Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-23


 Charles Stone, Bisbee wrestler, who did a stunt or two at the Phoeni fair, tells the people of his home town that he was robbed of the decisions.
 For some reason known only to the Washington officials, Secretary Balln- ger has issued an order indefinitely post. poning the sale of lots in the Parker townsite.
 The Douglas chamber of commerce and mines will give smoker to public next Monday evening.
 The Douglas Poulty Fanciers associ tion will give a poultry show in the Shelter City January 13, IA and l5.
 Talk of a Southwestern winter base ball league is again being ngitated and the fans believe league to take in the towns of Douglas, Fl Paso, Cananea, Morenci, Bisbee and Tucson will be organized in the near future.
 Douglas pedestrians are kicking on wooden sidewalks, claiming they are dangerous, and asking for an ordinance providing for cement sidewalks only.
 An attempt to break out of the branch county jail at Bisbee one night last week was frustrated just in the nick of time by the vigilance of the officers. A hole had been made in the brick wall of the jail large enough for the passage of a mans body, and the prisoners were preparing to leave thei, cage when the officers discovered their scheme.
 Companies A, B, c and D, comprising the first battalion of. the Eighteenth infantry have arrived at Fort Whipple from the Philippines and will be sta. tioned there.
 The University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico football teams will meet on the gridiron at Tue son on Thanksgiving day.
 A Douglas shoplifter arrested for stealing razor out of store in that city was given sixty days in jail and fined $500.
 A ledge six feet wide and running 60 per cent copper and $6 in gold is the report from the Old Hat district in the Santa Catalina mountains, on property owned by William Reed of Prescott.
 The jury in the ease of John A. Black, charging him with a shortage of $30,. 900 in the Tucson Building & Loan as. sociation, of which he was formerly sec retary, returned.a verdict of not guilty.
 Samples from the coal fields recent. ly filed on in southern Navajo county are said to be even better than the craze eastern coal, which is much bet ter than the promters hoped for.
 The old board of directors and officers of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad were reelected at their annual meeting held in Prescott last week.
 The California & Paradise Mining company, composed entirely of Bisbee men, has been organized to take over the old Leadville property in the Par adise district, and will develop the on a large scale.
 Tucson Knights of Columbus held their annual memorial services Sunday.
 Frank J. O 'Brien, the busted Tucson broker, is on trial in Tucson this week on a charge of embezzlement in the sum of $2,000.
 Fifty carloads of material have ar rived for the Twin Buttes railroad ex. tension in Pima county.
 A reception was rendered to Rev. Father Gerard of the Tucson Catholic church Thursday evening on the ocea- sion of his leaving that parish to take np new charge in Silver City, x.
 A. Gordon Barmore of San Francisco and Frank Harris Blighton of the same city have assumed charge of the Bis bee Evening Miner, MT. Barmore as business manager and Mr. Blghton as editor.
 Estimates running from $250,000 to S500,0OO have been made for a new water supply for Bisbee, to be taken from wells in the vicinity of Osborne, q few miles south of the city.
 A report from Tempe states that 300 men and 300 head of stock passed through that city Saturday to immedi. ately take up work on the last link of the Southern Pacific B new overland line from Winkleman to San Carlos.
 Clarence Stacy has resigned as cap tain of Company-B B, N. G. A., of Phoe- nix, and a successor will be elected in the near future.
 Phoenix liquor dealers have raised the price of champagne from $2.50 to S3 per pint on account of the. recent ]