Arizona silver belt., 1905-06-15
What Has Happened in the Ter
ritory Since Our Last
Issue
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION
OF Clippings From Newsy Contempora-
ries Gossip of the Busy Week Ao-
tivity in the Southern Counties Is
Pronounced Douglas City Notes.

The FL Paso grafters are in a fair
way to drive the Phelps Dodge rail
road shops to some other point by de
handing eXhorbitant prices for suit
able sites. General Manager Simmons
has firmly expressed himself in the
matter and notified the grabbers that
the Southwestern can find other loca.
tons which will answer the purpose
and says the Phelps Dodge people de
cline to beheld up.
The quarantine on Arizona cattle has
been raised, after being year in force.
No scabby cattle have been found for
many months and the special quaran-
tine officer, DIR. Kampschmidt, pro-
nounces Arizona herds to be in splendid
condition.
The Phelps-Dodge company is now
constructing 100 new coke ovens at the
Dawson mines, recently acquired. 1t
is said that the corporation has an OPP
ton on the Rock Island right-of-wiy
from Tucumcari to Santa Rosa, wlich
it will close in a short time.
Winslow is determined that the stray
dog must go. Notice has been given
that all dogs must be chained up or
confined, and any dog found loose on
the streets will be shot on sight by the
city marshal, whether the dogs tax
has been paid or not.
The Phoenix & Eastern and the Ari-
iona Eastern have about l75 men at
work on the grade and laying steel
about four miles above Kelvin. The
Arizona Eastern is shipping in steel via
the Phoenix & Eastern. The track be-
ing laid is of 80 pounds. Blade.
Robert G. Ingersoll was arrested for
embezzling funds from the Douglas
Dispatch and was in Jail for several
months. The grand jury found no bill
and he was released He has now
caused an indictment to be made against
Editor Buck, of the Naco Budget for
saying unkind things of him in that
paper
Judge N. G.. Layton, territorial SUI
perintendent of public instruction, has
received word from the board of educa-
ton of California that life diplomas is
sued by the board of education of this
territory would be accepted in that
state without qestion. Arizona life di-
pLomas are already recognized in Ore
gOn and Colorado An effort is being
made to have the recognition extended
through all the northwest.
The complete assessment roll for the
year 1905, of taxable properties in the
territory will exceed $4,000, 900
While the board of equalization did not
increase the railroad assessments to
any great extent, the Pullman com
panys valuation was increased S25, 900
and the outside lines; Armour, the
brewing companies, etc, were listed
for the first time. The railroads pied
the losses by washouts this year as an
argument against the proposed raise.
The Colorado river at Needles last
week is said to have reached the high
est in twenty years. Spears Lake,
about one mile east of the river, now
forms a swift running part of the
the stream and boats have to make
landing on its high banks two miles east
Of the Needles. From this point sup
plies for the west side of the San Fran
cisco district are taken by train to Wv
Ian three time week. Only the
lighter supplies and mail are looked
after, the heavier freight going out
from Kingman. 1t was the opinion of
men Of long experience on the river
that the heaviest stage Of water is yet
to come.