Weekly journal-miner., 1916-03-15
Back From East.

BACK TIO1Il EdSl.
 NJ. Collins. whose father died in this city recently. has returned from the Eastern States. where he was called on legal business.
 Visiting Teacher.
 Miss Bessie Mulligan. teacher of the Blue Bell public school, was q visitor with Prescott friends yester- day. She returns home today. Public Funeral.
 The funeral for Frank s. Hummer will be public. The services will be held this afternoon in the lodge rooms oi the Masonic Temple Buying Machinery. l Charles K. Crosby was an arrival from his mining camp on the Santa Maria river, where he is preparing to resume development He is buying pumping plant to unwater the levels, after which operations begin. Entertaining Friend. i Mrs. w. V. DeCamp. wife of the superintendent of the Blue Bell mines is entertaining for few weeks, Mrs. Charles Kumke. wife oi mining en- gineer oi the United Verde Mrs. DeCamp and guest were visitors to he city yesterday. Former Resident.
 l r.. F. Hill. who will be remembered as former resident of this city. en- gagged in general contracting. was an arrival yesterday from San Diego, af- ter an absence of five years. He will remain for short time to look over business conditions.
 Farm Activity.
 Constable ]. A. Stapp of Skull val ley. was a business visitor yesterday and stated that farmers were again active ;n the field in planting wheat as the main crop to De developed. The acreage this season will be far larger than known for many years. Heavy Production.
 George Domaine of Humboldt was an arrival yesterday and gave the usual report of smelter activity, and that bullion production is being main tained at a heavy ton1age daily. Min ing adjacent is active and the general outlook this Summer indicates lively mine ioings.
 Signs of Prosperity.
 C. H. Hooker has returned from Ash creek after several days in riding the range and states that never in the history of that section has the cattle business been in such fine condition as now. New feed is beginning to grow at an earlier date than hereto fore, and livestock are in fine form. Something Doing.
 Judge Ward H. Wheeler and War ren Davis of Mayer were business visitors yesterday in auto, and repor; two important movements as facing the future of that community. the opening of the ore custom market in short time. and the big milling op- erations of the Bingnampton and Copper Queen mines as assured. Both state that many individual mines con tinue actively operating and produc- ing.
 Rough Rider Returns.
 Sergeant C. ]. Rhodes, late ol Troop A. of the Rough Riders. who enlisted under Captain Buckley O'Neil in this city in 1898, was a business visitor last week He is now engaged in freighting in Mohave county. He is a brother of William Rhodes oi Jerome Junction. and will bring his livestock to Prescott this week to i'll a contract in delivering material , for the new court house. From Abroad.
 Alex Peterson of Stockholm, Swed en. was an arrival few days ago, and comes to Arizona to locate, returning !, after an absence of over quarter oi century. He was nepnew of Ole b Peterson, deceased, who was farmer near the Point of Rocks. and when a resident was dairyman. He states that he is happy over being in the United States, and that thousands oi Swedes are anxious to emigrate tc this country. His wife and family z join him later.