Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-05
From Saturdays Daily.

Y From Saturdays Daily. : G. B. Upton came up from Wick 4 enburg yesterday.
 t John Gray jr., the 10-year old sol of John Gray, died yesterday. , Kansas City parties are contem l plating starting a broom factory il Phenix.
 B. Bilton has his masked battery alias gasoline engine, in operation il his machine shop.
 The infant child of MT. and Mrs , Clyde Boulden died last night. Il was aged seven days.
 P. A. McLanahan sold out hi: Trilby barber shop and left Prescott on Thursday. He told different stories as to his destination. Dr. Smith Walker, who arrived from Los Angeles last evening, is an old time friend of H. D. Aiken, as they were boys together back in Nova Scotia.
 Major Geo. B. Scammell. who has been under the weather for some time is getting improved in health again and Is able to be around and rustic as formerly.
 There are more than 100000 square feet of glass surface in Eng land exclusively devoted to the cul- tivation and production of tomatoes for market purposes.
 Dr. S. 4. Thompson, superinten- dent of ethodist-Episcopal missions in Arizona, arrived on the morning train and will hold the second quar- terly conference of the Methodist church this evening at s. p. m.
 D. D. Mcdonald continues to shoot. In a recent match at Pomona, Cali fornia, he broke 72 out of a possible so. This won the second prize, the first prize being won by a Califor- nian-74 out of possible so.
 While the proud parents of a sec ond pair of twins were having the youngsters christened in church re- gently, the choir was mean enough to start up that old and familiar hymn, "Still There's More to Follow" -Ex.
 The lecture "Savanorola" which will be delivered by Rev. H. B. Long tomorrow evening in the Congrega tional church will be one of unusual merit. Young men are especially in vited. MT. A. Armitage will assist the choir at both church services.
 Johnny Gideon, d 19-year old boy of Kingman, entered his room about 10 o'clock one night last week, stuck a miners candlestick, containing lighted candle, in the wall and went asleep. The candle burned down, slipped through the candlestick to the floor, set the building on fire and Gideon was burned to death.
 ABritish peer has advertised for wealthy American wife. Just as though any self-respecting American husband is going to give up his wife to this party even if he be peer.
 All the services of the Methodist Episcopal church, Marina St., tomor- row will be under the charge of Su- perintendent S. A. Thompson. Sa- cramental service and reception of members in the morning; Epworth League and preaching in the evening.
 Uncle Josh Spruceby" and his chums entertained large audience at the Prescott Opera house last night. There was no great amount ot depth or pathos in the play pre- sented by this company, but what is lacking in this respect is made up for by the good humor which prevails throughout, and which is contagious and is caught by the audience. Judg ing from the amount of applause given those present were well enter tained.
 Jerome will hold her city election on the first Monday in April to elect four councilmen, one clerk and treas urer, one marshal and a superinten- dent of streets.
 Frank Grill, the man who had leg broken at the Junction on the l6th and was brought to the Jerome Hospital, died on the 22nd. Blood poisoning set in and killed him in a few days. Andre Hodge, Jerome, was his nearest relative.-Jerome Re porter.
 J. B. Girand, civil engineer and United States deputy mineral sur veyor, is now located in commodious offices in the Prescott National bank building. J. F. Hesse is associated with him. Both men are experienced in their profession.
 Mir and Mrs. P. J. Roper are the proud parents of a lovely little girl who had arrived at their home this morning. The doctor is all smiles and has twice as much muscle to pull contrary eyeteeth with as usual. Mrs. Roper and the little one are doing fine.
 4 Connecticut yankee who has noticed that personal property easily succeeds in evading taxation, pro poses a scheme to stop it. He would let each go to the public authority and be permitted to estimate his own wealth. His estimate would be ac- cepted as correct without question Then when man dies only so much as he has paid taxes on should go to his heirs. and any amount that has escaped taXation, to the state. The plan is ingenious and might prove more equitable than the present sys tem, making personal property bear more of its just burden which now falls on real estate. How it would act as reality in operation is a pro- blem for future working.