Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-11

next spring.
 !: Returns From Miami. . Mrs. F. w. Davis of Miami, a for mcr resident Of Prescott, whose mar
 riage occurred short time ago, re
 turned during the week to reside, her i, husband being drafted, and now d
 Camp Kearney. Cal
 Passed Through.
 Mir. and Mrs T. p. Chandler, for r mer residents of this section. passed
 through yesterday from Gallup, N M., to Swansea. where they will re-
 main this winter. Their two daugh-
 tcrs were with them and will continue
 10 Los Angeles to enter school.
 Teacher Arrives.
 Miss Jessie Harper. Of Los Angeles
 who is to teach the public school al
 Fair Oaks, arrived yesterday, leav-
 ing later for the above district to be-
 gin her duties next Monday. She was retained early in the season.
 Gets Transferred.
 Harry Smith. who had been serv-
 ing at Camp Cody with an infantry
 command, has been transferred to Chattanooga. Tennessee, and IS now
 attached to the Signal corps of the
 army, letter to this effect having ! been received yesterday.
 Home From Coast.
 Mrs. Alice Rcumuth returned yes terday from the celebrated Wallet
 Rabbit Rancho. near Redondo, Cal, where she had been visiting for sev-,
 eral months with her sister, Mrs. Louis Wallet. and friends on the coast. Business Trip.
 George Whitaker, who has farm ing interests on Big Bug creek, IS in tEc city and reports a satisfactory situation, while the mining outlook is cutie encouraging, quite movement! now going on for many properties to wheel into action in short time. Job Finished.
 Charles Ssuer, the Jerome contrac- tor, was visitor yesterday on busi- ness. and stated he has finished the big job of building frame culverts along the Verde Valley line and in making other improvements to the road bed in his line of business. Brief Visitor.
 Al ReeS, who has mining interests in the Congress field, was brief visi- tor yesterday on business, reporting work as slowing up at different prop critics on account of higher wages be- ing asked since the copper rate of pay IS being demanded.
 Coming Copper.
 Leopold Walloth, who arrived yes tcrday from the Cactus Queen camp on the desert, reports big copper as being determined and heavy produc- ton is now being made. Develop ment has been maintained during the warm weather and shipping to Con, gress Junction begins at once by mo- tor trucks.
 Back to the Sea.
 Bud Sweeney, son of Mir. and Mrs. l. E. Sweeney, who had been spend ing a brief furlough in Prescott, re- turned to the naval training station ] at San Diego yesterday. He is pre- pairing to go aboard ship to get in | real action in handling some of the I big guns, and does not expect to | come back until the war is over. Visitors Leave.
 Mrs. H. O. Bell and children re- f turned to Maricopa county yesterday ' n auto, Mir. Bell arriving Thursday f O take them home They regret to ( cave. but the Tempe Normal open I ng next week occasioned their de- ,arture. This was their third summer I n this section and they are coming I ,ack next year. } Holding On. t
 IT. Laird was in the city yester- C iav from Groom Creek and states the I oil call of the southern summer visi- ors shows none absent, all prefer i, ing to remain and enjoy a good O nlnR unlll NSoihNi NciiiS- N Next season, Mir. Laird states, there Ii vill be house accommodations for il Iouble the number of this season. E Mining Man Here.
 Homer Bennett, brother of for f, ner superintendent of the smelter at r, Humboldt, when the plant was operat- 2 d by the Val Verde Copper Co.,, ar ii ived during the week from Spokane, " Washington, and has returned to the fl itv for an observation trip of mines T n the Mayer country. He remains n the country for a few weeks and I, tates in all probability he will be- V ome interested. His brother is now sy perating in Alaska. V n Full Swing. h
 A. L. Pierce. a principal of the Ari- o ona Copper Queen, which IS situat- N d east of Mayer, is in the city and eports the property as again in ac- C on, after suspension of a few il 1onths in perfecting new organiza- il o,, ,,d Ia,,ino in a bip line of sup T,