Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-04-10
MONDAYS DAILY

N. c. Webster, is up from the south. He is figuring on some work in this section.
 F. A. Davis, of Prescott, has been elected a member of the Los Angeles stock exchange.
 Don't forget the Easter hop and complimentary egg feast at Dougherty hall tonight.
 Admittance to Gales X Friels' Eas- ter hop tonight, 75c for gentlemen. Ladies free.
 The fire delegates are requested to meet at Headquarters hall this (Mon- day) evening at o'clock. By order of Jos. Herman. chiefI
 Los Angeles papers, speaking of the new master mechanic of the Salt Lake railroad, call him MT. Anderson.
 The sale of property on which taxes are delinquent. commenced today.
 Col. J. w. Deane, of the Yavapai Copper company, returned last night from a protracted business visit east.
 Col. DeRussey and his regiment, the 11th infantry, did not sail for Manila last week as scheduled, owing to small pox being discovered among the troops.
 Ellis Hall and his son, Ollie Hall, are recent arrivals here from Pennsyl- vania. They come directly from the oil fields, both being interested in the oil industry there.
 Died, in Chicago, on Easter day, F. A. Eugene Briot, father of Mrs. Geo. Wooster, of this city and Henry V. Briot of McCabe, in the seventy eighth year of his age, after few days illness.
 Virgil Earp, Benjamin Robinson, Vim. and Albert Rudy, Fred Gaines, ! Jack Arnold and Geo. T. Milner, of Kirkland valley, are in town attend ing the hearing in the land office of the contest case against Albert Rudy's homestead entry.
 Some people are laboring under the impression that the recent repeal of the poll tax law does away with all poll taxes. This is a mistake. The poll tax law remains in force and eff feet, just as before, except that the payment of it is not made a condition of voting. Collection of poll taxes is still made compulsory on the part of the corporations from their employees.
 Emil Hayne has returned from a trip to the Verde valley country, loca- ting oil land. While prospecting there he discovered a spring on which oil was found. He took a spoon and skinned a lot of oil from the spring, bringing it to Prescott with him in a bottle. He made several locations while out.
 Owing to the death of her father at his home in Chicago, on Easter day, Mrs. George Wooster feels unable to have the Ladies' Guild of the Episco- pal church meet at her residence on ! Wednesday afternoon, as previously announced, and the meeting will be held instead at the residence of Mrs Sander, opposite the Hicks house, on that day.
 The Jewish observance of the Feast of the Passover commenced last week and continues for week. During this period members of that faith eai unleavened bread, also called matzos The Journal-Miner has been favored with sample of this bread by Nathan Levy. who for years past has never failed to remember the paper on the annual recurrence of this feast. The matzos as made in these modern days is very palatable, although it consists only of flour and water. MIG Hast, the we'll known busi ness man of Crowned King, is in town accompanied by his estimable wife Mir. Hast is one of the men who has an abiding faith in the merits of the . Bradshaw mountains as minera producer and has stayed steadfastly with that section, while others les: ness has slacken up little. Mir Hast will be town a few days wher he will return to his place near Crown ed King.
 A contest has been in progress to day in the United States land ofic, involving the homestead entry of Al bert Rudy, of Kirkland valley. Tn, , allegations set up in the affidavit O contest are that the land is occupied for the purpose of trade and bushes and is not being used as q bona fid