Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-25

There are 900 ostriches in Arizona, the assessed valuation of which is $40,Oo0.
 An opera houee, to seat 400 people and to cost $11 ,OOO, is to be erected in Douglas.
 The tax rate of Maricopa county for the year 1904 has been placed at $2.25 on the $l00.
 Official estimates call for $55, 900 for the annual maintenance of the schools of Cochise county.
 Phoenix had a rainfall on August l7 of S9-lOO of an inch, unusually heavy for that locality.
 The tax levy in Coconino county is 8 on each $1OO valuation. In Flag staff 10 cents has been added for a school tax.
 Flagstaff, the skylight city, will hold three days carnival in Septem- Der. Business men have already sub scribed s12OO.
 The Cochise county tax rate this year will be a. 20. This is 30 cents lower than last year, and is the kind of reduction that the taxpayer appre- ciates.
 Charles Brown, a hoisting engineer at the Tombstone Consolidated, while out rabbit hunting accidentally shot himself in the right arm and died from the loss of blood.
 Dr. Day reports the volume of rain fall to date at Prescott as above seven jnches for the season. The Herald says: "Unofficial measurements with the disc of the meter taken of, would indicate about seven feet"
 The tax rate in Pinal county has been fixed at the same rate 1t was last year, 8. 75 on each $l00 of the property valuation. The Blade says decrease in the total valuation of the county prevented any reduction in the rate.
 United States District Attorney Nave has warned Arizona newspapers against publishing advertisements for rallies, or news notices tbat rallies will take place. For newspapers to do this is in violation of the United States statutes.
 The Maricopa & Phoenix railroad suffered from washoutS last week. Be- tween Ave and six miles of track be- tween Kyrene and Paterson was dam aged, necessitating the transfer of pas sengers and mail.
 United States Marshal Myron II. McCord and his bride, who were mar rled in St. Louis, arrived in Phoenix last week, and after few days stay left for San Francisco, where Colonel McCord is to a tend the Knights Tenn plar conclave, which convenes there on September 3.
 Sinking for oil in the Winslow oil fields has commenced. Already the drill is at a depth of 200 feet and is go- ing down at the rate of 50 feet per day. At depth of 9 feet water was struck aud this will greatly facilitate the work. The well is in what is known as fuckers B fiat. At present the work is all in shale aud stone.
 The Copper Queen tax case is to be reopened. That means, in brief, that the present grand jury favors the idea that the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining company should be required to pay taxes on a higher valuation than all the other mining property in Arizona for the year 1901. -Bisbee Re. view.
 The suit instituted by Mrs. Hattie Buckley against the Phoenix Light & Fuel company, for 5000 damages for the death of her husband, who was killed in the explosion at the Palace saloon on April i, 1904, was compro- missed this week by the company pay ing Mrs. Buckley $l7OO Phoenix Re. view.
 Col. J. F. Wilson has gone to Ore. gon on a business visit. It is not gen erally believed, says the Prescott Herald, that he has received overa- lures from the democratic central committe of the nation to stump that commonwealth in favor of Parker, as his services will be needed in Arizona to assist Mark Smith this fall, and where he is better known.
 "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado river in Arizona will be added to the national reserves and placed in the care and custody of the goverement, says the Scientific American, "Gov- ernment surveyors have about com pleted a survey of section of the can yon. This is only part of tbe worl.