Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-18
The temperature this morning was

l6 degrees above zero.
 Mrs. W. A. Cline is confined to hel
 room with very severe attack ot
 rheumatism.
 $. NJ. Boblett, the we'll knwor rancher and miper of LynX creek i. in town today.
 , Mrs W. F. Weeks and child cam, ' down from Seligman last night ana
 are guests at Hotel Congress. Mir
 Weeks accompanied them to Prescott;
 and then he wen. on sO .tth on an eX tended business trip. They will re
 main here till his return.
 Workmen began the work of dig
 ging away the lot on which the Gould
 cottage stands today. Mir Murphy,
 who owns the property, will raise the
 cottage and build number of fine club rooms under it.using the present
 building as the upper stories.
 W. C. Budge, former conductor
 on the MaricOpa and PheniX railroad,
 but for number of years connected
 with the Guayamas road has been pro
 noted to the position of train master
 of that road Mir. Budge has a large
 circle of friends in Prescott who will
 be pleased to learn of his promotion.
 petition is in circulation in Pres colt today and Is being signed by every one to whom it is presented pro
 testing agianst the ceding of the pro
 posed strip from northern Arizona to Utah. While it is called a strip. in
 reality the territory asked for is greater in area than the state of Mas sachusetts.
 Chas. F. Whittlesey of the firm of Whittlesey X Elliott, architects, who
 have offices in Prescott and Albuquer- que. came in from the latter city last evening on business. Mir. Whittlesey was the architect who proposed the plans for the Wilson theatre. He is also working on several other plans for Prescott buildings.
 The Monday Club will give its an ual matinee musicale in 1. c. 0. F. hall next Tuesday afternoon at } o'clock This will also be guests day, and each member will be enti- tied to invite one friend. The meet, ing will be held on Tuesday instead of Monday, the usual meeting day nf the club on account of being m the 1. 0. 0. F. hall.
 The young friends of Miss Et hel Tinsler gave her a surprise party last night the occasion being her birth day. Quite a number of the rising generation of both sexes were present. and enjoyed themselves thoroughly | When it came time to serve refresh ments each young lady was wrapped ir sheet and put up at auction to the boy making the highest bid for her company at the table.
 A bill mas been introduced in the legislature defining grand larceny, which it says is committed in either of the following cases: First When the property taken is of the value ex- ceeding $50. Second-When property is taken from the person of another. Third-When the property taken is horse, mare, gelding, COW. bull, calf, mule, jack, jenny. goat, sheep. or hog or any neat or horned cattle.
 number of persons in Prescott had their attention attracted on Sat arday night to big fire northeast of town. Diligent inquiry failed to elicit any information yesterday as to where the fire was, but it is learned that it was d pile of brush be- yond John Dukes place. The sup posed origin of it is that a tramp made his camp there and built fire too near the brush. It blazed for coy pie of hours.
 Frank Whitaker, representing Jones. Paddock & Co.,, of San Francisco. one of the largest wholesale tea. coffee.
 
 arrived in this city a day or two ago and is visiting the merchants of Pres colt in the interest of his firm. This is the initial trip of MT. Whitaker to Arizona. but. will not be the last as he intends to put his goods into most of the grocery stores of the territory on this trip and on account of their superior qualities naturally expects to have to come agaiU.
 There is one small pox patient in
 he pest house. his name is McNeill md came here last week from Gallup There are a number of cases scattered around over town and under quaran- tine. but so far as the Sun can learn there are no new cases this week. | There is a great difference in opinion | as to what name to apply to the dis | ease the patients under quarantine l have. and it goes by the various names | of "Cuban itch.'' chicken pox. or ! Asiatic fever. however. under what | ever name it goes no one seems will | ing to harbor it. and rigid quaran- tine has, it is hoped, about put an end to it.-F'lagstaf Sun.
 The Denver News says: The con i tracting agents of the railroads are in | lively competition to secure the trans i portation of the Eighteenth infantry | to San Francisco in early April. Bids | were solicited through the quarter | 1aster's department in this city and | Lieutenant Colonel Pope is busy re ceiving the visits of the competing | agents, This regiment. part of which | is at Fort Logan. and the remainder at Fort Russell and Whipple. Bar racks has been ordered a second time to the Philippines. These soldiers were among the first troops sent to the islands and made a good fighting rec ord. Colonel Sanno commands.
 D. c. Monroe. president of the White Horse group of mines. on LynX creek. returned to Prescott last night after a several weeks business trip in New York MT. Monroe says people in New York have a good opinion of Ysvapai county mines. and are more to invest here than almost any other section. While in New York he was royalty entertained by many peo- Dle who wanted to hear of this county. He was presented with a valuable scarf pin representing a white horse. in which was set 3S diamonds making a very valuable and beautiful present. and one very appropriate. Mr MoI roe being the president of the White Horse Mining company. and the pres ent coming from the directors of tie 
 J. H. Emmert. assistant to the president. and c A. Randall. tho 1 right of way man for the PheuiX and Eastern railroad. were in Florence this week on company business. They left on Thursday morning. Mir Elm ' nert going to Kelvin for the purpose 1 Dt looking over the route and famiIi- i irizing himself with some of the de- tails of construction. and Mir. Ran Hall returned to Mesa. The deeds for right of way have nearly all been l turned over to the company. and lit le difficulty has been experienced llOng that line. Those owning land dong the road are trying to aid the enterprise in every way. and fully | 'ealize the benefits they will derive , rom the early running of trains. - '. Florence Tribune. A. F. Suppiger, the mining and scenic ,hotoora uher. has inst issnad a beau $ iful album containing veiws of Phe- f liX. the Salt river valley. Congress, Castle Creek hot springs. the ostrich o,-r,, f,,o ,,l q