Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-02-17

says the business interests of the southern part of California are not suffering very much as yet from the continued dry weather The recent rains did much good and there is still time to have good crops if they get rain.
 H 4 telegram was received this after noon from J. c. Martin at Los An geles, that the operation upon Jay, the only son of MT. and Mrs. Martin, for appendicitis, had been performed at the hospital this morning and was very successful. the lad coming through the operation in fine shape There is very little danger now in the way of his making a full and com . plete recovery. The surgeons said the operation was very badly needed.
 Frank R Stewart received a letter last night from Rev E. O. McIntier, at Los Angeles, which stated that he was still very ill. but that the physi- elan was hopeful that he would recov- CT from his illness within few weeks He said the physician did not hold out much encouragement for him to return to Prescott, as there would be some danger of the illness with which he is suffering returning in this alti tude.
 Thos. Wilkinson, of Burlington, Iowa, who arrived here last week to attend the annual meeting of the Gro Cobra Mining company, in which he | is heavily interested, came up this morning from PheniX, where he went ! for a short visit. He says the ther- mometer registered so above in that city yesterday and people were shed ding their coats and hunting the shady side of the streets. He will remain in Prescott for a few days enjoying our balmy mountain air before returning ] to his home in Iowa.
 Mir. and Mrs. Julian Willard enter tained the teachers of the public schools Saturday evening to a heart party. Of course the entertainment would have been lacking in interest for the blushing damsels without the presence of any of the sterner sex and several of the gentlemen friends of the ladies were also invited. The | house was beautifully decorated with hearts and the games were all in har- mony with the occasion. All fpresent entered heartily" into the sports and the evening was one of unalloy- ed enjoyment.
 The Yavapai Club continues to grow in popularity under the able manage ment of Mir. Fellow, who is proving himself to be exactly the right man in the right place. A California gentle man who was entertained few days by friends at the club 5told Journal Miner man that the Yavapai Club was one of the finest and best managed it had been his pleasure to visit for many a day. Prescott has reason to be proud of the club, as there is no in stitution in the city that will better advertise the place and that too. among the class of people that will be of the greatest good to this section.
 W. II. Engle, the expert oil burner man, and one of the principal movers in the Yavapai Oil Development com pauy, which is making an effort to eN- plore for oil near the Verde river, went to Mesa this morning on the freight and will install an oil burner in A. c. McQueen's large pumping plant on his ranch near Mesa. lie eX- poets to have the job finished in a few days when he gill return to Yavapai county and resume his effort to raise sufficient money to start drilling for oil on the company's oil claims. If he succeeds in striking oIl where he fully expects that be will, it will be one of the greatest blessings this county ever had and will make the promoters rich in short order.