Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-06-24

Mrs. M. X. Church, the mining
promoter, passed through ON this
mornings train from Kirkland en-
route to Los Angeles.
The base ball game between the
Head Block and Railroad mines yes
terday resulted in a score Of 81 to &c
in favor of the Head Block nine.
c. E. Hart, station agent of the U.
V. and p. railroad at Jerome, came
over to Prescott Saturday evening re-
turning again to jerome yesterday.
Tom Elder went through on this
mornings train en- route to Jerome,
on business connected with the Ven
ture Hill Mining company's deal.
While Sam Greenvald was drawing
the cork of bottle on Saturday, the
bottle broke, cutting him severely in
the arm, severing one of the tendons
Prof. jolly reports that all the
schools in this county are now closed
for this year. The last ones to finish
their work were Seligman and Groom
creek, which closed Friday.
Mrs. Iva Tut went up to Ash Fork
this morning to meet her daughter,
who has been attending school in Cal
ifornja and who will spend her vaca-
ton in Prescott with her mother.
Passenger traffic on the freight train
between Prescott and Phenix and in
ternediate points has become so great
that the company has put a regular
passenger coach OH the train.
J. c. McCready. VIM. Morris, Dan
Kelly, and John Krahenbull left last
Saturday with team for an overland
trip of several weeks to the petrifed
forest, the cliff dwellings, Montezu-
mas well and the Grand Canyon. The
trip will probably cover about six
weeks.
Miss Gilcbrist, one of the teachers
in the public schools at Detroit, Mich
igan, is visiting in this city for a
short time. She has been connected
with the Detroit schools for six years
and is said to be very fine teacher.
She is quite in love with Prescott and
NOV nose; hI,- ,,,al>o nm onrI;oof;r,, Co.,
some of - the vacancies in the schools
here.
June S. Freeman left on this morn
ing's train for San Francisco in the
interests of the Home Gold NJ. and ID.
company. From there he will go to
Willows, California, for the purpose
of getting out a city directory for
that place. He expects to return in a
couple of months.
The water in the canals has fallen
about 5000 inches. During the past two
weeks the water supply was increased
from little less than 10, 600 inches to
nearly %, inches, being the result
of the recent rains. The water supply
has been phenomenally good this
year, and any extreme shortage for
the remainder of the season is not an
ticipated. Democrat.
Thomas Sutton, representing Bish-
OPP Il Co., of Los Angeles, left for
jerome this morning after a success
full visit to Prescott. In conversation
with a Journal-Miner reporter Mr..
Sutton said: al have heard some
talk of dull times in Prescott, but l
have failed to discover any evidence.
In spite of the fact that / have fol-
lowed up several men in my line, /
have taken more and larger orders on
this trip than usual. That is not
symptom of dull times
Gary Block of this city, son of Ed
Block, has just been notified that he
has passed the entrance examination
for the State School of Mines at Col
den, Colordo, and made a splendid
record at this examination. Gary is
to be congratulated as the Colorado
State School of Mines has the reputa-
ton of requiring a very thorough
preparation. He will enter this school
next September to take the full four
years course in mining and engineer
ing. :.
Walter Grimmer and wife returned
this morning from Octave where Mr..
Grimmer has been assisting Walter
Norris, the assayer for the Octave
Gold Mining company, during his alb
sence in Ohio, where he was called re-
Gently by the death of his father. Mr..
Morris returned from Ohio Saturday,
and Mr.. Grimmer will now return to
Walker, where he is employed as as
sayer for the Penn Gold Mining COM
pany at the Mud Hole mine. He says
he thinks the Mud Hole will resume
operations again before long.
Supt. J. T. Mclaughlin, of the
Merchants Mining company, came in
from the properties of the company
near Poland last evening, and went
out with the party of Chicago capital
lists this afternoon to the Braganza
Gold Mining company's Henrietta
The above party of gen.
tlemen returned last night from
visit to Quartz mountain where they
went to inspect the properties of the
Climax Gold company. They express
ed themselves as we'll pleased with
what they saw at that place.
A. r. Armstrong and wife arrived
i'll Prescott last evening from Las
Vegas, New Mexico. Mr.. Armstrong
will have charge of the clothing store
of Ed Block, one of the largest estab
of the kind in the territory. |
The Las Veags Optic, in speaking of |
the departure of Mr.. Armstrong for |
this place, says: ga. r. Armstrong, |
the efficient salesman at NJ. Green |
5erger's Boston clothing store, will |
sever his connection with that house |
today and remove to Prescott, Ariz., |
where he will have the management |
Of large clothing department in a
leading establishment. Mr.. Arm
strong leaves here an enviable record |
as a business man and a gentleman. |
His MANY friends wish him we'll >;