Williams news., 1903-05-02


 orator at the local depot, this week received merited promotion-that of agent at the Grand Canyon, for which point he departed Tuesday to enter upon his duties.
 Phelan's for fresh vegetables- radishes, onions, lettuce, spinich, caulifower, turnips, soup punches, cabbage, horse radish. Fruit strawberry season now on bananas, oranges, lemons, apples. All other fruits as fast as season opens.
 J. c. PHELAN.
 Supervisor Martin this week placed "ColoneP" Shafer in charge of force of men who are engaged in fixing up the road through the canyon south of town as far out as the Owens place. This is good move, and is made none too soop, as the road has been getting in pretty bad condition recently.
 Dr. Rounseville made a trip to the Canyon on Wednesday, return ing Thursday to Willaha, near which station are located the Nal achite Copper Company's proper ties. Doc is very enthusiastic over the outlook and states that beside good copper values they have had assay returns of $4, $S and $11 per ton gold on samples taken from their dump. It is hoped that ore of this class in sufficient quantity can be found, as it would be big thing for the country.
 Announcement has been made that the Santa Fe road would soon install oil burning locomotives on the eSeligman-W Winslow division, add ing about 146 miles to the mileage now covered by the oil-burning en- zines on the Santa Fe system. The change will increase the Santa Fe's consumption of fuel oil from 3O,OOO to 35,OOO barrels per month. The company will then be burning total of from 10000 to 15O,OOO barrels, all of which is supplied by it's own wells in California.
 Last Sunday morning Al Justice, a barber, became engaged in sa- loon brawl with James Wheeler, bartender, and was hit on the head by the latter with a heavy bottle, cutting a gash from ear to crown, severing two arteries and requiring eighteen stitches to close the wound. Physicians were summoned and af- ter considerable difficulty the flow of blood was stopped. Wheeler was tried before Judge Ranney, bound over to the grand jury, and in de- fault of $500 bail was taken to jail at Flagstaff.
 MT. w. L. George, accompanied by MT. J. s. Green, both of whom are connected with the George Metal Extracting Company of Will Hams, Arizona, have recently vis- ited San Francisco to arrange for a concentration plant to treat the product of their smelling furnaces. This, it seems, contains metal cop per in shoots which it is entirely possible to save by means of dry concentration after crushing. It is possible that the dry concentrator of the Crown Gold Milling Com pany will be adopted for this pur- pose.-Paci6c Coast Miner.
 R. H. and N. J. Cameron and L. L. Ferrall were visitors in the city the first of the week. Since the de- clslon of the court at Flagstaff re- garding the title of the Bright An gel Toll Road and Trail, the same has been operated by MT. N. J. Cameron, who represents himself and associate owners to the prop erty. These gentlemen are endeav- bring in every way to make the trip over the trail into the Canyon as pleasant as possible, having es- tablished camps at various places in the depths of the great gorge, where the tourist can secure first class hotel accommodations.