Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-05-20


S. j. Wright, of Paris, Texas, whit
has extensive mining interests in Thu
section, arrived this morning for 1
visit of couple of weeks here.
Providence had fire at an early
hour ON Thursday morning in which
three or four buildings were burned
1t was with considerable effort that
the flames we're prevented from
spreading and becoming more disast
rous.
The Santa Fe directors car, with
Directors G. S. Gleed and H. r. Du-
val and the Iatter's son aboard, re-
turned last night from Jerome juno
ton and was attached to this morn
ing's north bound train en- route to
California.
DIR. Swikerath of the German Optical
Institute of Phenix returned to Pres
colt last night after spending several
days at Jerome. He will remain here
till tomorrow night when he will re-
turn to his office in Phenix.
P. L. Goodhue and wife arrived in
Prescott last evening and are guests
at Hotel Congress. Mr.. Goodhue is
the representative of the Western
Elaterite Roofing company, of Den
yer.
Dan Ashmann, representing a large
/ hardware firm of st. Joseph, Mo-, has
been taking orders from our merch-
ants for day or two, and reports bus
mess fine and Prescott one of the best
towns on the road.
Robert Matthews, who has been an
employee of the B. B. Co. for some
time, has been compelled to resign
his position with that firm on account
of i'll health, and will go out to the
King stock ranch where he hopes to
: be benefited by the outdoor vigorous
life of a stock man.
Charles NJ. Kurtz, assistant chief of
The department of Art at the Worlds
Fair, st. Louis, 1904, has prepared
for the May Criterion an authoritative
comprehensive article, handsomely il
lustrated by new and special photo
graphs, entitled: 1.-The Louisiana
Purchase Exposition and Its Art De-
partment.
Mr.. Durbin, a carpenter, while at
work last evening at the residence of
Geo Wood, met with a very painful
accident. He was on a ladder, at
work, only three rungs from the
ground when the rung of the ladder
broke precipitatirg him to the
ground, breaking his arm just above
the wrist. The broken bone protrud-
ed through the flesh.
A Special train was sent to Phenix
this morning Immediately after the
arrival of the passenger train from
there. The engine and coach which |
were sent was for use in an excursion |
train which will run from Phenix to |
Iron Springs tomorrow. On account |
of the heavy freight traffic on the
road at present six car loads of
through freight we're sent down by
this train.
The aged mother of Messrs. Ben |
and James Blanchard of Iron King,
by the formers daugh-
ter, Miss Nellie Blanchard, arrived in
Prescott this morning. They reached
Ash Fork at II 80 last night ON the
Santa Fe limited, where they were
met by Ben Blanchard with a special
train and brought to Prescott. They
left this afternoon for the Iron King
mines, where they will remain for
several weeks.
Ed Shumate today informed the |
Journal Miner that he would be ready |
to open the season at Granite Dells /
next Sunday. Although everything |
will not be as complete as he hopes to
have it in few more days yet he
will be able to receive the visitors in
a handsome manner, and all who |
know Mr.. Shumate and his manner of |
doing business know that he will be
with nothing short of the
best and the season this year at Gran
tie Dells promises to be far ahead of
any previous year, as several hundred
dollars has been spent in fixing things
up, and the resort will be run in
first class manner.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Bashford- Burmister
company. ID. NJ. F. Weeks tender
ed his resignation as president effec-
tive June l. Mr.. Weeks retires from
the head of this concern with the best
of feeling and good wishes of his as
sociates, and is making the change
solely for private reasons, and for the
purpose of seeking some lower alti
tude believing that such change |
be beneficial to his health.
James \. Hope, who is now first
vice president, will succeed to the
of this concern, and he
needs no particular introduction to
the people of this section, as he has
been actively identified with the man
agement for the past two or three
years, and is qualified to fill the posi-
+ior in a1arx SauSa of tho word