Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-07-25

visited by very heavy wind storm. | followed by light rain. While it no more than laid the dust. it shows that We are not out of the 'rainless belt" The Palace barber shop will be open I for business next week with lady barbers, by the way They have prom ised Jimmy Dunne ticket so that he can ride out of town. Judging from | the number of experts. drummers, min | CTS. cowboys. etc. that are always l coming and going, both establishments will be kept busy.
 Thursday, Dan McNeil. the hustlng merchant. unloaded a car of barley. l consigned to Jacobs, McNeil & Co. Wiekenburg now uses about three car loads of rolled barley a month to one car in two months this time last year. When the mines around Wickenburg are opened up Wickenburg will he Phoenix best customer.
 An effort is being made to obtain charter for the A. O. L. w. lodge in this place. The matter is in the hands of Brother James Dunne. well known here and in Phoenix. MT. Dunne is a very enthusiastic lodge worker and the A. O. L. w is his pet" order He is justly proud of being member. It Is quite likely to go through, as there is good material enough to be had, and
 Jimmy is the boy to get them in line.
 Mir. Cal Ogburn of the Acme Smeit- ing and Refining company of Phoenix, spent Wednesday and Thursday in town. He was here for the purpose of selecting site for their smelter that will shortly be erected here. By look ing over the ground most suitable both above and below town, he found three different sites that will answer the pur- pose. The final decision will be made as soon as they can have a survey made. and the one most suitable for building the spur from the railroad so as to get the greatest amount of grade possible will be what the decision is based on. Below town will be the best for property owners and for the health of the place, while the first cost of in stallng the plant will be more. the sites above town will be easier to get to with the railroad. but the best land lies in this section and is bound to be- come very valuable. while the land be- low town. where the smelter will be erected should that site be decided up- on, is not worth much for anything else and they will have it all to themselves and will be on the river and railroad as we'll Mir Ogburn says that they are now awaiting the return of some of the directors from the east to begin active operations
 From present indications the first shelter put in Wickenburg. with good, honest management. will reap a har- vest. It is an opening that cannot remain open long. The reason Wick anburg is the most natural and best shelter site is that we have. first of all the ore. next, cheap transportation. plenty of water and, further. it is
 1Own-hill pull from most all of the mines within twenty miles.
 Friday evening the Chinese cook at the Cowen hotel broke out and began to yield the customary siXteen-incn bread knife. After running around the building and through open doors sev- 9ral times. MT Cowell succeeded in
 .atching the Chinaman and was able to make use of his ever ready 'hstic battery" the result being that the Chinaman took to the brush and was not seen again until he took the mid night train for Phoenix. It has been suggested that company of Hassay- ampers be organized to go to China and that Harry's ability to handle the yellow boys be recognized by his be- ing put in as corporal
 The rain that fell here Thursday and Friday has done an unestimable amount of good. It will be source of supply to springs in the mountains
 
 | spondent's long residence in the terri tory enables him to predict good l rainy season. as it is always the ease when the season starts with good steady rains instead of the bluff and | bluster noticeable some seasons. A | good season will put an army of men in the mountains prospecting, which, i If itself. will he very beneficial. as Ari- | zona practically has not yet been | spected.-Republican