Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-07-27

! VIII luED uim over JO the OHlCeES.
 Dr. J. R. Walls has returned tc Prescott to resume the practice of his
 profession at rooms 19, 20 and 2l.
 Bashford block. Hours 9 to Il a. m.,
 3 to p. m., and to p. m. Tele-
 phone number 2O9. 7-13-5
 Vincent E. Frost is endeavoring to
 recover g, 300 from A. J. Pickerell.
 The money was paid out by Pickerell
 in liquidation of Frost's debts when
 be left here. The Journal-M Miner
 would like to recover from Mir. Frost
 a debt due this office from him which
 was contracted during his residence
 on Groom Creek.
 Dr. F. M. Metzgar has sold his
 dental practice to Dr. HartzeII, and
 on Tuesday left for Salt Lake, Utah,
 to locate and engage in the practice
 of his profession. pr. Hartzell has
 moved into the offices formerly oc- cupied by Dr. Metzgar and Ziba O. Brown has rented the offices on the east side of the plaza formerly occu- pied by Dr. Hartzell and will shortly move the office of the Prescott Title and Abstract company into them from the Lawler block
 Commencing on the night of We'd nesday, July 20 a good rain storm set in, which was general throughout the county. The rains extended along the s. F. P. & P. railroad from Ash Fork to Wickenburg, while lighter showers prevailed between Wickenburg and Phoenix, and it sprinkied as far south as Mesa city. pr. W. E. Day, the official weather observer for Prescott, reported a precipitation up to Thurs day noon of .78 of an inch. This was the first rain of the season.
 c. c. McNeiIl, at one time superin- tendent of the Maricopa and Phoenix railroad, was arrested in Tombstone last week charged with forgery, After losing his position with the M. & P. McNeill was for a time employed as hostler in Pres colt for the S. F. P. < P railroad and seemed to have dropped out of sight for several years. It is alleged that he secured a letter from the postoffice addressed to N. E. | a Douglas lawyer, which coh- tained check for 525, which he en- dorsed and cashed at the bank of Tombstone.
 Judge John Hawkins has received | word of the death of Henry c. At water, of the law firm of Atwater x of New York. His death occurred at East Orange. New Jersey. MT. Atwater was ohe of the attorneys by W. A. Clark and was ; l5o one of the attorneys in the famous Cobre Grande litigation. and in the latter capacity visited Arizona several times where he had quite an acquaintance. Deceased was a very able and talented lawyer as well as very genial and courteous gentleman.
 Forest Supervisor Thomas who has made an investigation of the San Ber- nardino mountains forest reserve, in California reports that in the past ten years practically 5000 acres have been devasted, a region where a fine growth of timber formerly stood. The growth of new forest on this area is impos- sible because of the destruction of the | samll growth in cutting the timber off, and the subsequent completion of l the work of destruction by brush | fires. A bare wilderness marks the | wake of these timber cutters in the | midst of the precious water pfeserv- ng forests,
 Judge R. E. Sloan was appealed to ast week, owing to the absence of Judge Kent from Phoenix, for an order restraining the sheriff of Mari ,opa county from executing a decree of the justice court of Phoenix, which he granted. The defendant in he case applied for change of venue rom the court of Justice Robertson md while the statute provides fer ust such proceedings the justice re- used to grant it, and went on and ried the case, the defendant refusing o put in appearance. Judgment was 'endered against him, hence the ap- olication for the order as above from Judge Sloan.
 The Journal Miner has been knocking" at those rocks on the plaza for years insisting that they were not ornamental and that nice benches would be very preferable to hem for people to set down and sit on. Gradually the board is coming around o the Journal Miners way of think ng. Their first move was to remove