Arizona silver belt., 1904-06-30

when it is red.'
 R. II. Wells, the architect in charge of the construction of the new hotel at Grand Canyon, spent the first of the week in the city with his family, says the Williams News. He reports work progressing rapidly, stating that most of the building Is roofed over. It will be completed abou the hrst of October.
 In the civil suit brought by the re- ceiver of the defunct International bank, of Nogales, against it's eX-yice president, R. Allyn Lewis, to recover an overdraft, judgment was rendered the plaintiff in the sum of $I600, in terest and costs. The amount sued for was $lG,0cO,
 R l.. long, once pr1b,te judge of Gila couuSy and later territorial su- perintepdent of public instruction, lefC Phoenix last week for New York. From there he will take a steamer for Europe and spend few months in touring the continent. He says he will go to St, Petersburg if he never gets anywhere else.
 The old Copper Queen smelters was the scene of a large gathering of Bis beeites last night who wished to see the closing of the time honored works and secure souvenirs of the old place Much of the last copper that came from the smelters was made into fine specimens that were eagerly gobbled up by the many who visited the smelt' CTS during the last hours of activity of the furnaces. Bisbee Miner.
 In the district court of Santa Cruz county, last week, the Sonora Milling X Mining company secured a judg ment against John Dessart, ex-presi. dent of the defunct International bank, of NogaleS, in the sum of $l5, ,0O0 The amount prayed for by the prose cution was s50,0OO The mining com. pany was represented by United States Attorney Nave and Con O'Keefe, former president and gen. eral manager Of the sonora Milling X Mining company.
 The Enterprises Tempe correspond ent says ''It was generally supposed month ago that 2,500,0O0 pounds would be the limit of the grain pro. duet this year. A J. Peters X Co. are now arranging to receive a total of 3,500, 900 pounds, which is, roughly, 1000 900 more than was antici pated. The Peters warehouse is rapidly fill. ing up. While the grain crop this year will fall short of las year and of other more favored seasons, the crop is still pretty good one"
 James McGee, who is erecting d store building at Kelvin for the Florence Commercial company, has about com. pleted the work aud the building will be ready for occupancy during the coming week. The main building is 22xi0 with small annex in the rear, under which is large cellar. The building will be stocked with a com. plete line of general merchandise. E. O. Devine will take charge of this branch of the complnys business. Blade.
 :. w. Higley, rOadmaSter of the Phoenix & Eastern, was here Monday, says tine Florence Blade, and made the tinal payment on the L. F.. Graham and Chas, Goodin ranches, situated on the north side of the river, about four miles above Florence. These ranches form one body of as fertile land as the earth affords. They con. tain between 300 and 500 acres, 90 per cent of which is irrigable. Mir. Higley will place three families on the land and install large pumping plants with sufficient capacity to irrigate ths en tire tract.
 The Holbrook Argus states thst Claude Delbridge who arrived there from Pleasant Valley, had peti. tion drawn up, praying that settlers, who had built homes on the Black Mesa Forest Reserve sine 1898, and before the boundry lines of said re. serve had been surveyed be allowed to remain on the reserve, or that the government pay them for their i'm. provements. He was successful in getting over one hundred signers there, and intends circulating the pe. tition throughout Navajo, Apache. 1 Gila and Coconino counties before forwarding it t) the Secretary of the Interior.
 The Tombstone Prospector says: "A prisoner named Bert Judie was brought over from Naco yesterday under sentence of 300 days or $3OO on the charge of stealing a sixshooter md A shit of clOthac fron, ;c.o.o.,,