Weekly journal-miner., 1919-09-24

k Phoehixt was made "a train load ,oi i 600 head He Says the range is nov , in the best condition known in 20 Iyears. 4} ''.t
 Date Creek Visitor <, | James Brown was in from Date creek yesterday. According to him there is no excuse for poor range
 stock, the range conditions being at
 their best.
 Passing Through
 T Daniel Flynn, a popularly known
 young mining man of Jerome, visited
 the country Sunday, and is en route
 to the Magma Chief, Pinal county,
 to accept a responsible position.
 Vacation Trip
 Earl Stumbaugh, with the s. F. P.
 & P. in this city, in the general of fees, has returned to Kansas City, visiting with friends, and on the trip was accompanied by his son, Christy Stumbaugh.
 Ash Fork Visitors
 L. C. Parke and wife of Ash Fork
 were Monday visitors. Mir. Parks reports that while the range has been good all summer, things are getting q little dry now and rain would. be welcome.
 Will Dance
 Friday night at the American ranch, which lies at the foot of Gran ite mountain, Bert Lee will be host at a dance, where his s1nany friends will be assured of a good time.
 School Vacancies
 County School Superintendent Miller reported yesterday there were vacancies of school teachers in the following districts: Sycamore, near Mayer, Cherry creek, Wagoner, Camp 1 Verde and Oak creek.
 Shaping Up
 E. w. Gilbreath, in charge of the reviving of the Tuscumbia, arrived yesterday from the camp in the Brad shaws, and reported Initial opera tions as beginning. The property is financed and an energetic line of ex- ploration is to be carried out
 Summer Visitors Leave
 Mir. and Mrs. Jay Franks of Tue son, summer visitors, returned home Sunday, accompanied by their chil- dren, who enter school. MT. Franks is so favorably impressed with this section that he returns early in Oc- tober, and may locate in Mayer. Skull Valley All Right
 Aubery Gist came up from Skull valley on a short business trip. In response to an inquiry, he stated crop and soil conditions suited him, and that the range had never been better Coast Outing
 Mrs. Lloyd Clark, wife of Engi- neer Clark of the s. F. P. & P, left yesterday for the coast on an outing for few weeks and 10 visit with friends. She is chaperoning Miss Frances Afunds, who later is to en-l ter Cumnock college, Los Angeles. From Camp Verde
 Ralph Monroe motored in from Camp Verde, the occasion being the presence of a representative of the Federal Board for Vocational Edu cation, under which Monroe, who 1 was wounded ill the late war, ppur- poses to take training which will en- able him to pursue a successful ca able him to pursue a successful ca { reer in spite of his handicap. From Far Away
 George G. Sanderson, a former em ploye of the s. F. P. & P, writes from Bulawayo, South Africa, that he is preparing to return to the United States, since ocean traffic has been resumed by the British govern meht. He has been anxious to get out of the country for the past five years, but war restrictions inter vened. He still follows his vocation ill railroading, and left Prescott in 1901. Hawaiian Likes Climate
 Palmer Arcia, the Hawaiian war veteran, whose ukelele and guitar f cheered his comrades while he was a convaIescent patient at the post, ! in a letter dated at Phoenix an nounces that he will return early this week, being convinced after min strel tour of the southern section of the state that there is no place like Prescott for opportunity, and no climate as favorable for recovering from the disability he incurred while in service. Miner Returns
 Attracted by the reports of high