Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-06-22

The ice plant of the Tucson Ice
and Cold Storage Company at Tue
son was destroyed by fire last Thurs
day. Loss $4,000.
Who wants 1000 shares or auy por-
ton of it, of Brsganzs Mining COM
pany's stock at 30 cents a share?
Send order to this office. First come
first served.
Ed Cunningham, a civil engineer
by profession, aged As years, died very
suddenly on Tuesday at John Kinney's
camp in EuGenia gulch. He was
known as Fred Jennings.
James Cashion, of Grant Bros. Con-
struction Company has about forty
men at work west of Wickenburg on
the grade of the Arizona and Cali
fornia railroad. About three miles
of the grade have been completed.
Prescott Mission, 242 S. Montezuma
street. Sunday school at 80 preach
ing $3.50 and p. m. Also preaching
and praise services every Tuesday and
Friday evenings at o'clock. All are
cordially invited to attend.
The Martinez News Herald says that
Congress will not celebrate the Fourth
on big scale, but a ball game in
the afternoon, a display of fireworks
at night and a dance in the ball will
likely be the order of the day.
The bali game at Phoenix on Sun
day between the Phoenix and Prescott
teams resulted in a victory for the
Phoenix team by score of II to Z.
The heat ia the valley proved too
much for the Prescott boys to do good
work in.
The railroad bridge across Slaughter
House gulch, just north of Whipple,
caught fire on Monday evening but
the fire was luckily discovered before
much damage was done. The south
bound train and Crown King train
were delayed about fifteen minutes.
Are you going to Los Angeles this
summer? If so read the advertise
ment in this issue of Hotel Ramona.
Geo. S. Porter, a former Prescott boy
is manager of the hotel and Arizon.
ans stopping there will receive the
best there is to be given.
D. L. Goade of Azusa, California,
who with his wife is visiting his
laughter, Mrs. John Andrews of the
Prescott hotel, was surprised day OF
two since to meet an old friend oil
bis in the person of r. W. Meador.
The two had known each other over
twenty years ago. Mr.. Goade is q
prominent orange grower of Azusa.
During a heavy storm in Southern
Cuba last Thursday fourteen inche;
of rain fell in five hours, flooding the
entire country and doing much dam.
age to railroads and other property.
A heavy wind accompanied the storm
which was attended with considerable
loss of life, estimated at over one
hundred.
Dan Philips, a foreman of construc.
ton work on the Salt Lake railroad
Z EDV,nI IanI Loot 81
Daggett. He died of thirst while at
tempting to go from Daggett to hii
camp, sIxty-five miles north of thai
place. This is the twelfth employt
of that company to perish with thirst
within six months.
! mocking bird located on the
porch of the Head house is a splendid
whistler and evidently does not beIons
to any whistlers' unions from tn,
number of hours he puts in. Hi
favOrite tune seems to be Hiawatha
which he whistles for an hour at ;
time. He has numerous other musica
sketches on his repertoire.
Harry NJ Joy seems to be making
good progress toward installing al
independent telephone system in Phoe
nix. a large number of citizens o
Phoenix have not only subscribed Il
the stock of the company but hav,
subscribed for the phones. The new
company offers the city an increased
number of phones and other important
inducements.
John E. ellison informs the Will
liams News that during May and Jun,
about thirty Indians died at tn,
Supai agency of measles. 1t is saic
when the attack comes on they enter {
sweat house to bring out the measles
q. and while in a heated condition they
jump into the cold waters of the
Cataract, driving the eruptions bach
and causing death.
Statements made at railroad office!
in New York indicate that the tasl
of cutting down operating expense.
has been virtually completed anC
that the railroads have adjusted them
selves to the new conditions brought
about by falling off in general bust
ness in the last two months. The Erie
company alone reduced its force by
4, 800 men, but has now called a halt
Miss Marguerite barrow, sister o.
Howard Darrow of the Bashford- Bur
mister company, and of Mrs. B. v
Weaver, has arrived from Phoeniy
and will make this her future home
Miss barrow is an expert stenographel
and will open an Office in this city
where she will do stenographic worl
and will also teach stenography.
1t would be a good idea for tn,
board of supervisors to have the ole
remains of the iron pumps on eacI
corner of the plaza removed, as they
have been nothing but eye sores fol
years. They have long ago served
their purpose and with the expendi
ture Of only a few dollars the ole
wrecks could be pulled up and hauled
away, and the improvement would b'
one that would be appreciated by all
J. B Tappan brought a load Of