Arizona silver belt., 1904-01-14

COchiSe county contributed SoO, O,oio, 70 to the territory, as its share of the taxes for 1903.
 The annual conyocatiOn of the Epis- copal church in Arizona will take place in Tucson in April.
 Prescott was visited by the first Snowstorm of the season last Thursday, amounting to three inches.
 The Southwestern Commercial com pany, of Los Angeles, capitalized at $5,O00, ,0O0, has decided to m we its gen. eral offices to Nogales.
 The thermometer registered IS de. grees above zero at Phoenix on the 4th inst, lower temperature than has been recorded in the Salt river valley for several years.
 Tucson sent another boy to the re- form school last week-Carlos Borquez twelve years of age. The complaint was made by the boys mother and he was sentenced for term of four years.
 A Chicago telegram says that Frank and John Jager, of the Model Mining company of Yavapai county, Arizona, have been arrested, charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. They were released on sS,5Oo bonds.
 The financial statement of Graham county for the year 1903 shows total receipts for the year of s793, ,5S9.u and balance on hand at the beginning of the year of $4l, ,7s9 40. Expenditures in 1903 were $l43, 3,595.57; balance on hand January l, 1904, s9l, 722.94.
 The Bulletin states that there is no truth in the report that Fort Grant is to be re-establiShed. The only order received lately at Fort Grant was one to ship 100 army hunks away from there, which certainly does not look like the fort was to be re-established.
 The class in mining at the university of Arizona are planning trip to Ca nanea, Bisbee and Douglas. The man. ager of the industries at each point named has extended an invitation to the class through Professors Guild and Smith. Both professors will accom-. pany the class to the big industrial centers.
 It has never been known before in the history of Bisbee, so the Rev. Har- vey NJ. Shields says, for typhoid fever Jo hold on as it has done this winter, without cessation and to be so general. The Copper Queen hospital has eight cases, and the Calumet & Arizona hos pital two cases, while there are many cases in the city generally Review.
 The Bisbee council levied new license on B retail liquor dealers an aggregate of $l $50 per quarter; seven. teen gambling games at $l,530 per quarter; nine bawdy houses, $27O per quarter; six insurance companies, 80 per quarter, in this case a reduction from s60. The license collections for the quarter ending December 3l, were $3,903.3l.
 J. c. Goodwin haR just returned from trip to the Superior mine. He notes that tho miners there are almost in state of mutiny. The supply of true medicine" for the camp has run dry, and there is no spring in the mountains to which they may journey. They are awaiting the arrival of H. II. McGrew with tw) barrels of this nec- essary stuff very impatiently Enter prise.
 Douglas seems to be experiencing considerable difficulty in disposing of the $20,000 in school bonds. On De- cember 3l, 1903, when the bids were to be opened, there was found tn be only one, from a Chicago financial house, which was rejected because of its ille- gality. There have been two elections for bonds, the first election having been declared illegal on technicality. Now, the only bid so far received is illegal, and bids must be again adver- tised for.
 The report continues to circulate that the Swift Packing company will, within short time, erect big pack ing house somewhere in this vicinity. The exact location has not been deter mined, but it is known that it will be either in or near Douglas or at Fl Paso. The CabillOna ranch is partly owned by the Swift people, and it is not un- likely that they would choose Doug las as the site for the plant.-Interna. tional. American.
 Tom Shultz Is preparing a special edition of the resources of Yavapai county for distribution at the worlds fair. This edition, which is to te 10000 copies, will be placed in the Arizona building for free distribution