The Arizona champion., 1884-01-12
Fiavored Flagstaff Fiutterings Fricassed
 For Family Fare.

lnOmaS VIII make ms headquarters Tn Flagstaff.
 Large quantities of ice is being put up Tn the vicinity of town,
 Mir Harry Lyons, an honest grang- CT from Pleasant Valley, IS spending few days in town.
 Sam Houston has returned to Tonto Basin. We expect him back in Flag staff before many months.
 Wild game is scarce, antelope and blacktall have gone down the slopes and will not return before spring.
 Mrs. Marshall's school opened on Monday last Mrs. NJ. IS popular with both parents and scholars. The present is her fourth term in this district.
 Daggs Bro's& Co.,, wholesale butch CTS, are open for business. John Clark Is associated with the firm, and with his associates IS we'll known throughout Northern Arizona.
 There was social party on the occasion ot the opening of the Daggs building. We understand 1t was well attended by the elite of the lumber town, and was a pleasant affair.
 Our mistake in the dimensions ofthe Aver building now being erected was too great to be passed without correc. tion. The building is 4oXIoo feet, instead of 4ox6o as reported last week.
 We learn from trustworthy source that the vice president of the M. B. R. R. will be in Flagstaff within a few days. 1t IS confidently expected by many of our citizen that the work ol construction will begin in few days.
 The sidewalk is now completed from new town to the Aver mill. Jun Black was the successful contractor. By the way, Jim says it is an exagera- tion to say he has 2I brothers; there Is but I9 of them, all told.
 It is reported that cur brilliant young townsman, Gus. B, May, is about to enter the ministry. We wish him success in his new field of labor. It Is about the only business or pro- iesSion young man in Arizona ca. engage In without paying a license.
 That ungrateful young man who Is painting Earth x Wilson's sign, slip ped on the top of his two story lad. der. It would have made good item, but regardless of our interests, he caught on" and AeM OF with that tenacity with which the grim monster clings 10 defunct man and brother
 It is reported that wealthy Eng fish company has secured the spring and stock range of John W. Young, seven miles north of here. This IS one of the very best ranges in the country, upon which Is located Fort Maroni. The fort, with its houses and surroundings, makes 1t, perhaps, one of the most desirable ranches in the west.
 It is probable some society of a so- cial nature, will be formed by the young men of Flagstaff. Perhaps no frontier town can boast of so many enjoyble dances, but 1t cannot be ex- pected that the young, ambitious gen tlemen will be satisfied Tn stripping the light fantastic toe," once a fort night. We listened to an earnest dis cusslOn of the matter by a party of young men, but confess We cannot yet determine whether 1t will be branch of the Young Mems Christian Asso- citation, literary society or lodge of the Ancient Order of Caliathump- ians.
 The Aver Mills at this place manu. faCtures one hundred feet of lumber daily. The principal part of the work Is square timbers and railroad cross ties. In the process of squaring the great logs to the proper dimensions there IS necessarily manufactured a great deal of lumber of smaller dl- mansions. TIIS class of lumber is not merchantable until seasoned and Is carefully piled in the yard adjacent 10 the mill. The remnant now on the company's yards amounts to six or seven million feet, and we learn 1t Is the purpose of the Aver company to increase It to sixteen million. In the l event the M B. K. Is not constructed | into town, II Is the purpose of the company to construct rail or tram way several miles Southward in the sprlng
 There has not been horse race in town since the departure of Lucy, but Ihe interest Tn the race between the | dog and the tin can IS unabated. The race generally comes off under the di- rectlon and management of the "tlag staff gang" who arrange the prelm- naries and furnish the un can. The Jog IS usually furnished by some ol )ur townspeople or some visitor from