Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-12

In life assurance, as in any other
 business, profit is the ultimate test Of
 economical and successful manage
 ment. The Surplus Earned, or
 Profits for Policy holders" of the
 Equitable, dI ring the last twenty
 years, has been greater than that earned by any other company during
 the same period. A. J. Herndon, agent.
 Thirty-two thousand squirrel tails
 were taken to the county clerks office in Visalia from the White River coun-
 try in one day recently. This is the
 largest amount ever brought in by
 Jne squirrel hunter. As the bounty
 Jn these tails is three cents each, they
 mounted to S960.
 The mine owners of Groom creek
 Ire happy as the supervisors have at
 sached their road to road district No.
 1 and they will commence to improve the same as this road leads into one of the richest mining districts in Ari- zona. The miner and mine owner feels thankful to the supervisors as it will be so much help in getting lumber and machinery into the dis trict.
 The Methodist Episcopal church, Marina street, held its Children's Day service yesterday. The singing and exercises were splendid. One feature of the service deserves special notice, that was the offering of one dollar each by fourteen of the Sunday school children toward the Twentieth century thank offering of the church. The Sunday school, led by T. L. Harris, superintendent, was never in a more hourishing condition.
 B. H. Smith left for San Francisco on Saturday morning in'response to a telegram announcing the serious and probably fatal illness of his uncle, Guilford Hathaway. The latter went there about ten days ago to be treat ed for heart trouble, and shortly after his arrival dropsy set in and the doc tors telegraphed that he had no hopes of his living.
 The many friends of Mrs. J. D. Bethune will regret to learn that she and family are removing from Pres colt and that they leave in a few days for Los Angeles to join Judge J. D. Bethune, who has located there. Judge and Mrs. Bethune have many warm friends in this community and out of their regard for Mrs Bethune will tender her an informal reception at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. O. A. Hesla, Tuesday evening, June II, from s to II o'clock. We are request ed to say through the columns of this paper that all friends and acquaint- ances of Judge and Mrs. Bethune and their family are heartily invited to be present at this reception.
 Prescott Hotel arrivals June s: J D Shipp and wife, Hillside; Wm Foy, Henry Foy, Columbus; A c Mcqueen, Mesa; Col I M Christy, Phenix; w S Mccartney, Glendale; G c West, Jerome Junction; Charles Brown, Lime Kiln; w B Davis, San Diego; H $ Wall, Mayer; Mir. and Mrs w P Covillaud, Prescott; Mir and Mrs NJ R Riley, Minnehaha; George Rohpetor, dewey; w H Wilson, Salt Lake; NJ c Gum, Alabama; N c Webster, $ F P X P Co; J H Doneline, Prescott; Frank Drannaer, James NJ Taylor, Taylorville, III; Frank J Sullivan, Chicago; M $ Bernstein, San Fran cisco; John O'Connell. Mayer; Jono Baines, Chicago: F L Cress well, Phe- nix: G w. Hull, Jerome; B L Jones, Providence; c w Platt, Kirkland; P Diskin, Black Hills; Mrs T M Elder and daughter, Phenix.
 One of the most remarkable but least noticed facts in connection with the war in the Transvaal is the ex. treme youth of large part of Gen eral DeWet's army. When hostilities broke out almost every grown man enlisted, even the enfeebled, but the pace has been to rapid for the ven erable burghers. As they were killed or incapacitated their places have been taken by mere school children, many only thirteen or four teen years of age. Under the title of 'The Youngest Soldiers in the World" in the June Cosmopolitan, Allen Sangree throws more light on the make up and life of General De Vets commanders than anything hitherto published. The naive, sim pie letter from 14-year old Deneys Deitz to his father, the secretary of state of the Transvaal Republic, has seldom been equalled for vital inter est by any carefully written article on the war.