Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-28
TELLS OF COURT HOUSE
 BUILDING
WORK ON COUNTS NEW BUILDING EXPLAINED TO LUNCHEON CLUB BY SUPERINTENDENT; HE QUARRY INSPECTED.
(From Saturdays Daily)

l l nc most COmpTcnenSlNc ucSCIlp- ton of the new county building, given
 outside the plans and specifications,
 was the basis of talk by Superin-
 tendent Axtcl before the Luncheon
 Club yesterday noon. That talk and the subsequent visit of most of the
 members to the granite quarry west
 of the city, gave the club good idea
 of how the big work is done.
 The building, Mr. Axtel said, is to be absolutely freproof. Except for
 small blocks of wood used for fastcn- ing things to, there will be no wood used in the construction of the build ing. Some of the furniture, even, will be of metal The building will be of the Grccian style of architecture, beautifully proportioncd, and built of the very best of materials. The foun- dation, of course is to be concrete and steel, the floors of the same ma tcrial, and the exterior walls up as far as the capitals, bush-hammcred granite. Above that, they will be of terra cotta, backed by concrete and brick.
 The edificc will be surmounted by a four-faccd clock, and the old town bell. that is so gratefully remember cd, is to be installed, with a proper striking mechanism.
 The court room will be an imposing place. Of dimensions. 5 by 59 feet and 2 feet high, it will constitute the most impressive scene of the admin istration of justice in the State, sur passing in appearance even the new Federal court room in the postoffice building at Phoenix
 Specially good quarters have been set aside for the chamber of com mercc in the northwest corner of the ground floor. or, as it is termed, the basement
 The jail will be of modern construc- ton, located on the third floor, and communicated with from the garage in the basement by an elevator This elevator will be the first to be in- stalled in Prescott.
 .. Merchants Day.
 Yesterday was merchants day, and the merchant was ably described and advocated in a paper by H. D. Aitken. \ mixture of keen humor and inter esting facts, his address was enjoyed deeply.
 Aitkcn started out by saying that when the luncheon club was formed, it was said. every dog would have his day. All kinds and breeds of dogs have had their days. There was doc tors day; that was represented by duck dog-'quacks" you know. The dentists were represented by Spitz dog. Lawyers had their day, and their dog was undoubtedly a bulldog. The native sons were any sort of pups. Arizona day was rep resented by the prairie dogs. The tamalc dog was the representative of the Spanish-Amcricans. When the Boy Scouts had their innings, it was a case of young blood hounds. The coach dog spoke for the public schools. Preachers had two kinds of dogs. pointers and Skyc-terricrS. Last the speaker said, Frank Whisman jumped out of the dog yard into the chicken yard, because he in novatcd to the extent of making the club lunchcons all ladies' days
 The tradc-at-homc idea was touched on in an able manner by Aitkcn. He said the average life of the grocery business. due to the many failures ot in that line, was but two ,cars. The government investiga- ions of the high cost of living have proven the absolute necessity of the or merchant. he claimed
 The Stone Quarry.
 Superintendent Larkin welcomed he tourists to the quarry and caused hem to climb up into the jungle of ,ranitc boulderS, in order to sec how he plant works. \ large block had uSt been drilled. and the wedges we're driven in to show how the stone S split The shaping department was lso visited
 \ pCculiarity of Ma Natures was discovered in deep crevice in the gc-old granite. There, ten feet un- Ter ground, was discovered a large ebony of skinny little rcd ants. eye cSs from having passed untold gen rations out of the daylight. There -as a good deal of speculation as to ow they lived. and it was explained Y gent with scientific turn of llud that they Subsisted on tiny roots hat grew deep in the rock cranuies, nd on such tiny portions of vegetable latter as was washed down into the racks by the rain water.
 NEED THE MONEY