Arizona republican., 1909-10-20

ing pretty strenuously. He met Sec. retary. Ballinger's party at Sacramen- to and leaving there they went first over a part of the Truckee project. then to Lake Tahoe and then to San Francisco. where they were joined by George Otis Smith. director of the U. s. c. s. The route then was to Fl Portal. where they met John Muir. the famous scientist. who travelled with them, and Major Forsythe. who is in charge of Yosemite park. A strenuous horseback ride followed /to the summit of Glacier point and over the hills to the Hetch Hetchy valley, which is quite similar to the Yosemite. They spent three days riding and driving. mostly the former. They then came back to Merced and thence to Los Angeles. where a day was spent. and then on to Arizona. Both Secretary Ballinger and his private secretary, >Mr Carr are good horsemen and can stand a fine endurance test The secretary made one ride of sixty-five miles in a single day with a single mount. Mir Carr rode eighty miles in one day but he changed horses
 fNs w hS t-- fkO9 CTS has added to his transportation equipment two new automobiles that arrived here on Friday. One is five passenger Stevens Duryea and the other is D four passenger Autocars. Mir Rogers has got the right idea. When man gets any automobile he ought to get at least two of them so he may reasonably expect to have one in re- pair all the time. But MT Rogers thinks he has got the kinds that will bot}rf be in repair most of the time. which is asking a good deal of an au- tomobile.
 BIRTHDAY PARTY-Mrs. Emma Robert. who recently returned from Minneapolis,- Minn.. accompanied by her mother. gave the latter a birthday party at the Robert ranch five miles north of town. Sunday afternoon. Oc- tober v. Her mother. Mrs Hannah Bristol. is S1 years old and is quite sprightly and in the enjoyment of good health. She has spent three winters here before and expects to remain this winter. The day was pleasantly spent and the guests enjoyed the serving of light refreshments. Those present were Mrs Hannah Bristol. Mir. and Mrs. C. c. Custer. Mir and Mrs J. NJ. Vaughn. Mrs. Michaels. Mrs. McCart- ney. Miss Victoria Robart and MT. and Mrs. Robart
 DEPUTIES APPOINTED-Sh Sheriff Hayden yesterday appointed four members of the newly organized hu- mane society as deputy sheriffs and humane officers. It is expected that their official work will be chiefly as humane officers, but the authority is vested in them to make arrests when Harry Friedman. A. H. Davidson. Prank Cavalliera and Phil Ensign. r THE LONDON ARiZONA-C E. Finney. president of the London Ari- zona Mining company, was in the city yesterday. having just returned from visit to the company's property. He says the company is not at present operating on a large scale, though twenty, to thirty men are employed in the sinking of a couple of shafts on the opposite side of the mountain from the big tunnel that was driven in about 300 feet a year or so ago. Mir Finney said he met Mir. Brooks, the
 
 wellknown geologist, at the property, and expects himself to return there in a few days He went south last night in company with O. Longacre. a Yavapai county mining man, for a visit at the Imperial mine.
 AN ERRONEOUS REPoRT-There is an erroneous report in circulation to the effect that George w. Cowgirl had rendered his resignation as sec retary of the board Of trade. It doubt less originated in the published an nouncement that he had resigned his appointment as one of the fair com missioners for this county. made by the board of supervisors during his absence from the 6ity. and the duties of which office he found it impossible to undertake.