Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-12

for the S. S. P. & P. railroad, went out to Cherry station today to witness the shearing of sheep which is now at work in progress at the old Bowers ranch. This is expected to be the biggest clip ever made in this county, there being between 10000 and 100,- 900 sheep to shear this season. There are ten machines and nearly 100 men at work and they are piling up a tremendous lot of wool for the mar ket, about 5000 sheep being sheared every day.
 Sam Harris has resigned his posi- tion with the Prescott Electric com pany and accepted the position of electrician with the McCabe Exten- sion company and left for the Me Cabe today to assume his new duties. Although not out of his teens yet, Mir. Harris has demonstrated his ability as an electrician during the two years that he has been with the Prescott Electric company and his promotion to the responsible position he now occupies has been earnestly won.
 The United Moderns of this county are making preparations to receive Supreme Chancellor Johnson of Den yer, who will visit the lodges of that order in Arizona during the month of April. He will visit the Prescott lodge April II, from which place he will go to McCabe and from there he will probably visit the lodges at Camp Verde and Walker. These lodges are all doing good work, giv- ing an opportunity to cary a good at reasonable rates, and the social features of the lodges fur nishes the good people of these places a place to spend a profitable and pleasant evening once a week. MT. Johnson will certainly be loyalty entertained by Yavapai people.
 Charley J. Wann, the well known restaurant man, left today for his old home in Hong Kong, China, with the of remaining there perman- ently. Charley came to America in 1876 and since that time has made only one trip home, that some ten years ago, at which time he was mar ried, bis wife remaining in China when he returned to the United States. He is a real live, progressive Chinaman and has by hard work and good judgment accumulated what will be handsome fortune in China. He has several relatives in Hong Kong who are wealthy merchrnts, he himself owning an interest in three establishments besides interests in Sidney, Australia. His many friends here wish him good luck and much usefulness in the land of his nativity.
 From Saturdays Daily.
 Read the Easter sale notice in this issue.
 Mrs. c. H. Akers is up from Phenix on visit.
 Chief of Police Princes condition is reported improved today.
 A sale Of six acres of land near Prescott was made today at $50 per acre.
 March 1S-do not forget the date it falls on Tuesday. Enster sale of the Ladies' Aid society.
 A strictly orthodox affair will be the chicken pie dinner given by the ladies of West Prescott Methodist church March 21.
 A forest fire has been raging cn Lynx creek, between Walker ana ne old Pine Tree station for the past three days.
 Miss Penny, cashier of the Ba sh- ford -Burmister company, who has been sick in bed since Tuesday is able to be around again. - "Facing Heavenward" and "Things Which Are Remembered" will be the morning and evening subjects at the Methodist Episcopal church, Marina street.
 O'Brien Moore and Mulford Win sor of the Tucson Citizen have pur- chased the Phenix Enterprise.
 Active work has commenced on the construction of the new school build ing. The old fences inside of the en- closure have been torn down. the walks taken up and the corners set for the new structure. Architect Xiii patrick is supervising the work.
 The editor of the Journal Miner acknowledges receipt of an invitation
 to attend the laying of the corner
 stone of the territorial reform school
 tomorrow at Benson. The ceremony
 will be performed by the Masonic or
 der and it will take place at 2 o'clock { Rev. Leon Lewis returned this weeb
 after two weeks absence and will
 preach at the West Prescott
 Methodist church Sunday morn
 ing and evening. The morning
 subject will be Small Beginning and Large Possibilities" The evening