Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-06

Nj | fPhoenix to Prescott He got in Wed. tuesday evening.
 Babies Enter Contest.
 Mrs R. E. Perkins, of Flagstaff
 has sent 9 request to the fair con-
 mission that two entry blanks for the
 better bahes contest be sent there,
 so that two babies from Coconino
 may be enrolled in the contest En-
 tries for this contest are being made daily, the commission reports
 Will Ride in California.
 Lon Overton, who has ridden i'll some of tine biggest rodeos of the
 west, is expecting to leave with a
 number of friends presently for Par
 ker possibly going on to Salinas,
 Cal, to enter the riding contests to be held there this month.
 Shouts For Crawford.
 County Recorder. E. A. McSwiggin, who went over to see the fights at Whipple Barracks last night, says he yelled himself hQarse shouting for Crawford, the colored boy from Phoe- mix, from whom Tall Johnson took the decision in the wind-up. Nc Swiggen says that everyone else was roofing for Johnson, and it seemed to him that Crawford was entitled to a fair share of the shouts.
 Senator Goes to Phoenix.
 Senator Ashurst, who has been in and out of the city pretty frequently recently, is expecting to leave for Phoenix today. -< Westward Journey.
 Mrs. H, E. Barnum, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. John O. Eckel of Fair Oaks, left yesterday for a visit to the Grand Canyon. She will con tinue her journey from there to Los Angeles, where she will spend cou- ple of weeks before returning to her home in Oklahoma.
 Motors Over United States.
 MT. Arthur Carms, of Wyoming arrived in Prescott yesterday from Yuma, seeking road out to Casper his home town. Carns eft Casper in a. Ford last July, with lis family, and motored overland through Montana and Idaho to Seat lie, Washington, Then the party went down the coast, taking In San l Francisco, Los Angeles and San Die 70. Carns says that the boulevards or which California is noted are fine when they're paved. When they ack the smooth macadam, however, .e says they are among the worst le has struck. He says he hasn't ] ound any real bad dirt roads in Ar'- ona so far. yur | Nearing Hundred. h
 Henry, commeply known as Chap { rralD Williams. who left the city I esterday for Phoenix, after a stay ere cf three weeks, is one of Arl- F ona's old timers. He claims to have f cen interested at one time during the ! ar;y History of the state in the found lg and growth of Chaparral Village r .ut the. village didn't last as long as .haparral himself. He is now nearing i, 5e llnndred-year mark, and IS shl' i, retty active. W Teld Here by Sickness. !tl Though his associates in the Roller 4 otton Gin Company went to Phoe- i4 yesterday, C. V. Norton was com fl elled through a sudden illness to re- D ,ain in Prescott. He was taken to e, ,e Sisters hospital, where he is sad T be improving He will join his tends in Phoenix as soon as he fully c. covers. te air Oaks Apple Crop. nj Having bought up the apple crop D,
 the Fair Oaks ranch, John o. Eek d,
 of Fair Oaks, arrived in Prescott A .sterday to dispose of his purchase hi ckel says that the apple crop in Fair W aks is light this year, but of good W ,ality. The Fair Oaks ranch pro lced 1000 boxes. he .deral Inspector Here. fa T. T. Swift, federal inspector for fo . forestry service, arrived in Pres to if yesterday to inspect mineral A, aims located on the forest reserve p,
 this district hi ew Thing in Stills. Te A unioue soft of still was to be en yesterday in the sheriff's office n. er ,t the court house The still was ar, ought in from near Seligman, and th being kept for future reference St ,en it will be put to different pur- se than the one it was originally ,,a tended for. IT Spected Today. z no Mrs. Frank Giroux and her two or ughters, little Mary Louis andFlor- re, ce are expected in the city today or rev will spend several days here = coping and visiting friends MT -