Williams news., 1906-05-19
Heber Wilkinson, one of the pop

Monday night, and Wilkinson did not return to town until noon Tues day, when all of the country was being secured for him. Heber says he got the snipe, if he did have to burn up all of the candles he had l to keep warm. ...-.
 Col, Leavell, adjutant general of the National Guard of Arizona, ar rived in Flagstaff last Thursday night. The colonel will make a thorough inspection of the local company, with a view to ascertain ing their fitness for the cavalry ser vice. The troop at Morenci has been mustered out of service and it is more than probable that they will be succeeded by Troop I, sta
 toned here. We note that the Wheeler charms, in the shape of a maltese cross, are suspended from a number of canines in the city. who heretofore have not even boasted collar They are only $1 50, and are guarantee against the epidemic that is threat ening non-wearers, by this same Wheeler. An occasional report of gun in the rear of the city hall signifies that another unfortunate dog has had his day.
 Friday witnessed the close of the public schools for the term. much to the joy of the small boy, who will have three months and a half of uninterrupted pleasure. Owing to the fact that great many of the children spend their summers on the ranches outside of town and commence to leave for the country
 before the completion of the school
 year, it was thought advisable to close the schools somewhat earlier
 Charles Woolfolk, one of the
 prominent sheepmen of this vicin-
 ity. came in from the south during
 the past week. On his return trip,
 along the Rio Verde canal. he killed
 rattlesnake which measured five
 feet five inches. It was of the dia
 mond back variety and had four
 teen rattles and button. Charley brought the skin back to substan- ! tiate the story and has turned it , over to George Moe, the local taxi dermist, for treatment.
 Mrs. Friezell, the aunt of Ranger
 Phelps, who was reported lost in ) the neighborhood of Maine last } week, was found by q searching par 5 ty, after they had been out for a day and half. It appears that she } had wandered from camp in search
 of horse, and losing her bearings could not return. Mrs. Friezell, who is an elderly woman, about sixty, bore the experience remarka ply well and had suffered no severe F hardship save that of loss of food.
 T. A. Flynn, chairman of the committee on base ball for the 4th of July celebration, has made ar
 engagements for one of the games with Ft. Whipple on that occasion The Ft. Whipple team has visited
 us twice and returned home defeat
 ed each time. Kelly and Spellmire of the Winslow team are to strength en the Flagstaff team. They with Hart, Smith, Flynn and Somoza, will make the strongest i;iheld we have ever had on the local diamond.
 There have been a number of so- cial events the past week. Miss Todd entertained Monday night : with a shower in honor of Miss Beecher; while on Tuesday Mrs. Brannen entertained at dinner in : honor of the same young lady. On , Thursday Miss Walker gave a
 shower in Miss Beecher's honor, . while on Friday she entertained for Miss Bury. Thursday evening the , Young Married People were enter [ tertained with slough party at the
 residence of Mir. and Mrs. Slipher,
 at the Lowell observatory.
 Among the horses that are train , ing at the local track are: Ida o.,
 the property of Robert Walton; a pacer and trotter belonging to Wm.
 Cook, former sheriff of Maricopa
 county; Henry Lockett's two pacers: ::
 and trotter of Wm. Campbell's stables. Ed Meakin, the trainer,
 states that the track is getting fast,
 and that in the next few weeks some speedy work can be expected.
 It is thought that the Greene sta
 bles will be up from Phoenix short
 ly, and with that bunch of flyers
 here, will have some races that will
 raise the hair of the natives and