Arizona silver belt., 1903-05-07

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 leased them from the county jail, at which time George Bravin, the jailer, was shot and wounded by Stiles.
 Major Walcutt informed the Jour- nal-Miner that the lowest bids for the construction proper of Whipple Bar racks, without the plumbing, gas iit- ting, electric wiring, heating, etc, would amount to about $l65, 900 should the double quarters and double bar. racks be constructed, and should the single quarters and single barracks be decided upon, the amount would be 5000 moro. The plumbing, heating, gas-fitting, wiring, etc, will amount to about $35, ,0OO to SIO,O0O, or grand total of $2l0,000.
 Reports from all parts of the terri tory, and from the entire southwest, indicate most prosperous year for our people. There is an abundance of water, the fields are brilliant with waving grain fruit trees loaded with oranges, apricots, pears and plumS, are smiling in the sunshine horses, cattle, sheep and goats, sleek and fat, roam the hills and wales money for the de- velopment of mines, for establishing irrigating plants and for the building of homes, is flowing in steady streams in this direction and constant in- Aux of sturdy hOmeSeekers who bring muscle and brains to the task of build ing in the sun-kissed land a mighty empire. Mesa Free Press.
 The HolbroOk Argus says that tele graphic orders have been received by Forest Supervisor Breen from the de- partment, inStructing him to take prompt action in sheep trespasS cases. It was currently reported that a num- Der of sheepmen intended taking their sheep onto the Black Mesa forest reserve, in spite of the fact that they were not granted permits. Prosecu- tions will undoubtedly be made in every case, but on a different line from the recent cases, which, some sheepmen have enormously concluded, ! left the government without means Of enforcing the law.
 Governor BrOde has appointed as the board of pharmacy T. L. Me Cutcheon, Clifton A. c. Hulett, Phoenix; c. A. Cover, Williams; Fred FleiSchman, Tucson Harry BriSley, Prescott; George ". Martin, Tucson, and E. $. Wakeln, Phoenix. The new law provides that after June l, 1903, it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any pharmacy or store for the dispensing or compromising medicine unless such person be registered pharmacist. It also provides that in order to be a registered pharmacist one must be graduate of pharmacy, l or must have had four years eXperi- ence and have obtained diploma | from acompetent college of pharmacy.
 A considerable amount of the ore ! taken from the Metcalf mines of the l Arizona Copper company is practically l quarried down from the sides of the | mountain, then brought out through 1 the tunnel to the incline. About two | weeks ago one shot was fired which | knocked down 3500 tons of ore, which will keep the men busy sorting for some time to come. A ? foot hole was put down and trimmed out until it held several kegs of black powder, which was fired with the above result. | This, the Era understands, is the larg- est amountof ore ever knOcbed down in one shot in the district It illus trates how cheaply ore can be mined under favorable cUnditlons.- Clifton Era.
 The Arizona Range News, published at Wilcox, says Last Sunday, Wm. Speed, the live stock inspector for this district, went out to the "2G2' ranch, located eight miles from Wilcox and took list of classes of stock belong ing to the Van Wrinkle ranch, which were soon to be delivered to MT. Riggs who recently purchased the stock of that ranch. Mir. Speed found that the number of calves were out of propor- tion to the cows, there being thirty one calves without mothers in the bunch. The thirty-one calyet were seized and brought to Wilcox Tues day and placed in the stock pens under lock and key. They will be held for ten days in order to give tine owners a chance to prove their property. This is the first case under the new law that has come to our attention, and we understand it is to be test case "