Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-03-30

Wlklldlns duu tuo Cdcc Ol Odhc ludIh vs. the Bradshaw Mountain railroad, both from this county, were de- cided, the decision of the low CT court being affirmed in each case. The decision in the former case Is in favor of Williams and in the latter case in favor of the railroad company.
 General Manager George Shurtlef, of the Crown King Mines company, has returned from a flying trip to the east on important mining business. He visited Boston, New York, and Philadelphia while away. He will leave tomorrow for Grown King to in- spect the progress of the work at the property. He reports hIs trip as a very successful and satisfactory one, and says that it will only be a short time before things will be running full blast at the property.
 This morning one of the prisoners in the county jail asked for some toothache medicine and one of the trustees was told he might go to the drug store and get the medicine. When he returned Sheriff Roberts un- wrapped the package and found that it contained two bottles of poison, one being creosote and the other chloro- form. The bottles were promptly taken in charge by the sheriff and the prisoner was informed that when any poison was taken into the jail he would superintend the taking.
 J. E. Wagoner and wife are in town from Walnut Grove, and will leave tomorrow for California to re- side permanently. Mir. Wgagoner has just exchanged his business and real estate interests in Walnut Grove for a fruit ranch near San Bernardino, California, on which he and his wife intend to take up their residence. The couple have been residents of this county for a great many years and have a host of warm friends who will regret their departure. The name of Mir. Waggoner's successor is B. E. Wheeler.
 A gentleman by the name of Cum mings, who is a recent arrival in this city from New York. started out alone Saturday morning to walk over to Thumb Butte and nothing more was heard of him until about II this morn ing when he returned. The parties where be was staying became alarmed, fearing that he had injured himself, and the sheriff and party were just starting out to search for him when they met him returning to town. He had become acquainted with some people living in that neighborhood and accepted an invitation to spend Sunday with them.
 Dr. Ludwig Hektoen, of Chicago, of the Memorial institute for infec- tious diseases, is about to start for Europe to make extensive experiments on apes, in the hope that he will find the germ of scarlet sfever. Ever since MT. and Mrs. Harold F. Mccormick endowed the institute in memory of theif little son, the search for the mysterious scarlet fever microbe has been pushed energetically, but with paA fnly fell victim to the disease and the skill of the most Continent physicians could not save him. Now his parents, and his grandfather, John D. Rocke- feller, are anxious to contribute from their great wealth to save other child ren from the scourge.
 The Rock Island system offers twenty prizes, of the aggregate value of S390, for letters relative to the ter ritory along its lines in Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Letters should deal with the writer's exper- fence since he settled in the south west. They should tell how much money he had when he arrived, what he did when he first came, what meas ures of success has since rewarded his efforts and what he thinks of that portion of the country in which he is located. Letters should not be less than 300 nor more than 1900 words in length, and will be used for the pur- pose of advertising the southwest.
 Mrs. Nj. B. Hazeltine, assisted by her sister, Miss Clara CriIey, enter tained a large number of ladies of Prescott on Saturday afternoon in honor of Mrs. E. K. Criley and her daughter of Kansas City. Mrs. Criley is sister-in-law of Dr. J. NJ. Criley and an aunt of Mrs. Hazeltine and Miss Criley. Euchre was played dur ing the afternoon and Mrs. R. H. | Burmister and Miss Theresa Freder- | icks were the prize winners. Delicious refreshments were served at the con- clusion of the afternoons entertain ment and the guests took their de- parture with expressions of the pleas ure afforded them during the after noon. Mrs. Criley and her daughter are en route to California.
 The supreme court on Saturday | affirmed the decision of the district | court of this district in the case of the United States against Joseph Dent. Dent ~as one of the stockmen who had been arrested for pasturing stock on the San Francisco mountain re- serve in violation of the rules of the department for the conduct of re- serves. His was made test case and he was convicted at Prescott. He re- lied chiefly on the contention that the law giving the department authority to enact regulations the violation of which would be criminal offenGe, was unconstitutional delegation of au- thority. In passing upon this case the court found itself bound by a de- cision of the United States court of appeals, which had held that such leg islation was not unconstitutional. From Tuesdav's Daily.
 R. G. Williams left today for