Arizona silver belt., 1904-01-21
What Has Happened in the Terri tory Since Our Last
 Issue,
ALL KINDS or INFORMATION.
New Business Enterprises uood Year for the Man With the Hoe, and thc Owner of Live Stock Everybody Will Have Money.

C White Morumer,Of Los Angeles,
 has been successful in raising money
 to drH for oil near WiuSIow, and, 1t is said. win have well boring outfit on
 Che ground within few weeks,
 The Phoenix x Eastern ,racSis now laid about i've miles this side or the Florence station, and the ButteS will soon be reached, where it will be- nec- esSary Co halt until a bridge iS con Structed across the Glla river.
 Ben R. Clark was appointed to the position 0f clerk of the board of super vtSors of Graham county, vice Arturo M. Elias resigned Clark has been in politics jn Graham county for many years and served a term as sheriff
 George Giles, an old town marshal Uf Prescott, became violently insane and had to be committed Co Jhe asy. lum. Giles was one of three patients for that institution whom Shgrn Rob- erts delivered aJ Che asylum last Fr'- day.
 This is the season 0f Che year when Ph0cnx is full of "luuEeys and the sanitary officers have freshly placarded the streets and public buildings with the eyer-timcly reminder Of Che ine to which approximation in public places is liable,
 The amount Uf the teryiturys float. ing debt Is stated as lulIuws Out standing warrants aglinstthe territory January ], $40, Ha60 During the past year warrants in the sun of$lO0, 552. 72 were issued with unpaid war rants of1gO2 outstanding in the sum Of S3IG,S62
 At BisOee, one day last week, the body O. a hye.m1uths' developed baby was found iu garbage barrel au the end of the slag dump. The discovery was made by the driver O z the scayen- ger wagon, and the circumstances sur. rounding the ghastly find are involved in mystery.
 Upon the initiative Of the Woman'S club of Phoenix, which took up the matter a year ago Andrew Carnegie's library secretary has announced that a S25, OOO Carnegie library will be built in Phoenix if the municipal authori. ties comply with che usual require meuts.
 The celebrated ease of Axel W. Hal. enborg and others l~~st the Cobre Graude Copper company and others was brought up in the supreme court in Phoenix, on appeal and the iudg- ment of the lower court, in which the petition for 70 receiver of the company had been denied. was affirmed.
 Under authority Of Che board Of Su- peryis0rs of Graham county Wiley F. Jones, of Clifton, was employed by County Treasurer Gamble as an attor- ncy to prosecute al suit, for taxes arising under the present delinquent tax law. Nr. Jones is Co receive cer- tain per cent of moneys collected un- der suit
 In Che supreme court, 1n motion of the attorney general Che case of Teo- d1ro Elias, 1n appeal from Pima coun- ty, was continued for the term. Elias is under sentence pr death for the murder of officer Katzeustoin at Tue son, The case will be taken up in the ! supreme court next March.
 Sheep ShoariuE commenced last Fri. l day at Cave creek, a large number of, professional shcarers having come in from California Go do tbe work. Near ly half the sheep of lhg territory wiuI be sheared in that vicinity. Owing | 10 the absence offecd sheep win not go . ls far south as Salt river valley unless rains should come soon.
 Francis J Heuey, former attorney E sneral of Ariz0ua, was iu Phoenix ast week from Washington, D C., and made an argument tn tbo BoquiuaS and grant case before tba supreme court At present Me- Bensv Is assist. ,nt to the Uojtod States attorney gen 'raI in looking after tho land fraud 'ases on tho Pacific coast.
 Thursday, February IT, the great battle of ballots wi.I be fought in Saf- ford L7yt ton, Thatcher, Pima. Central Eden, Hubbard and AIstthewsvHle pr oincts Co decide whether or not the people shall declare for local option, says the Bulletin Tho matter was decided by the board Of supervisors at their meeting Wednesday afternoon, after compromise had been elected hetween the two forces eliminating s)lomouyilie and Fort Thomas in the val ey and Clifton and Morenci.
 In the house of representatives last