Weekly journal-miner., 1918-08-21
City Nenos Tn Brief
(From Thursdays Dailyl


 Van Horn at Whipple Barracks. Returns Home.
 Mrs. Fred MCMahon, wife of a brakeman of the $. F. P & r. return ed to Ash Fork yesterday after q few days visit with friends in the city From Congress.
 A. F. Bird, well known in mechani. cal mine engineering circles, is 1T the city from the Congress camp. on a business trip.
 From the Desert.
 l.. r.. Barter, of Manvel, Cal, IS in the city for few weeks sojourn to escape the heat. and visit with his wife and daughter who arrived early in July.
 Going to Frisco.
 Attorney LeRoy Anderson expects to leave this afternoon for San Fran cisco, where he will remain for the next few days looking after some business matters.
 Rural Visitor.
 Peter Marx, the well known pio- neer of Walnut creek, is in the city and states the farming outlook was never better owing to the heavy rains during the past month. Comes to Visit.
 Mrs. ]. R. Lord, of Orange, New Jersey, who is spending the summer in Chaparral in the Union mining camp with her two daughters, is in the city for brief visit with friends. Seriously III.
 Mrs. II. P. Schwanbeck was brought to the city yesterday from Cedar Glade quite seriously i'll and will be operated upon today at Mercy hospital
 Oil Men Arrive.
 Prof. D. F. French, Of Enid, Okla homa, with his secretary, Norwood Fasser. of Tulsa, are in the Big Chino valley oil field making observations. They come from Holbrook, where Prof. French has become interested recently, and has a rig en route to be- gin exploration.
 Coming From Texas.
 Louis Zeiger, recently deceased, ar rives in Prescott this week from Ei Paso. to look after the mining and other interests of his father in the Octave country. Mir Zeiger was bur jed in Los Angeles last week, the body being removed from Oregon, where his death took place. To Recuperate.
 Victor Wardner, formerly of this section. when employed in freighting, is recent arrival from Red Rock, Pima county. and is recuperating after being i'll for several weeks. He was bitten by an insect early in July, when his health failed. He has nn- proved during his four days sojourn and returns home next week, the change of climate proving beneficial. Back from New Mexico.
 Arthur Bischoff returned Sunday from a seven weeks vacation in New Mexico and reports most enjoyable time. He visited old friends in Santa Fe. and other places, besides spend ing some time at the Jemiz Springs and Oio Caliente Springs near Albu- ouerque Mir Bischoff returns much refreshed and invigorated. Range Visitor.
 Norval Cherry, rangeman oi Cherry creek, is in the city and gives an excellent report of the outlook for the cattle business, due to heavy rains for the past month. He states the slope on the Verde valley side, par ticularly, has been drenched, while the situation generally is the best for the cattle business known in many years.
 Mrs. Gales Improving. I. Arthur Gales, who was called to Santa Clara, Cal. by the serious ill., ness of his wife, returned to Prescott on Tuesday evening and reports that Mrs. Gales, who had been stricken with an attack of double pneumonia, was now out of danger and rapidly getting better The lady had gone to Santa Clara for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary Johns, when she was taken i'll.
 Visiting Flagstaff.
 Mrs. C. s. Richardson left yester- day for Flagstaff to be guest for a few weeks of Mrs. F. T. McGonigle, wife of the large lumber manufactur- CT
 Visiting Friend.
 Mrs. II. ]. Suder left yesterday for Williams, where she will be a guest for several days of Mrs. Mary Ford Platten, formerly a resident of Pres colt.
 Miner Dies.
 The body of Thomas Murray was brought to Prescott from Crown King or Tuesday night for burial here. He died from an acute attack of bronchitis on Monday night, and was aged about 60 years. He had fol- lowed mining in this county for many years.
 Back From Capital.