Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-12-23

: E. W. Daniels is up from Phenix to-
day. 8
B. W. Zachu left this morning for
Los Angeles.
DR.. McCandIass returned this morn
ing from a trip to Phenix.
A. j. Doran returned to Prescott
last night from trip to California on
mining matters.
Mrs. Borton arrived in Prescott last
night from New York, and will reside
here in the future.
Mrs. j. Bertholf was an arrival from
Detroit last evening and is a guest at
the Hotel Congress.
j. G. Martin is paying the capital
city a visit today. He will not buy a
Mergenthaler while there, however.
Geo. Ruffner returned this morning
from a trip to the Salt River valley,
where he has lot of stock on pas
ture.
Mrs. Wright, national press CORES
pondent for Woman's Relief Corps,
has been making visit to the corps
in Prescott.
The railroad operating in the show
window of the Prescott Electric COM
pany has been drawing large crowds of
children and other people, too.
Mrs. John Harris left last night for
Little Rock, Arkansas, near where she
has sister who is reported to be very
ill. She went by way of Phenix.
The Band Orchestra will give
dance in the Odd Fellows hall on
Christmas night and one of the best
times of the season Els guaranteed
those in attendance.
The case of H. l.. Sweeney VS.. Rio
Tinto Gold and Copper Mining COM
pany was heard this afternoon before
Judge Sloan and judgment rendered
for the plaintiff for something over
5000.
The Journal Miner is the recipient
of beautiful calendar fom Hermann
Voge, the wholesale liquor dealer.
Mr.. Voge is noted for his pretty cal
endars and this one is no exception to
the rule.
Walker is preparing to have a grand
Christmas tree entertainment. Mrs.
E. A. Upper will have charge of the
affair and it is being given for the
benefit of the school. 1t should be
we'll patronized.
Percy Armitage has just finished a
number of fine photographs of the
new mill and camp at the Home Run
property, on Groom creek. Mr.. Arm
itage is turning out some of the finest
pictures ever seen in this section.
Mrs. W. G. Brandon and little
daughter, accompanied by Mrs. Bran
don's mother, Mrs. Bethune, left this
morning for Los Angeles for a few
weeks visit. They were accompanied
as far as Ash Fork by Mr.. Brandon.
The United Verde expects to start
up its smelter again Sunday, a suff1-
cient amount of coke having arrived
from Pennsylvania to enable them to
resume operations. Twenty more cars
of coke arrived at the junction last
night.
II. P. Anewalt received several
large punches of mistletoe this morn
ing from the station agent at Wicken-
burg. They we're the finest specimens
of that popular foliage that have ever
been seen in this city, and large box
of it was expressed to friends in the
east.
The damage suit of Mccullough VS..
the Poland Mining company which oc-
cupied the attention of the district
court for there days this week, was
ended last night when the jury
brought in a verdict in favor of the
defendant, or against allowing any
damage.
The teachers and pupils of the pub
lie schools were busy today cleaning
up the yard at the new school build
ing. The new building and all the
pupils and teachers will be photo
graphed tomorrow and the photo
graphs will be placed on exhibition at
the st. Louis Worlds Fair.
The Eastern Sugar company, con-
Germ which was organized less than a |
year ago with a capital stock of |
81, 200, 900, and which began the con-
struction of factory at Glendale, |
has been declared insoIvent and How |
ard L. Shepard of Detroit, Mich, and
Courtlandt Parker, Jr., of Newark, |
n. j., appointed receivers to take |
charge of the affairs of the concern at |
ce.-Gazette.
John a. Burton, of the contracting |
firm of Grant Brothers, is in town |
today from the railroad camp in the |
Bradshaw mountains Mr.. Burton |
informs the journal Miner that work |
on the road will not be finished be-
fore some time in April, and also that
they are short of laborers and would |
like to have number more men.
The case of the Val Verde Copper
company VS.. Grove and Sharp, the ia
nous ore sailing case, which has been
tried twice in the district court and |
both times resulted in hung juries,
came up again for hearing this morn
ing and the plaintiffs asked until this
afternoon to amend their complaint.
The time was allowed and the trial
jurors we're all excused until Friday
morning.
H. S. Phillips, who accompanied
the three engines received here re
Gently by the S. f. p. * p. from Dun
kirk, New York, left this morning for
home, having succeeded in getting the
powerful engines into perfect working
order. They are now in commission |