Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-10-28
, THE LOCAL NEWS.
) ......CITY And COUNTY
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Paul P. Hastings returned last even
ing from his hunting trip.
F. NJ. Senteuney returned this morn
ing from prospecting trip to Skull
valley.
Will Croker is in Prescott from |
Turkey creek, where he has been en-
gagged in mining for some time.
W. b. Pease, the Postal telegraph |
operator, left this morning for bust
ness trip to Stockton, California.
Tulare lake, California, once nav
iagble body of water, has completely |
=. dried up, and in some places the bed |
of the lake is hard enough to drive a
team. over.
Deputy Sheriff Kavanaugh brought
in two Mexicans from Poland today. |
They were misdemeanor cases, one
having received a sixty and the other
a seventy two days sentence.
The steamer South Portland. which
was wrecked a few days ago off the
Oregon coast, was owned by W. A.
Scammell, brother of Geo. B. Scam
NELL, the mining. promoter of this
section.
The Santa Fe holds the record for
fast freight service between Houston,
Texas, and Denver. A freight car
loaded with vegetables recently made
the trip of 1900 miles in four days
time, cutting off one third from the
best previous schedule.
The city police gave surprise party
on Thursday night to crowd of five
boys who were lettering on the streets
after the blowing of the whistle. "
They were taken to the city Jail.
This is a good move on the part of the
officers.
o. ". Cotton, the San Diego real
estate man, left on last nights train
for Congress, and after a brief stay
there will continue his trip to Pie
nix. Mr.. Cotton reports having had a
very successful business visit in Pres
colt and expects to return here again.
Dee Crawford, of Mariposa, Cali
: fornia, was thrown yesterday from a
/. fractions horse at ash Fork and sus-
tanned fracture of his leg. He was
; brought to Prescott by Deputy Sheriff
! Mobiles, and placed in the Sisters
8 hospital where he will be cared for by
!. Knights of Pythias of which he is a
member.
James II. Bennett, and Miss Susan
Bradford were married in Phenix
= few days since. The groom is a
cousin of James Gordon Bennett, and
the bride is a beautiful and accom-
plished young lady of Kentucky. The
. chief interest which attaches to this
item in Prescott, where neither are
! known, is the announcement that the
couple will reside in Prescott.
Albert Stickney, president of the
Chicago, Great Western railroad com
pany says that the value of the entire
apnual production of all the iron
mines in Minnesota is less than the
value of the annual product of the
hens, the common barnyard fowl, of
the magnificent agricultural state of
Iowa. This speaks volumes for the
hens.
Frank jaeger, arrived in Prescott
last evening in a private car, from
Chicago, with his brother, E. c. jaeger
and a party of stockholders of the |
Model Mining company. Those COM
prising the party are Frank Wing, E. |
r. RothermaI, John Bardel, F. Ober- |
holman, E. F. Very, ]. NJ. Reardon |
and a. f. Hellon all of Illinois The |
party went out to the McCabe mine
today TO inspect the progress of the
rehabilitation of that property.
The Arizona Sandstone Brick Co. |
will make its initial run, beginning |
next Monday. Mr.. Huennekes, pat |
entee of the process, will arrive in
Prescott on Sunday night and they |
will begin mixing sand Monday. The |
sand is mixed with a small portion of
lime, then pressed and afterwards
steam dried. This will be quite an
innovation in the shape Of a new. in
dustry, added to the growing ones of
Arizona.
Adjutant General Lesvell returned |
yesterday morning from Prescott |
which, be says, has just now the most |
delightful climate he ever. saw. The
town is very quiet just now, but that |
is good sign, as it shows that the |
men who spend money are out in the |
hills earning it. Several good strikes
have been reported lately. One of
them within a week occurred on the
property of the Corona Consolidated |
Gold and Copper company and anoth-
er at the Bannie mine.-Republican |
The boys club, in Miss Mason's
room, of the public schools, gave
party last evening at the residence of /
Mrs. j. L. Munds, her son Harold be- |
ing a member of the club. The clubs /
colors are white and yellow, and Mrs. |
Munds had the rooms very tastefully |
decorated with these colors, among
other decorations being number of \
e flowers of white and yellow. The
evening was spent in games of interest
to boys and girls after which most de-
licious refreshments were served, and
the evening was one of genuine pleas
ure to all Miss Mason was present
as guest of honor.
An excursion will be run on Sun
day, November s, from Prescott to the
end of the track on the summit of
the mountains on the Crowned King
road. An extremely low rate will be
offered so that all who desire to make
the trip, and view the beautiful seen
cry it will afford, can do so. The
Northern Pacific with two switch
backs on its line advertises them as
prominent features of the scenic views
of that line. On the Crowned King
railroad there are four switch backs
between Middleton and the summit.
something that does not exist on any