Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-09-07

one could walk across without get
 ting his feet wet. - Wickenburg Miner.
 The Southern Pacific railway is said
 to have secured right of way for the i extension of its road westerly from
 Phoenix as far as the Buckeye section.
 Property was purchased so quietly
 that parties owning it did not know l for what purpose it was wanted until
 they had secured all they wanted,
 hence there was no opportunity of
 placing a fictitious value on it.
 Wilmot Pentland, engineer of
 engine number 51, which pulls the
 Crown King train was taken seriously
 i'll on the engine ou Sunday, with ap
 pendicitis, while en route to Grown King and was cared for in the baggage car until the arrival of the train in
 Prescott on Sunday evening. The head brakeman manipulated the throttle the remainder of the trip.
 We had about come to the con- clusion that PhoeneciaDs had climbed to the top rung of anticipation when they secured wagon road to the Tonto dam site. But conditions will change any community. Since the late rains the capital city advertises her ferry boat and her transcontinen- tai railway lines-neither of which she has by dam site. e.-Coconino Sun.
 The hills are taking on their autumnal tinge owing to the ripening of the grass and weeds.
 Deputy Sheriff Joseph Cook went out to Middleton on Monday to serve a notice of injunction on D. J. Ryan, restraining him from opening a saloon on a claim adjoining the prop erty of the Bradshaw Mountain Cop per Mining and Smelling company. The claim is owned jointly by Mir. Ryan and G. W. Middleton and the latter does not desire to have that sort of an enterprise conducted on the claim and particularly in such close proximity to the property which be is working.
 The Santa Cruz county grand jury found six indictments against John | Dessart, four against R.. Allyn Lewis l and two against l.. F. Swain for em- bezzlement in connection with the | recent failures of the International Bank at Nogales. Bail was fixed at g, 900 on each indictment. Two charges against Dessart, two against | Swain and three against Lewis were | to the next grand jury. Des sart, one of the indicted was com mitted to the territorial insane asylum some time since.
 The advance guard of the Arizona militia arrived in Prescott on Mon day. It consisted of detachment of men whose duties were to make pre- liminaTy arrangements for the en- which will be held about seven miles north of town near the military target range. Six companies of the militia were scheduled to leave Phoenix this morning at 9 o'clock by special train and are due to arrive here this afternoon and go into camp. Governor Brodie is expected to return again some time during the week.
 The Socialists of Gila county have placed a full county ticket in the field and will make bid to land some of their men in the court house. After endorsing the candidacy for del- egate to congress of Eugene Godat of Yavapai county, they nominated the following ticket: Legislative coun- cilman, J. R. Williams; sheriff. Con. Mccormick; recorder, Kenneth Clay ton; treasurer, B. F. Gray; probate judge, J. O. White; supervisors, Christian Botticher and R. H. Daniels. Globe precinct.-Justice of