Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-14
City NeeOs In Brief
(From Thur.day's Dmiy.D

(From Thursd pmlyD
 Flotation Expert Travelling
 F. II. LennoX, Notation expert passed through the city yesterday or his way to Humboldt
 Camp Verde Banker Here
 D. s. Butler, the Camp Verde banker. was in the city on business yesterday, and reports his section as prosperous and growing.
 S. w. Case Wanted
 Osmond Case of Pueblo. Colo, wires the Journal-Miner and wants to locate s. w. Case. Those who know Mir. Case should advise him of the inquiry.
 At the Bank Window
 R. H. Burmister is showing his smiling face these days at the window of the Yavapai County Savings bank. He is taking the place of D. w. Rus sell while the latter is on a vacation. Financier to Chicago
 LeRoy Anderson, engaged at the present time in wide operations in the oil and industrial fields, left yes terday for Chicago to confer with as sociates on matters of importance in connection with the s. & s. Shock Absorber company, of which he is one of the chiefs.
 Gold King Man in Town
 George Donner of the Gold King Mining company at Crown King was in the city yesterday from his camp His company owns one of the big gest groups of claims in the Brad shaw mountains, some of which lie very near the famous Peck and Swa- stika mines.
 Buys Copper Claims
 John W. Dougherty, well known capitalist of California, was in the city recently and while here made contract to purchase a group of claims in the Bagdad section in Flu reka mining district He says he looks for some real development in that district this year.
 Wizard Machine
 Improvements being installed at the O. K. market at the present time include a unique piece of machinery, an electrically-driven meat cutter, which the proprietor says is capable of cutting and stacking 360 steaks of uniform thickness in 60 minutes. This will be a great time and labor saver at this busy shop.
 Summoned to Bedside
 George Mitchell, general manager of the Jerome-Superior Copper com pany, received a wire yesterday that his daughter in Los Angeles had been operated upon for appendicitis. As the information came too late toI take the afternoon train, MT. Mitchell chartered an automobile for Ash Fork to connect with the Santa Fe Limited last night. Pioneer Again on Street
 The familiar figure of Jasper Phil lips, the man who invented the le- gend of the Hassayampa, was noticed on the streets yesterday, he having been confined to his room at the Pioneers home for several days. This original Hassayamper lived by and drank from the fables stream regular ly for s years, and he says he can tell the truth as well as he ever could. But he says he is no relation of George Washington, and you can believe as much of the story as you like, and in any way you like to believe it. Will Develop Ranch
 David H. BileS and associates at his Verde valley ranch are busy put ting in pumping plants and pipe lines to prepare for the irrigation of the lands this summer. These extraordi- nary repairs are made necessary by reason of the fact that the big spring floods carried away and totally de- stroyed a long section of the main | ditch carrying water to their lands. | MT. Biles is proving what can be done with energy and money and intends to make the ranch one of the finest in the county Others in that sectoin are vieing with him in the honor of having the most valuable ranch.