Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-14


! Mohave Miner He had visited his Gle
| home in Norway and then went to
| Paris and London. No reason is as
! signed fer his strange action in leav-
ing home without notifying his fam
lily.
William Partridge, an old time resi-
dent of Stanton, died in the county
/ hospital yesterday morning and was
! buried yesterday evening. Deceased
had lived in and around Stanton since
! the early sixties, occupying a cabin
most of the time which he built in
1864. He was engaged in mining and
was upwards of seventy years old
/ Journal-Miner.
The Rita, the new boat on the Colo
! Iado river, launched a few weeks ago
made her trial trip Monday and proved
! herself a complete success. She was
driven six miles up the river against a
strong current, and returned to her
m9orings within an hour. The boat
has a capacity of five tons and will ply
/ between Needles, Mellen and Bill
| Williams Ficrk.-Mohave Miner.
The springs in the mountains are
! fast drying up under the influence OF
/ the continued dry spell. says the Mo-
| have Miner. Mines that have carried
/ so much water that it was impossible
i to sink on them without machinery
! heretofore are now almost dry. If
rain and SHOWS do not fall in the
mountains this fall and winter cattle
/ in the county will suffer greatly.
c. w French will go out to Nc
Cabe tomorrow to take charge of the
store at that place, formerly run by
Carl Behn. Mrs. French will also go
/ there in few days and will have
charge of the postofice. Mr.. Norvill,
formerly with the Bashford- Burmister
company, has taken the position with
the Crowned King company formerly
occupied by Mr.. French. Journal
Miner.
John Dobson of Red Rock died yes
teTday at the hospital of lockjaw, the
result Of an operation performed to
his teeth. Deceased, who was fifty
y,5ars of age had a store at Red Rock
and ran a stage to the "Old Boot"
copper mine in the Silver Bell dis
trict. He leaves a wife and several
children. Ten days ago he made
will deVising his estate to his family.
He was a member of the Spanish
American alliance, which organization
will conduct the funeral here today
Star
The members of the Kingman band
met Thursday evening and formally
organized by the election of ]. E.
Perry, president; Lew Blakely, secre-
tary; R. Teggart, treasurer and Fred
Matthie, manager, says the Mohave
Miner o. F. Kuencer, Henry Lovin
and A. H. Smith were elected trustees.
G. S. Bailey will be band leader In
struments have been sent for ard will
be here within two weeks. The bind
will create diversions in the staid old
town of Kingman and will fill up the
'1ong felt want
''Wanted-A friend who will recog-
nize US when we are compelled to wear
patched breeches, who will take US by
the hand when we are sliding dawn
hill, instead of giving US a kick to has
ten our descent; who will lend Us a
dollar without requiring twenty dol
lars worth Of security; who will take
off his coat and fight fer US when the
odds are two to one against us; who
will talk to US behind US as he talks to
cur face. Such friend is wanted by
ten thousand times ten thousand be
ings throughout the world. -Ex
w. L. Eckerson, H ]. Gay and
George Hammond composed a party
ness, recreation and pleasure in Chi
cago and surrounding precincts, says
the Williams News. On the 14th of
the month in Chicago will occur the
marriage of Mr. EckersOn and Miss
Gray, sister of H. J. Gray, who ac-
companied the happy is-to-be groom.
Miss Gray and mother will lsava their
hcnfe in Maine and meet the groom
and friends in Chicago. After the mar
riage the party will return to Williams
where the bride and groom will make
their future home, as the groom is one
of the trusted employees of Chief En-
gineer Burns office.
The public schools got down to
business Monday, says the Journal :
Miner, opening with a total enroll
ment of 800 pupils distributed as fol-
lows: High school, Miss Hall, &c.
junior, Miss Opedyke, 26; sixth grade,
Miss Gage, Al; fifth grade, Miss Camp
bell Al; third and fourth grades, Miss
Heller, Al; second primary, Miss
Windes. 80; first primary Miss
Strange, 54; kindergarten, Miss Nc
Gill with Miss Bethune, assistant, 3d.
Many of the departments have only A
partial attendance at present and some
changes will probably be made in the
present arrangement of schools The
high school enrolment is the largest
yet in the history of the school and
there will be a number of pupils to
enter later