Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

The Arizona Humane society held it's annual election of officers at Tucson last week and Mrs. w. $. WhitweIl was elected president.
 For the past two months the Gila Copper Sulphidc company has had 50 men at work in the Christmas mine. It is the purpose of the company to ship its ores to Sasco, in train loads only, upon the completion of the Phoenix X Eastern extension.
 After completing an enlistment of 20 years in the United States army, John H. Dopman, first sergeant of Company A. Eighteenth infantry, stationed at Fort Williams, was honorably diseharg ed last week, and will leave Prescott in few days for his former home at San Antonio, Texas.
 A 5000 loss, partially covered by insurance, resulted from a fire which broke out in the packing room of the Arizona Mine Supply company early Friday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown
 Captain E. T. Cole, for the past six years instructor in engineering at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, has arrived at Fort Whipple and will assume command of Company C of the Eighteenth infantry. He was accompanied by Mrs. Cole.
 Last Friday Mexican sheep herder was found dead with bullet wound in his head on the range three miles east of Dewey by fellow herder, who stated that the shooting must have been either accidental or done with suicidal intent.
 Mrs. $. C. Newsom of Tucson was elected president of the Arizona Fedora ton of Women s clubs for the coming year. Other officers were chosen from Bisbee, Prescott, Phoenix, Douglas and Yuma. Phoenix was chosen as the place for holding the next meeting but the time was not decided.
 At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Consolidated National Bank of Tucson the old board of direc- tors was unanimously reelected. The president, vice president, cashier and assistant cashier were also reelected.
 Dr. H. M. Curtis, w. C. Walker and D. J. Rose, prominent capitalists of Rochester, N. Y., are investigating 5000 acres of placer grounds in the Mesnick district near Prescott with a view to purchasing. If the deal is con summated they will immediately install dredge and commence operations on an extensive scale.
 It is understood that w. w. Windom, formerly chief cluerk in the Douglas railway and recently agent at Court land, will succeed F. G. Mustain as the agent at Douglas, the latter having been promoted to the position of travelling passenger and freight agent of the E. F. X $. w.
 The senior class of the Bisbee High school gave a very creditable presenta- tion of "The Postmaster at the Or pheum theater last week.
 The Superior & Pittsburg Mining com pany of Bisbee is now out of debt and will soon be on divide d paying basis, the present monthly earnings being ap- proximately $l00,00O.
 The time having expired for the re- demption of the lien judgments against the Baumann Copper company, the prop erty, which is located near Prescott now reverts to the former owner, Jules Baumann, who holds a judgment of about $ll ,OO0 against the company.
 The contract for the new sewer sys- tenn to be installed at Winslow has been let to the American Light & Water company of Kansas City, their bid be. ing $36,9l0
 c. c. Hutchinson, the well known shee praser of northern Arizona, came near being drowned about a week ago while crossing flood stream in the l Cataract country. His horse went down