Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1906-05-10
What Has Happened in the Ter
ritory Since Our Last
Issue
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION
Of Clippings From Newsy Contempor-
aries Gossip Of the Busy Week
Activity in the Southern Counties is
Pronounced Douglas City Notes.

to begin August next.
The rumored failure of Layton, ALI
red & Co.. of Thatcher, is denied in the
last issue of the Guardian.
The death is announced of Nicholas
White, who has been respected citi-
zen of Pinal county since 1884.
The republican victory in the Phoenix
city election is claimed by some per-
sons to have been an anti gambling
victory.
Track laying has been resumed on
the Tucson and Twin Buttes railroad,
which it is expected will be completed
by July A.
The Bisbee Elks have let the con-
tract for the construction of building
to cost $4,000. The Elks home will
be three-story structure.
The threatened invasion of Tucson
by five cent beer has not materialized,
much to the joy of the saloonkeepers
and chagrin of the beer drinkers.
According to the Winslow Mail 200, 900
pounds of heavy wool was sold there a
few days ago for l6s cents pound. to
the Dodge Manufacturing company.
City Assessor Patton of Bisbee esti-
mates the tax roll Of that city will this
year be in the neighborhood of 81, ,OOO,-
600. Last year it was 81, ,2lS,0
Superior mining camp, Pinal county,
has had steady stream of mining ex-
perts for the past two weeks and
announcement is expected of several
deals for mining property.
The library building at Bisbee is to
be taken down and new structure will
take its place at cost of about $40, 900.
The library is landmark. They re-
move such in Bisbee after the above
fashion.
The Florence Experimental teaching
plant, situated on the Gila river, proved
a failure and was sold at sheriff. sale
on a judgment obtained by the Florence
Commercial company for $4,000, the
company bidding in the property.
A fire in the Guardian office at SAT-
ford, believed to have been of incendiary
origin, was discovered and extinguished
after valuable personal effects, letters
and papers had been destroyed.
The Harqua Hala mine, at Harris
burg, Yuma county, was sold on May
1st to Michigan parties by J. B. and
DR.. Ancil Martin of Phoenix. The
price realized was in the neighborhood
of S250,00
For the three months ending March
3lst the receipts of the Douglas postof-
flee were s43S3.S9, against $3675.65 for
the same quarter in 1905. The receipts
for the last month were $l704.25 against
$l355. Is for April, 1905.
Alex. Veitch, manager of hesArizona
Copper company at Clifton for the past
four years, has resigned and will leave
with his family for Scotland. Presi-
dent James Colquhoun will personally
take charge of the affairs of the COM
pany until a successor to Mr.. Veitch
has been appointed.
The railroad well at Stafford is now
down about 600 feet. The drillers
have experienced 10 end of trouble in
their work. They have installed new
rotary machine, with which thty hope
to continue the work without further
serious difficulty. Bulletin.
The Vidette states that party of
government officials is visiting Nogales.
They are Col. Burton Park er of Wash
ington, d. c., supervising special
agent of the Treasury department; j.
C. Cummings of Galveston, Texas,
special agent, who is accompanied by
his wife, and |. J. Ayers of Ell Paso,
Texas, special deputy. From here
the party will go to the Pacific coast
to check up the various ports, includ-
ing San Francisco.
Mayor Hull, of jerome, informed the
Courier that the United Verde company
is now taking 100 tons of ore day
from what was known as the fire zone
in that property. The outlook in Jerome
and vicinity was never better. Seven
different companies are in operation,
and a half million dollars, outside of
United Verde Copper company opera
tions, will be expended in mining around
Jerome this year.
Several architects and builders in Bis
bee have called attention to the
fact that this city is now staring in the
face brick famine, one which is great
ly retarding the construction OF new |