Weekly journal-miner., 1919-02-26
lFrom Saturdays Dai!y)

Country Visitor.
 Mrs. Ed Ritter of Kirkland Val- ley, is in the city to visit with rela' tives and friends, among them being her brother, w. Curtis Miller, school superintendent
 To Resume Mining.
 R. Robertson, recently from Je- rome, left yesterday for Placeritas where he has mining interests, and will make arrangements for resum- ing operations later. Bad roads and unfavoFable weather interfere with work starting at this time.
 To New Home.
 Mrs. J. J. Brennan and daughter, Miss Catherine Brennan, left yester- day for Los Angeles, to reside, much to the regret of many friends who were at the depot to say farewell. Miss Brennan is to take up her work of telegraphy and anticipates to re- turn later to Prescott.
 Returning Home.
 MT. and Mrs. Carroll E. Penn, who were visiting in Prescott and the Jerome country for the past week, returned yesterday to the city and will leave for home at Florence to- day. Their son arrives this after noon from the Verde smelter and will accompany them home. Country Arrival.
 Sam Miller, who is farming in the Dewey section, visited the city yes tcrday and reported that for the first time in many years soil conditions were satisfactory. The dry farmer should have a prosperous year, and no more rain is wanted for months to come.
 Roads in Bad Shape.
 County School Superintendent Miller has returned from an official jaunt to school districts in the east ern part of the county, to ascertain their general status, and states wag- on roads are hardly passable. He will cancel future inspections until weather conditions improve them. Ready to Resume.
 Ed Shumate, a principal of the Big Butte Mining Co.,, which has in terests in the Copper Basin field, has returned from the coast, and will resume development in a few days. The driving of a tunnel is un- der headway, and determinations are better than was anticipated. The big storms occasioned work to De suspended.
 Had the Flu.
 B. E. Cappon, mining operator, after being under treatment for the past ten day with symptoms of in fluenza, will resume making ob- servations of tne field west of Con gress Junction, where he may be- come interested, Later he leaves for Goldfield, Nevada, his home, and yesterday he expressed himself fa- vorably over Arizona, and contem- plates soon returning to remain. Visited Brother.
 Miss Elizabeth Ackerson, of Con- stelfation, is in the city on the re- turn trip nome, and had been at Fort Bayard, N. M., visiting with her brother, who is in that military hospital under treatment for being gassed overseas His condition is improving, and during April he will be brought to the Wickenburg coun, try to advance his recovery in a milder climate. He enlisted at Jop- in, Missouri.
 To Phoenix.
 Frank w. Giroux, manager of the Peck Mining Co., left for Phoenix yesterday, where his wife is spend ing the winter, and remains away in definitely. He states the big camp was being shaped up, but the three feet of snow has deferred operations. It is expected that all departments will be moving about April 1. The new operators of this historical sil- yer holding are to outlay big sum, which is available.
 Back to the Desert.
 Granville Fain, who raises range cattle in the Verde Valley country and rears sheep on the desert, re- turned yesterday to Hot Springs Junction to look after his flocks He states the two livestock interests tremendously amalgamate if widely separated, and the old hostility of the sheepman versus the cattleman and vice versa has vanished He says the desert is in fine shape. Called Away.
 Mrs. T. w. Simmons left yester- day for Ontario, California, receiving a telegram of her daughter, Mrs. R. R McDOnald havinu been seriously