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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
An Afternoon in "oId" Arizona.

Mrs. J. J. Fisher gave a very de- lightful entertainment at her resi- dence on Saturday afternoon to a large number of Prescott ladies. The rooms of their spacious residence were crowded with guests. From the nature of the form of the entertain ment provided it was called "An Af- ternoon in 'Old' Arizona" as the guests were provided with pictures representing objects and scenes of the early days of this section and re- quired to identify them. In very many instances it took an old Ari- zonan to do this, as some of them are by no means familiar to the latter day Arizonans. For instance, one of the pictures was that of the school house of the old days located on Granite street. As the building erected to take its place has already outlived its usefulness, and IS now doomed to destruction during the present year, it can readily be inn agine1 that there few of the present residents who would recognize the old Granite street building. A picture of General Crook was the only one of an individual in the collection and of course it was familiar to all of the older Ari- zonans as well as to newer corners. The old historical log house in West Prescott which was the first seat of government in Prescott was also among the collection of pictures. The Walnut Grove dam, Lindsay gardens, branding cattle, were among other pictures. In all there were over thirty pictures and three ladies, Mes danes J. c. Herndon, R. H. Burmis- ter and J. R. Lowry tied for first prize and in a draw for 1t was won by the latter. The prize consisted of a Moqui Indian plaque. Although a resident of Prescott only three years Mrs. Ii. w. Peck won the second prize, a Navajo loom.
 Prior to engaging in this contest Mrs. W. w. Ross recited a piece from the Cosmopolitan entitled "The Re quiem of the Drum," in her usual happy manner, and elegant refresh ments were served.
 Mrs. Fisher was assisted by Miss Para Lee Kimball, of Phenix, and Miss Amy Nelson, of Prescott, and the afternoon was one of genuine pleasure to the guests.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
Kirkland and Skull Valley.

There is quite lot of mining ma chinery at Kirkland to go south.
 Tom Howell reports everything prosperous on the Wilson ranch. He is said to be in great need of a wife.
 Mrs. Crapo is expected back the latter part of this month.
 Mir. Howell has been hauling hay to Tonto Springs for Stevens & Co
 Aaron Stull is selling hay to the same parties.
 James Stapps and Bill Rudy are going to get out a lot of ore for the new custom mill on Kirkland creek. MT. Rudy is fixing up a four or six horse team with that view.
 Alfred Stapps is placer mining in company with Gebero in Upper Skull valley. They are said to be in good ground. John Ehle and sons are in the same vicinity, placer m ming.
 Henry Gohrman is sinking for water and placer gold in Copper Basin Wash near his quartz mine. The ground is very sandy and has to be timbered and curbed from the surface down. He is down twenty feet now
 A new cook house is going up at the Big camp. Ed Gooch is also laying big foundation for a new dwelling house for his family, who are now in Massachusetts. They had four men over two days drawing water before they could get to the bottom of their well. A little more water and they will have water enough for their extensive mining purposes.
 Considerable expectation is in dulged in in regard to Colorado par ties who are to put up placer mining machinery on the former Gohrman diggings now owned by Geo. Milner. ct al.
 A large stamp mill, by New York parties will soon be erected on Kirk land creek in connection with mines in the vicinity. c, NJ. Platt is said to be the promoter of the enterprise.
 Lily Dale.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
COLONEL CODY COMPLAINS
That Civilization IS Encrosehing on His
 Ranch-The Passing of the Old West.

"The west that I knew the best is almost passed away" said Col. Will liam Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, in the course of a talk at the New Willard hotel this morning.
 "You know I never come east when I can get out of it. I am a sort of an Indian, anyhow.
 q think the valley of the Big Horn, where live, resembles the old west more than any other part of the coun- try. But they are beginning to get too many houses even around there to suit me.
 ''I would not have come east now but l am up against a proposition. Sooner or later everyone gets up against a proposition and has to learn something new. I am here to learn something about irrigation. It is something that the whole western country is learning.
 "I don't think that the possibili- DlllblcS Ol JUG IauQ kuOWu dS tue Great American Desert has ever been thoroughly appreciated. Peo- pie seem to have regarded it as hope less for agricultural purposes. On the contrary, if properly irrigated, it will develop into the richest region on earth.
 "It seems as if nature had saved that land up-had stored up her best gift to mankind for the last. So I have come east to consult with irri- gation experts about my farm. am going out to talk with one of them this morning"
 Colonel Cody is an interesting and vigorous personality. He is as erect and energetic as he was twenty years ago. Time seems to have dealt as prosperously with him as it has with his own western country.
 "Last year was good one for my show business" said the colonel. q am doing SO we'll with it that it seems as if I were never going to get chance to quit" Washington Times.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
Meeting of Monday Club.

Yesterday at the meeting of the Monday club, in the absence of Mrs. F. A. Tritle, president of the club, Mrs. s. E. Dake was chosen as presi- dent pro tenn. The general topic of the day was a continuance of that of the preceding meeting, Period of Progress" the sub-topic being Man ufactures. Principal Industries, Capital Invested, Wages, Values of Products" was the subject of a paper by Mrs. D. W. Willard. Compare Industries of This Country With Those of Other Countries" was the subject of a paper by Mrs. W. T. Brown. A debate was on the pro- gram on the subject Resolved, That Labor Organizations Promote the General Welfare of Our country" Both contestants being absent, Mrs. H. B. Long kindly consented to take the affirmative, and the ladies of the club took the negative. The discus sion was quite spirited, several of the ladies participating in it in opposi- tion to Mrs. Long, A talk on "Why Women's Wages Are Less Than Mems" was given by Mrs. J. L. Munds. The musical part of the program consisted of solo by Mrs N. Levy, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. H. D. Ross.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
HON. T. J. BUTLER'S DEATH.
It Occurs at Pacific Grove After a Brief Illness. His Remains Inferred by the MasOns
 at That Place.

The Los Angeles Times of Tuesday
 contains a notice of the death, or
 Sunday last, at Pacific Grove, of Hon
 T. J. Butler, a former prominent
 citizen of this territory. Hon. Morris
 Goldwater received letter today also
 conveying the same information.
 His remains were buried in the
 Pacific Grove cemetery on Tuesday
 by the Masons of that place, deceased
 having been a member of the order for great many years.
 No man in Arizona was better
 known or better liked than Hon. T. J. Butler. He was the embodiment of honor and integrity, and all the virtues which go to make up a true and noble man. He was a giant in physical structure and was also a giant morally and intellectually. He crossed the plains in 1S49, during the gold excitement, and eventually set tied down in Tehama county where he resided for several years, and where he received the appointment as general by the governor of that state, a title he bore afterwards.
 He also resided in Idaho for a time where he ran on the republican ticket for delegate to congress, but was de- feated. He came to Prescott in the early seventies, and in 1874 pur- chased the Arizona Miner, which he managed for a year when he sold out to the late John H. Marion and Charles Beach. He was appointed territorial treasurer by Governor Fri tie and served ln that capacity for several years. In 1889 he was ap- pointed receiver of the United States land office by President Harrison, and remained in that position until March, 1894, serving for one year under the Cleveland administration. He had amassed a competency, in the various business enterprises in which he had been engaged, and in the official positions he had held, and on retiring from the land office, he de- cided to retire permanently from all business pursuits, and the next few years were spent by him and his wife in travel throughout the United States. In fact he has never been permanently located at any place since. Last summer was spent in San Diego and Los Angeles, and In the fall they went to Pacific Grove for the benefit of Mrs Buffers health, and where the last chapter in the his tory of an honorable career closed.
 The death of Mir. Butler leaves only one of the old-time editors of the Arizona Miner alive, B. H. Weaver of Prescott. Those who have at variOvs times in its earlier history been identified with the paper and who have been called to their reward are Tisdale A. Hand, E. A. Bently, J. H. Marion, Charles Beach, A. N. Holmes, w. O. O'Neill and the sub ject of this sketch.
 Profound sorrow will be felt in many a heart in Arizona over the news of the death of General Butler, as he came as near being without enemies as any man in this world could ever hope to be.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
4 BRILLIANT RECITAL.
Knights of Pythias Hall Crowded Last Evening on the Occasion of Miss
 Munyan's Recital.

That Miss Helen E. Munyan has captivated the music loving people of Prescott has been demonstrated on more than one occasion, but never more forcibly than it was last even ing at the recital given by her in K. of P. Hall. The spacious hall was crowded with ladies and gentlemen and the enthusiastic applause which followed every number given by Miss Munyan, attested her popularity in Prescott, and the high appreciation of her musical accomplishments and ability.
 Personally, Miss Munyan never ap- peared more charming before an au- dience than she did last evening, gowned in white satin, with low cut corsage, and her voice was in keeping with her personal charms, as her voice, always sweet and rich and musical was exceptionally so last evening.
 Her selections were "My Laddie, Camp; "Mavourneen," Margaret Lang; Damon" Strange; Hearts Delight" Gilchrist.
 One of Miss Munyan's encores was in manuscript. "Three's Crowd" it being composed for her by Dr. Craw- ford, of Boston. Her second, "Love was Once A Little Boy" was admira- ply suited for displaying her high tones.
 In addition to the soloes as above, Miss Munyan and Ed. s. Campbell also rendered two duets, each of which was encored. MT. Campbell is possessed of very sweet rich bari tone voice, which blended most beau tifully with Miss Munyan's soprano. One of the numbers rendered by them was q Would That My Love-" Men delssohn.
 Mrs. J. P. Bauder made her first appearance before a Prescott audience and demonstrated her ability both as a vocalist and a recitationist. Her first number was in duet with Mrs. H. B. Long and it was beautifully rendered by both participants and was dA CACoPsiOuolly oWcOs PiOSO. Mrs. Bauder also gave a couple of reci,ations, eliciting an encore for each and in response to one encore she gave a humorous selection en- titled ''The Singing Lesson," which was greatly appreciated by the audi ence.
 Mir. Armitage who has already be- come favorite among church going people, made his first appearance in Prescott last night in concert, and to say that he made decided hit is stating the case mildly. His selec- ton was Creole Lovers Song," Dud- ley Buck, and the audience fairly went wild and called him back, and in response gave another selection equally good. MT. Armitage has a very strong, deep, basso voice and has it under good control. Mrs. St. Clair and Miss Bailey alternated at ! the piano.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The senate is thinking about bill to put up a new S7,OO0,000 depart ment building in Washington to house the state department, the de- partment of justice and the overflow business force from the white house. Economy dictates a new building since the government gets money at two per cent and pays ten per cent on the cost of many rented structures.
 A special from Telluride says: No men were permitted to go to Liberty Bell mine Monday to look for the bodies of those killed in the snow slides of last Friday, which have not yet been recovered. It is still snow ing and it is dangerous to venture upon the mountains. It Is reported that the Silver Lake bunk house at Silverton has been swept away by snow slide.
 The Spanish treaty claims commis- sion has handed down a decision against the claimants for deaths and injuries received by the officers and seaman in the wreck of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor.
 The bodies of w. S. Gregory, Geo. Rohwer, Harry Chase and w. s. Stneley, killed in the slides at the Liberty Bell mine, have been recov- cred. It is not thought that further rescue work can be done for some days, as it is storming again.
 The American line steamer Waes- land, Captain Atfeld, from Liverpool March 5 for Philadelphia, and the British steamship Harmonides, Cap tain Pentin, from Para, February 13 met in collision Wednesday night of Holy head, Wales. The Waesland sunk. Her passengers and crew were saved.
 There was hearing yesterday by the house committe on foreign affairs on the Stephens bill for an iuterna- tional dam at Fl Paso. Delegate Rodney of New Mexico, is fighting the bill, and he said. If old Mexico and Texas succeed in getting the dam against the wishes of New Mexico in the matter, we will be forced to at tack Colorado, as a younger appro- propriator of water as Kansas done, to prevent Colorado from using water of streams flowing into New Mexico"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
About City Printing.

"The Courier bid on the city print ing was S225; the Journal Miners bid on the city printing was S22S; Courier bid on register g cents a name; JournalMiner, 8 cents a name. The city printing and the register were separate bids specified as such-so much for city printing and so much for register. ."-Courier.
 The above item is erroneous. Un- der the advertisement asking to do all the city printing, the Journal Miner. on Saturday, presented a bid to perform the work for a lump sum of S297. The Courier presented a bid agreeing to do the general print ing for S245, and the great register for 10 cents per name. At the sug- gestion of a member of the council new bids were asked for, to be pre- sented on Monday. In the mean time our contemporary with the hint that the Journal-Miner had the low est bid, revised its bid and presented another at S225 for general printing and 9 cents per name for great regis ter. The Journal-Miner stood pat on it's bid presented Saturday, as being the only one in accordance with the advertisement and refused to submit a new bid, and being the lowest bid der, was awarded the contract as above,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
TIE GIRL WHO TRIED.
IA True Story.l

 A girl there was who put on right (Even as you and D A pants and coat and necktie bright Until she seemed "just out O sight" And called herself ''Belted Knight (Even as you and I. Oh, the thoughts we have and the
 plans we weave Of the clothes we think so grand, The girls can wear, who never die
 wear, And well we know they never will
 wear,
 But they can understand. A girl there was who tilted hat, Gwen as you and D And then she strutted around bit And thought herself the seasons hit And that she strictly was in it, ," (Even as you and I.) Oh, the lifts" we get and the ''hits'
 we get
 On the excellent clothes W,
 planneed, Can all be worn by the girls who
 crave, And we'll we know they ever do crave All things they understand. But, the girl, she found a cigarette, (Even as you and D And then she hoisted her limb a bit To strike a match on the trousers
 seat And ''took tumble" e"-you'd better
 betl- (Not so would you and I.) Oh, it isn't the hat and isn't the ''fit' That makes the men so grand; It's knowing the place a match will
 light Where never a girl match can light And cannot understand.
 Lily Dale. Kirkland, March l.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of the Late I. J. Butler By an Old
 Time Friend of Deceased.

The editor of the Salinas Index, W. J. Hill, whose acquaintance with the late General T. J. Butler, dates since away back in the sos or eos, publishes the following biographical sketch of deceased in his paper in a recent issue:
 General Thomas J. Butler of Pres colt, Arizona, died at Pacific Grove last Sunday morning, March ?, 1902, after brief illness. He and his wife were at the Grove last summer and were so charmed with the beautiful seaside resort that they returned to spend the winter. He had been ill for several days, but no serious re suit was apprehended and his death was unexpected. Heart failure was the immediate cause of his demise. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the loved companion left behind.
 General Butler was born in Bed ford, Indiana, seventy-siX years ago, and came to California with the early '49ers, crossing the plains with OK teams. He first engaged in mining in Trinity and Shasta counties, but soon abandoned delving for gold to enter the mercantile business at Red Bluff. He represented Tehama county in the legislature in 1863. While resident of Red Bluff he was clerk of the historic frss court of Tehama county, and in 1863 he was appointed brigadier general, Fifth brigade, California militia, by Gov ernor Stanford. In 1864 he and his brother, John S. Butler, now of Palo Alto, went to Idaho and founded the Boise News, the pioneer paper of that territory. Subsequently they engaged in merchandising at Silver City,lOwyhee county, Idaho, where in 1870 they published a paper called the Tidal Wave, of which General Butler was the editor. They re- turned to California the following year.
 ' General Buffers removal to Ari- zona was caused by his appointment as territorial treasurer by Governor Hoyt, an office which he continued to hold under Governors Fremont, Fri tie and Zulick. During President Harrison's administration he was re- ceiver of public moneys for Arizona. He retired from public life about eight years ago and since then he and his wife-formerly Miss Carrie E. ! Blake, of Boston, whom he married in 1SS0-have been travelling through the United States.
 General Butler was high Mason, having belonged to the order for more than forty years, and at the time of his death, was a member of Aztlan lodge of Prescott, Arizona. He was man of wide information, a trenchant writer and ready forcible speaker. He was a staunch republi- can and always took prominent part in politics wherever he happened to be. He took part in the stirring events which made history in the early days of California, Idaho and Arizona.
 General Butler was cast in large mold-large in stature (about six feet four inches tall and tipping the scales at two hundred and fifty pounds, ] large brain and large in his sympa- thies and charity. His integry was beyond reproach and no friend ever applied in vain to him for a favor that was in his power to grant.
 Besides widow, deceased leaves an only brother, John s. Butler, of Palo Alto.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
REGULAR GINGER SNAP.

For plumpness that old Nature gives,
 untouched by hand of art. For innocence that's out of sight and
 purity of heart. For wildness that is charming, but is
 never gross or rude. For lofty thoughts engendered by
 the mountains solitude. For recklessness of spirit that can
 give the laugh to fear. For gracefulness, activity and light
 ness of the deer, There's naught on earth that's in it
 with that fair unpublished pearl. The gay and happy, ginger snappy
 Mexican city girl.
 City of Mexico Anglo-American.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS

Is specific remedy for all ailments of the stomach, liver and bowels, and one that is backed by hundreds of testimonials received during the past fifty years. We would therefore urge every sufferer from indigestion, dys- pepsia, fatulency, constipation, sick headach or liver and kidney troubles to give it trial. It will surely cure you. The genuine must have our private stamp over the neck of the bottle.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12

Ed. GoOch of the Big , placer com pany has received telegram inform ing him that his family will be here in few days, direct from Boston via Galveston. The family consists of Mrs. Edward Gooch and daughters May, Julia, Dorothy and Gladys.
 A large part of last weeks items deserve repeating as all things are progressing as outlined then.
 c. W. Platt claims to own a bo- nanza (whatever that may bel having large ledge of ore that has free gold that requires two figures to state the amount per ton. The mill to work the ore is an assured fact.
 Aaron Stull the very efficient farmer on the Crapo ranch has en- larged his dwelling by several rooms. This, for a bachelor, means either slow suicide or matrimony, the pre- ponderance of evidence is in favor of the latter idea.
 Some apprehension is felt by the old Hassamper whose knowledge of natural history is mostly derived from western newspapers, and their description of the Boston girl. The effect of four girls right from classic Boston upon the wilds of Copper Basin wash. Will these girls here after ascend an emiuence, or climb a hilll Will they descend a declivity with alacrity and precipitation or run down a gulchl Will they extin- guish the nocturnal luminary or blow out the candle or dovse the glimmeri Will they promenade or will they walk, and hoof iti However, Mir. Gooch has gone to Ash Fork to meet them and proclamation of warning by the governor will not be necessary. This message is enough to warn old timers not to go unarmed.
 Cattle seem to be in good heart in these ranges. This is due, probably, because stockmen parted with most of, if not all, their old stock at the right time. The outlook is not bad for them. Lily Dale.