Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-06-10

next two weeks. This would not affect the grain, which is now matured, but it would probably mean the loss of one crop of hay.
 There are many fourishing towns in the Gila valley, including Solomonville, Stafford, Hatcher, Central, Pima, Curtis and Fort Thomas, extending down the river in the order named. Stafford seems to be taking the lead in commercial i'm. portance and prominence. The citizens Of SaTord are showing a progressive spirit and are now planning sanitar- ium building, to be erected at the hot artesian flow recently struck at depth of one thousand feet by company which was boring for oil; the Odd Eel lows grand lodge recently located their home for-infirm and needy, members of that order in Safford, and the citizens will make an effort to have the county seat moved there from Solomonville.
 Graham county is sadly in need of a new courthouse and other public i'm provements, and the people of Safford are using this as an argument for chang. ing the location and providing a court. house which will be in keeping with the needs of Graham county's position as aourth in importance in the terri | tory.
 The democrats of Gila county are still feeling good over the recent Globe city election, while the republicans have got bad case of tho blues. In the city by capturing every office on the ticket. while the republicans and socialists broke about even, both being far behind tine democratic vote.
 The delegation from Gila county at the territorial convention are well pleased with the result. While Hon. Geo. w. F. Hunt was put forward for the national committecship, he was quite willing to see his friend, George Stoneman, put on the delegation to Denver, as Gila county's share of the honors of the convention. Mir. Hunt has been lined up as Gila county s favorite son in the congressional race whenever the opportune time should ar rive. Had there been number of candidates this year Mir. Hunt would have been in the race, but 1t may be said that he now considers the nomin- ation of Mark Smith as fixed and he will make no opposition.
 Mir. Hunt has served the county long and faithfully in the territorial legis- lature;, three times he has been a mem Der of the council and four years ago he was president of that body; two years ago after his nomination by the demo. crats the republicans, regarding his de feat as q hopeless undertaking, gave him their indorsement and he was elect ed without opposition. Whether he de sires to return to the council again seems to be in doubt now, but all would agree that Gila county could hardly
 find a man more capable of looking after her interests in that body than George Hunt.
 Gila county for several years has been one of the democratic strongholds Tn 1904 Gila was the banner democratic ] county in the territory in the number of votes cast for delegate to congress , and two years ago Gila county received the beautiful silk flag offered by tho democratic territorial committee to thu } county which should cast the larges percentage of its vote against join , statehood so it will be seen that Gil; ) county has won distinction, not only be : cause of the loyalty of her people to tn, , democratic party, but also because O 5 her loyalty to Arizona. c. II. K.