating them, but that dur ing the winter months the limited trains have been responsible for the great congestion of freight traffic west of Chicago.
 Charles R. Hood and II. E. Grover have flied suit in the district court of Cochise county against Wells, Fargo x Co.,, for SlO0O and interest, for ser vices and labor alleged to have been performed in the capture of William | Stiles and which sum the plaintiffs claim the defendants promised to pay them. Hood and Grover were mem- bers of the posse that arrested Stiles at his home near Casa Grande after he bod been out with AlYord and John