Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-09-02

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 At the annual convention of the American bar association, which began its session yesterday at Hot Springs, Virginia, Hon. E. E. Ellinwood, of Prescott, Arizona, was elected mem Der of the executive council. Quite large number of some of the most prominent attorneys of the United States are attending the meeting.
 A party of members of Company B. N. G. A. of Phenix, having been dis appointed in respect to their company coming to Prescott for an encamp ment, have decided to visit the Grand Canyon. The party are George Miner, Arthur Nicholson, Joe Mcdonald, Roy Van Meter and Arthur McCrea. They will leave Phenix tonight and will be gone a month.
 Conductor Brown, of the F. X E., has just returned from few days va cation which was spent visiting friends and relatives in Kansas. He seized the punch this morning and went to work again. Messenger J. B. Cowley, who has been doing the hon ors of conductor during Mir. Browns absence, is at his old stand in the baggage and express car again.
 The Journal Miner is in receipt of a
  copy of Pittock's Dictionary of Tue son very neatly printed little book containing a vast amount of informa tion concerning the ancient Pueblo. It tells of its business, churches, lodges. newspapers, temperature, rain fall, indebtedness etc. It is in fact an epitome of general and useful in formation and reflects credit on its author. The price is only ten cents, and can be had on application to G. W. Pittock, Tucson, Ariz.
 The Phenix Republican contains the following mention of sewing depart ment to be added to the Prescott pub lie schools: Incidentally it is ap- propriate to note at this time that Prescott has added a novel course of study to the curriculum of her | schools Mrs. Hugo Richards of Pres | colt has offered to pay the salary of competent woman to teach the girls | attending the Prescott schools sewing, | cutting and fitting aud dressmaking | in general. It is understood the | school board is favorable to the en- | terprise and will devote the necessary | school rooms to that purpose. Pres | colt is to be congratulated on having | so practical philanthropist as Mrs. | Richards interested in her schools" '" From Fridays Daily.
 James Breslin and his two sons left | this morning for Los Angeles.
 T. G. Norris has returned from a professional visit to Camp Verde.
 MT. GoodIoe, assistant superintend- | ent of the Congress mine, came up on this mornings train.
 Otto Rech has returned from his visit with relatives at Charlottes vile, Virginia.
 MT. and Mrs. J. H. Mulrein are eX pected home this evening from their visit to Los Angeles.
 F. NJ. Lamson, principal and owner of Phenix business college came up on this mornings train.
 R. M. Dougherty, the we'll known mining man and mine owner of Crowned King is in town.
 Mike Ryan has eight acres of pota toes in the Turkey creek section which | he says will produce 200 bushels to the acre.
 T. J. Norton, general counsel for the Santa Fe Pacific railroad is eX- pected to arrive on this evenings | train from Los Angeles.
 E. F.. Ellinwood went up to Ash | Fork this morning to meet his wife who is returning from spending the | summer visiting friends in the ca t.
 It is reported that there is an or ganized band of horse thieves operat ing in Navajo county, and there have been quite number of horses appro- 1 priated by them.
 Judge F. M. Zuck, of Holbrook, came in on last nights train. Mir. | Zuck is Grand Master of the Masonic | Grand Lodge of Arizona, and will 1 pay an official visit 10 Aztlan lodge | tonight.
 The Sisters of St. Joseph gave their | boarders who remained at the academy | during the vacation months an tout l ing'' on Thursday at the Dells. All | pronounced the day a most enjoyable one.
 Mir. and Mrs. $. F. Bretherton left | this morning for visit to the Grand | Canyon. Miss Bretherton, their i daughter, accompanied them as far as Williams en route to Gallup, New Mexico, for visit.
 Miss Vella Jones, daughter of J. F.. l Jones, of Flagstaff. left for home this 1 morning, after four weeks visit, in 1 Prescott, with her cousins Misses | Mabel and Maud Norris, daughters of ] Hon. T. G. Norris.
 NJ. l.. Walker, bright young man, who recently graduated from Booker Washington's Tuskegee school, who has been visiting relatives in Prescott for several months, left this morning