Weekly journal-miner., 1912-11-13
tFrom Fridays Daily,
 PHOENIX. Seeing America First.

A party of scmi-casterners. who arc enjoying life is that composed of the two brothers Purviancc, J. w. Irwin. E. E. Mahoncy and their wives and children. motor tourists and believers in seeing America first. The Purviancc brothers and Irwin are from Guthrie. Iowa. and the Y ,cc families are travelling to Cali fornia in three Ford automobiles. Mahoney and his party in fourth Ford joined the Iowans at Colorado Springs and they have been sticking together ever since.
 The party arrived like an Arab caravan in Phoenix yesterday They have been seeing northern Arizona, the canyon. Prescott and other places and just arrived in the south in search of an outlet toward the coast. They left yesterday afternoon in their sturdy little Fords for Cali fornia, the end of their long and in- teresting overland journey
 Police Catch Robbers.
 Two arrests made yesterday by the police. it is believed. will result in the complete clearing up of the mystery of the robbery of two or three rooms of the Wharton House the night before. The first arrest was that made by Night Captain George Brisbois and Policeman Val enzucla, who took Antonio Morales into custody. The other was effect ed late yesterday afternoon when Chief of Police Moore located Sal vador Cruz at the Santa Fe saloon and in the evening secured positive evidence that he IS the man who was seen running away from the Whar ton minute or two after tae rob bery had been discovered
 Dan O'Leary and his brother, Mat, occupy room at the Wharton. There were in their room asleep when somebody entered and rcmov- cd two or three suits of clothes, a watch and wallet said to have contained about $S0. When Dan awoke shortly before ? o'clock yes terday morning he found his room door open and his clothing missing Incidentally. he heard a sound in the hall as of some one moving about Hurrying into the hall he caught sight of a Mexican leaving by the rear entrance. He gave chase. pur- suing the man into the alley. Being in his barefeet he was obliged to re- linquish the chase when he encoun- tered stones and other refuse.
 Buys Land For Shops.
 The Arizona Eastern railroad com pany yesterday increased its real es- tate holdings in Phoenix by the pur- chase of forty additional acres of land west of and adjoining the pres cnt holding upon which the new shops are to be built. purchasing the ground from Dr. Lightburns and wife. The deal was finally closed yesterday.
 The property SO purchased is to be used in connection with the con struction of the new Arizona Eastern shops here for yardage and the like. The property now owned by the company stretches along the southern boundary of the city for more than half mile each way and comprises some POO or SO acres.
 The work on the new shops is to be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and teams for the grad ing of the tract purchased yesterday and for the excavation of the turn table site will be put to work the early part of next week. These ad- ditions to the facilities of the sys- tenn are needed owing to the great ly increased business in this section.
 In addition to this there is now pending before the Arizona corpora ton for permission to issue bonds