Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-01-25
of land and the entire estate was sold
for $3.50 cash.

Poland American company's store at
Poland, left yesterday for his former
home at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He
has been succeeded in the management
of the above store by Bert Fisher, of
Los Angeles, bright energetic and
wide awake young business man. Mr..
Hardy won a great many friends dur
ing his residence in this section.
At the annual meeting of the bar
association on Monday the following
officers were elected: Marcus a.
Smith, Tucson, president; T. G. Nor
ris, Prescott, vice president; Paul
Renau Ingles, Phoenix, secretary; E.
W. Lewis, Phoenix, treasurer. The
executive committee is composed of j.
c. Henderson and Robert E. Morrison
of Prescott, j. L. b. Alexander of
Phoenix, S. NJ. Franklin of Tucson
and Thomas D. Bennett of Bisbee.
The Southwestern Stockmen has the
following complimentary mention of
one of Yavapai county's legislators;
''Hon. NJ. A. Perkins, owner of the
old Baker & Campbell ranch below Je-
rome junction, is one of the dignified
members of the house, where he will
do good service for the next two
months. Mr.. Perkins is second vice
president of he'Arizona Cattle Grow
ers association, and shows an active
interest in the work of that associa-
tion.'
John Dunbar announced yesterday
that he would begin the publication
of the Phoenix Journal in a day or
two, this time on permanent basis.
At the beginning of the late congress
sional campaign the journal was es-
tablished for the purpose of conduct
ing Mark Smiths campaign in Mari
copa county, and ceased publication
at the end of the campaign. 1t is Mr.
Dunbar's intention to make the Jour
nal the organ Of the Maricopa county
democracy. -Republican
A Journal Miner representative took
peep into the Elks building yester-
day and found it a veritabIe hive of
!, industry. Artisans of every kind
were at work. There we're plain car
penters, stage carpenters, plumbers,
painters, plasterers, staff work me
chanics. electric light men, steam
heating plant worl ers, a small army
of them in the aggregate with Archi-
tect Minor supervising the work of all
and all pushing work to get the opera
house completed for the opening on
February Doth.
Assistant District Attorney S. l..
Pattee, who was associated with Dis
trict Attorney L. S. Clark, in the
United Verde tax case, has conscIen-
tiously and consistently continued to
advocate the cause of the tax payer
and has used his best efforts to secure
that SIS, 600 which is theirs by right
from the Copper company. The Jour
that company, but it has always con
sidered that an outrageous wrong was
prepetrated by the unwarranted and
high handed act of the board at that
secret midnight session held in 1903.
Final settlement and distribution
was made yesterday in the probate
court of the entire estate of the late
II. J. Allen. The estate was distrib-
uted to Arabell Allen, widow of de-
ceased, sole legatee under the will 1t
consisted of three hundred and twenty
acres of land in the Verde valley at
Peck's lake, together with the, i'm
provements, farming implements,
household and kitchen furniture and
personal effects of deceased. 4. 500 %
shares of stock in the jerome Power
company and undivided one fourth in
terest in Sq1aw Peak mines. The total
value of the estate is about SO, 600 or
So, 600, exclusive of the power stock
and mines which are of an uncertain
and understandable value.
". b. Clifton, stage carpenter with
Sosman & Lands, of Chicago, yester-
day completed the work of putting up
the curtain and scenery for the Elks'
theatre. Mr. Clifton is an experienced
workman in this line having been with
the above firm nineteen years. He was
just four days getting the Elks' job
finished. In conversation with a Jour
nal Miner representative yesterday he
stated that he had never been sent out
to do work for the firm any place
where he had enjoyed it so much as
this. He thinks that Prescott has an
ideal climate and he said if he had a
Job here that would pay him a salary
equal to that which he is receiving
he would like nothing better than to
remain here. In addition to being an
EXPERT in the work of DuttiDo nm