Arizona silver belt., 1904-03-24

"We are on top of the hil now, ant
 will run right into Bowie.' After tn
 clOud-burst of September, 1897, tn
 roadbed was badly washed out iron
 Geronimo to Solom0nville. TraiDs di not run regularly for few days ant
 when they did the passengers i'm
 agined that the train had slippe,
 of the rails and was travelling ove
 the desert. The cars would bob u
 and down, creating a sensation aki
 to that of travelling over the sad se waves" on an ocean steamer. Thes
 aud other incidents on the G. V., G. N. railroad are memories. Presiden
 Randolph will remove possibilities 0 repetition, like unto the above.-Tuc
 son Citizen.
 Phone advices to the Star from No
 gales are glowing In the indication
 for oil in that vicinity and all Nogale
 is consequently in a joyful mood. They
 realize the importance and what oi
 will mean to Nogales and are prepar
 ing to drill for the substance. Robert
 Lewis, a noted California oil expert
 has arrived there, and yesterday he
 went out with twenty citizens all
 mounted on horseback, to promising isld five miles northeast of the town. After thorough examination he ex- pressed it as his opinion that oil strata would be encountered at depth of 1000 ieet.-Tucson Star.
 The complaint is made that the city registrar of Bsbee refused to al low citizen of that city to inspect the great register The applicant was Nj ajor Burton, member of the demo- cratic city central committee, and it is said he was acting in accordance with instructions from his committee. Another demand was to be made upon Registrar Hicks, and if he persisted in his refusal to permit an inspection of the great register, the democratic committee is determined to apply to Judge Doan for court order com polling the registering officer to throw open the great register for inspection by the general public, the same as any other public record.
 The territorial board of examiners held their quarterly meeting Saturday in the office of uperintendento of Pub- lie Instruction Lay ton. The only ap- plicant successful in getting a first grade certificate was Miss Mabel Guild of Pima county. Second grade certiti- cltes were issued as follows: Apache county, Eudora Miller, Thomas R Greyer and William B. Cato; Cochise county, Hattie Thomas and Lillian WheldoD; Coconino county, Nellie Smith; Gila county, V. w. Knowles; Graham county, Maude E Clarke, Elmer E. Ploud; Maricopa county, Mary White, Ada Powell and Lillie O. Deering; Navajo county, Edna Garner; Yavapai county, Daisy D. Sturgis. Minta Reach was granted second grade certificate on diploma from the Los Angeles Normal school. Tucson Star.
 Referring only to short roads in Ari- zona aside from the Southern Pacific and Fl Paso & Southwes tern, there may be mentioned the Congress Gold Mining compauy's line, 3 mile rail route from Congress Junction on the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix to mines, the two branches into the Big Bug and Bradshaws of the Santa Fe, Pres ,ott & Phoenix from Prescott; Ariz ma < Colorado from CJchise station on he Southern Pacific to Pearce, a Smile stretch; the Arizona & New Mexico, IT. miles from Hachita on sl Paso & Southwestern and v miles rom Lordsburg ca the Southern Pa. fife to Clifton, last F miles over mountains, branches out of Clifton to shannon mines and smslters and to detcalf, with an incline connection to .ongfellow mines; the Grand Canyon rom Williams to the brink of the vorld's greatest panoramic wonder; he Maricopa & Phoenix B miles; the 5-mile road out of Naco to Cananea: he Morenci Southern in charge of ohn Burns, former superintendent f the United Verde & Pacific. This , the greatest and most expensive ailroad project considering the length, l Arizona. It is an IS mile stretch rom Guthrie, on the Gila river, which station on the Arizona & New lexico, to Murenci This road passes , trough several tunnels and oyer five . oops in the ascent of 4000 feet. The nly other loop road in Arizona is that the Tucson Street Railway company hose observation cars glide around the instigaton of mules.
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