Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-04
ARIZONA NEWS
 AND COMMENT

Miss Alice Redewill will leave Phoe- nix in few days for Paris, France, where she will spend four years in the study of music.
 Maricopa county made a record in the marriage business during the month of June, thirtyfour couples yielding to the wiles of Dan Cupid during that month.
 The first, annual Sugar Day" at Glendale was held yesterday, and large numbers of visitors were entertained at the plant of the Southwestern Sugar | X Land company. i Farm products are selling at higher prices than ever before known in the territory and ranchers of the Salt River valley are wearing a broad and com placent smile.
 The Mesa company of the Arizona National Guard will present the mill tary drama, From Sumter to Appo- mattox," the proceeds to go to the use of the company.
 Rev, Foreman, the Texas evangelist, is holding series of revival meet ings in the Methodist Church South, at Phoenix.
 A large number of visitors were in Prescott July l at the opening of the new quarters of the Yavapai club.
 new republican weekly newspaper has been started at HoIbrook under the editorship and management of Sydney Sapp.
 Philadelphia capitalists are reported to be behind proposition to build a l25-ton smelter at Benson.
 Mrs. .Iosefa .Oquibo, a Mexican wo man said to be the oldest resident of Pima county, died in Tucson Wednes day at the age of ll0 years. She has resided in the county for over fifty years.
 Farmers of the Rillito valley have is- sued call for a mass meeting to take preliminary steps toward the organiza tion of an irrigation association.
 Accused of Kidnapping Guadalupe Muero, whom he claims to be his daugh- ter and who claims him to be her fath- less than l5 years of age, have been arrested at Ash Fork and will be taken back to San Bernardino, the scene of the alleged Kidnapping.
 The Douglas fire department dance the evening of July l was well attend ed and the proceeds will be used to de- fray the expenses of the hose team to the Bishee celebration where it will compete in the races.
 The name of the Douglas baseball team has been changed to the White Elephants.
 The Gold Star group of mines in the Copper Basin district has passed un. der bond from T. NJ. Sanders of Pres colt to Len A. Flint of Kersey, Colo, and his associates. The stipulated price is $3l l,S00.
 Reports from Seligman are to the effect that a corps of Santa Fe engin | eers are engaged in making survey | for a cutoff from Seligman, over the old government survey, via the Big Sandy route, to Parker on the Colorado the present terminus of the Arizona X Colorado.
 That the Salton sea probably will have disappeared by 1925 is the prediction made by the United States geological survey in report on the ground waters of the Idaho region. just published.
 The bureau of animal industry IS making experiments and an ipveshga- ton into the loco disease. which has been prevalent among Arizona cattle for many years past.
 Mrs. Brazeil has been awarded S0,- O75 damages IT 3 personal injury suit against the city of Bisbee.
 A. WinsIcw switchman. A. II. Perry, was instantly Killed carly edneao.sy morning of last week while switch ng q train of cinders.
 While several Neyicrrs emple.-cd a' the reclamation service near Marieo- pa were bathing in the canal, Juan Bumas. in running along the bank O. he canal, came in contact with an un- ,een barbed wire fence with his naked body and was terribly lacerated. It re- Iuired twenty-two stitches to close the