Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-12-20

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 Attention is called to the holiday advertisement in this issue of C. B. Linn of the Golden Eagle store. Mir, Linn has a nice line of valuable and appropriate Christmas novelties in the jewelry line and his prices will be a great inducement for you 10 call and see him.
 J. D. Randebaugh of Flagstaff, came m on todsy's freight train from the north and remained iu Prescott until the arrival of the passenger train. Mir. Raudebaugh was a mem Der of the Rough Riders and he visited the boys in Prescott during bis stay. He was en route to Phe nix where his uncle, Robert Black, is quite sick.
 The Saginaw Lumber company of Williams has recently materially inn proved and increased the equipment of its railroad running south from Williams and is fast putting 1t in first class condition. Tbe company will shortly commence extending the road to Globe, via Jerome and the Verde valley.
 A. o. U. W. lodge elected the fol- lowing officers on Saturday evening: Master workman, W Johnson; fore man, John Nj Speek; overseer, $ A Logan; recorder. John G Tinker; fnancier, Wilson s Goldsworthy...re- ceiver, Jos Gales; guide. Jay Wal lace; inside wstchman, Richard Wheeler; outside watchmau, Thos l. Shultz; trustee, J J Fisher.
 A steer tying contest took plase on Saturday as the outcome of the carnival tournament. It was be- tween Ed. Harold, the winner of the carnival tournament, and Doe Goodin, each one roping and tying i've steers. Harold was again the winner, tying his five steers in five minutes and twenty-nine and seven tenths seconds, Goodin's time being seven minutes fifteen and seven tenths seconds.
 w. NJ. Claypool returned last eve ming from three weeks trip to San Bernardino county, California. looking at some copper properties. He accompanied Joe Letter and other Chicago capitalists. They went down the Colorado river by boat from Needles for several miles and then went inland. He reports the trip as having been a very pleas ant one.
 In the play of The Musketeers in Phenix on Saturday night Paul Gil more was shot and quite painfully wounded in the leg just below the knee. Iu the last act pistols form a part of the play and by mistake loaded cartridges instead of blanks were used. Another member of the company was shot in the foot The accident will not prevent the com pany from appearing at the opera house this evening and uo dates will be cancelled.
 Did you ever spoil stamped en- yelope iR attempting 10 write an ad- dress on iii Or have you lost stamps because they Lavs got sticky and adhere to each otherl If so you should know that stamped en- velopes which are only spoiled by mistakes committed in subscribing will be redeemed by the postoffice department at their stamped value. Postage stamps damaged by stick tug together Tn warm weather or from other causes, before using, may be returned to the department and their value re- paid to the purchaser or exchanged for new stamps. All redeemed envelopes or stamps are sent by pOstmasters redeeming them to the department and records of them are kept. These regulations are not generally known at large and their publication may be beneficial.
 R. D. French returned Saturday evening from his annual visit to Los Angeles to renew his acquaint- ance with bis employers, the Los Angeles soap company and Portland cracker company. During the year MT. French sold ten straight car loads of crackers. His territory is Arizona, and the above represents a good business for one firm in the cracker liue. l. isin the soap busi- ness. however, where he shows up phenomenal sales. As every one knows the territory is democratic in politics, and democrats have the reputation, whether just or not, of being implacable enemies of soap and water. Despite this, Mir. French unloaded 'twenty-six straight car loads of soap on the people of Ari- zOna between the first day of Jan nary and the llth day of December, 1899. Just think what an immense business he could have worked up if the territory had been republican. Mir. French will take an outing of a week or so hunting, aud will then start again on his endless rounds of the territory just after New Years.