Arizona silver belt., 1903-02-05

''"NoNih ioi bbS Cohopi uSNich VI $25, ,000 roundhouse at Douglas and has taken his outfit to that point. A ten-stall roundhouse will be con- structed at Fl Paso at cost of about $l0,000 as soon as the work at Douglas Is finished.
 The farmers of Yuma valley appear to have sown more wheat this winter than ever before. In every direction one may see fields Of this necessary cereal growing. Harvesting and thresh- ing machinery and Touring mill will be planted later, and the $75,000 now sent out of the county annually for flour will be retained at home to add to the comforts of life.-Sentinel.
 Frederick Remington, artist, author and sculptor, intends to visit Arizona in the near future. He is coming to this section to study desert landscape which forms the background of many of his famous soldier, cowboy and h. dian sketches. He intends to search for barren and desolate spots for study. He will also visit old Mexico.
 Jud Webster is in receipt of three immense wagons, which will be used in hauling ore from the Mammoth | mine at Garfield to Metcalf. The Mammoth is one of the new mines be- ing opened up by the Arizona Copper company, and it is producing some wonderfully rich ore. Jud also, this week, received eight handsome Nor mau horses from his fathers ranch at Thatcher, which will be used on the wagons. Era.
 The Fl PaSO News is authority for the statement that Dr. Gardner, chief surgeon and physician Of the Southern Pacific company, states that the com pany has finally determined to build It's hospital in Tucson instead of at Fl PasO. It is true, as the Star says, that Tucson is without doubt the more healthful. Its climate is more favor able for the successful treatment of persons injured requiring surgical treatment than can be found any where outside of Arizona.
 Major WalcOtt, who is in charge of the reconstruction work of Whipple barracks, has received the approved s1ana frp,, NNagbIputnp for tba l,,fId ings it is proposed to erect, says the Journal Miner. The plans call for one quartermaSter's and commissary s StorehOuse, one quartermaSter sta ble, one guardhouse, one double bar racks or two single barracks, and one double or two single officers quarters. The buildings are to be of brick, ex- cepting the stables. Work will not be started for about ninety days.
 The custom officers along the Msxi- can boundary between Naco and No gales are watching closely for Chinese trying to cross the line without prop CT certificates. The existing buboDic plague in the state of Sinaloa is the cause for this unusual diligence. The Naco customs officials state that they are guarding against any possibility of Chinamen making their way into this country, and will see that none | of them come here with or without the plague lurking around in their ! loose lowing garmentS.-Interna- | tiunal.
 It is reported that the Western Flec- trical company is negotiating for the purchase of the BOnelli ranch on the mouth of the Virgin river. and that a great dam will be put in there for power purposes. This company is one of the most powerful electrical con- cerns in the world and capable of in- staling an immense plant in that sec tion. They have bad experts over the ground several times in the past year and know just what they are doing The installation of a plant of this na- ture means great things to mine and mill owners of NJ ohave county. y.-COur- fer.
 Register NJ. R. Moore, who refused the application of Probate Judge BoSt- wick, of Cochise county, for patent to the Bisbee townsite on the ground that the patent should be applied for by the local city authorities, was sns. tained by the commissioner of the general land office, and it is now said that the probate judge will carry the case up to the secretary of the inte- riOr. He has sixty days in which to make his appeal, and in case he does not do so, the Bisbee city authorities will make application for patent to the townsite before the register here. l rInCp, DpCt