Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-02-17

ROYAL BAkiNG POWDEn CO' N-" past ten days, went north this morning after a very successful stay of ten days in this city.
 On next Wednesday evening Rev. Taft will deliver an address in the Marina street NJ. E. church under the auspices of the W. c. T. U. of this city. There will be special music and the public is very cordially invited to attend.
 Rev. H. c. Miller, pastor of the Congregational church at Jerome, re 1 turned to Jerome this morning after short visit in Prescott. He says the new church in Jerome is almost com pleted and they expect to have it ready to dedicate Tn about two more weeks.
 At meeting in Prescott February ] 10, of the stockholders of the Copper Queen Gold Mining company, the fol lowing officers were elected: s. J. ] Wright, president; Louis Goldman, vice president; Abe Goldman, treas urer; William Frank, secretary; and J. s. Johnson, general manager. B. Hilton, proprietor of the famous Mechanical Hospital on West Gurley street. has just installed a fine new five horse power Weber gasoline en- zine which will be used to operate the machinery in his machine shop. The new "hoss" works like top, which can't be said of all gasoline engines W. s. Pratt, who now has the proud distinction of hearing the title of grandpa" left this morning for Milford, Utah, where be goes to take a splendid position with the railroad company Should he find the place to his liking be may decide to remove his family to that place, but for the present they will remain in Prescott Mir. Pratt is a first class railroad man.
 A. D. Barnhart. the we'll known assayer, has just received one of the finest typewriters that has ever been manufactured for the money. It is called the Postal and he has been given the agency for this part of the country for the machines. The price, which is only S25, makes it possible or anyone to have good typewriter to do their letter writing on. An other thing that makes it advantag- eous is the weight. which Is only few pounds, enabling one to put it in hand satchel and take it any place. Mr. Barnhart has it on exhibition iu his assay office window and will be pleased to show it to anyone inter- ested.
 W. II. Bangle, of the Yavapai Oil Development company has returned from his prospecting trip along the Verde river. and informs the Journal Miner that he discovered some very promising indications along the lower Verde river country. He brought quite an amount of rock home with him that be says bears strong resem- blance to the formations found in oil disticts The formation of the coun- try from which the rock was taken all looks very encouraging to the devel opment of a good oil field. The rock was shown to a California oil man to- day who said it certainly bore strik- ing resemblance to the rock found in the California oil fields The funeral of W. F. Hull took place this afternoon from $. A. Lo- gan's undertaking parlors under the direction of the local lodge of Wood men, of which order the deceased was prominent member. Besides his brother. who arrived last night from Seligman, several members of the lodge of Workmen and miners union came in from Blanchard to attend the i funeral.
 From Fridays Daily.
 Aaron Goldberg. one of the leading merchants of PheniX, is iL Prescott today.
 Mrs. G. W. Middleton is entertain ing the junior Whist Club this after noon in her apartments at the Burke hotel.
 W. Tobin and Robert Hartin have purchased the blacksmith business which John Martin has been conduct ing in this city for many years. i G. T. Pryor, of Blanchard, is in town today on business connected with mining deal He is making prepars- tions to do considerable work on some property which he has lately acquired.
 Ed Hartin, Of Prescott, and Miss Alice Hamilton, of Walnut Creek, were married in this city last evening at the home of the groom's parents, Mir. and Mrs J. c. Hartin, by Rev Taft
 MT. Roach, an employe of the De Mund Lumber company, of this city, has been joined by his family, who came up from PhepiX yesterday and will make this city their future home.
 John Smith, proprietor of the Smith Market, who had the misfortune sev- eral weeks ago to break through the floor at his slaughter house and in iura his knee, is again able to be down town with the aid of his crutches.
 ". Y. Doyle. a young banker from Boulder, Colorado, has arrived in the city and will take the position former