Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-10-02
WENDEsDAY S DAILY

W ENOECOAl - DAILY
 Chief Justice Webster Street hai returned to Phenix from his visit east
 Mrs. McCarty, widow of the late John McCarty will locatein Tucson.
 Mrs. W. A. Freeze came up on this mornings train from Phenix.
 Dr. OIL. Geer ot Martinez is in town today.
 Fresh oysters received at Shumate & Raible's.
 Browns in Town" Saturday even ing.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ben NJ. Belcher re- turned this morning from a visit tc Phenix.
 N. c. Webster is in town. He has completed his contract on the grade of the HelI's Canyon cut of and is now ready for new contract.
 John F. Dale, who was recently brought up from Martinez, was yes terday adjudged insane and sept to the asylum at Phenix.
 Territorial Auditor G. W. Vickers came up from Phenix on yesterdays train and will go to Ash Fork tomor- TOW to meet his wife on her return from visit east.
 Fred Corrigan returned this morn ing from a visit to the Altar Mining company's property in Mexico. He gives a glowing account of the pres ent outlook of the property.
 F. 4. Guimond of Jerome has re- signed as secretary and director of the Altar Copper Mining company, and J. P. Taggart of Jerome has been elect ed as secretary, and Arthur Cordiner has been elected as director in his place.
 In addition to the change in spell ing from canon to canyon in Grand Canyon literature, the Santa Fe com pany has also dropped the word Colo rado and refers to- it as the Grand Canyon of Arizona. The change is perfectly justifiable too, as the can yon is in Arizona.
 Judge John J. Hawkins has re turned from his trip east including attendance at the Knights Templar Conclave at Louisville. The judge is quite enthusiastic over the recep- tion accorded the Knights by the citizens of Louisville.
 E D Gardner, an attache of Ring ling Bros circus was shot and killed in-Rhenix by constable Mcdonald. Gardner had beaten another circus employe on the head with a club and on the approach of the officers he transferred the club to his left hand and pulled a six shooter with his right hand, but was not quick enough to get action with it until Mcdonald fired.
 H. W. Laskey & Go have a new advertisement in this issue in which they tell of the new stock of fall goods which they have received. Read it and see what the firm has to say.
 Prescott hotel arrivals Sept 24: L s Pobey and wife, Prescott; J P Oar ling and wife, AIcCabe; E Hickson city; James Loy, Flagstaff; Mrs H Nj Behan and daughter, Illinois; W F VanDusen. Coronado, Cal; Pat Corral, D Coyne, M O'Donnell, Los Angeles; W s Smith, F T Richard son, Oxnard, Cal; R E Somis, City of Mexico.
 The most contemptible man in business is the one who tries to ob- tain business for himself by running down a competitor. This is some thing which no one can truthfully charge against the Jounal-Miner. While it hustles to get all the busi- ness it can and wants all it can get, it never resorts to the contemptible tac- tics of running down its contempo- raries. 1t is as well equipped to do any and all kinds of work. newspaper; book or job printing, as any paper in Prescott
 The Jou-nal-Miner's special min ing edition will be the best edition ever published in the ter ritory, and ne which it is not ex- pected will be surpassed for years. Present indications are that instead of 1000 copies as originally contem- plated it will amount to l5,000 or 20, 900, one finn alone being negotiating now for 5,000 copies. Advertisers will take note of this and act accordingly. Illustratious used will bethe best that can be secured.
 Frank Lecklider came to town yes terday afterGCn on a business trip. On hls arrivJi ieue he received a tele- phone messaca ~tating that shortly after his departure the money drawer of the Big Bug -,Ore, owned by him and J. R. Sias, had been rifed of its contents, ato4t Si00 His partner. Mir. Sias. Wa at their store at the Po- land mine, aHt the man in charge had just stepucd out to help umhitch a team which ind taea driven up to the store. Ca his return inside he discovered that some one had opened the drawer and gotten away with its contents.
 The grading of the Hells Canyon cut of is practically completed, all that remains to 5e done being a few days work dressing up the grade which will be finished this week Work has not yet commenced on the HelEs Canyon steel bridge, although twe1fv-siZ car Lads 0f material arC on the ground. The steel for th, bridge was maI lac.ured by Leav enwOrth. Kansa 4. >' sel company. Whg also have the co1'r5y.t for putting i in place. Work was to have com menced on il the first of this month but the workmen have not shown uI yet. Ii will require from thirty day. to six weeks to put it up, so that tn new road will not be ready for trafh until some time in November.
 Five masked men held up the in mates of the McGmnis saloon ant gambling hall at Pendleton. Oregon and robbed the place of fifteen hun dred dollars. They would have se cured more but for the escape of Chinamen who gave the alarm.
 J. Pierpont Morgan and one hun dred guests are en route to San Fran cisco as delegates 10 the Episcopa convention which meets there nez week.