The Parker post., 1912-11-23

anu Minnie BrOWn, M0SudnloS ". "A.
Marsh G. G. Dunn, John f. Collins,
Mr. Hugh B. Hull, and Masters Frank
Tisdale and Phillip Marsh.
J. F. Raney left for Los Angeles
Sunday night to attend to business
connected with the recent sale of his
paint mine in the Whipple mountains.
The new owners expect to ship two
hundred tons per month from the
property.
Houses for Rent, Furnished and
Unfurnished.
G. A. MARSH COMPANY.
J. P. Yagle, secretary of the Gen
eral Securities company, the holding
concern of the Arizona-Empire Cop
per Mines company, and G. e. Shell
den, also connected with the former
company are spending the week at
the mines, having arrived from Los
Angeles last Sunday.
Cal Morgan of Calzona spent
Thanksgiving day in Parker. Mr..
Morgan reports that the Republic
Smelling Corporation has a force of
about twenty men employed at three
camps, and it is his opinion that ex
tensive work will be under way soon
after the first of the year
Two men were put to work on the
Roberts & Evans lease on the MaviS
property the past week. The Mavis
adjoins the Carnation and Eagle
groups and has large bodies of cop
per ore John Roberts states that d
shipment of ore will be taken out i'm
mediately These leasers have an eX-
cellent opportunity to clean UP a
large sum of money.
Henry Owens, who has been spend
ing the past several months visiting
his son at Tahama, Cal, returned to
Parker Wednesday, Mr.. Owens
states that there are many people in
that part of California who are await
llS InS opclliliS vi Ihc lCoSl 'dtloii
lands with the expectation of locat-
ing here when the land becomes av
ailable
The baseball game played Thanks
giving day between the local team
and team made up mostly of rail
road men resulted in a victory for
the Santa Fe boys by a score of
to 5. The contest was an eXcit-
ing one, and a number of good plays
were made on both sides The
regular Parker team was depleted con
.siderably by several of the railroad
General Manager c. Clerc of the
Swansea Consolidated Gold and Cop
per Mining company spent few
hours in Parker Thursday afternoon
He was returning to the mines from
IA trip across the river by auto. Mr..
Clerc stated that the Swansea smell
ter is now running more succeSsful-
ly than ever before, and that the COM
pany is now in the market for the
purchase of all kinds of ore. With
in the past ten days the smelter has
demonstrated that it is capable OF
smelling ore of every character. and
as a result the management intends
to keep the plant running full capa-
city.
Seven Indian marriages occurred
at Mission hall Tuesday evening. Am
ong those who decided to comply
with the white mans way of tieing
up a nuptial knot were Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Welsh and Randall Booth and
little Indian maid from Tucson
whose name we were unable to
learn The names of the five other
happy couples are unknown to The
Post. An elaborate banquet was
spread for the welded couples and
few invited guests. Among those
from town who attended were Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Brown. Rev. Edgor
of Needles officiated, with the as
sistance of Randall Booth as in
terpreter for those who did not un-
derstand English. Mrs. Booth was
arrayed in a white satin bridal dress.
with a veil, and carried orange bios
SONS. Mrs Welsh was handsomely
gowned, and Dan went through the
ceremony without hitch. Miss
Seward, the field matron, baked an
enormous wedding cake for the oc-
casion, and a piece of the creation of
] sweetness was kindly sent The Post