Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-01-16
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.
 CHICAGO.

ing. When it comes to real lively wholesome enjoyment, skating is hard to beat.
 Wm. Stewart, the Williamson val ley cattleman, and prominent mem Der of the live stock association, was in town yesterday afternoon to parti- cipate in the session of that body. He recently paid visit to Kansas where he also has large stock interests.
 q have just made a trip over Cen tral and Northern Arizona" said Geo. W. Lyons, who is in Fl Paso. ''That rcountry is in better condition now than it has been in several years and stockmen and every other class are delighted with their prospects. A heavy snow fell there last week, GOV ering the ground four feet in many sections. This assures plenty of grass in the spring, which means much to the people there. Mining and lumber cutting is on quite boom. and as a whole the country has better pros poets than for several years past. ."- Fl Paso Herald.
 While the attendance at the ses- sion of the live stock association yes terday afternoon and last night was not as large as was desired, yet those attending were very representative men, and some good work was done and some needed legislation was dis cussed and preparations made for having these needs placed before the coming session of the legislature. This organization has done a great deal of good in this county during the past few months, and the members fully realize that they have got to stand and work together if they hope to make the stock business in this section paying industry. In this way they can not only protect them selves from thieves but by making united demands secure favorable leg islation for their industry.
 Judge R. E. Sloan returned home this morning from his trip to Los Angeles, coming by way of Phoenix.
 Contractor N. c. Webster has com pleted his work of street grading and other contracts here and will ship his stock to Phoenix tomorrow to be put in pasture. His tools have been stored here for the present until the con tract is let for grading the cutoff of the S. F., P. & P, which will be on the 10th of this month. Should MT. Webster succeed in getting this con- tract he will return and personally superintend the work; otherwise he will go to Old Mexico, where he has some big jobs in sight. MT. Web ster has had an immense amount of experience in this line of work and is surely an expert at the business, as he always gives the best of -satisfac- tion. Then, "Web" is a mighty good fellow, personally, along with his other accomplishments.
 The Phenix Enterprise comes to us from its new quarters very much i'm proved in appearance and the amount of reading matter about double. The Enterprise is forging to the front as a live daily and we wish it unbounded success.
 F. E. Jones will leave for his future home in Pomona, California, about the 10th of this month.
 The first coat of plaster has beer completed for the new Bank of Ari zona building and the work of putting on the finishing touches will soon be gin.
 Yesterday, in speaking of the recep tion of General Merriam, at the opera house, we failed to make mention O. the splendid refreshments that were served for the occasion. Ed Shumate the popular caterer, was at the heln of this part of the reception, and tha alone is a sufficient guarantee of 1t: being done in a first class manner and the dainty and palatable thing: , that were served to the guests added
 much to the pleasure of the evening } A day or two ago a man dressed a a laborer came to the Cliff lodgins house and secured a room and spen
 most of his time sitting around tn, office and no special attention wa paid to him until yesterday, when h. began to act little queer. All a once he jumped from his chair ant made down the hall like an Arizon legislator would make for a corrup ton sack, and out through the bac door and over the fence. He Wa
 overtaken near the Johnson house an, }, officers sent for who took him to tn n court house and Dr. McNallv wa a called. He did not give any nam t but admitted that he had been in tn r. insane asylum three times. He wa ' was placed in cell where he has COT
 tinued to grow worse ever since, an $ today is apparently insane. He will | 5 examined by the probate court in $ day or two to determine his menti Il equilibrium.
 It is reported that the railroad con r. pany, the Perrin Land and Catt
 company and all the other corpor st tions possessing large land hOldins l. in Northern Arizona, will, in a fe . days, exchange their holdings for go S emment scrip" Here's the fine lta q ian hand of the reserve promoters b z coming more and more apparent. TT
 dupes of the Sait River valley steat S fly kill a new market for their pro,
 ucts, yet they probably want lars E vacant forest reserve to spend the
 summer vacations in. If the repo
 of this exchange be true, and there E every evidence that it is, as those i 2 formed know that was the purpose
 view of the agitators of Northern Al q zona for a forest reserve, it does aw;
 with all taxable property. except u