Arizona silver belt., 1904-01-21

down, 96 to 7l. Delegates R0dey or
 New Mexico and Wilson of Arizona
 made appeals for increased salaries of
 the territorial officials, which was op-
 posed by Hemonway, who said that
 the committee had brought in the bill
 free from increases and he hoped none
 would be made.
 Some of Clifton's local capita
 are willing to become interested in a
 trolley road to connect the various
 camps of the district. A franchise was
 granted last summer to El Paso people
 to construct a trolley line, but since
 the franchise was given, nothing has
 been done The franchise is not eX-
 elusive, and if the enterprise does not
 mdterialize very soon, another cOmpa-
 ny will be formed which will construct the line. The time has arrived for
 rapid transit, especially between Cliff lon and Morenci.
 One great thing was effected by the late meeting of the cattlemen in Phoe- nix. It was unanimously agreed by these large cattle growers that to
 make Jheir business profitable in
 Arizona they would need to buy alfalfa
 ranches iu the Salt river valley to fin- iSh the fattening Of their Tange-fed beeves. Many ranches will be bought by them in the near future. More than 10000 head of cattle are now be- ing fattened in this valley, a number never exceeded in the history of the territory. Enterprise.
 The Charleston reservoir, twenty eight miles south of Benson, UD the san Pedro river, now seems to Do an assured fact, says the Benson PrcsS Henry Evans aud two other members of the United States geological survey arrived in Benson Monday and are making preparations tO thoroughly survey the reservoir and damsite, the watershed, ditcheS, canals, etc, so that an estimate can be made on the prob able cost of the enterprise. Mir Evans will be in the valley for at least four or five monahS, and his work will be
 very thorough
 Mrs. l. E. Solomon, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Blanche, Mrs. Freudenthal, Miss Fanta, of Los An geles and Mrs. Levy, of New York, were visiting in Safford on Wednes- day. Miss Blanche lost her coat while here, and, in inquiring for it, several persons misunderstood her, and thought she was looking for colt. several went to the eStray pound looking for it, but luckily, a gentle man found it on the road and eft it at this office, and when she came here to advertise for it, she found it wait ing it's owner.-Guardian.
 On Monday last Sheriff Parks went to Phoenix, having in his charge F. A. kleynStauber, who had been pro- nounced insane by the probate court and sentenced to the asylum Saturday last. For number of years Mir. Kleyn- stauOer's acquaintanceS have been that at times he was insane. He had been before the probate court on a charge of insanity two or three time before but the charge of insanity could not be proven. For more than twenty years there has hardly been a term of the district court wherein NIT. kleynestauber was not on the docket. | either as defendant or plaintiff 
 Eleja Silyas, the little twelve-year- 1 old Mexican girl, who was captured in the act of robbing District Attorney Rdwlins' house lately, has been com. mltted to bond to appear before the | coming grand jury. That she will be sent tO Benson is almost certainty. Several families in SOlomonville have | received visits from this little incorri. 9ible, and each time they have been minus some article. The home of the little girl, when searched by the ofn- 'erS, was found filled with the spoils of her robbery. The little girl should be sent to Benson, where her complete -eiormatiOn could be worked out Bulletin.
 It is now generally believed, says .he lnternatiOnal-American, that Ora nam county will be the scene of some 'hlroad building during the present rear. The survey of the Phoenix X 1astern road from Florence up the lila river through the rich Giia valley n Graham county has been completed. Fms line will connect with the Santa 'e'S branch line which now connects silver City with Deming. This new inc will reach one of the richest agri- cultural sections of the territory, lylng 'etween Solomonyille and San Carlos 'n the Gila river. There are those N hn