Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-04-08
THE LOCAL NEWS...... ......CITY AND COUNTY
From Wednesdays Daily.

Geo. Walker of Lynx creek is Pres
 colt visitor today.
 A. D. Whitney, the Agua Fris
 rancher, is in town.
 Joseph Mayer is in town from Mayer
 on a business and social trip.
 Born, in Prescott, March 30, to MT.
 and Mrs. P. S. Hill, twin girls.
 There is beautiful lake of water
 on the lot adjoining the postoffice.
 P. Mohn, of the undertaking firm of P. Mohn x Co.,, came up from Phenix today.
 Stock men wear smile these days so broad that it can be tied behind their ears.
 Mrs. A. Knapp and Mrs. B. M. Me Farland came up from Phenix this morning.
 Last nights prize fight in San Fran cisco resulted in Terry McGovern being defeated by Young Corbett in eleven rounds. It was a warm fight.
 William Allen, of Jerome, died re- gently from injuries received by fall ing under an electric motor. His right leg was crushed and left leg broken in two places.
 F.W. Howard, who started for Flag staff Monday on mining business for the Bisbee-Arizona Copper Mining company, received telegram at Ash Fork to return to Prescott at once on important business and he returned here that night. He will leave for that place again in a day or two.
 J. W. Haas, the well known mining man of Mineral Park, Mohave county, is in town. Mir. Haas was the discov- erer of the celebrated turquoise mines of Mohave county, selling them re- gently to an eastern company by which the property is being worked.
 Weather Observer Day reports the rainfall up to midnight at l. 5 inches. Fully .45 of an inch fell between that and o'clock this morning, making a total of two inches within twenty four hours.
 Mr and Mrs. R. l.. Spencer and Mrs. H. H. Douglas left this morning for Los Angeles. MT. Spencer is con- nected with the firm of Douglas, La cey & Go.
 Wallace Willard left this morning for J. l.. Munds' ranch, north of Se- Iigman, after brief visit in Prescott among his friends. MT. Willard since retiring from the assessors office has had siege of the small pox coming out of it practically unmark- ed. He says he would not have miss ed the benefits to his system which was produced from small pox for $500.
 W. F. McLallen, of Columbia City, Indiana, arrived in Prescott on Mon day evening for brief business visit. MT. McLallen is brother of B. l.. McLalIen who has resided in Prescott for about year, but who is at pres ent sojourning in Scottsdale, Maricopa county. Mir. McLalIen's mission here is to examine mining properties.
 Robert Steen. at one time sheriff of | this county, is now tool sharpener for | the San Jose mining company, at the camp of that company across the river from Parker Mir. Steen for some time past was storekeeper for Ben at his camp near Aubrey. -Kingman Miner.
 Two sticks of giant powder were discovered on the track of the P. and E. railroad yesterday a short distance from Huron. They were probably | placed by some April fool joker. Nei- ther stick had cap attached, and the train might possibly have passed over them without accident. Engineer Landon saw them in time to stop the train without making the experiment. |
 Hon. A. J. Doran arrived in King | man last Wednesday from the south | and the following day went out to the Nighthawk mine. He returned 10 Kingman the same day and yesterday | departed for Phenix, where he is to help organize the St. Louis exposition | commission, of which he is a member. | Mir. Doran is interested in big min ing sale in Mexico from which he is to derivesa big sum of money. Every man in Arizona is a friend of A. J. Doran and all will be pleased with his good luck.-Mohave Miner
 The sale is reported of a number of onyx claims near Mayer, owned by Dan Bowen. The purchase price is said to be Sl5, GOO, the purchasers be- ing Denver people. Mir. Bowen's claims contain some of the finest onyx in that section.
 Billy Smith, the popular young | meat cutter at the Smith Market is an enthusiastic base ball player as we'll as a good butcher, and naturally he took a hand in the ball game last Sunday with the result that he has been missing from his "block' at the market ever since. The reason is a "bumn finger.
 Ros Tanaka has secured control of the Prescott Hotel dining rooms and reopened them last evening. Ros is one of the best known restaurant men in this section, having been in that business in Prescott for several years He is determined to make the Prescott Hotel dining room one of the most popular dining rooms in the city.
 City Recorder McLane has broken all previous records in the collection of fines for the month of March. At the close of business yesterday he had collected in his department of justice S325, or enough to pay the salaries of Chief of Police Prince, Night Watch Giles, City Clerk Modem and his own salary. Judge McLane is certainly proving to be the right man in the right place.
 Pedro Hernandez, who was convict