Weekly journal-miner., 1920-07-14


 shape, but farm crops not any too encouraging. He says great interest is manifested in the new hikhway un- der consideration running down through Cherry Creek on over onto the Verde.
 On Look Out for Mines
 MT. and Mrs. w. M. Owens have returned from a trip into the coun- try, where Mir. Owens took look at some mining properties. His serv- ices are always in demand when he comes to town, as he is always on the lookout for good mines.
 On Pure Pleasure Bent.
 Ed. Mahurin of Cottonwood is over fior an official pleasure trip with one oi his friends, the dentist. He comes regularly to sit in one of their easy chairs and have q good time. In be- tween acts, he is shaking hands with a few dozen friends in the city.
 Second Relief Train
 A second relief train was run yes terday from the wreck 10 Prescott. The last one bringing in the mail coach which was rescued from the ! wreck and the mail was brought in ill good shape No mail will be lost nor damaged The bodies of the two dead men were also brought in on that train.
 Gertrudes Looks Good.
 Chas. Shull is over from the Ger trudes group of silver mines on Tur- !! key creek. He is in charge of de- velopment being done by the Grand Island Mining company The prop Ierty is under bond from D. J. Thomp- son, one of the old time silver miners of that district. Mir Shull thinks the property has a chance to make big mine. Had His Nerve With Him.
 Roy Carson, the mail clerk on the wrecked train yesterday, though his back was badly hurt, refused to leave his mail car till relieved by a duly authorized person Bob Geimer went down to take charge Of the mail and accompanied the wounded boy home. Carson IS an old timer in the mail game in this section ,and is highly esteemed as one of the most trust worthy men on the line. His nervy act in this case will not lower that reputation to any extent.
 Finds Plenty of Work
 George M Hubbell of San Diego is in the city, having come over to take a second look at the UNN mine in which he is stockholder. He also wants to see how old Prescott air tastes and feels in the good old sum- mer time, and he says he will never cease to like 1t here He has a nice littl garden spot at his home in San Diego, and says he finds all the work one man wants to do on half an acre of diversified fruit and vegetable rais- ing.
 Would Exclude Foreigners
 Parties back from the stockmen's convention say that one of the clauses of the conventions resolu- tions which was hardest fought. was the one which seeks the expulsion of foreign-owned stock from the range prior to the cutting down of the allot- ments of the residents. The cattle and sheepmen advance an argument that the foreign owners of sheep have caused more trouble between cattle and sheepmen than any other one thing.
 Couldn't Hurt Frontier Actors.
 Harry S Knight one of the prin- cipal figures at the Big Frontier day show, returned yesterday from Flag staff where he attended the stock mans annual convention. He was on the train wrecked at Kirkland, and on the same train a number of stock men were making their way to Phoe- nix. Most of them stopped off at Kirkland and did not come back up to Prescott to wait for the next train south. Some of them took autos out of Kirkland in order to get home as soon as possible.
 Wrecks Bring Fred Out
 Fred P. Cruice, of the Santa Fe office force of Phoenix, was in the city yesterday, and returned on the southbound train. These big wrecks bring him out every time.
 Cantaloupes Went Like Cakes
 A part of the cantaloupe train of melons were brought to the city yes tcrday and sold by the company. They went like hot cakes. It was re- ported unofficially that more of the shipment would be sold locally. Hoskins on Shipping Ore Again
 Dick Hoskins, thought by some people to be able to smell ore, has struck shipping stuff again out in the Senator district this time. He has a ft