Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-03-29

count ot the boiler makers some oi
 whom are on a strike there.
 Shumate & Jackson are doing theil
 spring house cleaning and painting,
 putting their place in fine shape for
 the coming years business.
 It was reported yesterday that the
 s. P. bridge at Yuma had been par
 italy washed out suspending traffic entirely on that road temporarily.
 B. A. Fowler has returned to Phoe- nix from Washington where he spent the winter in the interest of legisla- tion pertaining to this territory.
 J. H. Mills has rented the old store building formerly occupied by MT. Woods on the east side of the plaza and will open a second hand store in it.
 If the present pleasant weather con- tinues there will be a practice game of ball at the ball grounds tomorrow be- tween the Prescott and Whipple teams.
 Mrs. A. V. Kautz expects to leave tomorrow or Monday for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where her daughter and son-in- law reside, to visit with them for time.
 The train came through from Grown King vest srday, but not without mis- hap entirely as it was off the track once or twice en route but no serious damage was done.
 F. I. R. Moore. chief clerk or the railway mail service, at Los Angeles, who has been in Prescott for a nun Der of days on postal business left yes terday for the above city.
 There was no train from Jerome to the junction on Thursday, and as consequence, there were several par ties from Prescott, who prolonged their visit in the copper city for day longer than they had planned.
 The street car was pressed into ser vice yesterday to pull hose cart. It is just the thing to propel fire appa ratus to fire provided it happens to be near and the fire happens to be somewhere along the line of the road.
 Aaron Riser, aged sixty three years, died of pneumonia yesterday after noon and the funeral will take place today at ? o'clock. The funeral wlli be under the auspices of the Masons of which deceased was a member.
 Ching Pete, an old time restaurant man Uf Prescott will open the Comet Grotto restaurant tomorrow. Pete is among the best known Chinese cooks in Prescott and his name is a guaran- tee of good cooking and good service.
 Lieutenant J. s. E. Young and fam fly left yesterday for Jefferson bar racks, Missouri. Lieut.. Young belongs to the fifth cavalry stationed at Whip pie and has been assigned to duty at the above place in the recruiting ser vice.
 A Phoenix restaurant keeper named Hoghe has a ranch near the town on which he raises considerable of the meat and other material with which l he feeds his bearders. The Republi- can announces that he has just pur- chased six acres more of land which | he will plant to sandwiches.
 School election today. So far only | one candidate has been announced and | that is W. M. Calypool. MT. Claypool has served in the capacity for some- time and has given such eminent sat isfaction that he was prevailed on to make the race again and has consented to do so.
 D. A. Byington and wife, of Aurora, arrived in Prescott yesterday from Los Angeles. They are en route home from a visit to California and decided to stop off for day or so in Prescott, as MT. Byington is interest sd in some mining properties which Ire being worked by Mir. Piekrell.
 On account of the Beggar Prince company being unable to meet their in the southern part of he territory they will return to Pres 'ott to play a two nights engagement March 3l and April l. The operas which they will present will be Said 9asha Girofie- Girofa and Mikado.
 Speaking of the fruit business of the , Verde valley, A. J. Knoblock stated 2 hat three years ago when he and his partner, MT. Lyons handled all the I ruit grown there they mad 26, 900 box : s of strawberrise and over 20, ,OOO ioxes of peaches. He thinks that even IA I