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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
PRISON REMOVAL
Legislative Talk of Removing Ari- zOna's Penal Institution from
 Yuma to Benson.
The Reform School Building to Be Used as Means of Accomplishing
 This Object.

The story of Fridays legislative
 day as briefly told by the Phenix Re-
 publican is to the effect that nothing practically was done, but it is gener- ally argeed by members that the next week will be a lively period. Some thing will be done one way or the other with the eight hour bill and the woman surffage bill. But the instru- ment which will particularly stir up the animals will be bill for the re- moval of the territorial prison to Ben son, and its installation there in the building erected for a reform school.
 The building like a former one built under appropriation of a demo- cratic legislature has proven to be a "white elephant on the hands of the territory, as there never has been any need for such building. It is now disclosed that there was a meeting of large number of the members of the assembly on Thursday night at which it was agreed to move the territorial prison from Yuma to Benson. It is said that most of the northern mem- bers have pledged themselves to the suppo of the bill. There are reasons why the Maricopa members would support it and there is said to be an argument why the members from Ora ham and Gila shall fall in line. A member of the assembly said yester- day that there was no earthly doubt that the bill would be passed by that body. He added that he could not see how it would be defeated in the coun- cil. The geograpE ieal argument in favor of it is that with the completion of the Phenix and Eastern road Ben son will be the most easily accessible point in the territory. It is under stood that the bill for the establish ment of territorial poor farm at Solomonville will be sacrificed to the prison removal bill. Other matters before the legislature are also hinged upon this one.
 Both branches adjourned before noon on Friday until next Tuesday morning at II o'clock. The most in teresting matter was the presentation of memorial from the boards of su- pervisors of Pima and Santa Cruz counties requesting the legislature to memorialize congress asking an appro- priation of s317, 900 for the payment of the so called Pima county bonds. The argument presented to congress in this behalf is that but for the action of that body six years ago that debt would never have been saddled upon the counties. A memorial embody- ing these argumens was adopted in both houses.
 In the house Woolf introduced a bill to encourge the establishment of irrigation works by exempting them from taxation. One or two other bills of minor importance were intro duced which constituted the days !! work of the legislators.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
AFTERNOON OF MUSIC.
Monday Club Entertains Members and Large Number of Guests With
 Musicale.

Today was musical day and guests day for the Monday club. The usual day of meeting is on Monday but as one of the members had an important engagement yesterday, in order to accommodate her the club very con siderately changed the date of meet ing until this afternoon.
 The meeting was held in the large hall of the Odd Fellows building and as each member was permitted to in vite five friends as her guests, nearly every lady in Prescott received an in vitation to be present, and few there were who received invitations who did not attend. The leaders of the day were Mrs. F. W. Herndon and Mrs. Anna Levy, and they had very beautifully printed programmes to serve the dual purpose of informing the members and guests of the good things in store for them during the afternoon, as we'll as souvenirs of the occasion.
 The colors of the club are gold and silver, and the programmes were printed on heavy white ledger paper, in letters of gold. The title page contained the words "An Afternoon of Music'' with the date of the meet ing and the names of the leaders. The second page contained the names of the authors of the music rendered, during the day, and the others were devoted to the numbers on the pro- gramme.
 Mrs. B. D. Billinghurst, president of the club, presided at the meeting during the transaction of the regular routine business after which it was turned over to the leaders of the day.
 Mrs. Levy was unable to be pres ent and take part in the days pro- ceedings on account of receiving word this morning of the death of her father She was down on the pro- gramme for paper on music and had it prepared ready for delivery and it was read by Mrs. D. M. F. Weeks. Mrs. Herndon, the other leader, read a paper, also on music.
 Mrs. H. B. Long also gave a talk on Ethelbert Nevin, one of the musical authors whose works were reviewed during the afternoon.
 Mrs. Long also recited Nevin's '' Twas April'' to a piano aecOmpani- ment by Mrs. W. A. Cline.
 The following was the musical pro gramme rendered.
 Piano solo "Arabesque, Chamin- ade, Mrs. Fen. s. Hildreth
 Vocal solo - ''The Little Silver Ring" Chaminade, Mrs. D. M. F. Weeks.
 Selection from Robin Hood" De Koven. Mrs. M. F. Morin and Miss Etta De Witt.
 Vocal solo, Madrigal," Chamin- ade, Mrs. H. D. Ross.
 Vocal quintette- "Wynken, Blyn- ken and Nod" Nevin, Mesdames H. D. Ross, Geo. fl. Mcinnis, H. B. Long, JIG. Martin and Miss Amelia Block.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
MAIL DELIVERY
Prescott Has Been Examined By a Government Official With Re-
 gard to Extending System.
Some Conditions Which Will Have to Be Met First By Residents of
 the City.

MT. Erwin, superintendent of the free mail delivery system on the Pa cific coast, left this morning for his home in San Francisco, after having spend a short time in Prescott exam ming into the question of extending the free delivery system of this ely.
 The local postal authorities have been triyng to get the department at free delivery in Prescott and as a re- suit of this request Mir. Erwin has been sent here to investigate the mat ter.
 He gave out the information before leaving that a further investigation would be held within the next couple of months and if the necessary inn provements had been made by that time the free delivery limits would be extended and another carrier added. There is one thing our people should not overlook in regard to this and that is the street grades must be com piled with, the sidewalk put in and kept in repair and the houses num- bered If these requirements are met, and it is perfectly proper that they should be, the government will do its part. Let those who now live beyond the present limits and who desire the benefits of free delivery, get to work so that when the inspector returns he will have no hesitancy in ordering the extension.
 In anticipation that this will be done, there will be an examination held by the civil service examining board for the positions of carrier and clerk, in the near future, the exact dates will be announced soon.
 Should the order be made it will go into effect July l. 1903.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

Rev. Leon Lewis, pastor of the M. E. Church, south, preached very elo- quently yesterday morning on the sub ject: "Some Thoughts from the Parable of the Good Samaritan '' The preacher said in part, this subject was suggested in meditation over the Sun day school lesson for today, which is taken from 1st Corinthians 18th chap ter This chapter is known by many and often referred to as the capstone of religious experience. St. Paul speaks in highest terms of Love of which is not only chiefest among the Christian graces, but the essential, without which the others are "sound- ing brass and tinkling cymbal, noth- ing and profitless, even to the pro lessor and possessor. But St. Paul teaches almost entirely in the ab- stract. He rarely illustrates by con crete examples. This is the great dis tinguishing mark between Christ Jesus and St. Paul as teachers. Christ almost universally introduces concrete cases to which his teaching applies with mighty force.
 The parable before us, Luke 10th, chapter 25th to 27th verses, is a strik- ing illustration of this principle, and is in fact, the theory set forth in 1st Corinthians, put into practice.
 After hearing Christ to speak in a comparative way of his generation and that of the prophets and kings of for mer times, lawyer quickly perceives the truth that men's opportunities and the using or abusing of them will be the determining element in their respective cases in the Day of Judg- ment. He asks at once: ''What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (v. 3js the all important question of every mans whole existence.
 Christ proceeds in such a mnaner as to cause him to answer his own question, and asks what is written in the law: How readest thou? and al lows this man to declare his own faith then demands that he shall live up to his creed. Here the lawyer raises a question with the seeming intention of disputing; perhaps intending to say men differ as to the meaning of the term neigbhor.
 Christ uses the former plan to learn what to require. He does this quite adroitly. Does not say l hold that this or that man is your neighbor but
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
Thirty-Ninth Year.

On account of the failure of Mrs. Levy to be present, who had the obli- gato part of this beautiful selection, Mrs. H. D. Ross was substituted for it at almost a moments notice and sus- tained the part admirably, demon strating the possibilities of a vocalist who thoroughly understands the art of music, the piece being very diff cult one.
 Piano solo-(a) "A Venetian Love Song" (b) Dawn" Nevin, Mrs M- E. Morin.
 ''The Rosary" Nevin, Mrs How ard c. Burmister.
 Vocal duet-''O, That We Two Were Maying,' Nevin, Mesdames F. P. Ward and J. c. Martin.
 Norwegian Wedding March, Grieg, Mrs. S. s. Walstrum.
 Vocal solo-"M Mighty Lax Rose," Nevin, Mrs. G. H. McGinnis.
 Hunting song from Maid Marian, De Koven, Mesdames H. D. Ross, D. M. F. Weeks, R. H. Burmister, G. H. McGinnis, w. W. Ross, H. B. Long, J. c. Herndon, J. C. Martin and Miss Campbell.
 The numbers were very beautifully rendered, and elicited liberal ap- plause from all present and the after noon was voted the banner day for the cluh
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

not yet encountered any walling, but we are in a vein of matter such as i:
 usually found in veins of that class.
 It is mineralized vein matter This
 fact, and the fact of its closeness tC
 the United Verde, would not be sufii-
 cient to tie one to Fl Capitan, but
 want to tell you that out of that cross cut, which is extended across
 the dyke, which will run something
 like 9S feet, 1 think, along a pretty
 fair sized stratum which showed
 pretty fair value, every pound of ma terial out of that work, without any exception whatever, carried a per centage of copper There is from a half of one per cent, to as high as 22 per cent of copper in some of the strata we have struck. Now we eX- pect, and l feel sure, there is not a shadow of doubt in my mind of the final profitable outcome of the Fl Capitan property-and l would not say it if l believed there was. 1 be- lieve we are over one of the greatest ore bodies of the western country in that property. We are going to de- velop it. and when We do 1 am of the opinion that should everything else that Douglas, Lacey & Co. represent prove loss, Fl Capitan will pay them out.
 "As I said. We are down there 300 feet. The rock IS very hard, the work of the development of the prop etry to the present time has been done by hand, which is a slow pro- cess where we have hard material to work through. It has been decided, after discussing the matter with the firm that puts up for us and praise the Lord we never have any trouble about out bills out there-that we would equip that property with mod ern appliances for sinking and use air drills in drilling the holes for the blasting. instead of doing it by hand, and that we put Diamond Drill on the property at once, which will be large saving of epxense.
 Captain Phillips, again referring to the dyke. said: ''It is a great big dyke. It is over 150 feet on the sur face and may be wider below, but cer- tainly it is wide enough to go down 1900 feet at least with Diamond Drill, and we can undoubtedly make from b to 20 feet in F hours, that will be 30 to 40 feet in 24 hours. We can go down very fast with that and take up the core all the way, bring it up in the tube and assay it every day. We will then know just what we can get every day, and when we do that there won't be any hesitancy in the minds of the stockholders about putting up the money to go ahead. There are positively no doubts in my mind. "
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

shop and his collection consisted o the following beautiful creatures.
 French doll Esther Ross.
 Sousa-Kenneth Aitken.
 Marguerite-Eva Behn.
 The Monk-John Shull.
 Organ Grinder-Manuel Sonora.
 Flower Girl-Edith Martin.
 Opera Singer-Philip Riblet.
 Dutch doll-Lila Campbell.
 George Washington-Thomas Ross.
 Powhatan-Jack Claypool.
 Newsboy-Teddy Ross.
 Puck-Frevor Modem. Quakeress-Belle Hill. The antics of the dolls, when wound up and started in motion furnished no end of amusement to the audience, while in their unwound condition they looked the real doll, they were made up to initiate.
 The following specialties were given by little tots which was highly anus ing.
 Serpentine dance-Elaine Wetmore.
 Tambourine dance-Grace Andrews.
 Song by Puck-Frevor Modem.
 Spanish dance-Bernice Modem.
 A song by Nina Greenwood, Iva Ellis, Katie Burke, Vera Greenwood and Elaine Wetmore was very beautifully and we'll rendered.
 Sterling Nott rendered a baritone solo in a very pleasing and effective manner eliciting an encore from the audience.
 Marguerite Shull, Fanny Thomas, Frances Claypool, Rachel Bretherton, Juanita Morrison and Florence Sheard. as band of fairies with Irene Curry as their Queen presented very beautiful appearance while Mabel Brisley as a beggar girl was a splen- did character.
 An English family looking over the stock of dolls was represented by Dr. Yount, Mrs. J. E. Morrison and Belle Hill, Irene Hesla and Douglas Rib let.
 Miss Eva Behn as Marguerite intro duced an old fashioned spinning wheel, the one in use being a genuine sample of the kind used in early days, and being over 100 years old.
 The Prescott orchestra won fresh Iaurels for their matchless playing last night and elicited an encore from the audience, something a Prescott audience seldom accords to an orches- rat.
 At the conclusion of "The Doll Shop'' entertainment a very beautiful play was produced entitled The Way to Win Him. This play was drama tized for the occasion, by Miss Fran ces Kautz the plot being taken from a story recently published in the Smart Set It is full of amusing and was we'll played throughout with the following cast of characters:
 Tom Harris, "All in the Dark, ,'' MT. 
 Grace, his wife, victim of French theories, Navarro Kautz. Fifine, Grace's French friend, Fran ces Kautz
 The Brat, Grace's sister, Vera Greenwood.
 R. B. Wilkins, a poetical aesthete, MT. Porter. Morgenstern, jeweler, H. E. Mes sick. Marie, a maid, Clara Logan. At the conclusion of this play, the hall was cleared and dancing indulged in until after midnight.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

elusive wholesale commission business in the lines above referred to. The advantages of this firm would be that they could be supplied from the Cali fornia as we'll as the local market in large quantities, and further that the markets wcould be watched daily by the Los Angeles end of the firm and when good opportunities offered, to buy at low figure and in large quan- titles. Shipments could then be made in car load lots. It would be Mir. Jewell's idea to put in large storage plant where these goods could be kept fresh and in good shape for some time in the summer and they could then be distributed to the surrounding mining camps and towns. This plan would enable the local merchant to purchase his goods iD these lines right here at home, in just such quantities as he desired, and would prevent loss from overstock. It would also enable
 
 quently enabling him to sell at less figure and the result of this would be that much more of this kind of goods would be used than at present, when each merchant must purchase his own stock and have it expressed to him at great expense.
 It was also learned that an effort would be made to have our local mer- chants become interested in the new enterprise so that they would feel an interest in it's welfare and at the same time reap a double benefit from it. The fact that there is no wholesale house in this line in Prescott at this time, the firm of Walter Hill having recently failed in Phenix and Los An geles, and their branch house having been removed from this city, it looks like an enterprise of this kind ought to be made a success.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
Wholesale Commission House Pro-
 posed to be Established.

In conversation with H. A. Jewell, of the firm of Jewell & Co.,. of Los Angeles, a Journal Miner man learned that that gentleman was contemplat- ing a business move which will be of great advantage to the people of Pres cott in point of enabling them to pro cure fruit, vegetables. poultry. eggs.
 etc., at quite saving over what it now costs them. Mir Jewell's plan is to incorporate a large commission firm to be composed partly of local people and partly of their firm in Los Ange- les and the conducting of a large eX-
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
BIGSALE0F TAILINGS
Crowned King TaiIings Sold to New York Capitalists Work
 Will Start Soon.
Controlling Interest m Entire Property Owned By Company Under NegotIa-
 tions By Same Parties.

The Journal Miner has repeatedly spoken of the impetus given to mining in the Bradshaw mountains by the b0ilding of the railroad there. The road lacks several miles of being com pleted to Crowned King which will be | its southern terminus, but the assur- ance that it will be constructed just as speedily as possible. has been the means, not only of encouraging own CTS of claims in that section to prose cute the work of development with re- newed vigor. but has been the means of attracting capital from the outside for investment there.
 A deal of considerable magnitude was consummated there last week. one which aggregate s75. 900 to S90. 900 and one which may result in a deal of much larger magnitude. The Journal Miner last week mentioned the fact that Geo. P. Harrington had gone to Crowned King with a party of New York capitalists on mining business.
 The visit resulted in the sale of the tailings of the Crowned King com pany, amounting to some 30, GOO or 10000 tons. The parties returned Saturday evening and left for New York yesterday to purchase machinery for working the tailings and just as soon as this can be placed on the ground work will be commenced. The tailings are reported to be very rich through the expense of the working them will be considerable, and expen- sive machinery will be required also
 There is an unofficial rumor current in connection with this deal that Messrs. Sheckels and Harrington have also given the same parties an option on their interests in the Crowned King property. This would give the purchasers a control of this valuable mine and would result in its being started up again.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
THE DOLL SHOP.
Home Talent Furnishes An Evening
 of Excellent Entertainment.

The entertainment given at the opera house last evening was certainly the best ever given by all home talent in the town. Mrs. hautz and her two daughters who were the guiding spir- its in its production and under whose direction and training it was pre- pared deserve great credit for the complete success which was achieved.
 The Doll Shop is similar in many respects to the popular comic opera, The Toy Makers. except that children instead of grown persons are employed as the dolls, and there is no si lging accompaniment to their performances.
 Dr. BlsiD was the keeper of the doll
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
RIGHT KIND OF CITIZENS.

The Journal Miner acknowledges a very pleasant call from G. R. Blasin- game, who with his family arrived in Prescott few weeks ago from north future home. MT. Blasingame has purchased three lots on the corner of Alarcon and Carleton streets and has erected comfortable home for him. self and family. Being a man of good judgment he has decided to build two more cottages on his other two lots for rental purposes. This is the kind of citizens the Journal-Miner vel comes to our midst, men who will go to work and help build up the city in good substantial manner and not sit down and wonder if the town is going to last, and be afraid that if they in
 vest few dollars they may regret it. There are a few people who have been predicting ruin and disaster to Pres colt for the past twenty-five years while Prescott has gone right along improving with every year and the wheels of progress have sent these same prophets to a seat away back, and now all you hear of them is when one of them occasionally bemOurns the fact that he did not have the foresight to take advantage of some opportun- ity that had been offered him in the past but which he was afraid to take hold of for fear the city would not hold out, or that values would not keep up. The fact is there there has never been backward step in the business of this city, but on the other hand every year has found the city in better shape than the year before in every sense of the word. The Journal
 Miner believes that the past is only an index of the future, and that those who pin their faith to Prescott will never have occasion to regret it.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
ALABAMA'S SILVER SERVICE.
A Handsome and Costly Gift to the
 Battleship Alabama.

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 2I.-Exercises in connection with the presentation of silver service, gwen by the peo- pie of Alabama to the United States Battle Ship Alabama, were held here today. The service consisted of seven pieces of the value of about thirty five hundred dollars.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER
Miss Cody Married to an Army Off,
 cer Today.

North Platte, Neo. 2i.-The mar riage of Miss Irma Cody. daughter of Col. Wm. F. Cody. and Lieut. Clar- ence A. Scott. of the twelfth cavalry, stationed at tt Clark, Tex. was sol emnized here at noon today. The ceremony was very imposing one. There were present people of promi- hence from m all parts of the country. Col. Cody who is in England sent a cablegram of congratulations and his blessing.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 23.-An explo- sion of dynamite today at Redwood, south of here this morning killed four men and injured a number of others. A crew of laborers, working on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were thawing out the explosive when the explosion occurred. Three of the bodies were blown into Castleman river.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
FOUR FATALITIES IN WRECK.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 4.-The number of fatalities as the result of an accident on the Big Four road at Berea last night is now definitely known to have been four. The deaths occurred in mail cars which were con- stunned by fire together with a large quantity of mail.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

Te bitters is an excellent tonic for building up the system after sickness. Te weakest stomach can retain it. It will restore te appetite, assist the di- gestion and prevent heartborn, fatu- lency. diZziOness, indigestion and dyspepsia. Be sure to try it.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25

T H. Bate, prescott's leading pho tographer, will make special rates to the members of the Doll Shop com pany for photographs until March l.