Arizona silver belt., 1906-05-24

The city Of DOugiaS mas Deeh thoi oughly cleaned up and sewer system is now being agitated.
 Tucson's electric car line is in opera tion on the university route. Construc- tion is in progress on other branches.
 Del Lewis, ex-sheriff of Cochise coun- ty and an old timer in Globe, last week received s1O. 900 payment on min ing deal at Bisbee.
 The Colorado River dam is contracted to be completed July l, 1907. This accomplished it is estimated that not less than lOO,O 900 acres of land will be reclaimed to agriculture in the Color ado river valley.
 Frank Richardson of Solomonville is out for the democratic nomination for sheriff of Graham county. evident ly believes there is something in the old aphorism that "Tis the early bird that catches the worm."
 Dr. Wm. P. Blake, of the Univer- sity. and Dr. McDougall. of the Desert Laboratory, will leave early next week for San Diego county and other points where they expect to examine mining properties and the Salton Sea.
 Water is rapidly failing in the Gila river, although it is believed the irri- gation supply will be ample until the summer rains come to replenish the mountain streams. All canals are run ming bank full. Bulletin.
 Geo. B. Gamble is busy attending to the baling of 90-acre alfalfa crop from his fine home ranch. He has a big steam hay press at work and the hay is being baled direct from the field at the rate of 30 tons a day. Bulletin.
 Manager Walter Douglas of the Cop per Queen and his family have gone to Santa Barbara, California, where Mrs. Douglas and child are to spend the summer. Mir. Douglas expects to be absent from the city about ten days. 
 The contract for the construction of a telephone line from Florence to the office of the Lake Superior and Arizona Mining company at Superior, has been awarded to James Tharp, and he will begin work as soon as the poles. wire and other materials arrive.
 
 In the district court of Pima county last Saturday, in the criminal case against Ezra Bartlett charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from Albert Steinfeld, the jury brought in verdict of not guilty. The trial of the case by the newspapers did not end for several days thereafter.
 The Copper Era notes the visit to Clifton of the representatives of i'm portant interests who propose to build an electrical power line from the coal fields near Gallup, N. M., to Clifton, a distance of 1855 miles, and possibly to Globe and Bisbee. It is understood that the mining companies at Clifton gave the promoters of the enterprise much encouragement.
 The Arizona Copper company re- turned it's property for taxation at s2.0O2, 436. .66, the Shannon Copper com pany gave in it's property at $839, 346. 6S and the Detroit company at about $l,2O0, 900. which will swell the total valuation of property for taxation in Graham county to more than $6. 900, 900 and reduce the tax rate to near two per cent.
 Dan H. Ming, form ,r business man of Solomonville and well known in Graham county, is now located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. For several years MT. Ming has been connected with the United States military service. He was first stationed in the Philippines and later at San Francisco. He was transferred to Fort Sill the first of May.
 Some time between the hours of and o'clock Thursday morning the store of the Lowell Commercial com pany at Lowell, now owned by the Cop per Queen company, was entered by burglars and merchandise amounting to nearly $200 in value stolen. Entrance to the store was made by boring holes in the panel of one of the rear doors and section of the door removed suf- fciently large to admit the passage of the burglars.
 According to the Morenci Leader, the Arizona Copper company will make many improvements in the vicinity of the Longfellow store. Fifteen houses immediately adjoining the store grounds are being removed. The opening of the Montezuma tunnel will be bridged over and plaza formed and back from