Williams news., 1906-02-24

Div. Supt. E. J. Gibson and wife were in the city Tuesday and at- tended the minstrel show.
 A Gates special of seven cars from the east to the coast went to the Canyon last Sunday evening.
 Nose Messick is our new corre- spondent at Seligman. He is send- ing up good letter each week.
 Two extra Pullmans are now at tached to the night Canyon train to accommodate the heavy travel to that point.
 Owen Gray came up yesterday morning from Seligman and de- parted on No. for the coast. He will be absent about a month.
 Weakened systems need mature, wholesome. mellow liquor-that's I. w. HARPER Whisky-the kind your grandfather used. Sold by J. B. Jones.
 MT. Andrew Miller is preparing to enter his horses in the Rocky Mountain circuit race meet. The biggest ldoings will be held at Den yer in # June, and at other points earlier.
 The Washingtcn's birthday ball at the opera house Thursday even ing was fairly we'll attended, the majority of the dancers being masked. Messrs. Barnes and Wilde furnished the music.
 Miss Irene Johnston came down from Flagstaff on Wednesday and remained over to attend the dom ino" ball at the opera house Thurs day evening under the auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah.
 Mrs. J. O. Dodge was in from the Canyon Wednesday and Thursday assisting with the musical portion of the program to be rendered at the "Old Maids Convention" which has been postponed till March 3.
 Attorney E. NJ. Doe, of Flagstaff, is here on professional business. He is thinking of locating in Pres colt, as he finds that nearly all the Prescott attorneys are doing fine business and several of them have accumulated large fortunes.-Pres- colt Courier.
 The Santa Fe's colonist rates are bringing many people west. On Nos. 1 and ' each day there are from twelve to eighteen cars loaded with home seekers. In all, the Santa Fe expects to haul about 15,0OO, the daily average being something over a thousand.
 If the other large business inter- ests of the town will put up men for the council, since there is al- ready one in the field, the feeling of possible loss, in business way. will be avoided by all. The busi- ness men are most interested in the towns welfare and should have it's management.
 A tea was given by the following committee of the w. H. M. S.: Mrs. Dearing, Mrs. Tefft. Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Decker and Mrs. Poison at the home of Mrs. F. O. Poison last Tues day. A good program was ren- dered and a nice lunch served. The proceeds were SIS. Forty ladies and gentlemen were in attendance.
 It was reported Thursday that a tourist, whose name we were una ble to learn. had, the previous day, fallen off the rim -at Rowe's point. Luckily he landed on a projection about fifteen feet below. However, his injuries were sufficient to neces. sitate the use of crutches. He had simply gone too close to the edge, being alone, and fell off.
 A. F. Poison, better and more familiarly known as "Gus," an nounces in this issue of the NEWS his candidacy for the office of coun- cilman. MT. Poison is one of the progressive citizens of Williams and his. announcement is in line with the suggestion offered in the NEWS last week that the large business interests of the town should be rep. resented on the council. Though he has not been a candidate for any office since the towns incorpora- tion almost five years ago, years