Williams news., 1904-08-20
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ITEMS OF GENERAL
 INTEREST


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 Mrs. c. M. Thomas departed on Wednesday for few weeks visit at Winslow with relatives.
 Probate Judge A. E. Douglass passed through on delayed No. 1 from Flagstaff Thursday evening.
 E. T. Phelan went out to the Canyon Thursday. During the big tourist rush he will assist at Cam eron's camps.
 Mrs. Geo. U. Young and son ar rived here Tuesday evening from Prescott, where they have been re- siding for some time past.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Cory re- turned Thursday from Flagstaff, after a weeks visit with the parents of the latter, Mir. and Mrs. Harry c. Hibben.
 H. F. Adams departed Tuesday for Prescott, being called there by the illness of his brother, to take charge of the lumber business dur ing his indisposal.
 Jos. Johnston's new buildings are now almost complete. In fact one is already occupied by a new res taurant, which has opened up and is now doing business.
 Jacob Salzman expects to leave today for Los Angeles. accompa- nied by his family. He will only be absent short time, but his wife and sons will remain some weeks.
 Fred R. Ferguson returned on Wednesday evening from his visit at Prescott. Thursday he went out to John Ks camp, where he ac- cepted a position as timekeeper and commissary.
 The I. O. O. F. hall is now rap idly nearing completion and begins to look better every day. See the Odd Fellows ad. elsewhere in this issue, calling attention to their opera house.
 Mir. and Mrs. Geo. ". Martin went out to the Grand Canyon Thursday and will probably re- main at the great resort at least a month. George will assist in the handling of the heavy tourist traffic due to arrive there this month and next
 Engineer Blackwood arrived here Wednesday and has taken charge of the log run, releasing Engineer Yeager, the latter having since been doing special duty on the Can ynn rAod MT. Blackwood's family have taken-eP,--u -ufirrr resIuorrUo Tn the McKim cottage.
 Mrs. w. Patterson informs us that she has been expecting her daughter, Miss Mavie, home for vacation this summer from her duties in Los Angeles, but that she will hardly come now, having re gently been promoted to head nurse in the California hospital.
 w. L. Harris informs us that he this week received a letter from his wife, now in Los Angeles, in which she stated that the operation for tumor which she underwent two weeks ago in private hospital had been successful and she was getting along as we'll as could be expected. The operation was of very serious nature and for a time grave doubts were entertained as to the ultimate result.
 Postmaster F. w. Smith for sev- eral months past has been the owner of fine buckskin pony. Fred, however, got tired of paying for his feed and recently had offered him for sale. Nobody seemed to want to buy. Fred won't have to buy hay and grain for him any more, though, as during the storm last Tuesday, up back of the mill, the pony was struck by lightning and instantly killed.
 K. s. Gosney, of the firm of Cos ney & Perkins, bankers, of Flag staff, passed through here Thurs day en route to Los Angeles on a : weeks business trip. Mir. Gosney is also largely interested in the stock business of the southwest. He attends every meeting and conven- tion held by stockmen and his presence is of much importance to small stockmen, for whose interests MT. Gosney is an ardent champion.
 J. c. Hoogstraat, formerly a resi- dent of Redlands, Cal. died at the home of his father in Ludington, Mich, recently. He had been par tially paralyzed several years ago and has since been an invalid. His wife, formerly Miss Cora Cum