Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-23

fTtst, Jduco Soipuhouu ouu i""A'J left Clifton last week for Scotland, to spend the summer.
 The Mesa cantaloupe crop will be ready for shipment from July l. Can taloupe from Yuma are already on the market.
 The Cochise county grand jury in vestigated 53 cases, returned 3l true bills, indicting 47 persons, ignored 2l charges and referred one case to the next grand jnry.
 County Assessor J. J. Birdno has assessed the banks of the county 75 per cent instead of 30 per cent. Pima county has the same schedule, while Maricopa assesses them at 100 per cent. Bulletin.
 The Phoenix X Eastern people ex- pect to have their track completed into Kelvin by the Sd of July and will run an excursion train from Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa and Florence to Kelvin on the Fourth. Blade.
 An automobile of the latest pattern has been received by the Copper Q cen smelter at Douglas. The Interna tional. American says, Ut is presumed to be for the use of the general office. The machine is propelled by cleo tricity."
 The Republican says The busi- ness of the office of the surveyor gen. eral iD mining matters is heavier than it has ever been before. Up to yester- day seventy.one mineral surveys have been ordered. or these no returns had been received from fifty-eight, leaving thirteen to be worked up."
 Fire originating in the power room of the Tucson Ice & Gold Storage com pany, last Friday evening, damaged the plant to the extent of 10000, which is covered by mutual insurance, plan adopted by ice manufacturers. The loss of trade for the season is the most serious consideration.
 Secy. E. K. Sykes at Nogales an pOunceS that all those who have made application for civil service examina- tion on July II, are notified that all applications and records were de- stroyed by fire and it will be necessary fer all to file new applications. Date of examination will be announced later.
 The Cochise county grand jury re- turned two indictments against Date Graham, one for an assault with in- tent to commit murder upon w. A. Holt, the other for an assault with in- tent to commit murder upon Baylor Walton, who was released by the ac- tion of the grand jury in ignoring the bill against him for the murder of W. A. Corson in Douglas.
 The Mohave County Miner says "The government is to construct large building at Fort Mohave for the use of the Herbert Welsh institute. The brick will be made at the fort and 300 tons of lumber and other material are to be hauled up the river fran Nee. dies. The building will be one of the handsomest of the many buildings at that place.
 A very knotty question has recently been decided in court, and that is, can a Chinaman under arrest for deporta- tion be bailed out. The court has de- clded in the affirmative. In the case under contemplation, however, while | the right is admitted and the amount | fixed, it would be about as easy to bail | out the Grlf of Mexico as to bond out the defendant, ,- Tombstone Pros. pectOr.
 The temporary bridge across the Gila below Kelvin will be completed with in ten days from now. The Phoenix X Eastern track is completed as far as the Ripsey mill and will reach the temporary bridge some time during the coming week. After the bridge can be crossed it will take only a few days to lay the track on to Kelvin Blade.
 Judge Langerman finished taking the school census in precinct No. 3 Sat urday last, aud his records show 67O children in the old Clifton precinct. There are 359 boys and 3ll girls; 3Ol attended public school, 6l private school, and sos did not attend school. There are 5S more school children in the district than last year, which is very fair showing.
 The Santa Fe Pacific at the present. tine is accommodating the greatest passenger traffic in it's history, says the Gazette, the present travel being due from east to west of those who de- sire to see the Grand Canyon of Ari-