Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-03-25


 Juniper country today to look for s g mountain lion which he lost there last
 fall
 g Mrs. W. W. Ross and her two chiI- F dren left this morning for fou1
 months visit,with relatives in Louis
 vile.
 Seligman is having an incipient
 boom from the operations of the Gold
 and Platinum Mining company $ operations.
 The Prescott lodge of Elks have de- cided to give a grand May Day ball on the first of May. Further particulars will be announced in a few days.
 c. A. Dake has rendered the use of
 the scenery and stage setting of the
 opera house free for the Monday
 Clubs library benefit on Monday. !, April 13
 Bishop Kendrick of the Episcopal
 church arrived on last evenings train
 and will remain here over Sunday.
 He will preach in the Episcopal church on Sunday.
 Richard Hoescroft and children have gone to Denver where they will make their future home Mir. Hoes croft has mining interests in this county which will necessitate his re- turn to Prescott in the future to look after them.
 Thos Roach, the we'll known mining man, is in town from the Bradshaw mountain country where he is operat- ing mining property called the Blue Bird. He reports everything in splendid condition in that section for future prosperity. J. J. Wragovich sewers his connec- tion today with the s. F. P. and P. railroad. He and Mrs. Wragovich will go to Phenix on tonight's train for a brief visit. and will return to Prescott on Saturday and will leave for New York on Monday.
 John Thorn, a miner formerly en- ployed at Jerome and at Middleton's | camp, died at the Sisters Hospital | this morning The remains were re- | moved to P Mohn < Co $ undertak- | ing parlors awaiting instructions from friends. Funeral arrangements will . be announced later.
 J. L. Munds, who has been visiting with hIs family in Prescott for two days. returned to his ranch north of Seligman today. MT. Munds has one of the finest stock ranches in the northern part of the territory and re- ports the prospects for a good year very fiattering and the stock men in the best of spirits.
 W. NJ Poulson of Milan. Indiana. arrived on last nights train to accept position with F. Mohn & Co.,. the undertakers. Mir. Poulson comes highly recommended as a young man of excellent character and habits. He is graduate of Clark's Cincinnati College of Embalming which is re- garded as one of the best schools in the east and has had three years eX- perience before coming to Prescott
 R. H. Jack, the contractor. went to his ranch on Oak Creek yesterday to build an addition to his house and make other improvements to the place. He will also make arrange ments to have the water run on his place, he having won his case in court him to the water right. This will make his ranch very valuable as so acres of level land un- der water in that section is worth a 1. snug sum of money.
 NJ. c. Parmley, of Pasadena, came in on last evenings train. Mir. Farm ley is interesed in the Dividend Min ing company's property in the Big Bug section and makes periodical wis
 
 Pasadena are each filled with eastern visitors and it is impossible to get . hotel accommodations in the latter , town particularly. 4 new hotel call ed the Maryland is nearing compile tiOn now and the building of another 50O room hotel will be commenced shortly.
 The Santa Fe has issued a very at ( tractive little book of over % pages ' between sixty and seventy S half tone cuts showing the Moki Ind I ians at their home and their interest C ing but horrible snake dances which have become so noted all over the S world. The descriptive matter of the ! book is very interesting even to an f ArlZonan. who is supposed to grow fat T on snake stories, but to an easterner Y the matter must be doubly interest ing. The fact that people come from , all over the country to see this most [ wonderful religious ceremony testifies | to its novelty and interest. The above ( little book will no doubt arouse an interest in Arizona as it contains, be- , sides the description of the above ; dance number of pictures and des cripture matter of very interesting places in the northern part of the ter ritory, a section that is full of places , having a historical and scientific in- terest. From Fridays Daily. {
 There is another coal famine in Prescott.
 The temperature this morning was twenty above zero.
 Supervisor Sinclair came up from the south this morning.
 Judge J. J. Hawkins is in Phenix on professional business.
 F. F. Jordan. the well known resi- dent of Jerome. is in town for brief visit.
 The council last night refused to reconsider the vote whereby the O'Neill monument bill was defeated.
 Geo. B. Scammeu returned today from a visit to San Francisco and other California points on mining business.