Arizona republican., 1901-03-24
NEWS OF PRESCOTT
Proposed Good Work of Mining Men'l
 Organization.

Prescott, Ariz., biar. 22.--(Special cor respondsnce of The Republican. )-Dan Reims, Judge Crawford and MT. Riley all of Prlvidence, are in the cit-' | Mrs J. H. Bailey and her two daugh- ters arrived in Prescott yesterday, to make their residence with the husband and father, the active manager of the Western Union here.
 l c. P. Collins, the mining magnate, is here lo,king after his extensive inter- egts in the county.
 | Yavapai miners organized as per- manent association on Wednesday ev- ening at their old quarters at the min ing exchange on Cortez street, and a constitution was adopted and officers | elected. R. E. Powers was made pres | ident of the new association, and Thos ShultZ, secretary. A. J. Pickrell, A. O. Brodie, E. H. Haggott, Geo. Wood, R. | A. Thomas, JEo. Martin and Geo. Mil- ner were elected vice-presidents. An executive committee was also appoint | ed and it was decided to place a per- ! manent exhibit of Yavapai ores in the | chamber cf commerce at Los Angeles. An invitation is to be given miners gem erally to place specimens of ores from mines prospected by them at the rooms of the association here, samples of from tEree to five pounds each. The executive committee of the association was directed to outline a plan by which all differences of miners and employers or matters needing arbitration among members of the association might be referred to a board of arbitration to be named by the association, for final ad- justnent. A good attendance at the meeting showed that interest is mani fsted in the work of the new associa- tion.
 H. B. Clifford is escorting a commit tee of Los Angelites, among whcm is a committee from the Los Angeles Min ing Exchange, through his mines and over his properties in the Big Bu dis trict. The committee is accompanied by an expert mine examiner. and also the president of the exchange. Recent ly the Los Angeles Express indulged in advsrse comment on Arizona mining companies, notably the Clifford prop erties in Yavapal county, and it has only served to cause a more thorough investigation of mining properties all over this county.
 Capt. Weeks, who has charge of the building of the pipe line for the conduit of water from Del Rio says he has been somewhat delayed in getting the nee essary pipe for the completion of the line. which is now laid for distance of ten miles.
 R. R. Coleman is in the southern por- ton of the territory looking for a rail- road grading and building contract Tn that vicinity.
 Mrs. H. D. Ross left for Chicago on the morning train, with the intention of taking a six months course in lite rature In some college there. Her mother. Mrs. Wheeler, is left in charge of her household during her absence.
 The Misses Chittenden. who resided here during the past couple of years m account of the health of an invalid brother, who was tenderly cared for un- til his death here recently, left on yesterday mornings train to stay with a relative in San Francisco. These sis ters had endlared themselves to all with whom they came in close person. al contact. and won warm regard for the devoted and unremittlng attention bestowed upon their beloved brother to the exclusion of every other inter est, and their friends are sincerely re- gretful of their departure from our midst
 MRS. GEO. WOOSTER.