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

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 J.R. Slack is in town today iron Groom creek.
 The fees of the county recorder office amount to $50 per day.
 Mrs. Noble Prentis left yesterda! for California.
 E. L. Hendricks, a school teacher O Oak creek, is in town.
 United States Attorney R. E. Nor rison is attending United State: court in Tucson.
 The weather clerk gave another re hinder today that winter is not vel over.
 J. H. Lee started yesterday for the Klondike country again, where he has mining interests.
 The late editions of winter are re- ported to have played havoc with the fruit.
 A Boys club will be organized next Friday evening at o'clock at the Congregational church. All boys will be welcome.
 Mir. Steifel, connected with the Con gress Consolidated Mines company, Limited, left for the South last even ing.
 St. Joseph's academy closed We'd nesday for the Easter vacation. Studies will be resumed next Tuesday the 9th inst.
 Machinery for drilling a well to prospect the alleged oil fields in Min eral Point district will be shipped in a few days.
 Prescott hotel arrivals, April 3: J. J. Fountain, Kansas City, Mo-; Nj. W. Winchester and wife, McCabe; Harry A. Reese, McCabe; A. E. Nit chell, Yaeger; J. H. Canovan, Los Angeles; Geo. G. Collins, Los Ange- les; Nestor A. Young, Los Angeles.
 There is well authenticated rumor that the Arizona & Utah railway will extend its line from Chloride to a northern connection. The road in its present state is an unprofitable invest ment and the only salvation is to make it a through line. The present hackers of the enterprise believe they will be able to carry out their plans.
 Among the prominent people who will be in Prescott next week in at tendance at the Sunday school con vention, is Prof. E. O. Excel, a cele- brated singer and composer of sacred music. Prof. Excell has a national reputation as a publisher, writer and singer, and is especially efficient in conducting the music in large relig- ious gatherings. He will have charge of the singing during the various ses- sions of the convention next week.
 E. J. F. Horne has been advised that his brother, W. J. D. Horne, formerly a lieutenant in the Ninth cavalry, has been promoted to a cap taincy. He is with his regiment in the Philippines. He was appointed a cadet at West Point from Prescott in 1883, and is very favorably remember ed by old timers here, having visited his brother several times since leaving for West Point.
 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway will spend S4,000,000 on improvements during the present year. Lines will be made better, term inal facilities at Kansas City rear ranged and new shops will be built at Topeka. Guthrie and Oklahoma City will get new passenger depots and numerous small depots will be built During the year 300 miles of telegraph wire will be strungo on Santa Fe poles. This will be principally from Albu- querque west to San Francisco and along branch lines, and besides quite a distance "a Texas.
 Mrs. Al Kautz, widow of General Kautz and owner of the Gopher Gold mine, has been in town two days or her way to Phenix and will return tC Prescott to spend the summer. Mrs Kautz is accompanied by her two daughters, Miss Frankie, who Wa. born at Fort Whipple 19 years agc this month, Miss Navarra Kautz anC Miss Harriet Hudson, of Boston Mass.
 The Santa Fe railroad company i, sinking a well at Kingman 6xS fee and at a depth of 90 feet have beer obliged to put in large pump to al low further sinking In the mean time their tank, which affords wate to B engines, is supplied from tn, well at the ice plant, the pump deliv ering 5000 gallons daily. Kingmar is underlaid with a bay of volcani ashes which holds the water like l; sponge and from which it is takel cold and pure.
 A brakeman on a railway in Indians having been discharged for disobey ing orders and causing a seriou wreck, sued the company for S7 claimed to be due as wages; where fore the company has begun an actiol against him for damages, averrin; that the accident occurred througl his carelessness. It is not probabl that the company has any expectation of collecting the cost of the wrecI from the man to whom it was attrih uted, but it may be beneficial to tn railway service to have the principl established that employees, as well a corporations, are legally responsibl for the effects of their misdeeds. Tn trial and decision of sucha case woul, be extremely interesting and instruc tive.-EX.
 At the annual meeting of the Iro Springs Outing club last night. sixty five persons were present. The aI nual election was had and the follow ing gentlemen were chosen director. T. w. PembertOn, Jerry Millay, l. \ Christy, F. II. McNeil, E. J. Bonnet B. A. Fickas and Will Robinson, a reelected. The books show that tn club has S600 on hand, but Sl 300 needed to carry out the proposed COT tracts. The company has64 shares ( stock left; if this is all sold and a members pay their dues the club wi
 have the sum of S3,J00 on han, plenty of money 10 do all that is dt
 sired. The club is in good conditio
 and fine belief prevails that the orgat
 ization will be EerN sncces.fm! ti