Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-03

A. E. Gillard, a druggist, of Seattle, Washington, arrived in Pres
 colt yesterday morning for a visit
 with his brother, ". II. Gillard'.
 who has been having a terrible time with his arm as the result of blood poisoning. The Journal Miner is
 pleased to report that the troublesome arm is rapidly improving and MT.
 Gillard hopes to be able soon to look after his cyaniding contracts again.
 Mr. Gillard is an expert cyanide man
 and also a very genial and pleasant
 gentleman. His brother will remain
 with him for several days.
 Colonel Epes Randolph, president
 of the Maricopa & Phoenix X Salt
 RiAer Valley railroad, and of various
 other Southern Pacific lines in Ari- zona, was in town yesterday. He stat
 ed that he had just recieved informa- tion that the maps filed by the Ari- Zona Eastern railway, covering the
 box canyon of the Gila river i'm mediately below San Carlos had been approved by the secretary of the in- terior. Several hundred men are at work in the canyon, which is a con- siderable distance beyond the terri tory which has been in dispute be- tween the Arizona and Eastern and the Phoenix & Eastern.-Republican.
 The board of supervisors have been in session this week. After sizing up the county's assessment roll for the present year they concluded that a few extra expenditures would be necessary in order to keep the tax rate up to four per cent so entered into a contract to have a S4, coo heat ing plant installed in the court house. The next thing in order will be tbe starting of an ice factory in the court house to keep it cool, aud the enterprIsiDg man who will submit a proposition, with proper induce ments, will get the contract for put ting one in. An ice plant is needed as badly as the heating plant.
 The Martinez News Herald says that the story which has been told about the arrival in Arizona of Dick Wick Halls wife and daughter is a canard and was started for some purpose which bodes nobody good. It is more than likely that Pratt found that Dick would be good dummy in his hands and has paid Dick to act his part of the drama If the scheme succeeds Dick may be able to get somebody's money to develop his mining pros poets; if it fails it would not be sur prising if Dick got term in prison 1 for his pay. We will wager that Dick ! Wick Hall was never in Pittsburg, ! Pa, in his life, unless he has gotten . there within the last few days.
 The recent rains seem to have been , general all over northern Arizona. i Not only general but effective as much of it came in gentle showers, | soaking deep into the earth. It is doubtful if the ground has had as good a soaking for several years as it has had in the past two weeks. While this has been the case there has been in addition to the gentle showers heavier rains sending its food waters into the water courses aud down the streams;thoroughly saturatiDg thesands and filling them with water. J. BoZarth who was in town on Tuesday reports the best rains in the Walnut creek section that he has seen during his twenty six years residence there. He also says that the big flats between valley and Juniper were covered with the food waters to lepth of from twelve to eighteen inches on the 3lst of July.
 Otto c. Johnson and Miss Josie Condron were married in Prescott on August l, by Probate Judge ,. P. Hicks. The bride is a daughter