Williams news., 1906-05-12

Paper, paint ana flowers make marked improvement, and we say without hesitation that Mir. Fine has the best appearing office along the line of the Santa Fe.
 :, It is higly probably that stock company will be organized in the near future to purchase the ground now used for a race course and that 1 it will be fenced and made a per- manent fixture. The enclosure would contain the fastest track in 1 Northern Arizona, and the best base ball field in the territory. This same land was offered to the Car nival Association two years ago, for $120O.OO. It is the property of the Santa Fe R. R.
 We learn that the mining prop erty of Gus. Mnders5ach, formerly of Flagstaff but now of Salome, has been sold for $2OO,OOO. The mines, which were known as the Tuft Nut group, have been previously re- ported as great producers. and we trust that the rumor of the sale will prove true. It is also said that c. H. Mcclure, also of this place. has disposed of his mines in the neigh borhood of the Needles for $75, 900. We have asked for confirmation of these reports, but none as yet have reached us.
 Mrs. Friezell, an aunt of Forest Ranger w. A. Phelps, is reported lost in the neighborhood of Maine. MT. and Mrs. Phelps, with whom she has been stopping, left her in camp Tuesday and on their return Wednesday she had disappeared. J. M. Dennis immediately closed down his mill and started his whole crew out on the hunt. MT. Phelps is of the opinion that she started for a walk and lost her way and that she has not gone far. It is to be hoped that she will be found at once, as she has been several days without food or drink, and this hardship alone would render it im- possible for her to regain camp alone.
 It is to be regretted that there is any one mean enough in our little com munity to scatter poison care lessly where the dogs of their neigh bors will get it. Wolf, greyhound, the property of David Babbitt, was poisoned in this manner last Thurs day, and several other valuable an. imals took enough of the poison to make them quite sick. Licensed dogs are under the protection of the city officials and an effort should be made to get at the perpetrators of this outrage. for it is nothing else, and they should be given the limit of the law. The mayor has expressed his intention of making a thorough investigation of this of- fense, and it will go hard with the guilty parties if they are caught.
 Babbitt Brothers have sold to Mathew M. Murphy, superintend- ent of the western Navajo training school at Tuba, Ariz., 100 Lincoln bucks, which are to be crossed with the Navajo sheep, in an effort to improve the quality of the wool. The bucks, which have been in herd at Cedar wash, are in the best of condition and their size and ap- pearance will be surprise to the noble red man. This cross will un- doubtedly increase the clip, but it is extremely doubtful if it will i'm. prove the wool for making the Nav ajo blanket, on which the Navajo depends for subsistence, as an ex- tremely coarse wool is required for the purpose. At times the Merino wool has been tried. but without success.
 c. A. Kingle, secretary of San Francisco Lodge of Eagles, No. 5, passed through here Thursday on his way east. He stated that the Order of Eagles in San Francisco bod 1ost 1e0 ,oapobo.e ;o tLo Ix