Arizona silver belt., 1904-09-15


 office from Clifton and will engage in the practice of law in Stafford.
 The Williams News of September 3 says the San Francisco peaks wore a mantle of snow the Saturday previous.
 Oscar FeltOn, of the Arizona rang CTS, has come out as an independent candidate for sheriff of Graham county.
 The Imperial Valley Water UseIs' association has finally concluded nego- tiations for the purchase of the Impe- rial canal system, the price agreed upon being the sum of 5000, ,000.- Arizona Sentinel.
 Chairs for the Elk theater have been received and are being put in place. In a short time the rev theater will be open for business. It is one of the handsomest playhouSes in the terri tory.-Kingman Miner.
 The Bonita correspondent of the Bulletin says that the recent rains have made the grass grow 80 fast that many machines are now cutting wild hay. Col. H. c. Hooker has eight ma chimes running and expects to put up large tonnage of hay.
 The solar motor, which arrived sev- eral days ago has been delivered at the ranch of John May. A. Y. Emeas, sent out here by the solar motor peo- pie to erect the machine, is now on the ground and will soon commence operations.-Range News.
 Ben Clark, the democratic nominee for treasurer of Graham county, has been in very poor health for some time past, and has gone to California, hoping that the change of climate will be beneficial to him. His condi' tion is not serious.-Era.
 The Bisbee Review says At the special meeting of the council, Alder man Sowle strongly intimated, near the close of the session, that there would very shortly be forthcoming the outline of definite arrangement between the city and the Copper Queen company relative to adequate fire protection for the town"
 A Denver dispatch states that in corporation papers of the Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico Railway com pany were filed there September T. The new corporation is said to be part of the Southern Pacific scheme to build from Cochise station via Clifton, Arizona, to Durango, Colorado.
 The new $50, GOO school building that NacO is putting up is progressing nicely toward completion. The pres ent expectation is that it will be ready | to use in about three months. The | building has frontage of 200 feet and | depth of 75 feet. When completed | it will be a very handsome structure. |
 The socialists of Graham county held their convention in Clifton and put up the following legislative tick ct Carl Schade, of Clifton, for the council, and Geo. w. Williams, of ] Clifton, and Lorenzo Watson, of Gen. tral, for the assembly. The candi- dates are all well known citizens, and will make au active campaign.
 Professor O. J. McClatchie, in charge of the government experiment. station near Tempe, has rendered his resignation, to take effect October 1. His successor will be V. A. Clark, from the experiment station service in New York. Professor McClatchie will en- gage in scientific and intensive farm. ing on ten acre plat near Los An. geles.
 Mrs. Annie M. Weightman Walker, who recently inherited $6O,OOO, GOO through the death of her father, re- sided one or two winters in Phoenix, where she purchased a residence. When through with the residen .e, she { ah"NS q Pi ooClb VI lU ID Out OI Ter dc- quaintances there. William Weight man, her father, was resident of Philadelphia, and she was his only Journal-Miner. The railroad running to Chloride was practically washed of the map by ; the recent floods. The company did not employ large force of men to put tit in r'pair, but have simply wait. ed for the clouds to roll by and the rains to cease, when they will consi fer the matter. In the meantime mule teams for freight, and buck boards for . passengers are being used for the ac. of the Chloriders.
 In the contest over the estate of u e late James Warren, who willed all of bis property to young lady in the lt east to whom he was engaged to be