Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-14
ARIZONA NEWS
 AND COMMENT

A. C. Williams, pastor of the Colored Baptist church of Bisbee, was forcibly elected from the church Wednesday al fight between the Williams and non Williams faction.
 By Il narrow margin a wreck was averted on the Fl Paso & Southwestern near Osborn Thursday, when crosstie, one of pile on an embankment, was jared down on 8 moving train, doing considerable damage to the baggage coach.
 SN. $. Graves, pioneer of the 1864 period, has begun work on some gold claims in the Bradshaw mountains after holding the locations for more than forty five years.
 new electric hoist has been in- stalled on the property of the Arizona Central Copper company in Yavapai county.
 The California & Paradise Mining company has been organized at Bisbee with a capitalization of $500,0O0 to take over the Leadville property in the Paradise district.
 A marathon race will he one of the features of the athletic carnival to he held in Prescott this week.
 Friends of William Curran of Pres colt have become alarmed at his con. tinued absence and will organize a search for him. He left Prescott near. ly year ago. going into the hills on q prospecting tour and since that time nothing has been heard from him.
 Marceua Gilbert, young man of Pensylva. in the southern part iof Ora ham county, was terribly burned about the legs and body last Tuesday and will probably not recover. He was tar ing roof and had kettle of tar boiling over fire. The tar caught fire and in removing the burning kettle to place of safety, he slipped and fell, spilling the burning liquid oveer him. With difficulty tine flames were extin- guished and his wounds were dressed. but his chances for recovery are said to bc very meager.
 The gross production of the North Star group of mines for the six months ending June 30, 1909, is shown in the last report on the property to have been s330,037 in gold.
 Cotton experts estimate the yield on the experimental cotton fields in Yuma county to run ove a bale 10 the acre.
 Captain T.. s. smith. who owns q ranch three miles from Yuma. has dis covered spring on his place contain ing mineral properties which the cap tain thinks have great medicinal val ues.
 Bisbee barbers have adopted uni form scale of prices and schedule of hours for doing business, embracing every shop in the city.
 Fire Chief Nemeck of Douglas, who resigned last week, has been persuaded to withdraw his resignation and will continue to lead the brave fire laddies in their conquest of the flames.
 Two Douglas boys, aged about IS years, have been arrested after being caught in the act of burglarzing Il Shelter City residence.
 Fl Paso baseball team beat the Doug las aggregation on the latter's ground Saturday by the nifty score of to Q.
 A ''musc committee has been ap pointed by the Bisbee city council to look after music in saloons, many com plaints having been made of the unnec- essary noise emanating from the grog shops of that city
 While waiting at the Lowell station of the F.. F. < $. w. Friday for the train to take him to the county hospital at Tombstone, Diego Comache, a Mexi- can, expired, death being due to ab- see s of the liver.
 Julius A. Lewisohn and ]. Parke Charming last week made an inspection Rishnn and DnnplaS dist trictS.