Arizona silver belt., 1904-02-18


 by freight tomorrow or uext day.
 Prescott Journal-Miner.
 John Earl, Jr., bet two COWS with
 J. ]. Baca on horse race ut St. Johns and lost, says the Herald The next
 morning $50 was agreed upon for the
 COWS, for which Earl paid with $50
 Confederate bill and before it was | found out Earl was gone. In the race
 on which the bet was made Francisco
 Bacas big sorrel beat John Earl' s
 little sorrel by one foot and $25O
 changed hands.
 J. E Thompson has been busy for
 the past week organizing local inn
 provement company. The company
 will have capital of $25, ,000. It's aim
 will be to build houses to rent. E. M.
 Williams, general manager of the
 Arizona Copper company's store, has
 taken an active interest in the com
 pany, and will no doubt act as its pres
 ident for the first year, which is suf-
 ficient guarantee of its success.-Clif- ton Copper Era.
 The United States has corps of en- gineers making typographical survey along the Colorado river which has discovered that a portion of California is located on the Arizona side of the river, which has been brought to the attent ntion of the officials of San Diego county and the governor of the state. This may again raise the question as to the location of the territorial pris- on. California may claim it.
 There was a short meeting of the territorial board of education yester- day for the purpose of allowing bills for tue education of the deaf, dumb and bind of the territory who are now in the schools of other states. There are five in the Californiaschool, Berke- ley and three in the Utah state school The pupils in the California school cost the territory $500 year, while those in the Utah school cost $250 a year. Payment is made by the quar- ter-Phoenix Republican.
 Edward Thomas, son of Night Watchman Thomas, and who served in the Spanish-American war in the Philippines, has received letter from a companion in Texas who also served with him in the same company and regiment in the Philippines, stating that company of rough riders has been organized in Texas, and all of their expenses have been paid and ad. vanced, necessary to take them to Japan, and enter the service of the army of the mikado as rough rider" regiment, and they are all ready to depart at once.-B Bisbee Review.
 A meeting of Fl Zaribah Temple of the Mystic Shrine has been set for February 222, at Phoenix. There will be as the usual feature the pilgrimage to Mecca, followed by the ancient rites of the banquet. A Chinese parade lnder the marshalship of U. $. Marshal McCord, Sill be most interesting one. The edict in respect to it, says: "No noble yfll be ex3used from partici- oating in this parade. Neither age, 'ickneSS dignity, nor the edct uf your wife versus making fool of yourself | 'nce year will excuse you." A ball | will end the most festive celebration, O which the nobleS, daughters and friends are invited.
 While prospecting last week about SSea6y-fve miles northeast of St. Johns ,. w. Davis and Alex Shreeve dis overed three veins of coal, one four nches thick, one six inches and the | 'ther four feet, and from all indica- ions there is plenty in the ground learby. A few hundred pounds were brought to town and it proved to be oking coal of an excellent quality. A orporation is going to be formed in he near future to develop this pros 'ect and it is expected that they will 'e able to market great deal of the oal here. Should the railroad, which supposed to come through that part f the country, be built, the expense f getting it to market will be great 7 lessened. St. Johns Herald.
 A Florence correspondent of the 'hoenix Republican, writing of the scent growth of the A.O.U.W. lodge that place, says Seventeen new lembers were initiated, after which trenuous performance the members { ave banquet and ball, to which uite a number of friends were in. { tied. A most delightful time was ex. I erienced, especially so when J. Me. ee and H. Gates took sides and par cipated in a shooting affair with lank cartridges). As onIy few per s