Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-09-25
TUCSON.
Enough to Make Him Crazy.

Enough to Make Him Crazy.
Up at Nelson. Arizona. there is a
Santa Pc station agent who Is also
an express agent lie is about the
mos, puzzled young man in seven
states. The express company has
ordered him not TO receive shipments
OF liquor because the boundary Of
an Indian reservation is, supposed to
cross his station house. The rail-
road company doesn't know anything
about that boundary. at least not Of
fieially. and has issued no such or
der Therefore the agent must de-
cline express shipments Of liquor
but receive freight shipments. That
Is. il he receives an express ship
ment he will lose one job and II he
doesn't receive freight shipments he
will lose the other. II that line is
actually there and he rolls a bottle
OF dago red across into the wrong
end Of the freight room he Is liable
to prosecution by the United States
authorities
Get all that' II you do you're
wonder, because the agent hasn't
fully sized up the situation. lie
doesn't know whether he's acting as
station agent or playing the national
hymn OF Nubia on a coffee grinder.
lie doesn't know what minute the
Arizona Corporation Commission is
going TO take hand and tell him to
do or not TO do something else.
The matter was brought to the
attention OF the Corporation Com
mission by a liquor dealer at Mel
son. who said he couldn't get any
more booze shipped in by express.
The agent was refusing to deliver
shipments to him. In fact the ship
mcnts were not being shipped at all.
Bridegroom Killed.
Max Smith Brezeil OF Los Angeles
aged p years and married only two
weeks. was shot and MORALLY wound
ed Tuesday night by the father OF
his i8-ycar old wife. Oscar NJ. Hunt.
also of Los Angeles. while the elder
and younger man and the bride Of
two weeks. who was Miss Olive M.
Hunt. we're in camp twenty miles
southwest OF Tucson on the Arivaca
road. Brezell died five hours later
The fathcr-in-law shot at what he
thought was a prowling wild ami
NAL in their camp. using rifle and
was Mortified to quickly discover
that he had shot young Brezell.
The wounded man was hurried 10
Tucson in an ambulance to the
Rodgers hospital. arriving a. 2:30
o'clock Wednesday morning. but
died 30 minutes later. He became
unconscious an hour before arriving
at the hospital
Federal Building Site Chosen.
.Tucson's federal building site is
finally and definitely selected. A
telegram received Wednesday by
John Nets from Acting Secretary T.
Bailey OF the treasury department
embodied the chief features of a con-
; tract between the United States and
l.. II. Manning. Fred Ronstadt and
Nets for the transfer to the gov
eminent of what is known as the
Scott street site.
The treasury departments deei-
sion was reached following the rec
ommcndation OF Inspector Lee II.
Ullcry, who was In Tucson about
, two months ago.
E The property has frontage of
I'D feet on The north side of Broad
way and i%9 feet on the west side OF
Scott street. the building on the
I property to be in the possession OF
, the vendors.
: The consideration Of the sale is
s $4,000
e This ends long fight for the To-
: cation OF the federal building. A
q number of sites were offered the de-
c partment. including one on North
Stone avenue and the San Augustine
! hotel southwest OF the center OF
e the city
8 Buys More Mines.
' Though no one connected with
E the matter cared to discuss il. il is
stated that the purchase OF the
Leatherwood claims in the Catalina
: mountains was completed Wednes-
daysby the Copper Queen Consoii-
: dated Mining company.
The group adjoins the Geesiman
4 claims. where were recently bough,
by the Copper Queen. and were held
under option for nearly two years.
s The price for the Leatherwood
4 claims was NOT disclosed hut IL Il