Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-26

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 Marine Ortega was arrested Sunday af
 ternoon at Prescott and lodged in jail
 He was caught in the revolting act and
 the outraged daughter later fully col.
 roborated the story of the witness Since being placed in jail, Ortega stead- fastly refuses to speak word to any ! one.
 Callantano Lopez, found guilty in the Prescott district court of dynamiting the restaurant of Charley Honk in Jerome, was sentenced to serve ten years in the territorial penitentiary. John Fanato was found dead in his room in the Scopel house in Prescott Monday night. The verdict of the cor. oner $ juIy,was that death came by natural causes.
 Reports from Prescott are that the United Gold & Silver Mining company, operating in the Hassayampa district, will in the near future put on a force of forty men in the development of their properties.
 The Arizona Central Copper company announces that it is its purpose to at once begin the development of the Shylock property in the Yavapai coun- ty district.
 Tom Schulz and John Roberts, former residents of Prescott, have been ap. pointed on the appraising board which will determine the value of the town lots of Parker, which are to be thrown open to the public this fall.
 "Handsome Ed Wall, formerly of the Clifton baseball team, has trans ferred his scene of operations to Bisbee and will be member of the team being organized in the latter city.
 Douglas is nothing if not metropoli- tan and up-to-date. The latest proof of this fact is a recent holdup on the Shelter City's street car line. A lone highwayman at the point of gun stopped one of the cars and relieved the conductor of his gold watch and Sl5 in money, after which he effectu. ally made his escape.
 Mother NJ. Agnes and Sister Eliza. beth of Goldfield have arrived in Doug. las and announce the opening of the new Sisters hospital there on July l5.
 A family of five Mexicans, the mother of whom was found to be in the last stages of tuberculosis, were caught by immigration officers iu the act of smuggling themselves across the line and are being held in the detention camp at Douglas pending deportation
 The big railroad shops of the South ern Pacific, which are being built at Empalme at cost of $1,500,000, are nearing completion.
 The tale of a new road to be con. structed between Cananea and Douglas is going the rounds of the territor:,l press. Responsibility for the new rail road is fastened upon the Cananea Con solidated Copper company, and devel opments will be watched with inter est.
 Thn Sonthar. Ea 4 develop artesian water in the Sulphur Springs valley, and has sent deep-well boring outfit to Kelton, where opera. tions on test we'll will be begun al once.
 Douglas chamber of commerce is planning to send big excursion to Courtland in the near future for the purpose of cementing the business re. iations of the Shelter City with the new camp. s~
 The present term of the district court in Cochise county has already sent twenty-five convicts to the territorial for varying terms, seven teen of whom plead guilty.
 Cattle ranges in the southern part of the territory are reported to be sui fering with drouth, and unless rain oc CUTS soon, great loss will be sustained | by cattlemen.
 For the purpose of raising funds for he improvement of their schoolhouse, residents of Jerome will have tag day 'n the Fourth of July.
 Maricopa county sold $30,000 road i ponds to the Valley bank Monday for , premium of $500.
 The first carload of watermelons for he season was shipped out of the Salt liver valley Wednesday to Tucson.
 As the result of an agreement enter. d into recently between the Arizona Overland TeleDbone compapy and the