Weekly journal-miner., 1919-03-19

Fria valley. the consideration being $500, according to the deed recorded yesterday.
 Called Home.
 Mrs. Meredith Kane. who arrived Wednesday to visit with friends in this city and son at Verde later, re- turned to Phoenix yesterday after noon, being called home by influenza illness in the family.
 Wet Country,
 Ed. Mahurin, farming in Chino val ley, is in the city, and states blowing is deferred on account of moist soil He anticipates big crops and good prices, as the war still keeps going on in the high cost of living. Leave Country.
 Mir. and Mrs. Gilbert Callow, wio have been residing at the Bannie min ing camp for the past year, left yes, terday for Idaho Springs, Colo, to reside. Mir. Gallow is a nephew of w. L. Conner. superintendent of the Bannie mine.
 Some Speed.
 Grant Carter a visitor yesterday from Kirkland valley, stated that on Wednesday a Texas Norther hit the country at a 100-mile clip but only light damage resulted. The hurrri- cane was the worst ever known in the country and a short time after ward a heavy rain followed. Bannie in Action.
 w. L. Conner, superintendent of the Bannie in Lynx creek district, visited the city yesterday and said shaft work had stopped and drifting from the 250-foot level was under headway. The general situation sould not possibly be better and a heavy producer is assured at an early date, he claims.
 Visiting Old Home.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. w. Derrick, for mer residents of the city, are receiv- ing a welcome from many on their return for weeks visit with relatives and friends. They are here from Phoenix, where Mr. Derrick is with the Arizona Eastern railway They are at the nome Of Mir. and Mrs. M. Gratz, parents of Mrs. Derrick. Called to Phoenix.
 Mrs. A. B. Fox, of this city left hur- riedly yesterday morning for Phoe- nix, owing to her daughter, Mrs, George Miller, being reported as seriously i'll with influenza, three phy- sicians being in attendance on her. The little baby also had been strick en, as also was her sister Miss Gladys Fox, of Prescott, who was wis iting with her.
 Pioneer Here.
 Stopping over in the city yestcr- day between trains for a short visit was Fred s. Hagan, an early day bar Der of this city, who was en route to Yuma from Wyandotte, Kansas He stated the Hassayampa trim mings had been clean shaved from the old burg and he was a stranger to the change situation. He has a son i'll business at Yuma.
 On the Road.
 MT. and Mrs. A. Matli, of William. son valley, have been advised by their son, Adolph, to discontinue writing nim in France, as he was to be home ward bound in a few days, and it is presumed he is now on the high seas. Like all ArizOnans, young Matli is yearning for home, and he states the open farm life now appeals to him as far more preferable than digging trenches in which to hide out Under The Flag.
 Amos Fisher, a mining man who visited this section last fall in the capacity of mining engineer to make an examination of copper east of Mayer, writes from Las Cruces, N. M., of being naturalized as a citizen. He was native of Australia. He closed the letter by saying: "Here's one more Anzac to get under the flag and after a while there will be full army corps of my race lined up'