Williams news., 1906-04-07
CITN BRIEFS.

CITH BRIEFS.
 Barney Stiles. a prominent cowman of Nav ato county, was here Wednesday. He has sev- eral cars of cattle to dispose of and will com mence to gather in the next thirty days.
 We have a new council of seven men, new mayor, and clean slate to start them out with. We do not like to be too urgent in our demands at your first meeting but we will occasionally | call your attention to some things which needs fixing.
 Last Saturday the annual election for school | trustee was held at Emerson high school The | candidates were w. H. Switzer Dr. E. s. Miller l and A. E. Hackett. Mr. Switzer boiled I46 votes 1 and was declared elected. He succeeds Mir. J. | w. Frances. The board now consists of w. H. | Switzer, F. w. Perkins and c. A. Kellar. l
 The old town council met for the last time on Thursday afternoon all being present. After canvassing the election returns, certificates were mailed to the newly elected officers, who Se o1 Bayless and Eli Giclas. the superintendent of the water works.
 J. P. Parker, formerly of this city, but now of 9nartzsite is now , in town visiting old friends bought up considerable mining property which he is developing. He states that the outlook for mineral development is better there than it has ever been before and that property has ad- vsnced steadily. Mir. Parker will return home | the first of the week.
 R. H. Cameron. chairman of the board of su- pervisOrs, was here Wednesday. He tells of the | finding of a mans body in the Grand Canyon by Clarence spaulding. manager of the Indian the deceased by which he could be identified, but the presumption is that it is Pat Donovan, who disappeared from Williams some time ago. MT. Cameron returned to the Canyon to hold the inquest.
 | A young man named Andrew Butler and hail. ing from Colorado. got mixed up in a card game "Wednesday had some words with Fred Ramos, one of the other participants in the game. But Ramos striking him. He followed Ramos into Piper's saloon and stuck him in the shoulder several times with pocket knife. infiicting day Butler was bound over to the next grand jury on charge of assault with deadly and it is to be regretted that he is mixed up in such an affray. He says it is his fl rst offense. MT. and Mrs. Frank Merritt have moved to the Hibben ranch in Ft. Valley for the season. Miss Mer- ritt will remain with her sister, Mrs. ) Geo. Harrington: MT. George Colton, who has been on visit to Prescott for the past three weeks, returned Saturday and is again in charge of the curio de- partment of the Rabbit Bros. store.
 The Misses Glandorff, of Cincin. natl, who have been spending sev- eral days in Flagstaff, left Wednes- day for the Schnebly ranch at Se- dona, where they will put in the summer.
 Mrs. Charles Shultz left Tuesday for Phoenix, where she will join her husband. who has spent the winter in the south with his sheep. They will return overland in the course of the next few weeks. 'a F MT. and Mrs. Edgar A. Brown entertained the Young Married Folks Club with Slough" party last Friday evening. Mrs. Slipher captured the first prize among the ladies, while MT. J. Edgar Rains was the fortunate gentleman.
 MT. P. c. Aston, an old resident, but lately of Williams, was here on business Wednesday. Dick says that about half of Williams is going to move to Flagstaff as a result of the late election, and that after all "there is no place like Flagstaff" Them's our sentiments, Dick.
 John Turpin, who has been con- nected with the Mudersbach sheep outfit for several years, attempted suicide by cutting his throat at Cave creek on Monday. Turpin,s mind has been affected for some. time and unless he is taken in charge it will be only a question of time till he gets away with himself. |
 The dismantling of the Methodist church, which has been landmark for the past fifteen years. was com menced this week. MT. T. E. Pol lock will erect a handsome stone building on the site, which on com pletion will be occupied by the Ari- zona Central bank. The erection of the new church will commence at once on the lots opposite the Elm. erson school hall. Services will be held in the school hall until such a time as the building is ready for occupancy.
 J. Edward Priest ran afoul of the law again Tuesday. Some time ago he was arrested and served a fail sentence for an assault on an old k man named Charles Boyle. Since his release he has been making life miserable for Boyle, who com plained to the district attorney and secured warrant for Priests ar- rest. Judge Harrington. after de livering Priest a course of instruc- tions as to his future behaviour, handed him sixty days in suspense and handed the sheriff a commit