Weekly journal-miner., 1919-02-05
Raneeman Satisfied.

' IuN SNulIZ, or llG IstlllC nm Oi Mullen & Shultz, in charge of the 1. Hillside unit was a visitor yester- day. reporting the country in good shape for midwintcr. and he had no complaint to make of the range cat tie situation.
 Returning to Camp.
 E. R. Sayres, who has mining in terests on Copper Creek, east of Mayer, returned during the week from Victorville, Cal, and will per form annual title work. During the time he is here his wife, who ac- companies him, will reside at Mayer. From Tiptop.
 Lewis A. Walker, who has min ing interests in Tiptop district, is in the city after trip to Turkey Creek, and states that indications in the above silver region are good for sev- eral mines to be active later this spring.
 Cotton Galore.
 Thomas and Henry Wells, range men of the Blythe country, are in the city and report the cotton growing business as immense last season. Bales are piled up so numerously that it is impossible to reaOhj gins mile away, and what to do with the huge product remains unsOlved.
 Fair Range Showing. Duff Brown, a well known range man of the Ash Fork country, and his foreman, L. w. Lockhart, are in the city attending court as wit nesses, and report that country as
 n fair condition. Early rain and warm weather will restore the busi- ness to a normal state.
 Back to Desert.
 F. A. Reid of Reid -Cashion Cattle Co.,, who had been at Seligman on cattle business, returned yesterday to the desert country to look after the firms large sheep interests. He stated grazing conditions are fair and with rain soon the winter season will be one of the most favorable in many years.
 Renewing Old Times.
 Fred E. Patterson, who was mas ter mechanic of the old P. & A. C. rail- road, was visitor yesterday from Olathe, Kansas, and enroute to San Bernardino, Cal, where he is engag- ed with a nephew in the apiary busi- ness. He retired as a machinist sev- eral years ago, after a paralytic stroke in his right leg, which com pels him to use a crutch. Yavapai Looks Good.
 MT. and Mrs. ]. s. Hummer ar rived yesterday from Florence, the former having sold out his range cattle business in Pinal county, and t is probable he again will locate in Yavapai. He reports the southern country as passing through disas-I trous drouth and the cattle business will suffer heavily unless rains oc- cur soon. Back from Logan.
 MT. and Mrs. Jacob Rothmell, the former a carpenter until recently 1 employed in construction at Fort Logan, near Denver, arrived yester- day and later return to Vulture. MT l Rothmell states a large number of mechanics have been laid off and a | general slowing down of the big work has been ordered He returns to do assessment work on his mines, and expects an engineer next month l to make an examination. Home from Coast.
 Mrs. w. w. Ross and daughter, Miss Esther, returned yesterday | from Berkeley, Cal, and the latter received welcome home from many | and was the recipient of many kind | expressions after having been crit ically i'll. Her health is fully restor- ed and she will not return to the University of California for tne l present. Mrs. Ross had been in at tedance on her daughter during the illness.
 (From Saturdays Daily) Comes to Visit.
 Mrs. ]. D. O'Rourke is in the city tn visit for few days with friends.