Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-09

enjoy sun oath ana eat san0 Oy the hour, enjoy themselves as only babies can. The idea is a good ne.-Pres- colt Courier.
 The Douglas postoflice has been
 raised to the second class, commencing
 July l, and the salary increased from
 $l700 to s2200, with the added advan-
 tage that whereas the postmaster
 while the office was in the third class
 had to pay all salaries out of his own
 pocket, now the pay roll will be met by the government.
 The cantaloupe crop will be ready
 for the market by the middle of this month. The Mesa crop is rapidly reaching maturity, and MT. Hansen's large acreage of cantaloupes at Kyrene is fast ripening It is thought that more fruit of this kind will be shipped
 from the Salt River valley this year than ever before, and on account of the scarcity of other fruits they will bring high price. Enterprise.
 Life insurance claims paid to resi- dents of Arizona in 1903 foot up $439,- 3s7. There was paid m Phoenix, on the life of Wm. Ohristy, 5,976 of
 Ernest w. Young, s29 ,979, and of sam uel Korrick li,5O4. There was paid on the life of Frederick A. Sweet, of
 BiSbee, s20,000, and on Henry Barret, of St. Johns, SlO,O0O. These five were the only payments reaching $l0,00O.
 The Elks of Yuma have purchased the lot on The east side of Main street between the city hall and the Baker building, where they are planning to erect fine temple. The building planned will be of brick, three stories, the first floor being occupied by a theater or auditorium, the second floor by offices and apartments, and the third floor by lodge room
 W. fl. Wilton, we'll known in Grant county, NM, and Graham county, Arizona, and owner of the Big Lou ranch, located twenty miles east of Clifton, committed suicide in Clifton one day last week by shooting himself in the head with 45 5.caliber revolver. RsmorSe for the dissipated life he had led drove him to self destruction. He left wife and several children. Will ton was formerly conductor on the Santa Fe railroad.
 F. M. Murphy, the railroad and mine magnate, thinks the solution of the irrigation problem for the Casa G fande valley is a submerged dam, to be con- structed on the Gila river at the Buttes, above Florence, to intercept the underground flow and bring the water to the surface. MT. Murphy has intimated purpose to lend substan- tial aid to the scheme, if Photographic engineers shall pronounce it feasible.
 Chas. J. Sanichas has about com pleted his shipments of apricots. Though the apricots raised by him on his Glendale ranch are not of the quality of other years, he has shipped during the past few weeks over 2OOO crates of them. The scarcity of this fruit makes prices high and the de- mand great. MT. Sanichas has shipped his fruit to Texas, New Mexico, Colo. rado and points in the territory Enterprise.
 George Sanders, with a force of six or eight men, jumped the vulture mine, comprising sixteen claims, near Wickenburg. The company's watch man made no armed resist iuce, but telegraphed the owners in Chicago for instruction. The assessment work for last year was done or supposed to have been done, under ths direction | of Sanders father, the late George W. Sanders aud an affidavit to that effect Is said to have been recorded by him i shortly before his death.
 The Journal.Miner says that the Prescott Elks have decided to make a ,hree-story structure out of their new building instead of only two, as con. templated at first. This change will lot only make the building very i'm. posing one, but by putting in rooms md offices as contemplated for one tory, it will make it a very much yreater revenue getter. With the ad. lition of this story the Elks' building will be one of the handsomest in the 
 There is big forest fire in the dogollon forest reserve, The nearest 'oint Of the reserve is 42 miles from Iordsburg, and 1t is probable that the Tres are from 90 to 60 miles from here. The smoke can be seen in the day time md the red glow of the fire is plainly isible at night, which indicates the Ire is very large one, and is doing n immense amount of damaoe to tbe