Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-02-06

Councilman c. NJ. Shannon, of Ora ham county, is the handsomest man of the present legislature, and is also the wealthiest member. He recently sold mine for S160,000.
 Councilman Eugene S. Ives, of Yuma, sports an automobile, which is the envy of the thirty-five other mem bers of the two houses.
 c. H. Warth, who is operating a mine on Groom creek, left on this mornings train for the east, having been summoned there on court busi- ness.
 A lot of rails belonging to the Grand Canyon railroad were sold under fore closure on Thursday. They were pur- chased by the Santa Fe company for S25,000.
 J. R. Slack, who is in town today from Groom creek, says that there wis an even foot of snow on the ground there this morning, which is more than there has been at any one time in three years. He says that if the weather does not turn too cold, this will do great amount of good.
 The Prescott Tailoring Co. has bought the good will and business of John Derr, who has heretofore done most of the fashionable tailoring in Prescott. Mir. Derr will act as cutter and manager of the Prescott Tailoring Go. hereafter, and his old friends and patrons will find him at the new stand opposite the postoffice in the Raible block.
 The snow storm which prevailed on Friday at intervals settled down to business about sundown and for the next few hours the snow came down in fine style. By s o'clock the ground was covered to a depth of five or six inches. At this time there was a break in the clouds. and by g o'clock the moon and stars were shining brightly and the temperature began falling. The mercury this morning registered 20 degrees above zero. The snow has melted slightly today.
 Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout, will deliver a lecture here Feb ruary 13 or 14, if negotiations now in progress are carried through success fully. Captain Crawford has just de- livered a series of lectures in Los An Angles, where he received very fiat tering notices from the press.
 Prescott Hotel arrivals, Feb. 1: H Block, San Francisco; T W Childers, w D Martin, w c Mathews, Silver City, N NJ; s R Boloate, Texas; Mrs M G Lobdell, Los Angeles; Winston Judson, Jr, St. Joseph, Mo; c F Elm erson, J H La Rue, San Francisco; Geo NJ Dickson, Kirkland; Wm Park, Williams; Miss c De Lisle, SA Thom- son, Los Angeles; Thos Bishop, city; Thos Campbell, Walnut Grove.
 An adjournment was taken yester- day afternoon by the territorial con vention of county supervisors without any definite action in regard to a sub stitute for the law creating the pres ent territorial board of equalization. The latter was recommended abol- ished by a resolution, and this recom- mendation alone will be presentrd to the legislators. Enterprise.
 Henry Morgan, a Hassayampa of the vintage of '64, predicts that the present year, and six years to come, will be wet seasons. He says he has noticed for nearly forty years that the
 
 year being one of excessive floods, followed by six or seven good seasons Then comes one year of shortage of water and two years of drouth. As the big flood of '91 was ten years ago, MT. Morgan believes the present sea son will receive bountiful supply of water for their lands. As a prophet, Henry Morgan outranks the Indian rain doctors and the oldest inhabitant. l-Enterprise.