Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-03
(From Tuesdays DaiIy).

(frOm Tuesdays x DaiIy).
 Another advance step in the build ing of the smcltcr in Prescott wa' taken last evening, when the city coun cil accepted l. W. Boilcau's proposi ton for a nincty-ninc year lease on so acres of tho Duke Ranch, on which to construct n shelter, reduction and refining plant of at least 200 tons daily capacity, and ordered City At torncy Ling 'o draw up an ordinance tc that effect.
 It is now up to l,oilcau and his as sociatcs to go ahead with their part of the agreement, which calls for the he ginning of construction work within six months after the signing of the lease and the beginning of smcltcr operation. within one year of the above date.
 Mr. Boilcau submitted to the council the names of four other gentlemen as sociated with him in the projected on tcrprisc, whom, hc said, together with himself, had pledged si25,0O0 for the building of the smclicr, with inc under standing that the other s7j,00O ncccs sary to the building of Inc S300,OO0 plant, would he allotted to the people of Prescott. provided they cared 10 pur chase stock to that extent. but that in they event they did not. himself and associates would furnish the entire t30OO0O.
 The names of thc gentlemen asso. ciatcd with Mir. Iioilcau are .Iulius Freud. Eugene O. Spaulding. John l.. Cochran and Joseph r. Ballingcr.
 Mr. Boilcau is now in the east con. fcrring with his associates and making arrangements looking to the early commencing of work on the smcltcr.
 City Liquor License, S2OO.
 After some discussion City Attorney Reese NJ. Ling was instructed to draw an ordinance fixing the retail liquor license at $50 quarter, payable in nd. vance, on the motion of Councilman Wilson, seconded by Councilman Head. Mayor Goldwa,cr suggested that inns. much as Phoenix and Tucson retail liquor licenses amounted to *l,OO0 per annum, he favored n raise in Prescott to at least onc.half that amount, as he believed that the saloon men of this city were amply able to pay this amount. This was opposed by Alder. man Belcbcr, who called the attention of inc mayor to the fact that Tucson had railroad pay roll of $IGO,OOO n month and that this town had no such amount paid here. He also pointed out that only eighteen miles from this city there was pay roll of S60,00O a month nt the new shelter town of Humboldt, and that the saloons were not compelled to pay any city license.
 "Liquor dealers are taxed entirely loo high, now, in comparison with other pursuits" said Mir. Bel cher. ''I think that it is ridiculous ihat business like the Kentucky liquor store should bc compelled to pay the same license that the Bashford Hurmister company does, when the laily receipts of the latter are at least forty times greater than the former. !"
 lt developed in the conversation that ! majority at least of the council fav. bred the entire overhauling of the city license ordinance. The new liquor li rense ordinance will take effect July l.
 Street Car Go. Ordered od Bridge.
 City Clerk Modem was ordered to notify F. l.. Wright, president and of the Prescott and Mount Union railway, to grade the streets along the railway tracks in accordance with the ordinance and to vacnto the bridge over Granite Creek at once. This order was the result of number Df complaints to the street committee that it was almost impossible to haul . heavy load across tho tracks on many ,f the streets and also the fact that the rails on tho bridge were the cause of forcing the traffic onto ono part of the structure, which is now badly in need of repairs.
 Potts Wants Many Lots.
 z. Q. Brown, as the agent of War. ron q. pnlts annnnroI nnI naLnl ALa