Williams news., 1904-08-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Interesting Items Purloined From
 Numerous Exchanges

was working in shale and stone.- Winslow Mail.
 The United Verde Copper com pany has just declared and paid d dividend of 75 cents per share. This is the fifth dividend of this amount to be declared this calen- dar year. making disbursements to stockholders of $1, ,125, ,OOO in 1904
 Hon. Myron H. McCord, United States marshal of Arizona, and Miss Emma Winslow, of Winslow, Pa., were married at St. Louis at high noon on August 11th at the Laclede hotel. The bride is distant rela- tive of Col. McCord's former wife.
 The train from the north was delayed a few hours yesterday morning by an unusual flood at Ash Fork that washed out the res- ervoir a couple of miles from that station, built for supplying the Santa Fe engines with water.-Re- publican, Aug. IA.
 A dustless desert is what the Santa Fe railroad is going to pro- vide between San Francisco and A Albuquerque. In order to do this 35,OOO barrels Of eil recently 'pur- chased in the Bakersfield oil fields will be sprinkled over the roadbed by an especially constructed train.
 Secretary Hitchcock, of the Inte- rior department, has signed the agreement recently ratified by the Salt River uXIa Ne 4fbw aII technical and legal objects connected with the enterprise have been overcome, and there is nothing left but for the government to go ahead and construct the dam.
 It is estimated that fifteen bands will enter the tournament to take place in Albuquerque during the territorial fair next October. Eff teen bands will make an awful lot of noise. They ought to be able to hear it in Washington. May be ii
 the bands would play until Decem-
 Der the senate would pass the state
 hood bill, just in self defense.
 On Sept. 16 special train O. :, twelve cars containing Pittsburs
 Commandery No. 1, Knights Temp lar, will arrive here from the yves
 en route to the Canyon, while mak d ing a circuit of the United States a Coming west the trip is made owe le the Wabash to Chicago; Wisconsi1
 Central to Minneapolis; Mortimer
 Pacific to Portland; Southern Pa N cific to San Francisco. Route eas y will be over s. P. to Los Angeles " Santa Fe to Kansas City; Wabas
 to Pittsburg. The distance traN Id eled will be 5000 miles, consumin IT, thirty-two days. The party will | he composed of 2S7 Knights.
 The Montezuma ball to be give or during the week of the territorl d. fair in Albuquerque will be u at swellest social function ever give we in the territory. With Gener
 Baldwin, commander of the D
 partment of the Colorado, his vii 'o Lieut.. H. A. Drum, his aide, al 7ro wife, and the various staff office i'e with their ladies from Denv' ro Lieutenant-Genera Sharpe and oer staff from Fort Wingate and thu ei ladies, together with Colonel Borl all daille and staff of Albuquerque, ose the territorial guard, all in f
 dress uniform, making contr' .nt with the black full dress of ing civilian and the bright event The gowns of the ladies, will presen ,ere social function never before seen yn's this section. It is the intention ers follow out the lines which the .ber has adopted this year and m; age this attraction, like all others, !" biggest and best yet"