Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-07-15

! oAN a ShdiHiluS young lauy.
For the past year she has been the
operator at the Independent telephone
office, and by her accommodating
manner has won many friends. Mr..
Boulter is the telegraph operator at
the junction and young man OF ex-
cellent worth.-Jerome Reporter.
From nOnday's Daily.
Leon Kneip's condition today is
very much improved.
j. l. Gardner returned this morning
from a visit to Skull valley.
The walls of the old school building
have been RACED to the ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Haggott came
in from the Blue Bell mine yesterday
A term of United States court will
be held in Prescott commencing July
-.
II. W. Hubbard and son are arrivals
at the Hotel Burke from Huntsville,
Mo.
V. V. Cochran and B. 0. Wbeb
came in from Los Angeles last even
ing.
H. q. Brown came in from the
Crown King Sunday evening and is
at the Hotel Burke.
The infant daughter of Mrs. Fred
Evans died in Prescott Saturday and
was buried yesterday.
j. W. Dougherty arrived in Prescott
on Friday evening from San Diego
and will spend the summer here.
Eli Punteney and wife went north
on this mornings train. Mr.. Punte-
ney has been sick for some time in
Prescott.
Jack Bolan, who contributed to the
amusement of the Bisbee Athletic
club smoker, has been convicted of
prize fighting.
7. c. Job, of Prescott, was among
number of Arizona citizens to receive
commissions as notary public from
Governor Brodie recently.
H. W. Zachau, of Los Angeles
brother of b. W. Zachan of the S. F.
P. and P. railroad company arrived
in Prescott on Saturday night for
brief visit with his brother.
1t is announced that Brigadier Cen
eral Baldwin, in command of the de-
partment of the Colorado, expects to
visit Fort Whipple in company with
Col. j. W. Pope, chief quartermaster
of the department.
Mrs. VIM. Talbot and her daughter
Miss Alice, mother and sister of Judge |
r. P. and r. W. Talbot, left on this |
mornings train for Kansas City after |
a visit of two months in Prescott |
with their relatives.
Richard Sumid has received the |
supplies and all the necessary para
phernalia for the institution of the
Degree of Pocahontas and as soon as
the charter arrives from the great |
council the degree will be instituted. |
The work of excavating for the
street crossing from the Hotel Burke
corner to the Wilson block corner was
commenced today. After digging
down several inches a prehistoric %
stone crossing was unearthed.
Mrs. E. b. Draper entertained
number of ladies on Saturday after
noon at euchre. \ number of very
interesting games were played and re-
freshments were served and a most
enjoyable time was had by all present.
j. Q. Stephens, the Williamson val
ley cattle man, came in from his
ranch day or two since and reports
the harvesting of an abundant crop of
fine hay for his stock just about COM
pleted. He reports the range in good
shape and stock in the finest condi-
tlon for many years.
Mrs. Finley, wife of Rev. ]. F. G.
Finley, left on this mornings train
for Los Angeles for visit with her
mother. Rev. Finley is presiding
elder for Arizona of the Methodist
church, South, and will go to the
Verde valley to look after church bus
mess there.
A boy on bicycle ran into r. L.
Morrison's horse yesterday while he
and Mrs. Morrison were out riding.
The horse was badly frightened by the
bump he received from
the boy and wheel, and the boy seemed
to be pretty badly stunned, if not
seriously injured, but his identity was
not learned.
Burt Alvord, train robber and des-
perado, has been indicted at Tomb
stone by United States grand jury
on six charges of robbing the United
States mails Alvord was formerly
a constable at Wilcox, turned train
robber, was arrested and escaped from
Jail, and went to Mexico. He assist ;
ed in the capture of Chacon, Ora
ham county murderer, and so far as ;
the territory was concerned all .
charges against him were dismissed.
J. H. Franks is in town today from
the Verde valley. He will leave to- 4
morrow for California to spend bis ,
but will return to Arizona !
again within couple of months. This
will be the first time that Mr. Franks Z
has been out of the territory in ten {
years, and will be his first visit to {
California. He says that nothing could
induce him to leave the territory :
permanently, as he says there are no |
better people to be found any place
than those of the Verde valley. !
Ex-Coupty Recorder W. l. johnson {
came in from Yeager Saturday evening 7
where he has been hauling the new
from Yeager siding to the {
Yeager Canyon Copper company's q
He has Just taken the con- '
-ract for the grading for the new t
.hlorination works to be erected at /
Mayer. He also has the contract to L
10 the grading for the spur ofrailrCad F
o be built from the P. and E. track
o the new plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Sutton McWhorter, :
amiliarly known among their neigh
lors as fUncle SUIT and "Aunt Til
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