Williams news., 1904-02-06
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
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Taylor and Snowflake, in Apache county, have recently been connected by telephone.
 The people of Douglas, Arizona, will make an effort to have an ar my post located near that place.
 Prescott is now soon to have a street railway. regardless of the croakings of disgruntled individ- uals.
 The Brotherhood of Elks at Winslow will give a grand ball on February Ii. All Elks have a cordial invitation to attend.
 The Douglas Dispatch reports the discovery, near Douglas, of bed of clay, which it says is of sufficient purity to be used in making ce- ment.
 Sheep shearing is in progress in the Cave creek section. Over 200 shearers are at work at Houck's station.
 There was an excursion over the new railroad from Phoenix to Flor ence Jan. 31. About 1000 people are said to have gone over.
 The fact that Arizona is now able to liquidate her entire floating | indebtedness and for the first time its salary warrants are to be paid in cash, shows most plainly the benefit to the people of an able, economical administration of the territory's affairs.
 Excitement runs high at Gold Road. Mohave county, over the numerous rich strikes of leasers on the Billy Bryan one of the com pany's mines. While ore runs up into the thousands the average is said to be. by miners coming in from there, $1,COO ton.-Mineral Wealth.
 Clay McGonigle, the champion roper of the world, who has a host of warm admirers because of his unassuming and skilled horseman- ship. has taken to himself wife. She was Miss Annie Laurie Johnson, daughter of a stockman of Sealey Texas, and is very charming young woman.
 Asked when he intended to cal the territorial Democratic conven- 7 tion, Chairman Webb stated that he thought it would be advisable te make haste slowly. Certainly not = before the 25th of May" he said i "and if the idea seems to meet witt the general approval of the com
 mittee, I would suggest date ever
 later. There is no occasion fol
 hurry"
 II By late decision of the United States Supreme Court, principa ! of law has been established, one O
 vast importance to those who
 have business dealings with rail
 roads. This principal holds tha
 "a railroad company or any cor
 poration acting as common carrier cannot enter into a contract witt an individual whereby the latter releases the corporation fr n liabilities"
 | The following postmasters fol fourth-class offices in Arizona have been appointed: Chas. Dickens for the newly esta blished postoffce ; at Meade, Maricopa county; Ed ward A.. Shaw. Acme, Mohave \ county; Edward V. Dickinson, Cot tonwood, Yavapai county; Lou L. Hopkins, Strawberry, Gila county: H. s. Wien, Johnson, Cochise county; B. F. Denny, Juniper, Yav- apai county.
 J. J. Rowel, white and "Sis' Hitohins, oolored, were arrested at Bowie last week for unlawfully living together. Rowel is in the Cochise county jail for six months and Isis" paid $25. The laws of Arizona prohibits the marrage of whites with negroes and it was shown to the satisfaction of the court that the pair had entered into collision by going to New Mexico a to evade the law.
 It is question of only short time when the supply of copper will become very serious question. The stocks on hand are being rapid ly depleted. The production is not keeping pace with the demand. The result will be very high priced copper, unless more mines are opened or greater ore bodies are discovered in the properties now producing. All of which argues an increase in the price of copper that II lraa., L