Arizona silver belt., 1906-07-12
What Has Happened in the Ter ritory Since Our Last
 Issue
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION
Of Clippings From Nswsy Contempor- sries-G Gossip of the Busy Week. Activity in the Southern Counties Is Pronounced

The first melons of the season from Mesa left over the southern route last Friday for the Chicago market-there being two cars. The shipments will continue for about three weeks and it is expected that about Sl25, 900 worth of melons will be marketed.
 Enginegr L. c. Hill, in charge of the Salt river project of the United States reclamation service, has been given charge also of the Laguna dam project abovo Yuma. He will make his head quarters at Phoenix. Eight of the office force at Roosevelt will be trans ferred to Phoenix.
 F. M. Murphy, president of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad, has made known the intention of his com pany to erect in Prescott provided the necessary land can be acquired at a moderate price passenger and freight depots and improved yard facilities, at a cost of $lO0,0OO for the improve ments.
 The common council of Phoenix has raised the saloon license from S200 to 5000. It has been estimated that the ordinance fixing the saloon license will increase the revenue from the source from S6, 400 to SIS, 900. A small reve- nue will also be received from the wholesale liquor dealers. The whole sale license is raised from S25 per quarter to $50 quarter, an increase of S25. It has also been hinted that the gambling license will be raised from SEQ quarter to $40 quarter for each game.
 In the case of J. N. Gaines vs. Co., chise county, for salary alleged to be due under the statute allowing an in crease when the assessed valuation of a county reaches the sum of S8,0OO,- 900, the plaintiff claimed that the law was applicable on the first day of Jan uary, while the defense held that the law applied when the capitalized valua. tion was determined, which is the third Monday in August, after the board of equalization has completed it's labors. The court held that the the treasurer was allowed the increase in salary from s2,2OO to s2,5OO from the 23d day of August.
 The board of control has prepared a schedule of the receipts and disburse. ments of the territorial prison for the year beginning July l, 1905, and end ing June 30, 1906. It shows the expenses of the prison for each month of the year and the various purposes for which the respective sums were disbursed. The Republican says: The showing is flattering one for the ter ritory and administration. It demon strates that the average net cost for the maintenance of each prisoner is a little less than forty-two and half cents day. Comparing the per capita expense with former years in Arizona, there was never time when the prison has been conducted so economi- cally. The nearest to it was during the year l903-04. when the expense was a little over A cents per capita, that being the best record up to that time.
 Following are the scores made in the drilling contests at Douglas, Ariz., on the Fourth: Double Handed-Tarr & Mckenzie AZ 3-4 inches; Page & Make, 43 3-4 inches; Bradshaw & Pickens A 15-16 inches; Ross & McIver A 15-16 inches. Single Handed Dan McGowan l9 38; Sel Tarr l9 IA; Dick Connolly 20 3-16; Bradshaw 20 17-64 King 20 l-16; John Conelly 19 5-26 Bob Lyons 10 1892 Yokey, the champion, was the last man to drill. He made 22 Is inches and was declared the winner. The rock employed is not the original Gunnison granite as sup posed, but block of native. granite obtained about ten miles northeast of Lewis springs. It is about two inches faster than Gunni. on rock and remark. ably uniform, and there is no reason why it should not be adopted as the standard rock for drilling contests all over Arizona in the future. The rec. ord Ion this rock is 46 11-32 inches, made by Chamberlain & Make in Bis. hae thraa vaare aUo