Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-07-20

The dog catcher which started int
business early in the season in Pres
colt had the misfortune to make sc
much trouble for himself that Chief o.
Police Prince was compelled to dis
charge him, and he closed up the dos
pound. He has no one employed al
present in this position and untaggeC
dogs are being given brief respite.
Julian Dopez and Cruz Salais were
caught by projecting timbers, dragged
from the cage aud KILLED near the 3O(
foot level of the West Yankee mine
at Morenci last Saturday. The mel
were descending to work. The coro-
ner's jury found that their deaths
were due to individual carelessness in
standing too near the door of the cage.
The case against G. G. Graves fol-
committing an alleged assault on
Judge McLane, on appeal from Justice
Talbot's court, was tried in the
district court before jury on Satur-
day and resulted in a verdict of &C.
quittal. Graves was fined 5000 in
Justice Talbot's court and it was
from this judgment that an appeal
was taken.
The people in the neighborhood of
Stockton Hill, Mohave county, desire
to adopt local option and last week a
petition signed by majority of the
residents of that section was presented
to the board of supervisors of Mohave
county praying that an election be
called for that purpose. This is the
first attempt to adopt local option in
any mining section in this territory.
After a vacation lasting one year
and half Geo. G. Ruffner could not
stand idleness any longer and on Sat
urday be purchased the stock and
vehicles of the Fashion livery stable
from j. H. Darrah. On Sunday morD-
ing he took off his coat and COM
nenced work again. He will conduct
a regular livery business. Mr..
RuFner has had sevreal years. expert
,nce in the business and has a host of
friends in this section who will be
,lad to know that he has engaged in
he business again.
Mrs. Vim. Simpson has returned
rom Los Angeles with her son Mayo,
whom she took there In the hopes of !
,reaking him of the stealing habit. |
lie got mixed up with the police there
nd it became a question of leaving
he place or of going to Whittier, so
be returned to Prescott. The lad is
smart boy and capable of making a
seful citizen if he could only get a
God start in the right direction and
eep going. His mother is an esti-
lable woman and has tried every
leans to get the boy to abandon his
'ronG doing.
Mayor G. W. Hull and d. S. Coch-
en- of Jerome, appeared before the
GARD of supervisors last Saturday to
iake application for the repair of the
Id Jreome road via Jaeger canyon.
t present parties wishing to come
'om Jerome to Prescott, or to go from
er to Jerome are compelled to travel
la Cherry Creke, distance of fifty
ght miles, while by way of Jaeger
anyon the distance is only twenty
ght miles. The Pittsburg- Jerome
opper company is also engaged in
lining on a pretty extensive scale,
thin a short distance of the old
escal station and at present the only
ay they have of getting supplies in
|, their camp is by means of pack ami
lals. The company will shortly be
,mpelled to have some large timbers
IT their mine which cannot be packed
and a wagon road will be neces-
ty for them. From Mescal station I
! the old Jerome road to the mine
icy will build a road. The estimated
at of repairs required on the road Is
,tveen $500 and 5000.