Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-29
City NeUs In Brief
(From Thursdays Daily.l

N tAlNl L. " lllidiitS bl I lGSNOlt
 left the first of the week for Lo
 Angeles where he entered the maya
 service for the duration of the war
 Mayer Visitors.
 A. E. lFeffelman and l.. Garrett, Q
 Mayer. visited the city yesterday, re
 porting mining as active and Somt
 deals for coppers were under nego
 iiation.
 Visiting Friends.
 Mrs. w. A. Gill. wife oi a wei
 known rangeman of Black canyon, i.
 in the city for few days to visit
 with friends.
 Placering Active.
 Dave Berry was visitor yester-
 day from Lynx creek, and reported
 quite a number of placer miners at
 work, recoveries of gold dust being
 rcmunerative to several.
 Leaves for Summer.
 Mrs. W. T. Birch left yesterday
 for Buena Park, Calif., and will be
 away during the summer to visit with
 a sister, Mrs. w. II. Coughran, for
 merly resident of this city.
 Difficult Task.
 A Mexican boy with sheep drive out of Cordes, brought to the city yesterday a baby coyote, which he endeavored to sell, but found no buyer He captured it near Rumble bee last Sunday.
 Business Visit
 iGeorge Hammer, the McCabe mcr- chant and mining man, was a visitor yesterday on business, reporting the principal operations in that belt as confined to silver He also states his son, Clarence Hammer, is now in the army at Camp Funston.
 Enlists in Army.
 William Sayres writes from a lum- Der camp in Coconino county that enter the forestry corps. He leaves in a short time for La Crosse, Wis, 10 report for final examination. Sayrcs worked at Jerome for some time in mine timbering.
 To the Coast.
 Major w. w. Midley, formerly of the Valinda Rancho, was visitor yesterday. He is now located on Oak creek, engaged in the range cattle business. He states that country also is dry and while stock is in good form, rain will soon be needed. He is en route to San Francisco on q business trip. Come For Summer.
 Mrs. Abner Cartmell, accompanied by her son and daughter, Mrs. Ce- ella Whitney, were arrivals Tuesday from a mining camp near Planet, on the desert, and will remain for the | summer in this section. They stated the temperature last Saturday was l06, and no rain had fallen in nine months.
 Begins Life's Career.
 Peter J. McNulty, a young man well and popularly known in this community, returns this week to Prescott. having graduated from the University of Santa Clara, at Santa Clara, Calif., with a degree in me chanical engineering. Santa Clara is one of the technical schools recog- nized by the government, and is a reserve officers training camp. Mir. McNulty has had two years of mill tary training and is awaiting his country's call. 2 Hunter Returns.
 Tom Sheridan. who makes a busi- ness of hunting wild animals for their pclts. arrived yesterday from the Colorado river country, reporting a poor cleanup for the winter season. He IS going into the Bradshaws for a few months to hunt wildcats, and will spend the greater part of the season in the Mogollon country. He IS a brother of Victor Sheridan who had a shoemaking shop in this city many years ago. Buying Supplies.
 Mir. and Mrs. Calvin Locke are in the city from Black canyon district, inc latter returning to Gro Grandc, Calf, and the former to buy sup plies for his camp. He recently To- cated a group of mines and is expect ing his son to arrive in few days in auto from California MT. Locke states a big petition is being circu- lated to repair the Black canyon I road and committee will come to Prescott later to appear before the ! board of supervisors. The fine out ( look of the Kay coppers, he says, is 1a III SNNNld al lO 4OOh over field. Popular People Leave. Howard A. Black, who for the past 2 seven years had been manager of the | Bashford- Burmister Companys fur a 1iture department, has severed his T with that firm and. ac- a by Mrs. Black, left Tues lay via Grand Canyon for Los An geles, where he will take much ! needed rest at beach resorts for month or more, when he will engage a n business in the above city. MT. a md Mrs. Black in leaving Prescott { lrc followed to their new home by ( he best wishes of many in this com nunity, both being popular. Runaway Youth. d K. F. Rathburn, of Gallup, N. NJ. T vho had been looking for a son, fif- s cen years of age, returned from \ Phoenix Tuesday and was rewarded y finding the youth with a sheep n .utfit on the drive north of Jerome F unction. The boy was desirous of N nlisting in the navy and was rejected T if phOeniN ou accpunt oF I,;r ,o,o -