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

The boy cluD Will meet MOnudy afternoon at o'clock at the Congre gational church.
 Don't miss the Easter musical ser vice at the M. E. church tomorrow night at o'clock. Seats free.
 A. F. Leach, special agent of the in terior department, returned this morn ing from a five days trip to the south ern part of this county on business connected with his office.
 An old colored man named Erich ley, who has been engaged for several years in hauling wood to Prescott, died at the county hospital few days ago.
 Judge Sloan and Attorneys E. M. Sanford, T. G. Norris, J. F. Wilson and Sam L. Pattee have returned from holding and attending court at King man.
 w. T. Carter, a well known miner of this county, recently employed in the Crown Point mine, died in Phenix on Friday, of blood poison, aged 52 years.
 Bishop Kendrick, of the Episcopal church, is in town.
 Mrs P. s. Wharton, who has been stopping for some time with MT. and Mrs. T. l.. Harris, left on this after noon's train for a brief visit in Phe nix.
 The Wisconsin bar has amended its code of ethics so as to allow lawyers to advertise in the newspapers. Now, if the doctors will fall in line the pro cession will move out of the dark ages.
 A grand rehearsal of music for the Sunday school convention will take place at the Methodist church tomor- row Sunday afternoon at o'clock. All singers are requested to be pres ent.
 The Phenix Republican announces that the transfer of the Congress mine does not affect the management, but it will remain as before with E. B. Gage as president, F. NJ. Murphy vice president. and W. F. Staunton as SUI perintendent. It is also understood that the stockholders in the Congress company will be largely interested in the new company.
 i Dr. w. E. Day recently secured some oil sands taken from a well in California, also some of the oil rock taken from the Mineral Point oil fields in this county. He says that by pull verizing the latter and placing the samples under a powerful magnify ing glass they are identically alike and could not be told apart.
 The oil fever has struck the Salt river valley, and the Enterprise re- ports a company has been organized and incorporated for the purpose of prospecting for oil. Machinery and equipments necessary have been sent to the field or are en route, so that by Tuesday next the derrick will begin to operate. The parties who go bor ing for oil believe they will strike it at a depth of 600 feet. Something like 1900 acres have been located in cove just this side of the Tempe bridge.
 At a recent meeting of the city coun cil the clerk was instructed to notify by postal card all property owners, owning property on stl eets graded, that their assessments on same are overdue and if the same shall be paid on or before May 9th, 1901, no inter est will be charged. All sums unpaid thereafter will bear interest at per cent per annum and suit will be en- tered to foreclose lien on said prop erty for the amount of assessment and interest thereon, together with costs of suit.
 The Hon. Wm. Stiles, of Tomb stone, well known Arizona expert in the train-robbing business, was in the city Saturday. He was recognized the word passed around town, and every business man who had as much as seven dollars in cash hid the money out. The only thing that William ac- cumulated in town was an elegant jag, jag that equaled in proportions and extent any that he had ever been able to accumulate in Tombstone Lordsburg Liberal.
 At the West Prescott Methodist church tomorrow the pastor will preach at II o'clock. Subject, Our Hope in the Resurrection" The Ep worth League will have charge of the  A program of reading, recitation and
 song will be rendered. The choir ! have special music, consisting of chor- l uses and anthems, for both morning and evening service. Everybody cor | dially invited.
 !, Prescott Hotel arrivals April 5: NJ I Steifel, New York; W A Clark, Fools {; Gulch; A J Thomson, San Francisco;