Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-23


 Baptist church, which has been without pastor since last October.
 Four pans of dirt gathered promiscu- ously from the placer mining claims recently located by Ed. Shumate, Her. man Voge and their associates in Hu- ! ma county yielded coarse gold val ued at little more than $2. New sidewalks are being constructed along the various routes of travel throughout the military post at Fort Whipple and broken windows are being replaced with new ones in all the gar rson buildings.
 Plans and specifications for the pro posed pioneers home at Prescott will be submitted to the board of control of that institution February l. Judge Edward Kent has been reap nointed by President Taft as chief | justice of the supreme court of Arizona, and Judge Fletcher M, Doan as assoei- ate justice of the same court.
 Last Monday the large tailings dam of the Arizona Copper company at l Clifton broke and the full flow of wash water from the mill poured into the | Gila river. The news was telephoned to the valley and the water was shut off the canals and kept out of the farms for several days while the company employed all the available teams in Cliff tton and vicinity in repairing the break.
 Mme Frieda Langendorfl, the famous contralto singer and prima donna of lthe Royal Grand Opera houses at Der | lin and Vienna, will give concerts in several Arizona cities during the com ing week.
 The little son of O. w. Johnson of Phoenix stepped on long piece of wire | the end of which flew up and struck him in the eye, causing the loss of sight | in that eye. The accident occurred Wednesday.
 Stella Godfred, pupil of the Phoe. nix school, narrowly escaped death as she was driving from her home to school last Wednesday. Her horse took fright and ran away, throwing her over | the dashboard in such a manner that her clothing caught and held her sus. pended After running nearly half a mile the horse was stopped and she was rescued from her perilous position, | having received only a few scratches. A movement is on foot to have Pres ident Diaz proclaim a dry zone of if. ty miles along the inner Mexican bor- der, provided Cochise county goes dry at the approaching election.
 About twenty young men of Doug, las have effected preliminary orgaui. zation of the University club of Doug. las, which will be made q big boosting adjunct to the city and vicinity. A considerable boom is on at Para disc. The machinery for installation of the C. & F. property is all on the ground now, the last load having been hauled to the mine from Rodeo last week.
 T. J. Sweeney of Douglas was arrest. ed last week on charge of arson for the alleged setting fire to a switch shan, ty on the E. P. & $. w. railway.
 During the year 1909 the sum of 44,97O.5l was paid out of the eoun '; road fund of Cochise county for the i'm provement of the various public high ways.
 Sing Lau, the Chinaman who was in- jured by freight train near Marcopa few days ago, has been ordered de ported.
 George F. Blaine of Worcester, Mass, who was one of the pioneer business men of Tucson, is now visiting the city after an absence of 46 years. Charles l.. Alvarado has confessed to the burglarizing of the home of Attor- ney Frederick Bernard of Tucson and has been bound over to await the next meeting of the grand jury, his bond be- ing fixed at Sl,0OO
 According 70 the test made iaSt lueS- day at Bisbee by Capt. Dick Davis of the fire department, the new municipal water supply tanks are entirely satis. factory the pressure ran up to H5 pounds and the supply will be adequate | for all demands.
 Roy Jacobs, a carman at the Hol- brook shaft at Bisbee, fell through manway and dropped about 30 feet, but he landed on his feet and escaped with only severe shaking up.
 Two young Indian lads who secured entrance to the one of the dormitories of the Yuma Indian school and attempt ed to outrage two of the school girls about two weeks ago and then fled to Mexico we're arrested when they re. crossed the line and will be held for trial by the federal authorities. l C. c. Newman one 0f the old timers of Bisbee, died a few weeks ago at the National Soldiers home, near san ia Monica, Cal.