Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-08


J. W. White of Victor, COLORADO
arrived in Prescott a few days sine
a very sick man, and took rooms &
: a lodging house, where he was di
covered by the local lodge of Elk
: who had him removed to Mercy hOI
pital He is a member of Victo
lodge, but did not apply for relief.
Walter c. Miller and A. J. Knoll
lock, of Jerome, were in Prescott las
= Saturday doing missionary work 70
D the Jerome Fourth of July celebra
. ton. Jerome sent a delegation o
200 people to Prescott during earn
val week, and now desires the priv
lege of returning the compliment h,
entertaining Prescott people will
their Fourth of July celebration.
Tom Schultz will leave on Saturda!
for Kansas City, to superintend thu
printing of his special edition. HI
has received word from his partner
Mr.. Friedman, that he has already le
the contract for printing the edition
and that work will be commenced al
ionce. The edition will consist of Is,
900 copies, 10000 of which will be
sent to St Louis for distribution.
The S. F.. P. & P. Railroad gave an
excursion to Crown King on Sunday
and about 200 people availed them
selves of the opportunity of taking a
ride over the famous switchbacks OF
the road whereby the summit is
reached. The fare for the round trip
was only $500, and a climb by rail
up the mountain side is alone worth
that price. The train left at $50 a.
m, and arrived at 7:1O p. m. on its
return.
There is to be an examination in
this city on June II, for mail carriers
and clerks for the local office. While
there are no vacancies at the present
time to be filled, there is no telling
/ how soon there might he, and it
would be a good thing for any young
men who can to take the examination
and be ready for anything that might
come up. 1t can do no harm and
might be the means of giving some
young fellow a good start some time
to have a certificate from the civil
service commission.
Postmaster Smith informs the
Journal-Miner that business is better
in the Prescott postofTice now than it
was a year ago, and has steadily in
creased. showing that while business
has been a little dun in some lines
the country in general is all right.
One of the features OF the Prescott
office is the fact that the receipts
of the office are greater than the dis
bursements. This is cOnclus! ye that
the money is in the country instead
of having to be sent in in the shape
of money orders, etc.
An item relating to memorial SER
vices was crowded out of last weeks
issue. Rev. H. F. Tolle preached a
very able sermon Sunday morning at
the Methodist church, at which there
was special music. one number of
which was a beautiful vocal solo by
DR.. Yount, and a cOrnet solo by Prof
B. D. Billinghurst. Union services
were held in the evening at the Con-
gregational church. Rev. H. B. Long
preaching the sermon, which was very
eloquent The attendance was good
at these services. the veterans attend
ing the evening services in a body.
Col. B. w. Leavell, who is always
a public spirited citizen and ready to
lend his aid toward building up every
good enterprise or institution in the
community. informs the Journal-Miner
that he will be one of ten men to
give SO toward creating a book fund
for the free library. This most
worthy institution has been handi-
capped for funds in securing the late
publications and in fact there are
quite a number of good books that
are wanted very badly. Col. Leavell's
offer is a good one and it is to be
hoped the suggestion will be prompt
ly acted upon.
The Phenix Republican in a disser-
tation on the longevity of the burro
says that the only well authenticated
case of ones death was at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago. where it says an ar
tifcial mountain had been built for
the purposes Of a cliff dwelling eX-
hibit. A trail ran to its summit and
burros were used on the trail. One
day a human wretch met a burrO on
the trail. threw him from the cliff and
killed him. It is safe to say that the
burro in this case was artificial, too,
as no one ever heard of a burro's
death from being thrown from trail,
although cases are frequent of their
falling over precipices on Sure
enough mountains.
The position of dog catcher never
was popular in any city or town.
Prescott does not seem to be any
exception to the rule. Last Saturday
a crowd of citizens on the streets
gave vent to their Indignation at the
cruel methods practiced III capturing
the dogs and taking them to the
pound. and later in the day an nate
citizen whose dog had been captured
proceeded to the place where unli-
/ censed CANNES are detained until eX-
ecution. knocked a board off the place
and let the whole herd of yelping ours
out It is also reported that one of
the men engaged in harvesting the
crop of untagged dogs was assaulted
by the owner If a captured animal
A few days ago the splendid Ram
bier automobile which had been or
dered through the Samuel Hill Hard
ware company for Cecil G. Finnell
arrived in Prescott and has been test