Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-14

B. the surveying or the PnenlN- -EaStefl ', railroad Jack states that things ar
 lively in and around Phenix now l. and that the new road will be bool is to the southern portion of the terri k tory.
 U Percy B. Glover arrived in the city T from Los Angeles last night for so . journ of several weeks. He contem ' plates locating permanently in thi: , locality and may make Prescott hi:
 home, as he is well pleased with the t city.
 n E. W. French who acts in the capa- . city of help employer for Grant Bros. | railroad contractors, stated to the [ Journal Miner this morning that the . work upon the new Bradshaw Noun ? tain railroad is being rapidly pushed 3 ahead. At present they have twelve . miles of track laid from Mayer out, 5 and that inside of a week the track ? will be laid as far as the power house of G. W. Middleton's mines. Forest Supervisor F. R. Stewart
 left today for the Bradshaw noun
 tains on official business. A. E. Sup piger accompanied him to take views which MT. Stewart will incorporate
 into his annual report to the commis-
 sioner of the land office. He pre-
 pared one recently which has received
 most favorable comment, and for
 which Mir. Stewart has been highly I complimented. The idea of furnish
 ing an illustrated report was original
 with MT. Stewart.
 s. J. Smalley, the Pacific Coast ] INC .-
 sentative, is registered at the Burke,
 this being his first trip to Prescott
 and through the territory. He says
 that without doubt we have a little
 city here to be proud of: that he is
 surprised at the amount of business
 that is done in a place, of its
 size, and is we'll pleased with Pres
 cOtt's business men and the city in general.
 Rev. F. T. Bennett went to Jerome
 OF Tuesday. where, in the afternoon, he baptized Horatio George Abbott,
 the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Cour- teney Minty. In the evening he off
 ciated at evening prayer and
 p reached. Upon his arrival he was most courteOusly received by the Rev. Dr. Miller, COngregatiOnalist minis ter, and by the kind offices of several friends there was good congregation present to hear his sermon. During his short stay he met large number of friends who aided in making his visit an exceptionally pleasant one. | Yesterday morning, just before his de- |
 parture for Prescott. he solemniZed | the marriage of Dr. Kaull 10 Miss | Levinia Mary Hendey.
 The Journal Miner runs more orig | inal matter in proportion to the total | amount of reading than any other pa | per in the territory. Its news matter | is also more extensively quoted than | that of any other paper, in most in stances, proper credit being given, | while in few instances papers pay it | a high compliment by quoting without | credit. It not infrequently happens that items appearing originally in this paper are found floating around in other papers, credited to another pa per which has copied them without credit. Even this shows the merits of the items.
 Work on the new oil tank which the Santa Fe. Prescott & PheniX raiiroad is building, is being pushed ahead, there being at present in the neigh borhood of twenty men employed. When completed this tank will be the largest of its kind in the territory. The dimensions are as follows: Diam eter IS feet. circumference 234 feet. height D feet, capacity 20. 900 barrels. Oil as a fuel is fast supplanting coal. and is being used upon the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads almost -,lr .,fi the s. F., P. < P. to do away with the use of coal for engines entirely just as soon as possibble.
 E. D. Gibson left for Los Angeles on business this morning.
 Stewart Bradford returned today from visit to Chicago and Mexico.
 R. A. Taulman. commercial man arrived from the south on this morn ing's train.
 A. A. Moore came up from Walnut Grove today, for few days visit in Prescott.
 Sheriff Jos l. Roberts has ap- pointed as his deputy J. B. Town send of Walker.
 H. Van Alen of the firm of Van Alen and Archambeau made a flying visit to Prescott today returning to Ash Fork this evening.
 Miss Claire C. Jewell from Chicago, has accepted the position as teacher at Skull Valley. taking the place of ] Miss Ida c. Weff who resigned.
 pr. Carrier and family. formerly of Jerome, but more recently of Cali fOrnia, came in on last nights train. They have been absent for two years. with the exception of one visit which the doctor made to Prescott. They will remain here until spring.
 Sheriff Cook yesterday received telegram informing him of the death of brother who has been living in Ecuador for several years. He had a letter a day or two before stating that his brother had been in an accident in which he had sustained a broken l leg. His death is supposed to have resulted from the accident nt-Repub- , lican.
 Yesterday afternoon a quiet we'd ding occurred, the principals being Ben F. Blackburn. of Skull Valley. and Miss Ida c. Neff, who has been school in Skull Valley. Rev. Leon O. Lewis officiated. Mr and Mrs. Blackburn returned to Skull Valley last evening, where they will reside in the future.
 There has been quite uniformity in the temperature during the past two weeks. The mercury drops to 20 or 22 above zero every morning ;.-.,4 hatVap1l |. and 90 above The thermometer has not varied four degrees from twenty in the morning for two weeks.
 P F.. Mcclellan. connected with the American Type Founders com pany of Los Angeles, who came to { Prescott to install the Journal Miners Simplex machine nearly a : month ago, turned the machine over l: this morning to F. C. Williams. an experienced operator and left for Los Angeles. Mr Mcclellan made many friends in Prescott during his brief sOjourn here.
 Geo. Beckman. driver for R. H. Burmister and Sons company went out this morning to the company's powder house about a mile west of town, to secure some powder for customer. While he was inside of the magazine he heard his horses snorting as if alarmed and hastening outside, got there just in time to see an immense mountain lion running past. with three hounds and a bird dog in full pursuit. The procession was headed westward, and he watched the chase until the animals all disap- nparpd from Sipht While tho doUS