Arizona silver belt., 1904-04-14

to Tucson as the Flowing Wells com pany will direct it's energies to the development of the Santa OruS vaiey Tucson Post.
 A petition asking fof prohibition in
 Florence precinct, and containing sixty names of qualified voters, was ! presented to the board of supervisors Monday. After examining the peti-
 tion the board ordered an election,
 fixing April 30th as the date therefor.
 The contending forces are already
 getting active and the result will be a
 lively campaign Blade.
 Judge Doan writes from Solomon
 vile that there is very strong evidence
 at that end Of the line that Florence
 will have two railroads. It also looks
 that way from this end of the line.
 In truth, 1t looks from this end of
 the line as if Florence will have four
 railroads lines in the near future. She seems to be in the right position just
 now to be struck by lightning from every direction and has no intention of lodging any of the bolts.-Blade.
 The discovery has been made that rubber can be manufactured from the common rabbit weedh brush indig- enous to Arizona and the arid west
 Experiments have proven that the
 weed produces good quality of rub Der. A factory in Dayton, Ohio, has just turned out several articles made from the juice Of the plant, consisting of rubber eraSerS, shoe heels, horse shoe pads, plastic bandageS, flesh brushes, and various other articles. The Dayton company has ordered 1000 pound more of the gum, paying so cents per pound for the final test.
 The bridge crew, of the Phoenix and Eastern, at Butte, have been com pelled to install three six inch centri- fugal pumps to unwater the pits sunk t0 Eet solid foundations for the bridge abatInentS, These pumps are throw. ing between three and four hundred inches of water and it keeps them busy to handle the inflow. This will give some ide,- of the strength of the underground water supply at Buttes. The pit is only about twenty feet deep and it is probable that more pumps will be necessary before solid foundation is reached Florence Blade
 Chloroformed aud robbed is the charge made by Henry Hring against some man or men unknown, the crime happened in the International hotel at Douglas. A gold watch and chain and sl20 are missing and there is no clue to the perpetrators of the crime There is some little mystery about the affair but the evidence obtainable substantiates Kring's allegations in nearly every respect. Chlorotorm was poured on his pillow while he was asleep aud after tims had been given it to get in it's work the robber or robbers proceeded to obtain their booty.
 James W. Goodman, a machinist, was arrested in New York, last Satur- day, charged with making threats against the life of Wm. c. Greene, president of the Greene Consolidated Copper company. Goodman followed Greene to the latter's office and was there arrested. Two revolyers were found in his pockets. He was arraign. ed on charge of felonious assault and attempt to kill, and held in de. fault of 5000 bail. Goodman had been in the city since last September, hay Ing given his address as Nogales, Ari. zona. He is understood to be repre- Senting mining company operating in Sonora, Mexico.
 A meeting of the territorial board of ! pharmacy was held in Clifton this week. The meeting was presided over by T. k. McCutcheon, vice president of the board, W. II. Butler, of Globe. a member, being present. E. E. Eos ter, of Fl Paso, T. k. Barrett and D. l.. Bailey, of Clifton, were present, and were examined by the board touching their proficiency for certif- cates as pharmacists under the terri torial law. After the examination of l. the applicants the board adjourned to meet at Phoenix on the 18th inst, at which time the examination will be 'eported on.--Copper Era.
 M. G. Marsh, yardmaster for the santa Fe in Phoenix, was killed there ast Thursday, by being run over by wo cars and switch engine. At the lime of the accident Engineer Lee was 'ackiDg two cars east with intent to { witch one car. Mr. Marsh stepped in i etween the cars as they were slowly 'acklng, to unc0uple. At this junc- u'e no one is certain what happened ut It IS the general belief that Mir. f larsh's foot caught in the frog of the wltcb, throwing him across the track. , I P f,. |. al