Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-10-12
ism at Kirkland last evening. They
had a rousing meeting.

county are very encouraging to the
Republican candidates. If men vote
the way they talk the ticket will be
elected.
Capt w. F. Meeks returned Lass
night from Ash Fork and the Crane
Canyon accompanied by his wife and
son, who have been spending the SUM-
mer in California.
George Babbitt, we'll known mer~
chant of Flagstaff, passed through
Prescott on Tuesday en- route home
from a trip east. He came on de-
toured train via Fort Worth and FL
Paso.
Socialists insist that the present
political contest lies between them
and the republicans. Republicans are
perfectly willing to accept this guage
of battle and let the democrats come
in as third party.
D. II. Jennings, mining man CT
Bridgeport, Connecticut, arrived OF
yesterdays train on mining business.
He expects to remain here for some
time. He was formerly engaged il
mining in Colorado.
Thoams E. Campbell, of Jerome, was
in town on Tuesday on private BUSH
LESS. This being the home of his boy
hood days, he naturally has host OF
friends here who are always gald TO
extend to him tie glad hand of well
come.
A combination freight and passen-
ger train was run from Ash Fork to
Prescott Tuesday afternoon. 1t left
Ash Fork about o. clock arriving here
at 8. The regular south bound passen-
ger train was between three and fous
hours late.
The interruption to freight traffs
has caused scarcity of -four, eggs
and other lines of provisions in Pres
colt. While passenger trains have
been detoured around the washouts
freight traffic with the east has been
practically stopped.
Jesse Robinson came in yesterday
from Lynx creek bringing ballot boz
with him, which he was unable to op-
en- on account of the key being lost,
When asked if they had commenced to
vote in the Lynx creek precinct he
said that the democrats expected to
commence in few days.
As each of the detoured trains ar
rived at the depot there was a lively
scramble among the passengers fog
something to eat. Each train load OF
them seemed to have good appetites.
Mansfield & Nolan had lunch wagon
at the station a great part of the dag
which seemed to do flouIishing bust
ness.
The Prescott gas works are about
completed and will commence the
manufacture of gas today or tomor-
row. The company has been ready.
in fact, to manufacture gas for sever
al days, but has had no storage tank
ready for it. The latter will be COM
pleted not later than tomorrow and
probably today.
Each train which has arrived during
the past three or four days has beer
expected to bring delayed mail but
only a very small amount has reached
here yet. Passengers who came from
Ash Fork on the train which reached
here at o'clock stated that there was
an entire car load at that point which
would be brought down on the delay
ed south bound train. Should this
prove to be the case, mail may be eX-
pected this morning at the postoffice.
Manuel Valdez had his preliminary
examination on Tuesday before JUS
tice Talbot on charge of burglary, al
legged to have been committed in
Crown King and was held to answer
to the grand jury. Valdez claimed he
was drunk at the time the alleged
crime was committed, and he probably
was, but the justice would not accept
that as an excuse. He entered resi-
dence and turned things topsy turvy
but so far as known did not steal any
thing, probably for the reason that he
did not find anything to his taste.
Being disappointed at his lack of sue
cess in the home he went out and
"gobbled' up a couple of turkey COB
blers and sold them to a Chinaman.
In default of $500 he is in Jail.
MINING NEWS.