Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-15

pear as part of the presidents escort
: Mr. and Mrs. ]. F. Clark left thi
:, morning for their old home in NeV
IT York City. Mr.. Clark held a respoD
g sible position for several years will
q one of the street railroad companie
in that great metropolis, as CLAIM
sence for one year to try this climat,
:, for the benefit of his health. He viii
resume his old position with tn,
, company upon his return home. Mr.
and Mrs. Clark made large number
of friends during their residence here.
Having once tasted of the waters OF
the famous Hassayampa river it is not
likely that they will ever be content
to live in the east and it would not
surprise their friends to see them back
= in Prescott before very long.
B. L. Vaughn and wife, of Hot
Springs, Arkansas, who have been Wis
iting with the family of Walter G.
Reese in Prescott for the past few
weeks, left this morning for the scene
of the recent rich placer strike about
eleven miles west of Needles. Mr.
Vaughn said he had conversed with a
we'll known miner of this section who
left the place three days ago, and was
informed by him that the strike was
one of the richest placer strikes he
had seen in this section of the west
for many years. Mr.. Vaughn and
wife will stop few days at the scene
of the strike and see if there is any
thing left that has not been gobbled
up, and will then go to the coast,
for few weeks stay before returning
to Prescott.
Several different lines have been
run for the proposed railroad from
Congress junction to the Colorado
river The work has been in charge
of Engineer Sam Cochran, and the
length of the road will be about 40
miles, the whole distance being
through a comparatively level coun-
try. Various and sundry rumors have
been afioat in regard to the road one
being that it will be built to connect
with some large California town, and
with its connections with the Phenix
and Eastern and through this latter
with the Ell Paso and Southwestern at
Benson, thus virtually making an
other trans-continental line.
The heaviest down fall of rain that
has visited Jerome and the Terde val
ley within the memory of the oldest
settlers, occurred last week. For
twenty four hours there was steady
fall, turning the creeks into rivers
and causing the Verde river to raise
more than ten feet. The rise and fall
of the river was, fortunately, rapid, |
thus avoiding the carrying away of
much of the land under irrigation
along its banks, which would certain
ly have happened had the rush of wa
tiers lasted long enough to have allow
ed them to work into the banks; as it
was, considerable damage was done, |
but it was so distributed as to not fall |
heavily on any one person. The |
Strahan brothers, Lew and Chas. Will
lard were among the number losing |
some land and considerable fencing. |
All of the dams in the neighborhood |
we're carried away and will have to be
rebuilt, which in itself will cost some
money.-Jerome News.
From Fridays Daily.
Lon Mason, of Camp Verde, is in
town.
Tom Pickett came down from Wins
low last evening.
II. W. Stephens came up this morn
ing from the south.
r. L. Hawkins, of Denver, is
guest at the Prescott Hotel.
Chris Thompson is registered at Ho-
tel Congress from Portland, Oregon.
T. j. Norton, attorney for the S. F.
P and P. railroad returned last night
from visit to Los Angeles.
Charles Fleming, pioneer of Cave
Creek, died April 6 at 3 p. m. at his
home near the Phenix mine.
Mrs o. l.. Geer, wife of Merchant
Geer, of Martinez, came up to Pres
colt today on shopping visit.
Geo. Hanson was an arrival from
Cal, last evening and is
a guest at the Hotel Congress.
A. c. Mcqueen went out to Mayer
to superintend the shipment of fifteen
car loads of sheep from that place to-
day.
Mrs. c. L. McLane, wife of Judge
McLane, is able to be about the house
again after a severe siege with the
grip.
E. L. Short arrived in Prescott last
night from Denver to take a position
with the Postal Telegraph company as
operator
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Higley of Ster-
ling, Kansas, arrived on last nights
train for a visit with the formers
brother, S. W. Eigley, and family.
R. r. Coleman came up this morn
ing from the southern part of the ter
ritory, where he is engaged in railroad
for a visit with his family.
Up to this date twenty one out of
the forty three schools in this county
have finished their years work, most
of the districts only holding seven
month terms. II
The switchboards and other neces-
sary apparatus for the new telephone
exchange at Phenjx has arrived there
and now awaits the arrival of experts
to be installed.
Campbell & Francis, the we'll known
sheep raisers of Flagstaff, shipped fif-
teen car loads consisting of 5000 head
of sheep today by special train from
Mayer to Ash Fork, en- route to Chi
cago. The price of sheep at present is
quite high.
Ezra Bartlett, of Tucson, was pas