Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-17

Ms, Sharln' N. Hall, oi Orchard Ranch, Lyuz Greek, won the first
 prjRA m the Midland McnthlyS $ re-
 ent compet ,ivn. Mss Halt seems especially fortunate in the matter oi ! literary prize. having won nearly A dozen ln the a~st 'aTee wears Her work, both ll 70 '>e ana verse. lS becoming tay -7 Y known to many eastern maE yire>.
 \ personal friend of General Alger. to b, secre ary of war, who resides iu this citv. says that western
 military po~tS VII. fare well under h,S admiuiS-TS'.u, and he relieves
 thA, WhiPpi- 8 be rebU .t and
 garTisoled bN -Iment. General
 Alger is A G. \. E. man and above all other thing ,> person of dis- tinciiy west "a pr uclpleS.
 At recen, ses ion of the board ot supervisors ot Yuma county, the clerk of the board was directed to notify ex-Treasurer F. =. lugal.s to make good the deficiency of Si.- 9O4 45 within sixty days, and, failing to dc So, the district attorney was instructed to immediately bring suit against his bondsmen for the recovery of the money due.
 The political slate so far in Pres colt shows up thusly: For governor, two on the quiet; for secretary. one sure. and three delicately so; receiver and register oi the land office, 47; postmaster, lSS separate petitions; minister to Nogales, .; surveyor gen ersl. ,; |. .. attorney, one modest lawyer; judge of the district court, one All ether gifts Tn and ou; of the territory. the rest of the repub- liean population.
 Several parties have informed pc tition frnds that they could not couscientiouSly sign their docu- mentS for the reason that they were out for q job also. This bsing the case We do not see the necessity for circulating paper of this nature, for if the rule holds good in one in stance 1t must be obeyed in the other and cons gquently there should be DO petitions or signers aS every person one meets nowadays wants office with the exception of the writer, and he's too modest to say so just at present.
 Our fire department delegates are endesvoring lo elect chief Ter the ensuing wear. and the ofteuer they meet, the tighter Is the deadlock. So far they have taken fourteen bal lots, the last one resulting Ss follows: Aitken, i; Mu,venon, ,; Fredericks, . Chief Akers still holds the belt, but says he hopes 10 be able soon to step down. We would suggest that proper way to settle the rivalry would be Tor each company to run . regulation hO>a race, or else have a cake walk. the victorious team or person in either event 10 select chief.
 Yesteriavs north bound train on the :. F. r. & r is said to have had q GelicioISly $ yest time in coming up the grade, aud like Patsy Bol- ] AAhtA FNNa NL.--F AA Nal NN n NAAA NNNAAA go back a few feet further The : trouble was iL7t the big engines !. would straign;en out the curves, and throw the same on a tangent l down the hill. A JiS force of labor ! CTS was sent out and the track brsced l up again. Ira ns are running pretty l well again however.
 When the poor dry rancher and !. the washed out farmer ot NavSpai, ! have to put on their Sunday clothes ] and jig to the tune of the circuit | court baujo, they won't do thing | at the polls next election. They ] are kicking as It Is, and the beauty l and truth of the matter Is, they sre ] iustifable in i,. There is nothing m being q juryman in such a hilar- ! ious center as Prescott, and If 1t Is 1. rubbed ID by another dose, there !. will be au insurIection on the l Cuban plan.