Subject Index To The ARIZONA CHAMPION 1887
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
     See Insurance

ACCIDENTS
     See also: Disasters;   Fires and Fire Prevention;   Railroads--A & P Accidents

  • Ash Nebaker, Globe-Jerome mail carrier, breaks an arm when his team runs off Ja/8 1/3
  • Hayes, Payson, is thrown from his wagon and killed Ja/8 1/3
  • Dr. D. J. Brannen, Flagstaff, sprains his arm and bruises his shoulder when thrown from his horse Ja/29 3/2
  • George A. Chun, Pima County, fractures his ankle in a fall Ja/29 3/2
  • John Wilson dies from a mule kick Fe/19 2/3
  • Frank Rogers breaks his leg and dislocates his ankle in a foot race Fe/26 3/2
  • Carl Hayden, Tempe boy, has been blown to pieces by a powder cap Mr/26 2/3
  • Mexican laborer is killed in a cave-in at Walnut Grove Ap/23 2/4
  • Will Murphy, Flagstaff, breaks his leg while dismounting a bucking horse My/14 3/2
  • Capt. B. B. Bullwinkle is killed in a fall from his horse My/14 3/2
  • Orrin Thompson loses thumb at Ayer Lumber Company My/28 3/2
  • Edgar E. Bowers is killed when his foot is caught in the stirrup of his horse Je/11 3/2
  • William Cornelius Munds is killed by being thrown from a horse Jy/2 3/2
  • Arizona Mineral Belt accident Jy/2 3/2
  • Gray receives a hand injury at Az. Lumber Co. mill; amputation of the thumb and first two fingers is necessary Se/24 3/2
  • horses run away with Finnie and John Mason, U.S. timber agents, in Bellmont; Finnie hurt No/5 3/1
  • Chas. Culbeth cuts his thumb and forefinger off at his planing mill No/5 3/2
  • P. J. Brannen recuperates from a leg injury received by his horse falling No/19 3/1
  • colored man falls from second story of new building but is unhurt No/19 3/3
  • unknown person found dead on desert 12 miles from Phoenix No/26 1/4
  • Lockett Brothers' herder, John Kennedy, sprains his leg De/3 3/1
  • W. J. Hill overturns a vessel containing tar which burns his hand De/10 3/2
  • J. M. Carine falls while skating on the pond near Milton and cuts a deep gash in his head De/24 3/2
Firearms
  • Hiram White, Taylor, has his arm amputated from a shotgun wound Mr/5 3/2
  • Chas. Murray is wounded at Huachacha Mr/19 3/3
  • Frank Story, Black Rock, shoots himself through the ribs, recovers Ap/2 2/3
  • Lee Middleton injures his wrist and arm while hunting Je/25 3/2
  • Tom Hicks, Flagstaff, is killed when his pistol goes off Jy/30 3/2
  • Manuela Welasco, young Mexican girl, is shot near Nogales Jy/30 3/4
  • John Arnold is shot in the foot by Frank Murphy Se/3 3/2
  • John Aston, Huachuca, is fatally shot De/31 4/1
Lost Persons
  • Mrs. James Cart and two children freeze to death after becoming lost in a snowstorm Fe/26 3/4
  • John Boynton, Verde Valley, is missing and feared dead Je/11 2/2
  • Scotty Tucker, who disappeared in 1885, is found dead, victim of gunshot Je/11 3/3

ACTORS
     See Theater

ACTRESSES
     See Theater

ADVERTISEMENTS
Are indexed only twice a year, the second issue in December and the issue before the 4th of July or as close to these issues as possible. They are arranged chronologically, under City, Patent Medicine, and Transportation.

  • take lion's share of Je/18 2/1
  • H. S. Bridge & Co., San Francisco, merchant tailor, T. Davis and H. S. Bridge Jy/2 1/2
  • Buyer's Guide, Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago Jy/2 1/5
  • Louisiana State Lottery Jy/2 2/5
  • Dickens, Christy & Wise, wool merchants in Flagstaff Jy/2 3/1
  • Wool, Sherman Hall & Co. commission merchants Jy/2 2/6
  • article on Louisiana State Lottery winner Jy/2 3/4
  • Hale Bros. & Co., mailorder store Jy/2 3/5
  • Wool, W. A. Allen & Co., commission, Chicago Jy/2 3/5
  • Denny, Rice & Co., receive and sell Az. wool on commission Jy/2 3/5
  • Royal Baking Powder, New York Jy/2 4/2
  • general merchandise, Nathan Barth, wholesale and retail Jy/2 4/3
  • Invalids Hotel & Surgical Institute, Buffalo, New York Jy/24/4
  • Weekly Globe
  • Democrat, sample copy sent free, Globe Printing Company, St. Louis De/24 1/6
  • D. M. Ferry & Co.'s Seed Annual for 1888 has hints and information on all kinds of gardening De/24 2/2
  • Louisiana State Lottery winners De/24 /4
  • H. S. Bridge & Co., merchant tailors, San Francisco, full line at Kilpatrick's De/24 2/6
  • New York Life Insurance Company does large business in this section of Arizona De/24 3/2
  • five-year dividend policies of New York Life offer safe investment De/24 3/2
  • policy contracts of New York Life are not burdened by restrictions De/24 3/2
  • five-year dividend policy in the New York Life is a fine way to save money De/24 3/2
  • Royal Baking Powder, absolutely pure, New York De/24 3/3
  • Louisiana State Lottery De/24 4/2
  • patents for moderate fees, C. A. Snow & Co., Washington, D.C. De/24 4/3
  • Ferry's seeds, D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit De/24 4/3
Albuquerque
  • Lowenthal and Meyers, wines, liquors and cigars Jy/2 1/6
  • L. Maybee, watchmaker and jeweler Jy/2 4/4
  • Rosenwald Bros., dry goods and groceries De/24 1/6
  • Lowenthal & Meyers, importers and jobbers of liquors De/24 2/6
  • firm of Lowenthal and Meyers wholesale liquor dealers has finest establishment of its kind De/24 3/2
  • watches, Arthur Everitt De/24 3/5
Flagstaff
  • W. L. Van Horn, attorney at law Jy/2 1/1
  • W. G. Stewart, attorney at law Jy/2 1/1
  • Thos. G. Norris, attorney at law Jy/2 1/1
  • Benj. C. Levy, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Jy/2 1/1
  • Geo. H. Tinker, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public Jy/2 1/1
  • Dr. D. J. Brannen, physician and surgeon Jy/2 1/1
  • P. G. Cornish, physician and surgeon Jy/2 1/1
  • Arizona Champion is found at Geo. P. Rowell & Co., newspaper advertising bureau, New York Jy/2 1/1
  • W. G. Stewart, real estate Jy/2 1/1
  • Shoe Shop, R. Manns, Gold Avenue Jy/2 1/1
  • Palace Exchange, Jas. Vail Jy/2 1/1
  • O.K. Restaurant, Gonzales Building, Yee Sam Jy/2 1/2
  • pure mountain ice, Marshall & Prime Jy/2 1/2
  • New Saloon on Gold Avenue, Stagg & Co. Jy/2 1/5
  • Art Parlors, Art Gallery, Edward Hunter & Edwin Baer Jy/2 1/5
  • Flagstaff Stables, livery, feed and sale, A. C. Morse Jy/2 1/5
  • Landing & Riely, blacksmith and wagon shop Jy/2 1/5
  • Flagstaff Paint Shop, San Francisco Avenue, E. J. Smith Jy/2 1/5
  • A & P Chop House, Railroad Avenue, Coalter and Gale Jy/2 1/5
  • Mineral Belt Saloon, Herring & McNale Jy/2 1/5
  • Bank of Flagstaff, W. G. Stewart, E. S. Clark, and C. S. Bowman Jy/2 1/6
  • Rosenwald Bros., corner Railroad Avenue and Third Street Jy/2 1/6
  • Daggs Bros. & Co., American Merino Rams Jy/2 1/6
  • Flagstaff Butcher Shop, Prime & Marshall Jy/2 1/6
  • Az. Lumber Company, Pine lumber Jy/2 1/6
  • Jim O'Neill, butter, eggs, fruits, candies and nuts and tobacco and notions Jy/2 1/6
  • terms of Weekly Champion Jy/2 2/1
  • lime for sale by Charles Sparr Jy/2 2/4
  • Nathan Barth's clothes Jy/2 2/4
  • Palace Exchange, barber shop, hot and cold baths, C. W. Hoffmeister JY/2 2/5
  • stallions for service at A. C. Morse's stable Jy/2 2/5
  • Geo. Hoxworth, tin and stone manufacturer Jy/2 2/5
  • Wm. A. Olmstead, M.D., physician and surgeon Jy/2 2/5
  • Az. Central Bank, F. L. Kimball, B. N. Freeman, J. H. Hoskins, Jr. JY/2 2/6
  • J. R. Kilpatrick, general merchandise Jy/2 2/6
  • Pioneer Store, P. J. Brannen, general merchandise Jy/2 2/6
  • D. J. Brannen & Co., Railroad Avenue, new store, drugs, notions, etc. Jy/2 2/6
  • Francis G. Townsend, plans and specifications prepared for building Jy/2 2/6
  • W. S. Gray, stock saddles in Arizona Jy/2 2/6 at Woods & Callen Jy/2 3/1
  • shave at San Juan Barber Shop Jy/2 3/1
  • cots made at Woods & Callen Jy/2 3/1
  • hair cuts and shaves, go to Edward St. Clair at San Juan Jy/2 3/1
  • genuine sea foam shampoo at San Juan Barber Shop Jy/2 3/1
  • Woods & Callen make and repair furniture Jy/2 3/1
  • Woods & Callen, building Jy/2 3/1
  • California saddles sold by W. S. Gray are pride of cattlemen Jy/2 3/1
  • screen doors, Woods & Callen Jy/2 3/1
  • C. S. Bowman, $3,000 for 25(,, per day, insurance Jy/2 3/1
  • fine picture, imperial promenade or vignette cabinet call Edward Hanter Jy/2 3/1
  • Nathan Barth has sale to make room for new stock of clothes Jy/2 3/1
  • Brannen addition is situated on southern side of town and is being sold by lots Jy/2 3/1
  • Fourth of July souvenir at Flagstaff Art Gallery Jy/2 3/2
  • Col. J. M. Wiggins serves meals with fine stock of wines and liquors Jy/2 3/2
  • 17.49 sells wines, brandies, whiskies and cigars Jy/2 3/4
  • Woods & Callen, carpenters, contractors and builders, Geo. A. Woods Jy/2 3/5
  • New Store, next to Az. Central Bank, C. A. Keller Jy/2 3/5
  • Flagstaff Meat Market, Campbell & Francis Jy/2 3/5
  • Thomas Home, furniture and bedding, west of Bank of Flagstaff Jy/2 3/6
  • rent or sale advertisements Jy/2 3/6
  • space reserved for J. F. Hawk's Restaurant Jy/2 3/6
  • W. 0. Huson, watchmaker and jeweler, Arizona Central Bank Building Jy/2 3/6
  • Woodbine Saloon, A. B. Boyle Jy/2 4/2
  • Fashion Saloon, at skating rink, Geo. W. Rodgers Jy/2 4/3
  • Flagstaff Brewery, Dilmen, Bowers & Streit Jy/2 4/3
  • W. C. D. Evans, blacksmith and wagon shop Jy/2 4/3
  • Parlor, Weatherford & Henry Jy/2 4/4
  • Mogollon Live Stock Protective Association, 31 brands Jy/2 4/5
  • H. J. Miller, attorney at law De/24 1/1
  • W. G. Stewart and Ed M. Doe, attorneys at law De/24 1/1
  • W. L. Van Horn, attorney at law and notary public De/24 1/1
  • T. G. Norris, attorney at law De/24 1/1
  • Geo. H. Tinker, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public De/24 1/1
  • Wm. A. Olmstead, M.D., physician and surgeon De/24 1/1
  • Dr. D. J. Brannen, physician and surgeon De/24 1/1
  • P. G. Cornish, physician and surgeon De/24 1/1
  • Charles Culberth, carpenter, contractor and builder De/24 1/2
  • J. Sanderson & Co., manufacturers of ginger ale, soda and other mineral waters De/24 1/2
  • Flagstaff Wood Yard, Sparr & Peterson De/24 1/2
  • Photograph Gallery, Ed A. St. Clair De/24 1/3
  • Flagstaff Stables, livery, feed and sale, A. C. Morse De/24 1/3
  • humorous game called "Editor's Delight" is on newspaper subscriptions De/24 1/5
  • Daggs Bros. & Co., American Merino Rams De/24 1/6
  • Az. Lumber Co., manufacturers and dealers in Pine lumber De/24 1/6
  • Cook & Lee, watchmakers and jewelers De/24 1/6
  • W. S. Gray, manufacturer of California and Texas saddles De/24 /6
  • terms for Weekly Champion De/24 2/1
  • G. A. Bray's for boss assortment of Christmas and New Year's toys De/24 2/2
  • Brannen addition, lots for sale De/24 2/3
  • Bray's has Christmas presents for everybody, telephone no. 2981 De/24 2/3
  • guarantee the future of your wife and little ones, life insurance De/24 2/3
  • article pointing out the safeness of the Arizona Central Bank De/24 2/3
  • Bray's new store, presents for all De/24 2/4
  • Thomas Howe, dealer in furniture and bedding De/24 2/4
  • space reserved for J. F. Hawks Restaurant De/24 2/4
  • three-chair barber shop, W. C. Bayless, E. W. Carter De/24 2/4
  • Brannen's general merchandise stock, seldom equalled and never excelled De/24 2/5
  • Arizona Central Bank, J. H. Hoskins, Jr. Cashier De/24 2/6
  • J. Salzman's, groceries, suits made to order, etc. De/24 2/6
  • David Babbitt, dealer in doors and sash, redwood lumber De/24 2/6
  • G. A. Woods, carpenter, contractor and builder, furniture, repairing and upholstering a specialty De/24 2/6
  • H. G. Gorton, clothing and grocery store De/24 2/6
  • New Mineral Belt Saloon, C. (Tex) Herring De/24 2/7
  • sweet cider at Richards, fresh eggs at Richards De/24 3/1
  • Bray's is the place for ladies goods of patterns and styles De/24 3/1
  • Richards will try and keep fresh fish on hand during winter De/24 3/1
  • team of work horses wanted, F. Laming De/24 3/1
  • nice fat turkey for Christmas, Campbell & Francis De/24 3/1
  • W. 0. Huson at the Arizona Central Bank does fine jewelry work De/24 3/1
  • price "Salzman's choice" pure Havanna cigars De/24 3/1
  • one carload of corn, one of oats and one mixed to be sold cheap at J. Salzman's De/24 3/1
  • Champion has new stock for calling cards De/24 3/2
  • article on Richards assortment of Christmas candies De/24 3/3
  • G. A. Bray's, Santa Claus headquarters, detailed stock De/24 3/4
  • holidays are coming, D. J. Brannen & Co., silverware, glass and china, etc., drugs, patent medicines, etc. De/24 3/5
  • San Juan Saloon De/24 3/5
  • New Store, groceries and miscellaneous articles, C. A. Keller De/24 3/5
  • Jim O'Neill, groceries and notions De/24 3/5
  • Flagstaff Meat Market, hams and bacon, Campbell & Francis De/24 /5
  • J. R. Kilpatrick, general merchandise De/24 3/5
  • fresh fish always on hand at "Little Blue Front" Robert Richards De/24 4/top
  • Woodbine Saloon, A. B. Boyle De/24 4/2
  • Phoenix Saloon, billiard and gaming tables, D. A. Murphy De/24 4/3
  • Palace Exchange, Jas. Vail, wines, liquors, cigars and beer De/24 /3
  • the "Gem," billiard and pool tables, W. G. Henry De/24 4/3
  • Grand Canon Feed and Livery Stable, J. W. Weatherford De/24 4/3
  • house for two families, G. A. Woods De/24 4/3
  • furnished rooms, Mrs. A. M. Hicks De/24 4/3
  • Mogollon Live Stock Protection Ass'n., brands shown De/24 4/4
Holbrook
  • T. S. Bunch, attorney at law Jy/2 1/1
  • T. S. Bunch, attorney at law De/24 1/1
Patent Medicine
  • article recommending Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach problems Jy/2 1/4
  • Hood's Sarsaparilla gives vigor and vitality Jy/2 1/4
  • Simmons Liver Regulator, J. H. Zelin & Co., Philadelphia Jy/2 1/4
  • Hood's Sarsaparilla, C. L. Hood & Co., Massachusetts Jy/2 2/4
  • Green's August Flower cures dyspepsia Jy/2 3/3
  • Nervita, Dr. A. G. Olin, Chicago Jy/2 3/6
  • Dr. King's Great Discovery for Consumption, trial bottle at Dr. D. J. Brannen & Co. Jy/2 4/1
  • Electric Bitters, 50~ at D. J. Brannen & Co.'s drugstore Jy/2 4/2
  • Magnetic Insoles for cold feet, rheumatism and bad circulation, Magnetic Kidney Belts, Magnetic Appliance Co., Chicago JY/2 4/3
  • Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, World's Dispensary Medical Assoc. Jy/2 4/4
  • $500 reward for incurable case, C. F. Richards & Co., San Francisco Jy/2 4/7
  • dyspepsia
  • Simmons Liver Regulator
  • J. H. Zeilin & Co., Pennsylvania De/24 1/3
  • $500 reward for an incurable case, C. F. Richards & Co., San Francisco De/24 1/3 -1888 edition of the Medical Annual known as Hostetter's Almanac De/24 1/4
  • article advertising Simmons Liver Regulator De/24 1/5
  • article advertising Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds De/24 1/5
  • article recommending Simmons Liver Regulator for stock De/24 2/3
  • Hood's Sarsaparilla gives best of satisfaction De/24 2/4
  • dyspepsia, etc.
  • use Hood's Sarsaparilla, C. I. Hood & Co., Massachusetts De/24 2/4
  • wholesale paper dealer testifies to Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, free trial bottle at D. J. Brannen & Co.'s drugstore De/24 3/3
  • distinguished clergyman testifies to Swift's Specific, Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Georgia De/24 3/3
  • best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, etc., 250, a box of Bucklon's Arnica Salve De/24 3/3
  • women can cure themselves with Mrs. W. C. Holme's, New York, two prescriptions De/24 3/3
  • Golden Medical Discovery, World's Dispensary Medical Association, New York De/24 4/7
  • Pierce's Little Liver Pills, 25~ a vial De/24 4/7
  • $500 reward for incurable case, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy De/24 4/7

Prescott
  • Herndon & Hawkins, attorneys and counselors at law Jy/2 1/1
  • L. F. Eggers, attorney at law Jy/2 1/1
  • E. M. Sanford, attorney at law Jy/2 1/1
  • Clark Churchill, attorney Jy/2 1/1
  • Geo. H. Curry, watch repairing Jy/2 3/6
  • Cob Web Hall, P. M. Fisher, wines and liquors Jy/2 4/2
  • Sazerac Saloon and Billiard Hall, Geo. W. Sines Jy/2 4/7
  • J. C. Herndon and J. J. Hawkins, attorneys and counselors at law De/24 1/1
  • L. F. Eggers, attorney at law De/24 1/1
  • E. M. Sanford, attorney at law De/24 1/1
  • Clark Churchill, attorney and counselor at law De/24 1/1
  • Wm. 0. O'Neill, attorney at law advertises for persons with claims against the government for Indian depredations De/24 2/3
  • Sazerac O Saloon and billiard hall, Geo. W. Sines De/24 4/2
Transporation

  • Atlantic and Pacific Railroad schedule with stage connections Jy/2 1/2
  • Atlantic and Pacific Railroad time table with three other railroad connections De/24 1/2
Williams
  • C. E. Boyce, general merchandise, branch store at Chalender Jy/2 1/6
  • Dr. H. Hardrich, surgeon to the A & P De/24 1/1
  • Williams Livery and Feed Stable, S. Rowe De/24 1/3
  • Bank Exchange, club rooms and games, lodging house, John R. Tabor De/24 1/3
  • C. E. Boyce, general merchandise, wholesale and retail butcher, branch store in Chalender De/24 3/5
  • "The Ranch," private club rooms, Hitt & Little De/24 4/2
Winslow
  • Nathan Barth, successor to J. H. Breed, general merchandise Jy/2 1/6
  • Winslow Market, fresh beef or mutton, J. X. Woods Jy/2 4/2
  • Cosmopolitan Hotel, Seckist & Hesser Jy/2 4/3
  • Benj. C. Levy, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public De/24 1/1
  • Winslow Chop House, meats, pies and cakes De/24 2/7
  • J. H. Breed, bought back old store at Winslow De/24 4/7
ADMINISTRATION
     See Arizona--Courts;   Indians--Government Relations

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
     See Arizona--Courts;   Crimes and Criminals;   Military; and individual cities

AFRO-AMERICANS
     See Negroes

AGRIBUSINESS
     See Economic Conditions

AGRICULTURE
     See also: Economic Conditions;   Land and Land Tenure;   Livestock;   Lumber and Lumbering;   Ranches and Farms

  • Florence Enterprise says large number of trees are being planted in and out of town Fe/19 2/3
  • Phil Armour organizes for a cotton seed oil mill Mr/12 1/3
  • peach, apricot and fig trees bloom around Phoenix Mr/19 3/3
  • Pine has fine spring weather with garden truck being planted Mr/19 4/1
  • grape vines around Florence carry as high as 75 clusters Ap/16 3/3
  • fruit crop is early and large in the south Ap/23 2/4
  • grain crops are promising this year My/14 1/3
  • farmers of Gila Valley thrash grain Jy/2 2/3
  • wheat and corn crops will be larger than ever Jy/16 1/3
  • editorial on the Verde country Jy/23 2/2
  • farmers from Wisconsin and Illinois need to migrate to Arizona Ag/13 2/2
  • ripe bananas are plentiful in Phoenix Ag/20 2/3
  • the Salt River Valley and the Gila and other adjacent valleys have extremely rich soil Oc/15 1/3
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
  • description of a man who makes money on a farm Oc/22 2/3
  • Jerry Millay digs up a 14 1/2 pound sweet potato on Alkire's place in the Salt River Valley De/10 4/1
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS
  • Flagstaff's tragedies are based in whiskey Ja/22 2/1
  • Tucson Star wants an office of territorial whiskey inspector to be established Mr/5 3/3
  • A. J. Shonkberg, Prescott, commits suicide with laudanum Mr/12 3/2
  • temperance advocates should accept lesser of two evils by supporting high license Mr/19 2/1
  • Hugh J. Brawley, Prescott, dies of overdose of morphine Ap/9 3/4
  • liquor dealers in Cochise County contest license law Ap/16 3/3
  • district court finds test case on liquor law in favor of law; Arizona supreme court next Jy/2 3/4
  • Tucson has several arrests for opium smoking Ag/20 2/3
  • bottle of chloroform stolen from Dr. P. G. Cornish's office is found at J. R. Kilpatrick's after a robbery attempt Se/17 3/2
  • two Chinamen are arrested for smoking opium in Flagstaff and fined $20 apiece No/12 3/1
ALIENS
     See Chinese in the United States;   Mexicans in the United States

AMUSEMENTS
     See Entertainment

ANIMALS
     See also: Livestock;   Pets;   Sports

  • W. H. Anderson, Flagstaff, ships two fawns to Kansas Ja/22 3/3
  • Arizona needs an effective game law Ja/29 2/2
  • Robertson's bill amending the act encouraging destruction of wild animals fails but another bill is introduced Fe/19 2/4
  • cottontails are not as plentiful at Canon Diablo Mr/5 3/1
  • wolves increase in range country and need exterminating Mr/19 1/3
  • southern Arizonians discuss cultivating canaigre to tan leather Mr/19 3/3
  • Yavapai County Board of Supervisors orders rewards for eight animals paid Ap/9 3/4
  • new scalp law prohibits negotiation of scalps Ap/23 1/3
  • mountain lions do considerable damage in Mogollon, New Mexico Je/11 1/3
  • game laws in the Revised Statutes Jy/30 1/4
  • Yavapai Board of Supervisors declines to pay bounties for animals except lions and panthers Ag/6 1/3 -200 pound deer shot in Mogollon Mountains Ag/13 2/3
  • fine, large carp found in Colorado River; Dr. Taggret, Yuma, was first to place carp there Oc/29 3/3
ANTHROPOLOGY
  • a mummy show is an attraction in Sacramento with remains of the Aztec race Oc/22 2/2
APACHE COUNTY
Includes Navajo County until 1895.
  • county seat is wanted to be moved from St. Johns to Holbrook Fe/5 2/1
  • Judge Wright orders that Board of Supervisors cannot remove an elected justice of the peace, C. F. Cate, from office My/7 3/2
  • wants a new safe for her treasury Jy/30 3/4
  • $5 was entire sum paid in fines to Apache County Justices of the Peace Jy/30 3/4
  • rumors that it is run by a very clever ring; District Attorney Baldwin is slurred De/3 2/1
ARASTRA CREEK
  • is 35 miles southwest of Prescott Jy/30 2/4
ARCHAEOLOGY
     See Anthropology

ARCHITECTS
     See Building and Buildings

ARCHITECTURE
     See Building and Buildings

ARIZONA
Includes general information on the territory of Arizona, the capital, the governors and the legislatures.
For articles on acts of the legislatures see names of specific subjects.
     See also: Boundaries

  • conditions and growth are satisfactory in 1886 Ja/1 2/2
  • Phoenix valley manufactures 10,000 gallons of wine Ja/1 4/2
  • San Francisco Call has an editorial on Arizona's prospects Ja/3 4/1
  • commissioners are appointed to revise and codify laws Ja/22 3/1
  • southern counties want everything but northern Arizona only wants her natural rights Ja/29 2/1
  • Governor's veto bill passes House and Council Ja/29 3/3
  • who governs the ring? Fe/5 2/1
  • U. S. Secretary Lamar urges timber reserves at stream heads and government aid in drilling wells in Arizona Fe/12 2/1
  • Cleveland has ignored the Democratic plank calling for officers to be from the territories Fe/12 2/2
  • Mikado is Governor Fe/26 2/1
  • Arizona's Mikado is peculiar Fe/26 2/1
  • trickery and treachery are favorite weapons of the ring and Mikado is well versed Fe/26 2/1
  • as a federal appointee the secretary should be content with the salary Congress provides Fe/26 2/1
  • Prescott Courier says democracy speaks for itself Fe/26 2/2
  • Latest game of the ring is to establish an official organ Fe/26 2/3
  • bossism will not thrive in Arizona Mr/5 2/1
  • small storm at Democratic camp may grow Mr/5 2/3
  • is in debt $636,000 Mr/5 3/2
  • Tucson Star feels a law should be passed requiring boards of supervisors to publish the resources once a year Mr/5 3/2
  • L. Corbett is appointed civil service examiner for Arizona, California and New Mexico Mr/12 3/2
  • doubling the salaries of Treasurer and Attorney General is a fair sample of the 14th economy Mr/19 2/1
  • the reason for, Arizona's growth at this time Mr/19 2/2
  • the facts in the unbalanced treasurer's books and how Cook stole the money Ap/9 2/2
  • county boards of super-visors have been in session Ap/9 3/4
  • territorial warrants have gone up Ap/23 2/1
  • is booming with Flagstaff heading it Ap/30 2/1
  • territorial board of equalization meets Je/11 2/2
  • Henry I. Andrews resigns as Treasurer; Zulick appoints John J. Hawkins Je/11 2/2
  • grand jury fails to take action against ex-treasurer, illegality? Je/25 2/3
  • last legislature adopted a new code of laws July lst which nobody knows Jy/9 2/3
    -compiled laws are out at last Jy/23 2/1
  • all sections show more or less signs of growing prosperity Jy/23 2/1
  • Territorial Board of Equalization is in session Ag/13 2/3
  • Arizonian complains of Pete Bolen as a member of the Board of Equalization Ag/20 1/4
  • New York World remarks that from appearances some rascals have been turned loose in Arizona Ag/20 2/2
  • P. J. Bolan resigns from Territorial Board of Equalization Ag/20 2/3
  • prosperity all along the A & P line Ag/27 2/1
  • northern Arizona has resources and productive soil to attract capital and intelligence Se/3 2/1
  • prominent Arizona judge says new code contains bad grammar, whiskey and very little law Se/lO 3/1
  • San Francisco Bulletin calls Arizona a treeless country and is corrected Se/24 2/1
  • when California boom ends northern and central Arizona will have a chance Oc/22 2/1
  • highest mileage paid to member of U. S. Congress goes to M. A. Smith of Arizona De/10 4/1
Capital
  • Goodrich introduces bill to move capital to Phoenix Ja/22 2/2
  • Legislature will have the same fight Ja/22 3/4
  • Legislature report includes Capital to Phoenix bill Fe/52/3
  • Tucson, Phoenix, Tombstone and now Florence and Flagstaff want the capital Jy/23 3/2
Courts
     See also: Crimes and Criminals for information on specific trials; individual cities for Justice of the Peace Courts
  • Clark Churchill resigns as Attorney General Ja/15 3/3
  • chief justice and U. S. district attorney are given to state of colonels and copperheads Fe/12 2/1
  • Missouri has sop of chief justiceship of Arizona Fe/12 2/1
  • James H. Wright, Missouri, is nominated as Chief Justice Fe/12 3/1
  • bill abolishing county courts awaits governor's signature Fe/26 2/4
  • law abolishing county courts is passed Mr/5 2/3
  • district court meets on Monday in Prescott Mr/12 3/2
  • governor vetoes a $1,200 supplementary pay bill for supreme court judges Mr/19 2/3
  • judges are given more work by the county courts being discontinued but no more pay Mr/19 2/3
  • several short comments on Governor Zulick's veto actions Mr/26 2/1
  • grand jury in session in Prescott Mr/26 2/3
  • Chief Justice Wright assumes duties as chief justice in Prescott Mr/26 2/3
  • Judge Wright intends to open court at St. Johns on April llth Ap/2 2/3
  • district court opens Monday in St. Johns Ap/9 3/1
  • Mohave term is postponed until May 9th AP/9 3/4
  • supreme court meets in Phoenix on April 28th Ap/9 3/4
  • Daily, Yuma clerk of customs, is appointed federal court clerk for Tombstone district Ap/30 2/3
  • district court in Apache County adjourns Ap/30 2/3
  • Judge Barnes opened court at Solomonville last Monday My/7 3/2
  • grand jurors from Flagstaff area are given My/28 3/2
  • Dick Rule goes to Yuma to assume duties of clerk of district court Je/4 3/1
  • Chief Justice Wright has a large calendar Je/4 3/1
  • Yavapai County grand jury reports on cases Je/25 4/1
  • Arizona supreme court meets Thursday Oc/l 3/4
  • supreme court of the Territory holds an adjourned term Oc/8 3/4
  • Wm. T. Dalby succeeds Alfred Ruiz as clerk of the court of Apache County Oc/8 3/4
  • listing of the district court calendar, U. S. civil cases, Territorial cases, Territorial appeal cases, and divorce cases Oc/29 2/2
  • wealthiest judge on the supreme court is Justice Bradley No/26 2/1
  • Yavapai County grand jury adjourns after examining 42 cases De/10 2/1
Governors
  • appoints Brigg Goodrich, Phoenix, Attorney General Ja/15 3/2
  • statistics on the cost of keeping prisons is an example of distorted truth Ja/29 2/1
  • why the Cochise delegation voted for the bill giving the Governor veto power on the appropriation bill Ja/29 2/1
  • C. Meyer Zulick economy moves don't seem to exist Ja/29 2/2
  • appropriation veto scheme gives despotic power Fe/5 2/1
  • Zulick wants an award for Tommy but stay solid with the Democrats Fe/19 2/1
  • poem concerning Zulick and Tommy Fe/19 3/4
  • spring will bring warm weather and get rid of the legislature but not Zulick Fe/26 2/1
  • Zulick believes in closed doors and secret accusations Fe/26 2/1
  • poem Fe/26 2/3
  • honest men of both parties are needed to thwart Mikado and his gang Mr/5 2/1
  • economy takes back seat to party or personal interests Mr/5 2/1
  • reason he appoints so many foreigners to offices at Yuma Penitentiary Mr/5 2/3
  • could publish an interesting book, "What I Know About Running a Territorial Legislature" Mr/12 2/1
  • makes appointments Mr/12 2/3, 2/4
  • "Mikado" is a successful gerrymanderer Mr/19 2/1
  • should aim to be the servant not the master Mr/19 2/1
  • high moral tone taken in the veto of the lottery bill reminds us that "the Devil can quote scripture" Mr/19 2/1
  • nominates dummies for offices so the legislature will approve them and then gives offices to his men Mr/19 2/3
  • several short comments on Governor Zulick or Mikado Mr/26 2/1
  • Democratic paper shows the feelings of Democratic party for the governor Mr/26 2/2
  • several comments on the Governor and his henchman Tommy Ap/2 2/1
  • method he used to fortify himself politically Ap/9 2/1
  • Courier slings abuse at opponents to defend governor Ap/9 2/1
  • party versus governor Ap/9 2/1
  • has taken all Democratic votes away from the party Ap/9 2/1
  • several comments Ap/16 2/1
  • Prescott Courier and Arizona Champion comment Ap/23 2/1
  • Arizona Champion complains that supporters sugar-coat him and don't refute incriminating facts Ap/23 2/3
  • religious paper compliments Zulick on vetoing the lottery bill Ap/30 2/3
  • disbelief expressed that the President has written a letter commending his lottery veto Ap/30 2/3
  • editor of Prescott Courier visits Washington to help "Zuly" Ap/30 2/3
  • appoints B. E. Norton, Graham County, as a member of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission Ap/30 2/4
  • the governor and his secretary are close My/7 2/1
  • always poses in some new attitude My/7 2/3
  • "Mikado" happy since finding that Bracewell not leaving My/14 2/2
  • Zulick dislikes Yuma collector of customs because he wanted the position for a favorite My/14 2/2
  • humorous My/28 2/2
  • Territorial Auditor H. I. Andrews resigns from illegally held position Je/18 2/1
  • newspaper's opinions Je/18 2/2
  • builds reputation for economy by denying relief to needy and unfortunate Jy/2 2/3
  • Farrish may steal Zulick's speech Jy/2 2/3
  • orates in Phoenix on the 4th and then goes to Yuma Jy/9 4/1
  • Zulick as a curiosity Jy/30 211
  • must either demand the resignation of Briggs Goodrich and Cameron King or take blame with them Jy/30 2/3
  • only four out of 34 Arizona papers support the administration Ag/13 2/3
  • Irishman boasts of knowledge of the steam engine but thinks a governor means Zulick Ag/13 4/2
  • Governor Zulick delivers address at Arizona Fair at Phoenix Ag/20 2/3
  • complimented by a colt being named after him Ag/27 2/1
  • is hinted that he has secretly espoused the cause of the Mormons Oc/15 1/4
  • annual report information is given Oc/22 2/1
Legislature
  • suggestion regarding the publication of legal notices is worthy of the attention Ja/8 2/2
  • begins Monday Ja/8 3/1
  • proceedings of the opening session, sketches of the members, and notes Ja/15 3/2
  • proceedings including the territorial laws revision bill which passed both Council and House Ja/22 2/2
  • report of the 14th Legislative Assembly Ja/22 3/4
  • Wells appoints three as clerks on the commission to codify the laws Ja/29 3/1
  • humorous comment Ja/29 2/1
  • John A. Behan is appointed clerk for Cameron H. King on codifying commission Ja/29 3/2
  • Council and House proceedings are given Ja/29 3/3
  • bill to be introduced to allow removal of county seats Fe/5 2/1
  • report is given Fe/5 2/3
  • report Fe/12 2/4
  • six Democrats defeat the bill to abolish the office of commissioner of immigration Fe/19 2/1
  • three Democrats vote in favor of economy, all Republicans Fe/19 2/1
  • House may compel the Governor and Secretary to swallow "economy" Fe/19 2/1
  • Courier sours with comment that adjournment will be most important duty Fe/19 2/1
  • report of doings at the capital Fe/19 2/4
  • Governor has six senators in the Council who can block useful legislation Fe/26 2/1
  • political ring that cannot control its own party will have a rough time running for legislature Fe/26 2/1
  • Council has a bill to pay the secretary $500 a year in lieu of fees Fe/26 2/1
  • report of Arizona legislature Fe/26 2/3
  • adjourned for Washington's Birthday Fe/26 3/3
  • when appropriation bill is considered there should be some fun Mr/5 2/1
  • what use is the present Council? Mr/5 2/1
  • bill introduced to repeal the law requiring the board of supervisors to publish their proceedings Mr/5 2/3
  • report Mr/5 2/3
  • draws to a close Mr/5 3/1
  • best thing it did was adjourn Mr/12 2/1, 2/1
  • governor's six blocked much useful legislation Mr/12 2/1
  • "economic" 14th was costly and almost useless Mr/122/1
  • report Mr/12 2/3
  • comment Mr/19 2/1
  • members give Governor the ruling club with the veto power Mr/19 2/1
  • Tonto Basin people claim misrepresentation by 0. L. Felton Mr/19 2/3
  • abolishes county coroner office with justices of the peace doing their work Mr/19 3/1
  • Apache County representatives have to go out of their county for recognition Ap/9 2/3
  • legislators need to enact measure to enforce laws already existing Ap/16 2/1
  • the combination versus Governor Zulick's henchmen Ap/16 2/2
  • no record kept except by Driscoll, who asks $100 for it Ap/16 2/2
  • article on the so-called "combination" My/7 2/3
  • publication of the Journals (?) of the Fourteenth Legislature is a muddle Se/3 2/1
ARIZONA--BUREAU OF EMIGRATION
     See Emigration and Immigration

ARIZONA CENTRAL RAILROAD
     See Railroads--Proposed Arizona Roads

ARIZONA--EDUCATION
     See Education and Schools

ARMY OFFICERS
     See Military Service as a Profession

ARSON
     See Crimes and Criminals--Arson

ARTS, CRAFTS AND HOBBIES
Includes all non-Indian arts, crafts and hobbies that are not businesses.
     See also: Indians--Tribes;   Entertainment

  • Charles D. Poston locates Arizona silver ink well given to Abraham Lincoln in 1865 Jy/23 1/4
ASSAULT
     See Crimes and Criminals--Assault

ASSESSMENT
     See Tax and Taxation

ASSOCIATIONS
     See Clubs and Organizations;   Livestock--Associations

ATCHINSON COMPANY
     See Railroads--Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe

ATCHINSON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD
     See Railroads--Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe

ATHLETES
     See Sports

ATHLETICS
     See Sports

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
     See Railroads--Atlantic and Pacific

ATTORNEYS
     See Law as a Profession

AUTHORS
     See Books and Publishers

AZTECS
     See Anthropology

BACKER'S BUTTE

  • Bakers Butte Se/24 2/2
BALLS (ENTERTAINMENT)
     See Entertainment

BANDS
     See Music

BANKING
     See Banks and Finance

BANKRUPTCY
     See Banks and Finance--Debts

BANKS AND FINANCE
     See also: Economic Conditions;   Education and Schools;   Railroads

  • a nation bank comes to Flagstaff Ja/1 2/2
  • bank building is begun in Flagstaff Fe/5 2/1
  • Arizona Champion efforts to secure a bank have succeeded Fe/5 2/1
  • "Bank of Flagstaff" will open in ten days; one door west of the Arizona Champion office Fe/5 3/1
  • Flagstaff has two banks Fe/12 2/1
  • Bank of Flagstaff opens Monday Fe/12 3/2
  • Arizona Central Bank, of Flagstaff, opens Monday Fe/12 3/2
  • Arizona needs a bank commissioner Fe/19 2/1
  • Arizona Central Bank, Flagstaff, opens in the Norris building Fe/19 3/1
  • Bank of Flagstaff opens in building west of Arizona Champion office Fe/19 3/2
  • Arizona Central Bank opens in T. G. Norris' old office despite safe and fixtures not arriving Fe/19 3/4
  • checks of Ayer Lumber Co. are lost in a sealed envelope, payments stopped Fe/19 3/4
  • Joseph Healy taken to justice court, Williams, over $21.45 by D. W. Berry Fe/19 3/4
  • Bank of Flagstaff has unlimited capital to loan on good securities Fe/26 3/1
  • Arizona Central Bank, Flagstaff, receives new safe Fe/26 3/1
  • Starr Safe Co. certifies the type of safe they sold to the Arizona Central Bank of Flagstaff Fe/26 3/3
  • Arizona Central Bank, Flagstaff, invites people to inspect their safe Fe/26 3/3
  • T. R. Kilpatrick states he has no connection with the Bank of Flagstaff and points out that there is also an Arizona Central Bank Fe/26 3/3
  • Arizona Central Bank, Flagstaff, gives the name of Ellis Wainwright as a reference Mr/5 3/2
  • Bank of Flagstaff purchases the Morse corner and plans a two-story brick building Mr/12 3/1
  • W. B. Strong, ATSF, is a reference of the Arizona Central Bank Mr/12 3/1
  • citizens meet at the Bank of Flagstaff to look into beginning a Flagstaff investment company Mr/26 3/2
  • Flagstaff Investment Company organizes; officers listed Ap/9 3/3
  • Flagstaff Improvement Company's officers Ap/16 3/1
  • Bank of Flagstaff is doing a large business Ap/16 3/1
  • Flagstaff Investment Company officers are given Ap/16 3/4
  • Nogales is to have a bank My/7 3/2
  • Bank of Flagstaff arranges for a national bank to be established here My/14 2/2
  • Bank of Flagstaff receives a new Diebold Safe and a vault door My/14 3/2
  • stockholders of the Flagstaff Investment Co. are notified of delinquent assessments My/14 3/2
  • territorial stock commission meeting is held, C. M. Bruce chairman My/28 3/2
  • C. S. Bowman is assistant cashier of Bank of Flagstaff Je/4 3/1
  • Arizona Central Bank moves into new quarters next to J. R. Kilpatrick's Je/4 3/2
  • Bank of Flagstaff will be made a national bank Je/4 3/2
  • First National Bank, Phoenix, opens Jy/16 3/5
  • Jas. W. Colgan brings two suits against Patrick Ford over administrating two estates Ag/6 3/2
  • Bank of Prescott changes hands on September lst Ag/27 2/2
  • Bank of Flagstaff is to be reorganized and made a national bank Se/10 3/2
  • the drawbacks of a national bank Se/17 2/2
  • B. N. Freeman oversees the business of the Arizona Central Bank, Flagstaff, while Cashier Hoskins vacations Oc/15 2/1
  • I. Chrisman buys a quantity of lumber from Bank of Flagstaff at sheriff's sale De/10 3/2
  • inquire at Arizona Champion for $500 to loan on chattels De/31 3/1
Debts
  • public auction of lumber from Rogers Lake mills to pay liens of Prime & Marshall & J. Foster Ja/8 2/5 leg. annc.
  • E. J. Cook's property in Prescott is sold at sheriff's sale, Geo. Merwin buyer My/7 3/2
  • sheriff's sale, James A. Lamport, Flagstaff, property due to mortgage foreclosure My/28 2/4
  • sheriff's sale, John W. McLeans, Flagstaff, property due to mortgage foreclosure My/28 2/4
  • sheriff's sale on foreclosure of mortgaged building belonging to Middleton, Mann & Henley in Flagstaff Ag/27 4/2
  • order to show cause why order of sale of John N. Berry's real estate should not be made Se/3 3/4 leg. annc.
  • John N. Berry's estate is to be sold at auction Oc/8 2/3
BASEBALL
     See Sports--Baseball

BEEF CATTLE
     See Livestock--Cattle

BIRTHS
     See Children; individual parents' names

BLACK AMERICANS
     See Negroes

BLACK HILLS
     See also: Mines and Mining--Mining Companies and Areas

  • in Verde country Jy/23 2/2
BLACK ROCK
  • Black Rock Ap/2 2/3
BLACKS
     See Negroes

BOARD OF EDUCATION
     See Education and Schools

BOATS
     See Transportation

BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS
     See also: Advertisements;   Newspapers

  • review of Bancroft's twenty-first volume Ja/1 4/3
  • the twenty-second volume of Bancroft's works is reviewed Ja/29 4/2
  • twenty-ninth volume of Bancroft's works is reviewed Fe/12 2/3
  • review of Bancroft's thirty-third volume is given Fe/19 3/3
  • review of twenty-second volume of Bancroft's is given Mr/12 3/4
  • Arizona Champion prints a pamphlet on the area for 25¢ Ap/16 3/3
  • Bancroft's History of Central America is reviewed Ap/30 3/3
  • review of Bancroft's thirty-sixth volume Jy/23 1/4
  • Champion issues a pamphlet called, "A Land of Sunshine," the middle of September Ag/27 3/2
  • "A Land of Sunshine" will contain reliable information about Flagstaff and northern Arizona Se/3 211
  • the pamphlet devoted to the citrus belt of Arizona was never seen in Florence or Flagstaff Se/3 2/2
  • Champion receives a pamphlet on the Salt River Valley by Pat Hamilton Oc/15 3/1
  • Hubert Howe Bancroft's thirty-seventh volume is reviewed De/24 2/2
BORDER RANGES
     See Crimes and Criminals--Rustling

BOUNDARIES
Includes U. S., territory and county boundary disputes

  • St. Johns Herald fears St. Johns will suffer in a county division Ja/15 1/5
  • feelings at the legislature on county division Ja/22 3/4
  • Prescott Journal-Miner and Arizona Champion comment on "Old Yavapai" Ja/29 2/2
  • bill introduced in the House to form the new county of Frisco from eastern Yavapai Ja/29 3/3
  • Ashurst has a hard fight with his Frisco County bill Fe/5 2/1, 2/1
  • wet nurse is needed for "Little Frisco" Fe/5 2/1
  • some western Yavapai people oppose the division because they are not included Fe/5 2/1
  • reasons for the creation of Frisco County Fe/5 2/2
  • legislature report includes Frisco County bill Fe/5 2/3
  • information on champions of the Frisco County cause Fe/5 3/1
  • Chicago Tribune correspondent proposes New Mexico and Arizona be made into one territory Fe/12 2/1
  • Frisco County bill will be advantageous to residents Fe/12 2/1
  • Tempe News agrees Yavapai should be split Fe/12 211
  • legislature report includes Frisco bill Fe/12 2/4
  • report of doings at the capital include Frisco fight Fe/192/4
  • remaking of states and territorial lines should be done Fe/26 2/3
  • Prescott journals assert division of Yavapai County is "ridiculous" Mr/5 2/1
  • New Mexico's San Juan County had the same condition as Yavapai Mr/5 2/1
  • information of the fight against the formation of "Frisco" Mr/5 2/2
  • tax payers of the proposed "Frisco" only want their rights Mr/5 2/3
  • highest legal authorities agree that legislature has the power to alter counties Mr/5 2/3
  • opponents are reminded that calling something illegal does not make it so Mr/5 2/3
  • report of legislature sees many county boundary changes passing in the House Mr/5 2/3
  • it is thought the Council will concur with the House on the "Frisco" bill Mr/5 2/4
  • the Council's six to six vote on the "Frisco" bill is given Mr/12 2/1
  • comments on the defeat of the "Frisco" bill Mr/12 2/2
  • none of the county bills were passed Mr/12 2/3
  • St. Johns Herald comments on their councilman and scheme for county division Mr/26 2/2
  • Frisco bill is not dead Mr/26 2/3
Yavapai
  • Flagstaffians hold a meeting on county division Ja/8 3/5
  • Hoof & Horn thinks Col. Geo. H. Tinker is at legislature for county division Ja/22 2/3
  • some of Prescott people don't object to county division Ja/29 2/3
  • Prescott Courier and Arizona Champion comment on county division Ja/29 2/3
  • councilman from Mohave who broke his promise to support Frisco bill is small man Mr/19 2/1, 2/1
  • southern press laughs at Frisco bill's death, but Arizona Champion will resurrect it Mr/19 2/1
  • attention of authorities is called to the condition of the Apache and Yavapai County line Jy/23 2/1
BOXING
     See Sports--Fights

BRANDS
     See Livestock--Cattle

BREEDING
     See Livestock

BROTHERHOOD (ORGANIZATION)
     See Clubs and Organizations

BUILDERS
     See Building and Buildings

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
Includes construction information, location of building and remodeling

  • J. W. Sullivan rebuilds his house in Chino Valley Fe/12 3/1
  • Walter J. Hill completes house at Volunteer Springs Jy/16 3/1
  • Thomas McMillan builds an immense structure at his ranch Jy/30 3/1
Flagstaff
  • new law office of T. C. Norris is nearly complete Ja/8 3/1
  • exterior of Eb. Greenlaw's house on Gold Avenue is almost completed Ja/15 3/1
  • Frank Middleton's house is painted Ja/15 3/1
  • T. G. Norris moves into his new office Ja/15 3/1
  • boom continues Ja/15 3/1
  • new signs are at D. J. Brannen & Co.'s and Prime & Marshall's Ja/29 3/1
  • building has commenced for a butchering business and a bank Fe/5 2/1
  • George Hoxworth's store next to the Grand Army hall is almost complete Fe/5 3/1
  • J. J. Donahue begins to build between D. A. Murphy's and James A. Vail's Fe/5 3/1
  • Az. Cattle Co. builds a large wholesale dressed beef business on the southside of town Fe/5 3/1
  • old Miller house on San Francisco Avenue is reconstructed for W. S. Gray family Fe/19 3/1
  • T. G. Norris moves his attorney office to the Herring building on San Francisco Fe/19 3/2
  • T. G. Norris moves his law office to San Francisco Avenue one door south of Gray's saddler's shop Fe/19 3/4
  • new butcher shop is bright vermillion Mr/5 3/1
  • elegant new sign decorates the front of the Bank of Flagstaff Mr/5 3/1
  • Clarence Neil builds a new house between new and old towns Mr/5 3/1
  • James Vail moves his house forward, even with the others Mr/12 3/1
  • boom continues Mr/19 3/1
  • W. C. D. Evans' building approaches completion Mr/26 3/2
  • Whipple & Cathrens erect a new dwelling near their carpenter shop Mr/26 3/2
  • Arizona Central Bank lays foundations for substantial brick structure Ap/2 3/1
  • fourteen new houses being constructed Ap/9 3/1
  • Mineral Belt Railroad Co. erects a boarding house on Gold Avenue Ap/9 3/1
  • realty and building report AP/16 3/3
  • Arizona Central Bank brick building is being partitioned off for store purposes as well as the bank Ap/23 3/1
  • J. R. Kilpatrick's new brick building is nearly completed Ap/30 3/1
  • new houses still going up AP/30 3/1
  • improvements show all over town My/7 3/1
  • new wool house goes up near the skating rink building My/7 3/2
  • work begins on school house addition My/14 3/1
  • T. J. Raywood completes his plans for the new bank building and hotel on the corner of Railroad and Gold Avenue My/14 3/2
  • old building formerly occupied by A. C. Morse is torn down for the bank building My/21 3/1
  • roof is nearly on the new wool house My/21 3/1
  • work begins on new bank and hotel building My/28 3/2
  • Norbert Valin, St. Louis, is superintending the bank building stone work Je/4 3/1
  • new bank building on the corner of Railroad and Gold Avenue Je/4 3/3
  • Geo. H. Loucks sells his cottage to Mrs. John Berry Je/11 3/1
  • new buildings go up Je/11 3/2
  • work is begun on the woodwork of the floors of the new Bank of Flagstaff Je/11 3/2
  • Arizona Central Bank moves into its new building Je/18 3/2
  • John Weatherford buys property occupied by T. G. Norris and E. J. Smith Je/25 3/1
  • Doc Wilcox' new livery stable is completed on Gold Avenue Jy/2 3/1
  • E. S. Clark's new house will be handsome when completed JY/9 3/2
  • Bank of Flagstaff walls are up to the second story JY/9 3/2
  • Jack Vining builds a cottage west of Gold Avenue JY/9 3/2
  • rainy weather delays Jy/16 3/1
  • D. A. Murphy contracts for a brick building on Railroad Avenue Jy/16 3/1
  • several new buildings are started on Gold Avenue Jy/16 3/1
  • 25 or 30 buildings are going up Jy/23 2/1
  • Gorham C. Bray will build a store on San Francisco Avenue Jy/23 3/4
  • ground is broken on San Francisco Avenue for a new hotel Jy/23 3/4
  • J. J. Donahue builds new store on Railroad Avenue Ag/6 3/1
  • large number are suspended until new planing mill at the Az. Lumber Company is in operation Ag/6 3/1
  • several new houses go up on north side of town Ag/13 3/1
  • new fruit store goes up next to D. A. Murphy's building Ag/13 3/1
  • railroad depot to be begun in a month to six weeks Ag/13 3/4
  • Gorham A. Bray erects merchandise store on San Francisco Avenue Ag/20 3/1
  • P. J. Brannen builds addition Ag/27 3/1
  • G. A. Bray puts handsome front on his store Ag/27 3/1
  • stone work of new bank almost complete Se/3 3/1
  • new buildings go up on the north side of town Se/3 3/1
  • Champion suggests that A & P build depot of stone rather than lumber Se/10 2/1
  • E. A. St. Clair builds on San Francisco Avenue Se/10 3/1
  • several go up on San Francisco Avenue Se/10 3/1
  • ground is surveyed and preparation begin for the Flagstaff depot Se/17 3/1
  • new palings are around the church Se/17 3/1
  • several new buildings are started Se/17 3/1
  • brick makers and layers are busy Se/24 3/1
  • J. R. Kilpatrick adds another story to his store Se/243/1
  • J. R. Kilpatrick is to have a hall above his store Se/24 3/1
  • rock is on the ground for the foundation for the railroad depot Oc/l 3/1
  • rapidly building Oc/8 3/1
  • work begins on new depot Oc/15 3/1
  • carpenters take off old roof and make ready to lay new hall over Kilpatrick's No/5 3/1
  • many improvements on San Francisco Avenue No/5 3/1
  • two office buildings on Gold Avenue and one on San Francisco near Second Street are almost completed No/5 3/1
  • Richards paints his place blue No/5 3/2
  • public sale of new stone hotel building is postponed No/12 3/1
  • over 100 new buildings have been erected in Flagstaff No/12 3/1
  • Sawyer's two-story merchandise store nearly completed No/12 3/2
  • two-story building to be erected on San Francisco Avenue No/12 3/2
  • stone building is erected by "pioneer merchant" P. J. Brannen, nears completion No/12 3/2
  • new stone building of the Bank of Flagstaff and two other buildings and seven lots are sold under foreclosure of mortgage No/19 3/1
  • several new buildings go up on Gold Avenue No/26 3/1
  • two-story frame on San Francisco Avenue is nearly complete De/10 3/1
  • David Babbitt has nearly completed two family residences on Gold Avenue De/10 3/1
  • C. Herring has J. W. Sharp construct a large cellar in the rear of his saloon De/17 3/1
  • several are in different stages of construction De/17 3/1
  • Methodist church has two excellent ventilators put in and its tower completed De/24 3/1
  • Grand Army Hall undergoes repairs De/24 3/1
  • stone to be used in new city hall of Los Angeles comes from Chas. Begg's quarry two miles from Flagstaff De/24 3/2
  • details of P. J. Brannen's new store De/31 3/3
Holbrook
  • Aztec Land and Cattle Co. erects new stables at their headquarters Ag/13 3/1
Kingman
  • new hotel is just completed Oc/29 3/3
Tempe
  • a grand syndicate hotel is planned Se/24 2/2
Williams

  • D. A. Murphy erects a general merchandise store Ag/27 2/2
  • John R. Tabor erects a saloon Ag/27 2/2
  • John Hitt erects a barber shop and bath room Ag/27 2/2
  • S. Rowe erects a livery and feed stable Ag/27 2/2
BUSINESS
     See also: Advertisements;   Agriculture;   Banks and Finance;   Communications;   Economic Conditions;   Livestock;   Lumber and Lumbering;   Mines and Mining;   Railroads;   Ranches and Farms
  • T. Davis of H. S. Bride & Co., merchant tailors of San Francisco, is in Flagstaff Ja/15 3/1
  • Christy & Wise, wool commission merchants of San Francisco, begin advertising in Arizona Champion Ja/29 3/2
  • Eddy's saloon regulation measure is included in report of capital doings Fe/19 2/4
  • U. S. Supreme Court renders a decision on drummer's tax Mr/12 2/1
  • H. A. Taussig is agent for Louis, Taussing & Co. of San Francisco, a wholesale liquor dealer Mr/12 3/1
  • revives all over Arizona, especially around Flagstaff Mr/19 2/1
  • A. J. E. Furbish represents 0. 1. Hood & Co. of Massachusetts, sarsaparilla manufacturer Mr/19 3/1
  • S. Bienenstock & Co. are wool commission men of St. Louis and Chicago Mr/19 3/2
  • W. A. Allen & Co. are Chicago wool commission merchants Mr/19 3/3
  • G. M. Fowler of F. M. Fowler & Sons of Phoenix deals in hogs and alfalfa seeds Mr/26 3/1
  • a synopsis of the new Arizona license law Mr/26 3/4
  • drummers beware, Arizona has a license again Ap/2 2/1
  • Christy & Wise are wool commission merchants in San Francisco Ap/16 3/2
  • Fred Harvey is appointed superintendent of eating houses between Albuquerque and Barstow Ap/23 3/1
  • all parts of the country are doing unusual amount of business Ap/23 3/4
  • Dickens of Christy & Wise wool commission merchants of San Francisco is in Flagstaff Ap/30 3/1
  • H. S. Bridge & Co. of San Francisco sends C. E. Paddock once a quarter Ap/30 3/2, 3/2
  • Geo. H. Marshall of Gross & Blackweil of Las Vegas buys wool in Flagstaff My/14 3/1
  • Charley Geach is agent of Chas. Zeiger, Albuquerque My/21 3/1
  • E. R. Ellison is agent for Diebold Safe & Lock Company My/21 3/1
  • trust companies versus incorporations My/28 2/1
  • O'Neill and Black start a branch store on Mineral Belt line Je/4 3/1
  • Dickens, Christy & Wise, is in Flagstaff Je/4 3/2
  • Denny Rice & Co., Boston wool commission merchants, advertise in Arizona Champion Je/4 3/3 BR>
  • Gus Heiman, San Francisco, visits Flagstaff merchants Jy/2 3/1
  • Nathan Barth sells his stores in St. Johns, Holbrook, Winslow, and Flagstaff Jy/23 3/2
  • W. H. Landing and Wm. Riley dissolve partnership Jy/30 3/4
  • District Attorney J. C. Herndon decides Arizona drummer's license is illegal and refuses to take cases to court Ag/6 1/4
  • case of Territory against W. A. Hersey is of interest to all traveling men Ag/6 3/2
  • W. H. Landing and Wm. Riley dissolve their partnership Ag/6 3/4
  • J. A. Moynihan, agent for Gordon Brothers, leaves Flagstaff for Holbrook Ag/20 3/1
  • Warren Weaver is an agent for B. Freelander, a San Francisco merchant tailor Oc/22 3/1
  • J. A. Monyhan, Gordon Bros. of San Francisco, is in Flagstaff No/5 3/1
  • Thomas Davis of Bridge and Davis, San Francisco, visits Flagstaff De/10 3/2
  • general impression prevails that there will be a grand revival in the new year De/31 2/1
Flagstaff
  • Flagstaff history Ja/1 2/4
  • Coalter will be open day and night Ja/8 3/1
  • J. L. Cotton visits the east; Mote is in charge of his shop Ja/8 3/1
  • hay and feed store to be opened Ja/15 3/1
  • two merchants are rumored to open stores in Flagstaff Ja/15 3/1
  • skating rink building is to be used as temporary roundhouse Ja/15 3/1
  • half-interest in Andy Munn & Co.'s building is sold at auction to H. J. Miller Ja/15 3/4
  • Smith, painter, cuts and lays carpets Ja/29 3/1
  • Prime & Marshall move their butcher shop to the former "Our Boys" Saloon Ja/29 3/1
  • Brewery will begin turning out beer Ja/29 3/1
  • George Babbitt is new bookkeeper for P. J. Brannen Ja/29 3/1
  • E. S. Wilcox sells property for new bank building Fe/5 3/1
  • Thomas Howe opens a furniture store Fe/5 3/1
  • Jim O'Neill removes his store from San Francisco Avenue to building next to Arizona Central Bank Fe/19 3/1
  • Nathan Barth, Winslow, opens a general merchandise store in Geo. Hoxworth's place Fe/19 3/1
  • skating rink is repaired, good for balls, etc. Fe/19 3/1
  • Thomas Howe, Phoenix, opens a furniture store in new Hoxworth & Burns building Fe/19 3/2, 3/3
  • Ord & Sieford have a new paint shop in town Fe/19 3/3
  • Nathan Barth's store is open with Jake Salzman in charge while Max Salzman is away Fe/26 3/1
  • Benj. West is in the employ of Ord & Siefer doing sign painting Fe/26 3/2
  • Capt. B. B. Bullwinkle, Az. Cattle Co., opens a meat market on south side of town Fe/26 3/2
  • new shoe shop on Gold Avenue is opened by R. Manns Mr/5 3/1
  • new bath house begins operation in connection with Jim Vail's barber shop Mr/5 3/1
  • H. R. Wilson and C. S. Bowman plan to engage in wool and product handling Mr/12 3/1
  • jail is being painted Mr/12 3/1
  • E. S. Wilcox is building a new blacksmith shop in the west end Mr/12 3/1
  • George Rodgers purchases Cal David's saloon Mr/19 3/1
  • Weatherford & Henry buy Francis Brothers' business Mr/19 3/1
  • C. W. Hoffmeister, barber on Railroad Avenue, erects bath room with two tubs Mr/19 3/1
  • George Rodgers opens the skating rink naming it Fashion Saloon and Beer Garden Mr/19 3/2
  • W. S. Gray succeeds to J. W. Gray's harness and saddlery business Mr/19 3/2
  • Stagg & Co. opens a saloon on Gold Avenue Mr/26 3/2
  • Robert Bell apologizes and claims no connection with the skating rink being turned into a dance hall Ap/2 2/3
  • A. C. Morse takes possession of the Flagstaff Stables from E. S. Wilcox Ap/2 3/1
  • W. T. Hubbell opens a lunch counter in the Fashion Saloon Ap/2 3/1
  • Weatherford & Henry buy and take charge at Parlor Saloon Ap/9 3/1
  • Chinese laundry opens at old stand on Gold Avenue Ap/16 3/1
  • is to have a Japanese store on the south side of town Ap/16 3/1
  • Geo. Briggs purchases D. A. Murphy's business Ap/16 3/1
  • A. C. Morse moves from the corner of Railway & Gold Avenue to the south side of town Ap/16 3/1
  • W. C. D. Evans rents his new building for an eating house Ap/23 3/1
  • Parlor Saloon adds a piano and lady vocalist Ap/30 3/1
  • work is begun on new brick yard west of town Ap/30 3/1
  • A. B. Boyle buys the Keg Saloon from John Clark Ap/30 3/1
  • Reyes Gonzales opens bakery on San Francisco Avenue Ap/30 3/4
  • new wool house goes up near skating rink My/7 3/2
  • J. J. Donahue sells to Herring & McNale at Mineral Belt Saloon My/14 3/1
  • C. S. Bowman of Wilson, Bowman & Co. considers opening a branch in Prescott My/14 3/2
  • J. M. Wiggins, "the Colonel," opens a restaurant on the south side of Railroad Avenue next door to Flagstaff Meat Market My/14 3/2
  • Geo. A. Woods and P. Callen form a co-partnership as contractors and builders My/21 3/1
  • Landing & Reily, blacksmiths, occupy the new building in the rear of the Grand Army hall My/21 3/2
  • mortgage foreclosure on Flagstaff hotel ends in sheriff's sale for John W. McLean and James A. Lamport My/28 2/4
  • Edward Hunter opens a branch of the Edwin Baer's photograph gallery of Prescott My/28 3/1, 3/1, 3/1, 3/1
  • W. C. D. Evans' new building is fitted as a lodging house Je/4 3/1
  • Az. Cattle Company's meat market is closed Je/4 3/1 -brick yard is in full blast Je/4 3/1
  • Hunter's art parlor will copy pictures in oil, india ink or crayon Je/4 3/2
  • Weatherford & Henry add a piano player and songstress from San Francisco Je/4 3/2
  • W. S. Gray has three men employed Je/4 3/2
  • Mrs. Mary Bridgeman and Miss Lulu Daves open a millinery and dress shop on south side Je/18 3/1
  • Mrs. Crookshank establishes a dressmaking parlor on San Francisco Avenue Je/18 3/2
  • C. A. Keller opens a brand new stock of goods in the brick building Jy/2 3/1
  • Campbell & Francis open a meat market in old Az. Cattle Company store Jy/2 3/1
  • J. G. Stewart opens a grocery business at Jim O'Neill's old stand Jy/2 3/2
  • J. G. Stewart opens a new grocery store at the old stand of Jim O'Neill Jy/9 3/2
  • Ed. A. St. Clair purchases J. L. Cotton's shop and will run both Jy/9 3/2
  • a large abattoir will be here in a few weeks Jy/9 3/2
  • Charlie Gang opens restaurant in the old Arizona Central Bank building Jy/9 3/2
  • John Sanderson manufactures and ships soda, sarsaparilla and mineral water Jy/16 3/1
  • John Weatherford retires from business Jy/16 3/1
  • Flagstaff too busy to use long terms like wholesale slaughter house Jy/16 3/2
  • Dilman, Bowers and Streit turn out fine quality of local beer Jy/16 3/2
  • Max and Jake Salzman purchase Nathan Barth's store Jy/163/3
  • John Weatherford and W. Henry dissolve co-partnership, with Henry continuing the business Jy/16 3/4
  • Nathan Barth sells Flagstaff business to J. Salzman Jy/16 4/2
  • W. 0. Huson repairs jewelry and watches at the Arizona Central Bank building Jy/23 3/1
  • Hoof & Horn believes abattoir will be an aide to cattlemen Jy/23 3/2
  • Gorham C. Bray, Prescott, moves his business to Flagstaff Jy/23 3/4
  • Phoenix Herald says no hotel, Champion says true but one is being built Jy/23 3/4
  • E. A. St. Clair closes his San Juan shop but adds a chair in J. L. Cotton's old shop Jy/30 3/1
  • St. Julien barber shop is elegant Ag/6 3/1
  • Robert Richards opens a fruit and confectionary store on Railroad Avenue Ag/20 3/1
  • blacksmith shop behind Grand Army Hall is now run by Fredrick Thornton Ag/20 3/1
  • skating rink opens as a variety theater on Saturday Ag/20 3/1
  • Hop Sing on Gold Avenue will leave town August 29th and wants all laundry picked up before then Ag/20 3/1
  • G. A. Bray plans to open Saturday Ag/20 3/2
  • G. A. Bray opens his store on San Francisco Avenue Ag/27 3/4
  • George Prime and John Marshall dissolve their butcher partnership, Prime will continue Ag/27 4/2
  • E. A. St. Clair sells his barber shop and contemplates a photograph gallery Se/3 3/1
  • P. J. Brannen's extension will be devoted to dry goods and ladies' articles Se/3 3/1
  • J. Salzman delivers goods in Flagstaff free of charge Se/3 3/1
  • W. C. Bayless and E. W. Carter buy E. A. St. Clair's barber shop Se/3 3/1
  • Judge Wm. J. Berry opens a gunsmith shop in Flagstaff Se/3 3/2
  • restaurant business is for sale Se/3 3/3
  • John Weatherford buys the Grand Canon Stables on Gold Avenue from E. S. Wilcox Se/10 3/1
  • E. A. St. Clair builds a photographic studio on San Francisco Avenue Se/10 3/1
  • is prosperous Se/17 2/2
  • Pete Berry takes charge of San Juan Se/17 3/1
  • John W. Weatherford takes possession on Thursday of Grand Canyon Livery Stables Se/17 3/1
  • Richards has private stalls where parties can eat oysters without watchers Se/17 3/1
  • H. R. Wilson, E. S. Clark and Andrew Clark of Wilson, Clark & Co. dissolve the co-partnership Oc/l 2/3
  • G. A. Woods and J. Callen dissolve their firm with Woods continuing it Oc/l 2/3
  • J. Zimmerman runs Geo. Hoxworth's business while Geo. is gone Oc/l 3/1
  • E. A. St. Clair opens his photograph gallery Thursday OC/15 3/1, 3/2
  • E. S. Wilcox will guide parties to the Grand Canon Oc/22 3/1
  • Jeff Lane practices at the bar Oc/29 3/1
  • Mrs. J. W. Kimmeil opens a family boarding house on Railroad Avenue, one door below soda factory No/5 3/2
  • Mrs. H. Marvin has rooms one door west of the Bank of Flagstaff No/19 3/1
  • P. D. Berry purchases brother's property, San Juan, and plans to conduct business there No/19 3/2
  • T. J. Coalter and Ed Gale dissolve partnership De/10 2/5 leg. annc.
  • debtors to Coalter & Gale should settle accounts at J. Salzman's store De/10 2/6
  • A. Pechner opens a lunch counter in the bank exchange De/10 3/1
  • T. J. Coalter moves to Winslow De/10 3/2
  • Calder Herring, "Tex," opens a saloon in J. J. Donahue's building De/10 3/2
  • J. H. Sanders manages the meat market of Campbell and Francis De/17 3/3
  • D. Finnie and Charles Rutledge dissolve logging and saw mill partnership De/24 1/1
  • A. B. Boyle, proprietor of Woodbine Saloon, moves to Gonzales building De/24 3/1
  • J. M. Moore leaves Dr. D. J. Brannen's employ De/24 3/1
  • Dr. J. J. Baar, pharmacist, accepts a position in the drug store of Dr. D. J. Brannen & Co. De/24 3/2
  • businessmen cut ice for next summer De/31 3/1
  • J. F. Hawks adds twelve bedrooms to his hotel De/31 3/2
  • Cameron and Lind buy J. R. Kilpatrick's entire stock De/31 3/3
  • details of P. J. Brannen's new store De/31 3/3
Jerome
  • W. M. Buflum is in charge of the hotel Ag/13 2/3
Kingman
  • business is good Mr/19 3/3
  • Beecher & Russell dissolve partnership Mr/26 2/3
  • W. E. Frost opens a butcher business Ap/23 2/4
  • new hotel is just completed Oc/29 3/3
  • P. D. Berry purchases brother's property No/19 3/2
Phoenix
  • J. H. Carpenter opens a real estate office No/12 3/2
Pine
  • Logan & Co. prepare to grind corn and wheat Ja/8 1/3
  • McDonalds' saw mill and Logan & Caffrey's grist mill running in fits and starts due to low water Mr/19 4/1
>Prescott
  • saloon fixtures are leased to H. Ballard and Miss Flora Berger by J. Sorg Ap/16 2/4
  • Geo. H. Curry, jeweler and watch repairer, advertises My/28 3/1
  • how various businesses are being affected by the new railroad My/28 3/3
  • S. G. Marcon will ship vegetables and plants from this Prescott garden Jy/9 3/2
Prescott Junction
  • J. M. Myers opens a hotel Ja/8 2/3
  • Pioneer Hotel is kept by W. T. Latchford Fe/19 3/1
Seligman
     See Prescott Junction

Williams

  • M. J. Riordan will start a general merchandise store Fe/26 3/1
  • Ayer Lumber Company opens branch commissary Mr/5 3/1
  • C. E. moves C. T. Rogers building opposite the depot and prepares to open a store Mr/5 3/3
  • C. E. Boyce buys the Ayer Lumber Company commissary My/7 3/1
  • D. A. Murphy opens a general merchandise store at Williams Ag/13 3/1
  • S. S. Wescott looks into new business to be started by D. A. Murphy Ag/13 3/1
  • C. E. Boyce, merchant; S. Rowe, livery and feed stable; John Hitt, barber shop and bath room; John R. Tabor, Bank Exchange Saloon; D. A. Murphy, merchandise store; Hitt and Little, The Ranch saloon; Eugene Murray, restaurant; Mrs. C. A. Jay, The Home Restaurant; Nellis & Nellis, saloon; Mrs. L. B. Woods, lodging house Ag/27 2/2
  • Eugene Murray opens restaurant Ag/27 3/1
  • notes from Williams De/17 3/3
Winslow
  • Secrist and Hesser open the Cosmopolitan Hotel in J. H. Breed's building Ap/2 3/2
  • Ben Bauer adds two bath tubs Ap/2 3/3
  • Lesser & Sawyer; J. X. Woods & Co.; C. L. Flynn; L. Page, Pioneer saloon; Dec Demorest Ap/2 3/3
  • Pechner's drugstore Ap/2 3/3
  • J. H. Breed purchases billiard hall of J. H. Perry Ap/2 3/3
  • Pechner & Hendrix dissolve partnership, Hendrix Company continues it Ap/16 2/4
  • J. H. Breed sells out his liquor business My/7 3/1
  • Nathan Barth sells his Winslow business to J. Heschberg Jy/23 2/3
  • Nathan Barth sells to G. Herschberg Ag/13 3/5
  • Tom J. Coalter opens a chop house and bakery De/10 3/2
  • J. H. Breed buys back old store De/24 4/7
CAMERAS
     See Photography

CAMPBELL'S SPRINGS

  • sixty miles south of Flagstaff Jy/9 2/3
CANALS
     See Water and Water Resources--Canals and Irrigation

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
     See Prisons and Prisoners

CARISO

  • village in Apache County Fe/263/4
CASTLE CREEK
  • Castle Creek Mr/19 3/2
CATHOLICS AND CATHOLICISM
  • non-Arizona Mr/5 2/1
  • non-Arizona Mr/12 2/1
  • non-Arizona Se/24 4/1
Flagstaff
  • Rev. Father Gebenosi reads mass at Hawks' hall and promises to come once a month Mr/26 3/1
  • Rev. Father Gubitosi will say mass at Hawks' hall Ap/23 3/1
  • Father Gubitossi celebrates mass at Hawks' hall My/21 3/1
  • meeting held to raise funds for a Catholic church, $1,500 raised there Jy/2 3/3
  • Father Gubitossi holds service in Charlie Kathrens' new house Oc/22 37-1
  • Rev. Father Gubetosi holds mass on l8th at Chas. Kathrens' De/17 3/3
  • Rev. Father Gubetosi holds mass at Chas. Kathrens' house Sunday De/17 3/3
CATTLE
     See Livestock--Cattle

CELEBRATIONS

     See Holidays and Religious Days

CEMETERIES

  • Yavapai County advertisement for bid on burial of county dead Ja/22 1/3
  • city cemetery in Florence Mr/19 3/4
  • movement is made to survey, lay out and enclose the Flagstaff cemetery Je/4 3/1
  • John T. Black is buried in Flagstaff cemetery Se/3 3/2
  • Phoenix cemetery is described as "rickety old graveyard" Se/10 4/2
  • G. W. Gorton is buried in Flagstaff cemetery by Old Town Oc/l 3/3
  • five of the six mill victims are buried in Prescott's city cemetery No/26 2/2
CENSUS
     See Statistics

CHEVELLOS FORK

  • in Mogollon mountains Ap/16 1/4
CHILDREN
  • article on "Our Boys" points out that boys will imitate the habits of men Ja/8 2/2
  • birth Ja/22 3/1
  • birth Ja/29 3/1
  • birth Ja/29 3/5
  • birth Fe/5 3/1
  • dies Fe/12 3/1
  • dies Fe/12 3/1
  • deaths Fe/12 3/2
  • birth Fe/26 3/1
  • freeze to death Fe/26 3/4
  • measles Mr/5 3/1
  • birth Mr/12 3/1
  • death Mr/19 3/1
  • dies Ap/2 3/1
  • birth Ap/2 3/1
  • birth Ap/2 3/4
  • death Ap/2 3/4
  • dies AP/9 3/4
  • birth Ap/30 3/1
  • born Ap/30 3/4
  • humor Ap/30 4/2
  • dies My/7 3/2
  • dies My/7 3/2
  • curfew Je/4 3/3
  • die Je/4 3/3
  • dies Je/11 2/2
  • dies Jy/16 3/1
  • dies Jy/16 3/4
  • drowns Jy/23 2/3
  • birth Jy/30 3/1
  • birth JY/30 3/4
  • two births Se/3 2/2
  • birth Se/10 3/4
  • birth Se/17 3/1
  • two births Se/17 3/2
  • three births Se/17 3/2
  • dies Oc/29 3/1
  • runaways No/5 3/1
  • two births No/12 3/3
  • birth De/3 3/1
  • Sunday evening service De/24 3/2
  • Sunday evening program De/24 3/3
CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES
  • fight between a Mexican and a Chinaman in Pinal County Fe/19 2/3
  • humorous article Fe/26 4/1
  • a threatening letter and Mrs. A. S. Gonzales' answer is published in Flagstaff My/21 3/5
  • Flagstaff Chinese asked to leave due to arson setting fire to one of their restaurants Ag/20 3/3
  • report from Flagstaff committee on securing departure of Chinamen from town Ag/27 3/4
  • Florence Enterprise comments on Flagstaff's resolution Se/lO 4/1
  • Fredrick Douglass' opinion of the Chinese Oc/22 2/2
CHRISTMAS
     See Holidays and Religious Days

CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
     See Mormons and Mormonism

CIRCUS
     See Entertainment

CLEAR CREEK

  • is in Verde country Jy/23 2/2
CLERGY
In general only the original article containing the name of a member of the clergy is indexed here. Full information on a person may be found under the individual's name.
     See also: Mormons and Mormonism
  • Rev. J. Z. Pierce, Methodist Ja/8 3/4
  • Rev. J. G. Eberhart, Methodist Ja/8 3/4
  • Father Gubitosse, S. J., Catholic Ja/29 3/1
  • Rev. G. H. Adams, Methodist Fe/26 3/3
  • Rev. Father Gebenosi, Catholic Mr/26 3/1
  • Rev. Mr. Githens Ap/30 3/2
  • Rev. D. W. Calfee, Methodist Je/11 3/2
  • Bishop Dunlop, Episcopal Diosese of New Mexico and Arizona Jy/23 3/1
  • D. Battin, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • Rev. Blakeley Oc/29 3/3
  • E. K. Cruz, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • W. F. Downs, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • Z. L. Kay, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • N. F. Norton, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • G. L. Pearson, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • J. H. Gill, Methodist Oc/29 3/3
  • 0. S. Frampes, Methodist Oc/293/3
CLIFF DWELLERS AND CLIFF DWELLINGS
     See Anthropology;   Walnut Canyon

CLIMATE
     See Weather

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

  • "The Council won't have any Salvation Army in theirs" Ja/15 3/4
  • a Salvation Army scout holds prayer meetings in Prescott Ja/29 2/1
  • W. C. Watkins supports Salvation Army scout as Legislative Chaplin Fe/5 3/2
  • Salvation Army scout leaves Prescott and tries his hand on Phoenix Fe/12 3/1
  • Salvation Army scout goes to Phoenix Fe/19 2/1
  • Salvation Army reaches Tombstone Fe/26 3/3
  • Salvation Army moves to Tombstone after a short stay in Tucson Mr/5 3/3
  • Tombstone puts Mealy, Salvation Army scout, in jail Mr/12 3/2
  • Salvation Army still stirs sinners Mr/19 3/3
  • Salvation Army goes to Globe Mr/26 2/3
  • Salvation Army returns to Prescott Ap/9 3/4
  • Salvation Army is still storming Tombstone Ap/16 3/3
  • Flagstaff Lodge, No. 8 K of P, meeting time announcement Je/4 1/1
  • grand officers of K of P elected Je/4 3/3
  • TEG Ransom Post, No. 67 GAR, meeting time announcement Jy/16 1/1
  • copy of Journal of Proceedings of the fourth annual session of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythis is received at the Champion office Se/17 3/2
  • Morris Goldwater, Prescott, is elected Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge No/19 1/5
Flagstaff
  • lodge of the Knights of Pythias will be instituted My/21 3/1
  • W. W. Baldwin, Benson, institutes K of P lodge My/28 3/1
  • Knights of Phytias meet My/28 3/1
  • lodge of the Knights of Pythias is instituted, members listed My/28 3/3
  • K of P electes officers for the year, list given Jy/9 3/5
  • Knights of Pythias meet Thursday at the Grand Army hall Se/24 3/4
  • Rev. N. L. Guthrie to be made Worshipful Master of a new masonic fraternity Oc/8 3/2
  • Knights of Pythias contemplate a grand ball Oc/15 3/1
  • Knights of Pythias give a grand ball on Thanksgiving evening Oc/15 3/4
  • Masonic Hall over J. R. Kilpatrick's store approaches completion No/5 3/1
  • Literary Society is organized at the M E church No/5 3/1
  • Literary Society entertainment given at M E church No/12 3/2
  • Knights of Pythias' new hall built by J. R. Kilpatrick will host grand ball on Thanksgiving No/12 3/3
  • Flagstaff Lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, give a grand ball Thursday night No/19 3/3
  • Lodge 8, Knights of Pythias, hold regular meeting De/10 3/3
  • Knights of Flagstaff Lodge No. 8 are requested to be present Tuesday De/17 2/3
  • lodge of Masons is to be organized De/17 3/1
  • Lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, hold an election Tuesday De/24 3/1
  • Lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, elect officers De/31 3/2
Prescott
  • number of Flagstaffians are expected at the Aztlan lodge Oc/29 3/1
Tombstone
  • Masonic Grand Lodge meets in Tombstone on November 8th Oc/8 3/2
  • Masonic Grand Lodge of Masons adjourns after electing officers in Tombstone No/19 1/5
Wilcox
  • is to have a K of P lodge Jy/30 3/4
Winslow
  • K of P passes resolution on death of John N. Berry Fe/5 3/3
  • Knights of Pythias is one of many secret orders in Winslow Ap/2 3/3
  • Knights of Pythias pass resolution on Alfred Gurnee's death Se/3 3/2
COCONINO COUNTY
     See Yavapai County up to 1891; Boundaries for division of Yavapai

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
     See also: Education and Schools

  • bonds for the university are issued Ja/29 3/2
  • Blinn's bill to abolish the university passes the Council Fe/26 2/4
  • Governor appoints Joseph Campbell and Ben Goldman to the board of territorial normal school Mr/12 2/3
  • Governor appoints A. Bailey, J. S. Mansfield and R. H. Harrison as Regents of the University Mr/12 2/4
  • every effort should be made to make the University of Arizona a credit Mr/19 2/1
COMMUNICATIONS
     See also: Transportation--Wells Fargo
Postal Service
  • post office at Strawberry is established with Lafayette Nash as postmaster Ja/8 1/3
  • new railroad seems to have disorganized the mail service at Prescott Ja/8 3/1
  • "Seligman" is name of Prescott Junction and a post office is established Ja/8 3/1
  • mail service is still poor from Prescott to Flagstaff Ja/15 3/2
  • present mail service along the A & P is bad Ja/29 2/1
  • Boston Post picks up the mail complaint along the A & P Fe/19 2/3
  • Arizona Champion never received by Williams subscribers Fe/19 3/2
  • Flagstaff service is still irregular Fe/26 3/2
  • A. J. Head takes charge of Prescott post office Fe/26 3/3
  • nearly all the mail bags are burned in Needles railroad accident Mr/5 3/1
  • a new fast east-southwest service is begun Mr/12 1/4
  • mail service gets worse on A & P line Mr/12 3/1
  • post office is established at Strawberry with L. P. Nash as postmaster Mr/19 3/1
  • Dr. D. J. Brannen is appointed postmaster of Flagstaff Mr/19 3/1
  • mail service on the A & P is still bad Mr/26 2/3
  • Verde area complains, establishing a direct route from Flagstaff is the answer Ap/2 2/1
  • Dr. D. J. Brannen is new postmaster and the drugstore the post office Ap/2 3/1
  • no eastern mail arrives in Flagstaff for two days Ap/23 3/1
  • Arizona Champion receives complaints about the receiving of the paper through the mail Ap/23 3/2
  • Flagstaff mail increases so much Dr. Brannen hires another assistant My/21 3/1
  • Chief Clerk Putney is investigating mail irregularities in New Mexico Je/4 3/2
  • Flagstaff and Prescott compare time it takes papers to reach Je/18 2/1
  • Frank Payne is appointed postmaster at the new Belmont post office Je/25 3/1
  • Patsy Collins is appointed postmaster of Kingman Je/25 4/2
  • mails are again very irregular in Flagstaff JY/9 3/1
  • new postal clerk, Johnson, is appointed on the A & P Railroad Jy/23 3/1
  • northern Arizona service gets worse Ag/27 3/2
  • business of Flagstaff post office increases in all of its branches Se/10 3/1
  • mail from Phoenix is forwarded by Prescott due to washouts Se/24 2/2
  • mail service gets worse in Arizona Se/24 3/2
  • changes in color and form of the U. S. postal stamps are given Oc/29 4/1
  • Flagstaff mail service is still miserable No/5 2/1
  • mail carried beyond Flagstaff Monday night No/19 3/3
  • present mail service is compared to days of mail wagons De/3 2/1
  • postal laws of newspapers De/10 2/2
  • inspector goes to Prescott to weigh the amount of mail carried by the P & AC De/10 4/1
  • surplus in the Treasury could well be used for more postal clerkc De/31 2/1
Telegraph
  • Superintendent Beach of the Prescott road contracts for 1,000 telegraph poles Mr/19 3/3
  • office opens over Bank of Arizona in Prescott Ap/16 3/3
  • Benson telegraph fiend is fired over earthquake tales My/21 2/1
  • E. Woodford, Flagstaff Ag/27 3/1
  • the notorious fabricator of telegraph news at Benson has a rival in Prescott Se/17 2/2
  • Western Union Telegraph reduces rates De/3 3/1
  • Fitzgerald's brother is night operator for the A & P De/10 3/1
Telephone
  • Ayer Lumber Co. has three different lines, one to Flagstaff, one to Rogers' Lake branch mill and one to Prentice Vale, an A & P spur Ja/1 1/7
  • Bray's store in Flagstaff puts its telephone number in an advertisement De/24 2/3
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
     See Diseases

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
     See Protestants and Protestantism

CONSTRUCTION
     See Building and Buildings

CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS
     See Roads and Streets

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
     See Diseases

COOKERY

  • bill of fare for Sunday given for A & P Chop House in Flagstaff Ja/8 3/1
  • Richards, Flagstaff, uses fresh cow milk with every stew De/10 3/3
CORPORATIONS
     See Business

COST OF LIVING
     See Economic Conditions

COTTON
     See Agriculture

COURTS
     See Arizona--Courts; and individual cities

COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE

  • license is now required to get married AP/2 3/1
  • legislature passed a law regulating marriages but it is not known yet My/21 2/1
  • L. R. Roat and Carmelita Garcia, San Carlos, are married by Justice Atkins over the telegraph lines Je/11 2/2
  • description of wedding in M E church in Flagstaff De/3 3/4
  • wedding of F. M. Vanderlip and Miss Susie E. Taylor in Flagstaff De/3 3/4
COWBOYS
  • tenderfoot cowboy crop has to travel too far to reach Arizona AP/30 1/3
COWS
     See Livestock--Cattle;   Livestock--Dairy Cattle


CRAFTS
     See Arts, Crafts and Hobbies; for Indian crafts see Indians

CREEKS
     See Water and Water Resources

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
Includes crimes through court convictions after which the articles fall under Prisons and Prisoners.
     See also: Feuds;   Military

  • Pine boys play Christmas pranks Ja/8 1/3
  • famous horse case of Strahan vs. Kilpatrick is decided in Kilpatrick's favor Fe/12 3/1
  • Lot Smith and men take over a store and farm at Moen Copie Fe/12 3/4
  • fight between a Mexican and a Chinaman in Pinal County Fe/19 2/3
  • precinct officers of Flagstaff need to pay attention to discharging of fire arms and dogs Fe/19 3/2
  • three of Lot Smith's party are arrested and given a preliminary examination before Crothers Fe/19 3/3
  • checks of Ayer Lumber Co. are lost in a sealed envelope; payment stopped Fe/19 3/4
  • spring fights start early in Flagstaff Fe/26 3/1
  • three Mormons are charged with grand larceny but discharged Fe/26 3/2
  • Geo. Brady, Tucson, is sent to penitentiary for three years Fe/26 3/3
  • Dr. Warren E. Day arrested in Prescott for bigamy Fe/26 3/3
  • row at the Mineral Belt Railroad causes one bad injury Mr/5 2/4
  • Jake Salzman says story that Nathan Barth and Max Salzman are in jail for defrauding the widow of Barth is untrue Mr/5 3/2
  • three card monte man finds suckers scarce in Flagstaff Mr/19 3/1
  • four train ditchers and horse thieves escape from St. Johns jail Mr/26 2/4
  • information refuting the idea that Nathan Barth and Max Salzman are arrested for defrauding the Barth estate Mr/26 3/4
  • case against James Lay for drawing a pistol on W. E. Lockwood has ended in two hung juries Ap/2 3/1
  • trial before Flagstaff Justice of the Peace for forcible entry and detainer found in favor of John Hance, plaintiff AP/9 3/2
  • case against James Lay charged with drawing a pistol on W. E. Lockwood is dismissed Ap/9 3/2
  • Wm. Haight is brought before Flagstaff Justice of the Peace for using a revolver in a threatening way Ap/16 3/2
  • J. Schwartz, Prescott shoemaker, is missing Ap/16 3/3
  • R. B. Heath left Prescott without paying his creditors Ap/16 3/4
  • four soldiers are arrested for killing cattle belonging to Chiracahua Co. Ap/23 1/3
  • attempt is made in St. Johns to kill Harry Silver Ap/23 2/4
  • Chihuahua Cattle Co. prosecutes soldiers for killing cattle Ap/30 1/3
  • Nathan Barth and Lampson are indicted with jury tampering in Sol Barth's case Ap/30 3/3
  • English Times publishes a purported letter from Parnell to Logan approving the Phoenix Park murder Ap/30 4/1
  • indictments against Colin Cameron are noble possed for want of sufficient evidence My/7 1/4
  • Sol Barth is taken to Yuma by Sheriff Owens My/7 3/2
  • Chas. Geach, agent for Chas. Zeiger, is charged with not paying $50 tax but is released for having no samples My/21 3/2
  • S. B. Bevins, U. S. Interior Department agent, investigates illegal timber cutting in Arizona My/21 3/4
  • Constable Donahue takes Mullin to Prescott jail My/28 3/1
  • couple of soiled doves brought before Judge Crothers in Flagstaff for disturbing the peace My/28 3/2
  • Theodore Roosevelt says there is a lady desperado in Arizona Je/11 2/2
  • Geo. A. Carter, Flagstaff, is fined $75 and costs for flourishing a pistol while drunk Je/11 3/2
  • Geo. Smith is fined $25 and costs for waving a gun in Flagstaff Je/18 2/2
  • Flagstaff's growth causes increase in petty crimes Je/18 3/2
  • Constable Donahue takes Workman and Myer to Prescott Je/18 3/2
  • W. B. Rother is fined $100 and costs for firing a pistol in Flagstaff Je/25 3/2
  • George Prime, J. Y. Crothers and William West, Flagstaff, are arrested for killing the Hawks boys who killed John N. Berry Je/25 3/2
  • Ike Clanton is killed resisting arrest Je/25 4/2
  • Wm. Gould, Flagstaff, is discharged after two juries fail to agree Jy/2 3/2
  • George Prime and J. Y. Crothers return to Flagstaff after giving bond; K. C. Henley and William West will soon Jy/2 3/2
  • Capt. A. L. Gilbert has a stabbing affray with Burt Gale in Williams Jy/2 3/2
  • Wm. B. Rather is fined $100 and costs for firing his pistol on Flagstaff streets JY/2 3/2
  • incorrect information concerning the killing of Swearinger near Flagstaff by Albuquerque correspondent Jy/9 2/2
  • Cook tres affair Jy/9 3/4
  • Judge Wright declares in favor of the Territory against E. J. Cook's bondsmen Jy/16 2/1
  • St. Johns Herald wonders what the boys would say about Flagstaff justice for firing pistols Jy/16 2/3
  • Aztec Land and Cattle Co. charges A. Daggs, T. J. Thorpe, John Miller and H. Kuth for forcible entry at Pine Springs Ranch Jy/16 3/2
  • Davis is recommitted to give district attorney time to get more evidence Jy/23 3/2
  • John Tyman accuses W. Klustemeyer of forcible entry in Flagstaff Jy/23 3/4
  • "Arizona Tough" or Pat Donahue is killed in Denver; he killed a Tombstone man Jy/23 4/1
  • some of the revised statutes and their sentences Jy/30 1/4
  • six go to Prescott for Davis habeas corpus case before Probate Judge O'Neill Jy/30 3/2
  • one man was cut up badly in a knife affray among some Mexicans, another one was fined Jy/30 3/2
  • District Attorney J. C. Herndon decides Arizona drummer's license is illegal and refuses to take a case to court Ag/6 1/4
  • Dan Davis is refused the writ and remanded to custody Ag/6 3/2
  • Clevenger murderers, Wilson and Johnson, are to be executed Friday Ag/6 3/3
  • Charles Meadows is charged with feloniously killing a bull calf by G. W. Gorton Ag/6 3/3
  • vagrant act of Arizona is given Ag/13 2/3
  • Deputy Sheriff Francis and Constable Donahue take Mullen and Hathaway to Prescott Ag/13 3/1
  • R. E. Hathaway, "tin horn," threatens to release Mullens and do up Justice Tinker, is held on $1,000 bond to keep the peace Ag/13 3/3
  • three men and three horses killed at Tewksbury's in Tonto Basin; another party hasn't been heard from Ag/13 3/4
  • Albuquerque announces intention to arrest tin horn gamblers under the vagrant act Ag/13 4/1
  • territorial papers publish rumors of fight in Tonto Basin; Champion's article is obtained from man who came from there Ag/20 2/2
  • Tucson has several arrests for opium smoking Ag/202/3
  • Deputy Sheriff Brighton, Apache County, goes to Graham County to arrest Cunningham for rustling and is arrested for killing Ike Clanton as accused by Cunningham Ag/20 2/3
  • Flagstaff sheepman is robbed in Albuquerque but had put his money in a safe place Ag/20 3/2
  • 90% of the rustling and thieving in Yavapai County takes place on the borders of southern Apache County Ag/27 3/2
  • Andy Cooper is killed in Holbrook resisting arrest for a past crime Se/lO 3/3
  • St. Johns Herald takes offense at the correct statement that 90% of Yavapai County's crime takes place on the Apache border Se/17 2/2
  • George Williams and John Jones are fined $30 and costs for gambling without a license in Flagstaff Se/17 3/1
  • Geo. H. Tinker, Flagstaff Justice of the Peace, makes known that no threats will keep him from his duties according to the law Se/17 3/3
  • Hermann Bucksbaum absconds from Mohave County after robbing public funds over the years Se/17 3/3
  • James O'Brien is acquitted on a misdemeanor charge in Flagstaff Se/24 3/1
  • Francisco C. Baca is sentenced to ten years for robbing the Apache County safe Oc/l 3/3
  • H. G. Temple, acting manager of the Arizona Champion, absconds with $200 Oc/22 3/1
  • nothing heard from Henry Gordon Macgarigle Temple Oc/29 3/1
  • Temple's dishonest proceedings greater than at first thought Oc/29 3/2
  • H. G. Temple takes $11,000 to $12,000 and destroys the books and papers in the office No/5 2/1
  • time Flagstaff citizens have the tramps and bums leave No/5 3/2
  • Champion loses $900 to Temple No/19 3/2
  • two hard cases fined $20 and $125 for shooting up the town in Holbrook No/26 1/4
  • Constable E. F. Odell, Flagstaff, goes to Silver City as a witness against a Mexican who abducted a girl No/26 3/1
  • Ed Lowe, indicted for stealing apples from a railroad car, skips bail No/26 3/2
  • Justice D. G. Harvey, Holbrook, fines a man $125 for shooting up the town No/26 3/2
  • jury decides no pullets stolen in the Flagstaff chicken case De/10 3/1
  • T. J. Behan pleads guilty to attempt to commit rape on a lit girl in Prescott De/10 4/1
  • John Temple sentenced to three years for obstructing A & P tracks De/17 2/2
  • Thos. J. Behan sentenced to twelve years for assault with attempt to commit rape De/17 2/3
  • J. L. Cambridge and Dr. 0. Lincoln of Prescott are indicted for perjury in making and procuring illegal entries of public land De/17 3/1
  • Albert J. Moss, private of the Tenth Cavalry, shoots and kills Mrs. James Dandridge and then himself De/17 3/1
  • Mexican under the influence of whiskey receives severe cuts on the head when attempting to take a horse De/24 3/2
  • report that Thistle and Lot Smith make friends De/31 3/2
Arson
  • John Schmidt is examined before Flagstaff Justice after being released by the grand jury; released due to absence of a witness Ap/9 3/2
  • $500 reward offered for Flagstaff arsonist Ag/20 3/3
  • Patrick Ford and Jerome Ford arrested for burning a house in the estate of C. P. Stanton No/26 3/2
  • Patrick Ford is released on bond De/3 4/1
Assault
  • three drunk railroad men fight over a fire with one being killed Fe/26 3/3
  • George Frink, cattle inspector, is murderously assaulted at Wilcox by Charley Wilson Mr/12 3/2
  • Frank Reed, St. Johns, is assaulted by Harris Baldwin with metalshielded knuckles Ap/30 3/2
  • G. A. Scott, Mineral Park, is held for shooting George Monroe My/14 2/4
  • Mullin is held for grand jury for assaulting John Malee with an ax My/28 3/2
  • Holzman is assaulted by Schweringer and Davis Je/4 3/3
  • grand jury indicts Wm. Mullen for assault with intent to murder Je/18 3/2
  • Thomas Swearinger shot while resisting arrest; Davis captured Jy/9 2/3
  • Wm. Mullen sentenced to two years for assault on John Malee Jy/9 4/1
  • Under Sheriff Waddell takes Mullen to Yuma penitentiary Jy/16 3/5
  • Geo. Davis is charged $15 and costs for participating in the assault on Ed Hoops in Flagstaff Ag/13 3/1
  • Wm. Mullens is fined $200 and costs or five months in jail for assault on Ed Hoops Ag/13 3/3
  • John Doe fined $7 and costs for giving R. Roe a black eye in Flagstaff Se/3 3/1
  • W. A. Rang is freed by grand jury for "assault with a deadly weapon" No/19 3/2
  • Al Cook found guilty on a charge of aggravated assault in Prescott No/26 1/4
  • Al Cook sentenced to two years for aggravated battery of a woman De/17 2/2
Embezzlement
  • Francisco Baca found guilty and sentenced to ten years Oc/l 3/1
Forgery
  • Sol Barth, St. Johns, is found guilty of raising the value of territorial warrants; appeal to be made Ap/30 3/3
Graft
     See Indians--Government Relations;   Indians--Opinion and Treatment

Libel

  • description of the libel suit brought by Secretary Bayard against the Journal Miner Ja/8 3/4
Lynching
  • how the Hawks Brothers were killed during an attempt to lynch one of them Ja/22 3/2
  • editorial on lynchings Ag/6 2/2
Murder
     See also: Feuds
  • St. Johns Herald and others want legislature to pass a law prohibiting Justices of the Peace from releasing murderers; Arizona Champion disagrees Ja/15 2/2
  • shortly before Berry died he was asked who shot him Ja/22 3/1
  • how John N. Berry was killed in Flagstaff and how accused Hawks brothers were also killed Ja/22 3/2
  • Mr. & Mrs. Clevinger, Gila County, are murdered while on the way to Utah Fe/5 2/4
  • Sheriff Mulvenon captures murderers of Saml. Clevinger and wife Fe/12 3/1
  • Refugia Rievera arrested in Nogales for a murder of fifteen years ago Fe/19 2/3
  • Mexican, Filipe Robles, murdered in Tucson Fe/19 2/3
  • Mexican sheepherder killed at Daggs Bros. herder's camp where he worked Fe/19 3/2
  • murderers of Clevinger and wife are brought to Prescott; two men and a girl Fe/19 3/4
  • Frank M. Green is killed in Tombstone Fe/26 3/3
  • Deputy Sheriff John Francis takes Owen King to Prescott Mr/5 3/1
  • Sheriff Mulvenon goes to Nevada and Utah for Clevenger murder witnesses Mr/5 3/1
  • Owen King is arrested for killing a man in a drunken row in Walnut Mr/5 3/2
  • Sheriff Mulvenon starts for Nevada for witnesses in Clevenger case Mr/5 3/3
  • Lacky & Tassier, sheepmen, are murdered and Lacky burned at his cabin with four Mexicans as suspects Mr/12 3/3
  • examination of Clevenger murders to take place Thursday Mr/19 3/3
  • Thomas Salcido is killed at Fairbanks Mr/19 3/3
  • Con Ryan, Crittenden, murdered Mr/26 2/3
  • two Mexicans are arrested for the murder of Lacky and partner Mr/26 3/1
  • a Mexican reports a grave near Kendrick mountain; suspecting Becker's, Deputy Sheriff Francis investigates, nothing Mr/26 3/2
  • John N. Berry's death is misrepresented in the Journal-Miner of Prescott Ap/2 2/2
  • Duncan brothers', Huachuca Mountains, murder is a canard Ap/2 2/3
  • two sheep herders are killed by cowboys at Grant station Ap/2 2/3
  • story of how John N. Berry was killed and what happened to George and W. Hawks Ap/2 3/3
  • Erigues Papa shoots Quires near Tucson Ap/9 3/4
  • Mariano Leyba is killed resisting arrest for the murder of Lacky Ap/9 4/2
  • Wm. Springer arrested in Globe for killing wife at San Bernardino Ap/23 2/4
  • George Monroe is killed in a shooting fray with Scott in Mineral Park Ap/23 3/4
  • Globe prisoner is identified as William Springer, Colton wife murderer Ap/30 2/3
  • Globe prisoner turns out to be Henry Kurth, not Springer My/7 2/4
  • Patrick Mullen, Show Low, is killed by Frank Clark in St. Johns My/7 3/2
  • W. B. Slaughter is recovering, Young Blood has been captured and Adkins is being pursued My/14 3/1
  • Deputy Sheriff Francis is on Samuel S. Skull's murderer's trail My/28 3/1
  • remains of an unidentified man found fifteen miles north of Flagstaff My/28 3/2
  • Skull is killed at his home My/28 3/4
  • Woods Station is robbed and Thomas Moore killed Je/11 2/2
  • Prescott's opinion is that Samuel S. Skull was killed for his money Je/11 2/2
  • dead man who was found fifteen miles south of Flagstaff is identified as Scotty Tucker who disappeared in 1885 Je/11 3/3
  • Jose Garcia is knifed between Flagstaff and Milltown by Manato Martin Je/18 3/3
  • Johnson is found guilty in the Clevenger murders Je/18 3/3
  • inquest returns verdict that Jose Garcia was killed by Nanato Martin in Flagstaff Je/25 3/2
  • Governor Zulick offers $500 reward for Samuel S. Skull's murderer's arrest Jy/9 4/1
  • Judge Wright sentences Wilson and Johnson to be hanged for Clevenger murders Jy/9 4/1
  • Long Hair and Jack Timberline, desperadoes, shot at their camp fire in Graham County Jy/16 3/5
  • Lee Renfro killed resisting arrest, being the third of the four killers of Ike Ellinger Ag/6 3/2
  • body of an unknown Mexican found near Florence Se/3 3/4
  • Michael McCormick murdered near Tombstone Se/3 3/4
  • Constable Donahue takes Martin Duran to Prescott jail Se/24 3/1
  • Martin Duran, Flagstaff, kills Reyes Baca due to jealousy Se/24 3/3
  • an Indian for unknown reasons kills W. B. Horton; Indian is killed in resisting arrest Oc/l 3/2
  • Juan Carrllo sentenced to five years for murder of a Navajo Indian Oc/l 3/3
  • John Clark sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder of Pat Mullen Oc/l 3/3
  • G. W. Gorton is killed by an employee, Louis Brown, in Winslow Oc/l 3/3
  • doubt is placed on the idea that Brown killed G. W. Gorton Oc/8 3/3
  • Manuel Franco kills his wife in Nogales for working on the American side Oc/15 2/3
  • a section man in Winslow is killed by another in a fight Oc/15 3/3
  • Pilar Persas is arrested for three murders in a kidnapping in Flagstaff Oc/22 3/4
  • Martin Duran, Flagstaff Mexican, is found guilty of killing a young Mexican girl No/19 3/1
  • Geo. Prime found not guilty at District Court No/19 3/3
  • De Witt Whitney, Bumble Bee, kills J. W. Brice over a wife swap De/3 3/3
  • Thomas Taylor is killed in Winslow De/10 3/2
  • Martin Duran sentenced to death for killing a Mexican woman De/17 2/3
  • Knox Lee sentenced to six years for involuntary manslaughter of a Mexican De/17 2/3
Polygamy
     See Mormons and Mormonism

Robbery

  • Phoenix bank of Kale & Lewis almost burglarized Mr/26 2/3
  • Ramon Bulenon killed while attempting to enter F. L. Beal's house in Challender Ap/2 3/2
  • $20 and $10 bills lost in Flagstaff; $10 reward if found Ap/9 3/1
  • D. C. Maguire, Flagstaff, is robbed of $35 by Jose Ortago with Alfred Graham and William Scott involved; Ortago given four months, Graham and Scott freed Ap/23 3/3
  • $5 reward for lost brown beaver overcoat Ap/23 3/4
  • W. H. Wheaton, San Pedro, is robbed and whipped by four Mexicans; caught Ap/30 1/4
  • first Arizona train robbery takes place eight miles east of Pantano, station; rewards are offered AP/30 3/3
  • Jesse and Frank James' disciples rob the Southern Pacific train My/7 2/1
  • Tucson releases men suspected of the Southern Pacific train robbery My/14 2/4
  • seventeen-year-old youth, Flagstaff, charged with stealing $20 from a female resident of the skating rink; freed My/14 3/2
  • U. S. Marshal Meade is still on the trail of the train robbers My/21 2/1
  • detectives claim to be on the right trail of the Southern Pacific Railroad robbers My/21 3/3
  • Constable Donahue takes Sidney Duffield to Prescott county jail for petit larceny Je/11 3/1
  • Sidney Duffield, Flagstaff, is given forty days for stealing Ed Gale's pants Je/11 3/2
  • D. Wileman is fined $60 and costs for stealing blankets and other things from Wells, Fargo & Co. Je/11 3/2
  • Southern Pacific Railroad seems to be a favorite of train robbers Je/25 2/1
  • Wm. M. Workman and J. N. Elder imprisoned in Flagstaff for stealing 300 ties from Arizona Mineral Belt; escape Jy/2 3/3
  • Francisco Baca is arrested for robbing the treasurer's safe in Apache County Jy/23 2/3
  • Al W. McQueen is arrested upon suspicion of being involved with the Southern Pacific train robbery Ag/6 3/5
  • case of F. Fairchild in Justice Tinker's court, Flagstaff, is dismissed Ag/20 3/1
  • two men take $25,000 from a Southern Pacific Railroad robbery Ag/20 4/1
  • Southern Pacific train robbers Ag/27 2/1, 2/1
  • armed forces should be carried over lines that have robberies Ag/27 2/1
  • some Indians arrested in Tempe Ag/27 2/2
  • southern Arizona still excited over Southern Pacific robbery Ag/27 2/2
  • San Francisco Chronicle is incorrect in amount taken in the Southern Pacific robbery Ag/27 2/2
  • cane is stolen from Champion's office in Flagstaff Ag/27 3/1
  • Pedro Morrales is fined $40 for petty larceny in Flagstaff Se/3 3/1
  • Sheriff Slaughter arrests five men near Sten's Pass as train robbers Se/3 3/4
  • two of the Southern Pacific train robbers are claimed to have been arrested Se/3 4/1
  • attempt made to rob J. R. Kilpatrick at his home Se/17 3/2
  • A & P is robbed three miles west of Navajo Springs Se/17 3/3
  • $5 reward for a lost gold Knight of Pythias charm in Flagstaff Se/17 3/4
  • money from lady's purse may be kept, no questions asked, if purse is returned, Flagstaff Se/24 3/2
  • attempt to rob a Southern Pacific train at Papago is frustrated Oc/l 3/2
  • the lost checks from Arizona Mineral Belt to P. Carrol and J. McKillen are no longer of any value Oc/22 3/1
  • nine checks and orders mailed at Flagstaff on July 29th have not reached the Albuquerque bank No/5 2/2
  • Kid Swingles is credited with the robbery of the state eight miles from Navajo No/5 3/2
  • Jas. A. Vail's saloon safe is robbed No/5 3/3
  • Charles Clifford, Flagstaff, is held over for grand jury for theft of one chest of tea No/12 3/1
  • petty stealing is rampant in Flagstaff No/19 2/3
  • J. W. Thomas is fined $20 and costs or 57 days for stealing a Colt pistol in Flagstaff No/19 3/2
  • loose postage stamps sold in Flagstaff are questioned No/19 3/2
  • Ed Lowe, freight agent for P & AC, is indicted by grand jury for burglary No/26 1/4
  • Mrs. L. C. Holly has her pocketbook with $175 stolen from under her pillow No/26 3/3
  • fine silver watch is stolen from Kilpatrick's store De/3 3/2
  • Deputy Sheriff J. McKinney looks in Flagstaff for a man who stole two railroad checks De/3 3/2
  • attempt is made to burglarize E. F. Odell's residence in Flagstaff De/3 3/2
  • Horace Johnson steals $22 from San Juan saloon, Flagstaff, and is given 90 days De/3 3/2
  • R. Manns, Flagstaff shoemaker, has shop broken open and several valuables stolen De/3 3/3
  • Ed Lowe sentenced to one year for stealing a barrel of apples De/17 2/2
  • Charles Clifford sentenced to eight months for stealing a box of tea in Flagstaff De/17 2/2
Rustling
  • estray laws in Arizona are imperfect Ja/22 2/1
  • Apache County Deputy Sheriff and two assistants are killed while attempting to arrest a Navajo horse thief Fe/19 3/2
  • horse thieves cause trouble in Cochise County Mr/5 3/2
  • one of Cochise County horse thieves is arrested in Wilcox Mr/12 3/2
  • $10 reward for gray horse belonging to Guy Foote Mr/26 2/4
  • $5 reward for lost dark brown horse of W. E. Meacock, Flagstaff AP/9 3/4
  • horse stealing is prevalent in southern Arizona Ap/16 1/4
  • $50 reward for two mules of Geo. B. Bent, Flagstaff Ap/16 2/4
  • F. De C. Pitts, Flagstaff, has a horse stolen Ap/23 3/1
  • party of Mormons from Snowflake says horses sold in the Salt River Valley a year ago are their stolen ones My/7 1/3
  • Phin. Clanton, Apache County cattle thief, is in jail My/21 1/3
  • D. A. Murphy has a gray horse in his possession My/28 2/4
  • horse stealing is a problem in Tonto Basin Je/11 1/3
  • W. M. Workman and Claude Myer are accused of killing a calf and are held over for grand jury, unique defense Je/18 2/2
  • horse thieving is all over southwest Je/25 1/3
  • $15 reward for small black saddle mare owned by Vanderlip Brothers Je/25 3/3
  • no news of any Southern Pacific train robbers Jy/2 2/3
  • Horrance, cattle thief, found shot to death near Nogales JY/9 1/3
  • H. Campbell has lost or had stolen a bay horse, $25 reward Jy/23 3/4
  • El Paso paper says Flagstaff organizes committee to punish cattle thieves, but Flagstaff doesn't know about it Ag/13 1/3
  • Kid Swingle, horse thief, is found hung on a tree in Graham County Ag/20 2/3
  • C. Meadows is held on $1,000 bond for action of grand jury in the killing of a calf of Waters Cattle Co. Ag/20 3/1
  • bodies of horse and cattle thieves are found hanging from trees in Apache County Se/3 1/3
  • Miguel Trujillo is charged with stealing a horse in Flagstaff and is held under $750 bail for grand jury Se/17 3/1
  • Phin Clanton sentenced to ten years for stealing a calf Oc/l 3/3
  • latest device used in cattle stealing De/3 1/4
  • John H. Means offers $40 for the recovery of three horses either lost or stolen De/3 3/1
Shooting
  • Brannick Riggs life was saved in a shooting scrape with Thomas Hannon by a breast pocketbook Ja/8 2/3
CRIMINALS
     See Crimes and Criminals

CUSTOMS
     See Tariff and Customs

CUTALPA

  • Gila County town Fe/5 3/3
DAIRY CATTLE
     See Livestock--Dairy Cattle

DAMS
     See Water and Water Resources

DANCING
     See Entertainment

DEATHS
     See Children; individual names

DEBTS
     See Banks and Finance--Debts

DECORATION DAY
     See Holidays and Religious Days

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     See Elections and Politics

DENTISTS
     See Medicine as a Profession

DISASTERS
Includes only natural calamities.
     See also: Accidents;   Fires and Fire Prevention;   Forest Fires;   Railroads--Accidents

  • earthquake felt from El Paso to Albuquerque, and slightly at Navajo Springs My/7 2/4
  • earthquake shock is felt all along the Southern Pacific, in Tucson, Benson and even lightly in Phoenix My/7 3/2
  • Cuberto Gonzales, sheep raiser on Arizona-New Mexico border, finds three herders dead after earthquake My/7 3/2
  • earthquake cracks the ground in Benson and does some damage to buildings My/14 2/4
  • earthquakes are said to have developed new streams of water and lakes in southern Arizona My/21 1/3
  • Nogales feels another small shock of earthquake My/28 3/4
  • severe sand storm interupts Phoenix celebration Jy/16 3/4
  • heavy rain storm sweeps away five houses and kills one child in Nogales Jy/23 2/3
  • Southern Pacific and the New Mexico-Arizona Railroad have bad washouts Jy/23 2/3
  • Nogales has a tornado Jy/30 3/4
  • heavy rains injure tracks and delay trains on P & AC Ag/27 3/2
  • sort of tornado hits Williams house a few miles north of Belmont Se/3 3/2
  • rains break up the P & AC tracks again Se/17 3/1
  • flood occurs near Tucson washing away four miles of the Southern Pacific Se/17 4/1
  • Southern Pacific washout is worst known Se/24 4/2
  • Gila River rises ten feet in one day Oc/l 3/4
  • A & P has a washout near Laguna, New Mexico Oc/l 3/4
DISEASES

Includes only human diseases and methods used to control their spread. Animal diseases are found under Livestock.

  • Ed Gale, Flagstaff, suffers inflammatory rheumatism Ja/22 3/1
  • John Severinge dies of pneumonia Fe/5 3/1
  • Mrs. Michael B. Brannen dies from chronic bronchitis Fe/5 3/1
  • Daniel Chrisman, fourteen years old, dies of cerebro spinal meningitis Ap/2 3/1
  • young Apaches on the San Carlos have whooping cough Jy/23 2/3
  • Dr. S. B. Farnham, Lynx Creek, dies of stomach cancer Ag/20 2/3
  • William T. Booth dies in Flagstaff of a typhoid condition Ag/27 3/2
  • Flagstaff children have mumps No/19 3/1
  • P. J. Berry has an attack of inflammatory rheumatism De/17 3/1
  • Roden, a stockman on the Little Colorado, is seriously ill with heart disease De/31 3/2
Cholera
  • wans in South America Fe/19 4/1
  • is in Guaymas, communication should be cut off between Guaymas and Nogales Ap/30 2/1
  • Dr. E. A. Corse is appointed quarantine officer at Yuma Ap/30 3/1
  • five cases of Asiatic cholera reported in Guaymas Ap/30 4/1
  • virulent outbreak is in Mexico City Ap/30 4/1
  • Guaymas says there is no cholera in that city My/7 2/1
  • 113 deaths in Messina in three days Se/24 4/1
  • spreads in Italy Se/24 4/1
Measles
  • several Flagstaffians are down with measles Fe/26 3/1, 3/1
  • are fast disappearing from the juvenile population Mr/5 3/1
  • Mrs. D. H. Hart, Flagstaff, very ill Mr/12 3/1
  • Dr. P. G. Cornish returns from the Little Colorado Ap/2 3/1
Smallpox
  • case is reported in Holbrook Ja/1 4/2
  • is scaring the people of southern California Mr/5 4/2
  • subsides in Los Angeles Mr/19 4/1
  • report of outbreak in Phoenix is untrue Ap/2 2/3
  • man dies in Casa Grand Ap/9 3/4
  • reported in the insane asylum Ap/23 2/4
  • gambler dies at Casa Grande Ap/23 2/4
  • is fearful in Cuba since vaccination is not permitted Je/4 4/1
  • district court of Pima County adjourns in Nogales Je/25 4/2
  • leaves Nogales Jy/2 2/3
  • disappears from southern Arizona and schools reopen Jy/9 4/1
DISEASES (MENTAL)
     See Mental Health

DIVORCE

  • two divorce cases are on the District Court calendar Oc/29 2/2
DOCTORS
     See Medicine as a Profession

DOGS
     See Pets

DOMESTIC ANIMALS
     See Livestock

DRAINAGE
     See Water and Water Resources

DRIPPING SPRINGS

  • Dripping Springs Ag/13 1/3
DRUGS
     See Alcohol and Drugs

DRUNKS
     See Alcohol and Drugs

DRY FARMING
     See Agriculture

DUTIES
     See Tariff and Customs

EARTHQUAKES
     See Disasters

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Includes prices and cost of living. Transportation advertisements may contain rates at times.
     See also: Banks and Finance

  • P. J. Brannen advertises suits, flour, oats, potatoes and corn Mr/12 3/1, 3/1
  • prices in Flagstaff Mr/19 3/2
  • shows $3.50 or $4.00 at P. J. Brannen's De/313/1, 3/1
EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS
     See also: Colleges and Universities
  • office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is useless Fe/5 2/1
  • Legislature report includes a discussion of the education bill Fe/5 2/3
  • our Superintendent of Public Instruction wants old world despotic laws Fe/12 2/1
  • modesty is not a trait of Superintendent Strauss Fe/19 2/1
  • editorial on education of brains versus hands Fe/19 2/2
  • $4,885 is apportioned among Yavapai County districts Fe/19 3/1
  • Yavapai County board of examiners will meet Monday to examine applicants for school certificates Mr/5 3/3
  • Professor 0. S. Fowler examines young "hopefuls" of southern Arizona Ap/16 3/3
  • new Yavapai County school district established at Sycamore and Tonto Creek Ap/16 3/4
  • four applicants for teacher's certificates fail to pass Je/11 2/2
  • coming election for school trustees will elect one for one year, one for two years and one for three years Je/113/2
  • Charles M. Strauss attends national convention of education in Chicago Jy/16 3/5
  • Rev. N. L. Guthrie is granted a life diploma as a teacher by Arizona Board of Education Jy/23 3/1
  • Yavapai County School Superintendent W. 0. O'Neill apportions school money Ag/27 2/2
  • Miss Weatherford and Miss Coffin take the examination by the Board of School Examiners Se/10 3/1
  • opens Monday Se/10 3/4
  • editorial on the type of education children receive Oc/8 2/2
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
  • Yavapai County has but 1,340 school children Oc/29 2/2
  • Probate Judge O'Neill, ex-officio county superintendent, apportions school money on hand Oc/29 3/1
  • parents should visit the institution and      See how their offspring are progressing De/17 3/2
Cottonwood
  • H. D. Ross teaches in Cottonwood Ap/2 3/1
Flagstaff
  • Flagstaff history Ja/1 2/3
  • school is in prosperous condition with good attendance Ja/29 3/1
  • appropriation is $700.40 Ja/29 3/1
  • Go. P. Crothers reports on school attendance and tardiness Fe/12 3/4
  • Probate Judge, W. W. O'Neill, attends official duties Mr/26 3/1
  • trustees ask for bids for erection of an addition to the school building Ap/23 3/1
  • closing exercises are open to the public Ap/30 3/4
  • new wing of the school house is completed My/21 3/1
  • election of school trustees takes place last Saturday of the month Je/11 3/1
  • school election takes place today Je/25 3/2
  • results of the school trustee election Jy/2 3/1
  • no trouble regarding teacher appointmentonly a lively contest between two young ladies Se/24 3/2
  • Judge O'Neill settles teachers' problems by having Miss Weatherford teach three months and then Miss Coffin Oc/l 3/2
  • public school closed on 23rd for one week holiday De/31 3/1
Payson
  • Miss Carrie Nash closes her school Friday Ja/8 1/3
Pine
  • has 41 enrolled Ja/8 1/3
Prescott
  • St. Joseph's academy reopens on September 5th in Prescott after being remodeled Ag/27 3/2
Verde
  • Horace Poiner is a school teacher Fe/12 3/1
Winslow
  • Miss May Brower is appointed teacher Oc/8 3/1
Yuma
  • Indian school at Fort Yuma opens with 75 children Oc/l 3/4
EDUCATORS
Only the original article containing an educator's name is listed here; for complete information see the individual's name.
  • Miss Carrie Nash, Payson teacher Ja/8 1/3
  • Horace Poiner, Verde teacher Fe/12 3/1
  • Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles M. Strauss Fe/19 2/1
  • R. H. Harrison, Regent of the University Mr/12 2/4
  • J. S. Mansfield, Regent of the University Mr/12 2/4
  • A. Bailey, Regent of the University Mr/12 2/4
  • Ben Goldman, Board of Territorial Normal School Mr/12 2/3
  • Joseph Campbell, Board of Territorial Normal School Mr/12 2/3
  • H. D. Ross, teacher at Cottonwood Ap/2 3/1
  • Professor 0. S. Fowler Ap/16 3/3
  • Rev. N. L. Guthrie receives teaching certificate Jy/23 3/1
  • Yavapai County School Superintendent W. 0. O'Neill Ag/27 2/2
  • Miss Coffin, teacher Se/10 3/1
  • Miss Weatherford, teacher Se/10 3/1
  • Miss May Brower, Winslow teacher Oc/8 3/1
ELECTIONS AND POLITICS
  • Tombstone Democrat political creed Ap/16 2/1
ELECTRICITY
  • several Globe incandescent lamps are in Flagstaff My/14 3/1
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
     See Electricity

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS
     See Educators

EMBEZZLEMENT
     See Crimes and Criminals--Embezzlement

EMERALD CITY OF THE MOGOLLONS
     See Flagstaff

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
     See also: Mormons and Mormonism

  • office of commissioner of immigration is of no value Ja/29 2/3
  • Yuma Sentinel is for discontinuing the office of Immigration Commissioner Ja/29 3/3
  • if a commissioner of immigration is appointed it should be L. C. Hughes Fe/5 2/1
  • Legislature report includes the bill to abolish the office of the commissioner of immigration Fe/5 2/3
  • L. C. Hughes would be a good commissioner of immigration Fe/19 2/1
  • report of capital doings includes commissioner of immigration bill and appropriation Fe/19 2/4
  • Arizonians would not allow Farish to occupy position of commissioner Fe/26 3/1
  • L.C. Hughes would meet with general approbation as commissioner Mr/5 2/1
  • tide of immigration is daily rolling in Mr/5 3/1
  • Legislature reduces commissioner's salary Mr/5 3/3
  • L. C. Hughes offered probate judgeship to clear the way for another commissioner Mr/12 2/3
  • governor appoints Col. Cameron H. King as commissioner Mr/12 2/4
  • Governor Zulick should have appointed L. C. Hughes commissioner Mr/19 2/1
  • H. Cameron King opens Phoenix office as commissioner Ap/16 3/3
  • disgraceful for Cameron H. King to be involved in a land fraud prosecution Jy/23 2/2
  • Tucson men raise $200 to pay newspapers to issue extra copies for free distribution through U. S. Ag/20 2/3
  • California has many people out of work; when will people realize and come to Arizona De/10 2/1
  • Commissioner Cameron H. King draws questionable amount from Treasurer for first three months De/24 2/2
  • next spring large eastern parties will seek homes here De/24 3/2
  • Tempe News attacks Col. Cameron H. King, Commissioner, without hold De/31 2/1
  • A & P could help by insuring low rate excursion tickets between Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Arizona towns De/31 2/2
EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR
     See also: Business;   Clubs and Organizations;   Mines and Mining;   Railroads
  • Mrs. J. M. Jacobs, Flagstaff, advertises for plain sewing or dressmaking Ja/15 3/1
  • first class blacksmith wanted in Flagstaff Mr/26 2/4
  • 20 tie choppers arrive in Flagstaff, employed by Holzman and Kennedy Ap/2 3/1
  • J. A. Marshall needs 50 tie cutters Ap/23 3/1
  • tie choppers wanted by Wm. Powell at the end of the Mineral Belt Railroad Ap/23 3/4
  • labor is scarce in Flagstaff Je/4 3/1
  • cook wanted for a family Je/25 3/1
  • few men wanted to work at tail end of a buzz saw six miles west of Flagstaff Jy/23 2/3
ENTERTAINMENT
     See also: Arts, Crafts and Hobbies;   Fairs;   Sports;   Music
  • Capt. Jack Crawford, poet scout, lectures in southern Arizona Mr/19 3/3
Bellemont
  • hop is promised at Walter J. Hill's Oc/22 3/2
Flagstaff
  • Mite Society elects officers, list given Ja/8 3/2
  • dance is given at Hawks' Hall Ja/15 3/1
  • Sons of Veterans, GAR and Women's Relief Corps will give dance on Washington's birthday Ja/15 3/1
  • box supper for aid to the church is to be given Wednesday at the school house Ja/15 3/1
  • box supper is postponed Ja/22 3/1
  • social party held in the school house to aid in purchasing a heating stove for the church Ja/29 3/2
  • Sons of Veterans will give this evening Fe/5 3/1
  • Sons of Veterans dance is a success Fe/12 3/1
  • concert to be given to raise funds for new church Fe/12 3/1
  • social dance is given at the Grand Army Hall on St. Patrick's Day Mr/5 3/1
  • Methodist church gives a pound party to their pastor Mr/12 3/1
  • surprise party is held at W. N. Fain's Mr/19 3/1
  • Mite Society gives a party in the new church building Mr/26 3/2
  • impromptu dance at W. H. Ashurst's home a half mile south of town Ap/23 3/2
  • concert is given in church under direction of J. B. Elmore AP/23 3/3
  • Mite Society meets in the church My/21 3/1
  • Professor Buyub is at the Grand Army Hall Je/18 3/2
  • Professor Buyub gives a pleasing entertainment and another planned for tomorrow Je/18 3/3
  • social held at church Jy/9 3/2
  • an excursion party views Arizona Mineral Belt progress Ag/13 3/1
  • walking match to continue for eight days is to begin at the skating rink Ag/13 3/1
  • GAR gives entertainment at the church Se/10 3/2
  • W. A. Switzer helds a birthday party for Willie Switzer, 18, and Miss Emma Laub, 17 Se/10 3/2
  • GAR's entertainment at the church is a success Se/17 3/2
  • art gallery at the church is a success Oc/8 3/1
  • Knights of Pythias give a grand ball on the evening of Thanksgiving Oc/15 3/4
  • Literary Society gives entertainment at the M E church No/5 3/2
  • traveling showman gives exhibition of art at the GAR hall No/26 3/2
  • Women's Relief Corps gives a box supper on December l5th for the order De/10 3/2
  • surprise party is given Miss Bertha Lockwood De/10 3/3
  • F. E. Foster, Milton, gives a Christmas party for youth De/31 3/1
  • dance at the GAR Hall on Wednesday De/31 3/2
Payson
  • has fine ball Friday Ja/8 1/3
Prescott
  • enjoy a circus De/3 4/1
St. Johns
  • will have a bull fight on St. John's day Je/18 3/1
Seligman
  • grand ball celebrates opening of the new hotel Mr/26 2/3
Tombstone
  • recent paper carnival nets sum of $124 Mr/5 3/2
Williams
  • grand ball is to be held on the llth with Flagstaff invited Mr/5 3/3
EPIDEMIC
     See Diseases

ESCAPES (PRISON)
     See Prisons and Prisoners

EPISCOPALIANS
     See Protestants and Protestantism

EXHIBITIONS
     See Fairs

EXPLORERS

  • Capt. Jack Crawford, scout Mr/19 3/3
EXPOSITIONS
     See Fairs

FADS
     See also: Courtship and Marriage;   Entertainment

  • latest craze in Flagstaff is shaking dice for the cider and oysters Ap/2 3/1
FAIRS

  • council passes a bill donating $10,000 to the Territorial Industrial Exposition Ja/29 3/3
  • Pierce and Hardy little realized the popularity of the cowboy tournament when they proposed it Oc/29 1/3
  • stock holders elect directors, gate receipts higher than last year Oc/29 3/3
New Mexico Exposition
  • arrangements are made to hold annual Territorial Fair at Albuquerque Ap/9 3/2
  • Sixth Annual Fair takes place September 20, 21, 22 and 23 Je/25 3/2
  • will have a cowboy tournament, racing, livestock, bands, and firemen Jy/2 3/2
  • will be held September 20th through 23rd Jy/23 3/2
  • will be best show ever seen in the southwest Ag/6 3/1
  • promises to be largest and best show in southwest Ag/20 3/1
  • Flagstaff baseball club writes Albuquerque to set up a game at the fair Ag/20 3/2
  • Arizona should exhibit their best stock Se/3 1/3
  • premium list sent to Champion office Se/3 3/2
  • begins in ten days Se/10 3/1
  • playing positions of the Flagstaff nine going to play baseball Se/10 3/2
  • attractions are given Se/17 3/2
  • large number attended yesterday Se/24 3/1
  • Nat Greer, Arizona cowboy, receives a $40 gold medal for championship cattle and bronco roping Oc/15 1/4
FARM ANIMALS
     See Livestock

FARM CROPS
     See Agriculture

FARMING
     See Agriculture

FARM PRODUCE
     See Agriculture

FARMS
     See Ranches and Farms

FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION
     See Education and Schools

FERRIES
     See Transportation

FESTIVALS
     See Holidays and Religious Days

FEUDS
     See also: Crimes and Criminals;   Livestock--Sheep

  • fight between sheep herders and cowboys occurs near Grant station on the A & P Ap/2 2/3
  • desperate fight at Holbrook between four Mexicans and twenty-five cowboys Ap/16 3/2
  • New Mexico sheepmen anger Apache County cattlemen by driving sheep into Apache County Jy/9 1/3
FEVER
     See Diseases

FIGHTS
     See Sports--Fights

FINANCE
     See Banks and Finance;   Economic Conditions

FIREARMS
     See also: Accidents--Firearms

  • New Mexico charges $300 for carrying a concealed weapon; Arizona nothing Mr/19 3/1
FIREARMS ACCIDENTS
     See Accidents--Firearms

FIRE ENGINES
     See Fires and Fire Prevention

FIRE INSURANCE
     See Insurance

FIRE PREVENTION
     See Fires and Fire Prevention

FIRES AND FIRE PREVENTION
     See also: Forest Fires

  • Robinson's and John Prince's houses destroyed in Tucson Ja/29 3/2
  • large portion of Quijotoa is destroyed by fire Ja/29 3/2
  • fire destroys saloon under the Central Hotel in Tucson Fe/26 3/3
  • Antelope station house burns Mr/5 3/2
  • destroys Robert Self's house, Winslow Mr/19 3/1
  • Phoenix fire department orders a new engine Ap/23 2/4
  • Aztlan mill burns in Prescott Je/11 2/2
  • Oliver & Co's store is set afire by railroad engine sparks in Seligman Jy/30 3/2
  • A. G. Oliver & Co.'s store burns including the P & AC Railroad office and the post office in Seligman Jy/30 3/3
  • Mrs. Wm. Reed is killed by coal oil can and a stove in Tucson Jy/30 3/4
  • fire breaks out in S. F. Smith's store, whole row of buildings burn in Needles Ag/13 2/4
  • Tucson reorganizes fire department Ag/27 2/2
  • bunk house at the Bellmont mill burns Oc/22 3/2
Flagstaff
  • old town fire should impress residents of the need for precaution My/14 2/1
  • six houses destroyed in Old Town, fire started by sparks from a passing train My/14 2/3
  • too little water and too much fire in old town My/14 3/1
  • old corral of Ayer Lumber Company burns, Mineral Belt engine sparks are the cause My/14 3/2
  • boys should explode firecrackers away from buildings Jy/2 3/2
  • Az. Lumber Company's main mill burns Jy/23 3/3
  • arson fire found in time behind the extension of the Gonzales building; proceedings of citizens meeting concerning the incident Ag/20 3/3
  • arrangements begin to organize a fire company Ag/27 3/1
  • adjourned citizens meeting was reopened Monday evening, reports on Chinese and new fire company are given Ag/27 3/4
  • half of opening night proceeds of Flagstaff Opera House goes for a Hook and Ladder Company Se/10 3/1
FLAGSTAFF
     See also: Transportation--Local
  • eleven columns of Flagstaff history Ja/1 1/2
  • as described by Geo. Eddy Ja/15 1/5
  • memorial service to be held for Gen. John A. Logan Ja/153/4
  • public meeting to be held to arrange for a night watchman Ja/22 3/1
  • all saloons closed from Berry's death until funeral Ja/22 3/1
  • has been in mourning a week Ja/22 3/1
  • has a new night watchman Ja/29 3/1
  • committee appointed to hire and pay a watchman Ja/29 3/3
  • has a genuine, continuous boom Fe/5 2/1
  • railroad junction is across from Arizona Champion office Fe/5 3/1
  • anniversary article from the fire showing growth Fe/12 3/3
  • five room house and outhouses on south side of railroad tracks is for sale Fe/19 2/3
  • reason a large number of easterners are moving to the area is given Fe/26 2/3
  • number of strangers continue to arrive Fe/26 3/1
  • side walk is being laid from Bank of Flagstaff building to corner of Gold Avenue Fe/26 3/1
  • Capt. Bullwinkle lays plank crossing from Az. Cattle Co. butchering establishment to the post office corner Mr/5 3/1
  • building boom continues with lots staked off on the mesa north of town Mr/5 3/1
  • Col. Harry Reed comments on Flagstaff's prospective greatness Mr/5 3/2
  • W. G. Stewart builds a plank walk from the Bank of Flagstaff to corner of Gold Avenue across to the post office Mr/5 3/2
  • quadruples its population in a year Mr/19 2/2
  • prosperity continues Mr/26 2/2
  • Flagstaff Mr/26 2/3
  • as seen by the Los Angeles Times Mr/26 3/3
  • Phoenix Herald comments on its prosperity Ap/2 3/2
  • in case of Daggs against Clark, jury returns verdict for defendent; appealed Ap/9 3/1
  • Hance vs. Greenwood decided in favor of plaintiff Ap/9 3/2
  • surveyors make a plat of the town Ap/30 3/1
  • J. C. Martin compliments Flagstaff in his Journal-Miner Ap/30 3/3
  • will be the next commercial entrepot My/7 2/2
  • is its own "boomer" My/7 2/2
  • quiet but sure and solid growth indicates its important position My/7 2/2
  • people need to pull together My/14 2/1
  • continues to grow Je/11 2/1
  • increases more rapidly than any other Arizona town Je/11 3/1
  • two room cottage for rent and six for sale Je/11 3/3
  • public meeting is called at the New Methodist Church Je/18 3/3
  • grows Je/25 2/1
  • will      See a flood-tide of immigration Je/25 2/1
  • meeting is held to consider incorporating Je/25 3/2
  • visitors      See prosperous town with enterprising citizens Jy/9 2/1, 2/1
  • large number of new faces Jy/9 3/2
  • Journal-Miner says a plat of Valin's addition is filed for record Jy/16 3/1
  • shows signs of a large business boom Jy/30 2/3
  • will be busy for next three months Jy/30 3/1
  • Las Vegas Optic compliments Jy/30 3/2
  • grows because of development of surrounding resources Ag/6 2/1
  • has new arrivals Ag/6 3/3
  • a pine tree 115 feet high used as a flag pole in front of the Grand Army of the Republic hall Ag/13 2/3
  • public auction to be held August l3th in Flagstaff Ag/13 3/3
  • quadruples its population, wealth and business this past year Se/3 2/1
  • future is brighter than ever Se/10 2/1
  • General Sedgwick and staff survey the town and lay out streets Se/17 3/1
  • John C. Hicks receives commission as a notary public Se/24 3/1
  • San Francisco Avenue becomes an important business locality Se/24 3/1
  • H. J. Miller has several residences for sale or rent Se/24 3/2
  • still booming and building up Oc/8 3/1
  • Tom Crockett is appointed night watchman Oc/15 3/1
  • Col. T. S. Sedgwick enlarges town by staking out city lots on south side No/5 3/1
  • citizens meeting appoints committee to confer with A & P on rates for lots No/12 3/1
  • businessmen feel next spring will be a grand revival No/26 2/1
  • new house of two rooms for rent De/10 2/2
  • H. M. Gorton is appointed notary public in Flagstaff De/10 3/2
FLAGSTAFF AND GRAND CANYON RAILROAD
     See Railroads--Flagstaff and Grand Canyon

FLOOD
     See Disasters

FLORENCE
     See also: Business

  • real estate doubles in past few weeks Jy/16 3/5
FLOWERS AND GARDENING
     See also: Agriculture
  • James O'Brien, section boss, utilizes ground between A & P and Mineral Belt junction as a garden My/14 3/1
FOLKLORE AND HUMOR
     See also: Courtship and Marriage;   Fads
  • intelligent woman has her bustle stuffed with Arizona Champions Ja/22 4/2
  • water hauler proves water is intoxicating Fe/5 4/2
  • how dude is pronounced in Flagstaff Fe/5 4/2
  • Flagstaff eight-year-old describes a pig Ap/30 4/2
  • Balzac commented without having seen Zulick My/14 4/1
  • old cow branded BC45 My/21 1/3
  • A & P train knocks a depot out and they can't find the town Je/18 1/4
  • has Benson lightning bar moved to Nogales Je/18 2/1
  • Flagstaff attorney is left in Ash Fork but catches up with the train in Seligman Jy/2 3/3
  • Arizona lady defends her large bustle Jy/30 4/2
  • newsboy on the A & P has picture books for non-readers Ag/6 4/1
  • Irishman boasts of knowledge of the steam engine but thinks governor means Zulick Ag/13 4/2
  • if grog shops were at the bottom of the sea, the average tippler would have a problem overcoming his chronic aversion to water Se/3 2/1
  • C. W. Lemon finds a part of Mother Eve's mirror in the valley, two feet below the surface Oc/8 3/4
  • unique way to stop a cattle stampede Oc/15 1/4
  • Indian lament Oc/22 3/4
  • Flagstaff man hasn't enough sense to ache when he is in pain No/26 3/1
  • absentminded Flagstaff man No/26 3/2
  • a tall tale (?) of a cow belonging to Amos Brittleskin, Florence De/17 1/3
  • three proverbs, sayings, etc. De/24 2/2
  • Bill Nye of American Encomium Bureau furnishes obituaries De/31 3/3
FOOD
     See Agriculture;   Cookery;   Economic Conditions

FOOTBALL
     See Sports--Football

FOREST FIRES

  • rage in Catalina Mountains near Tucson JY/9 4/1
FORGERY
     See Crimes and Criminals--Forgery

FORT RICKERSON

  • Fort Rickerson Ja/1 2/4
FORT VERDE
  • is to be appraised and sold Ja/29 3/4
FORTS
     See individual names of forts

FOURTH OF JULY
     See Holidays and Religious Days

FRUIT
     See Agriculture

GAME (FOOD)
     See Animals

GARDENING
     See Flowers and Gardening

GAS, NATURAL

  • Phoenix is lighted with gas Ja/1 4/2
GLOBE
  • wants a military post and should have it Jy/9 2/1
GOVERNORS
     See Arizona--Governors

GOVERNMENT
     See Arizona;   Indians--Government Relations

GRAHAM COUNTY

  • will fund its indebtedness Ap/23 2/4
GRAIN
     See Agriculture

GRAND CANYON

  • Flagstaff history Ja/1 2/3
  • Senator Harrison's bill for making the southern border a national park Ja/8 2/1
  • Flagstaff and Grand Canyon Railroad Company organizes Ja/8 3/2
  • three visit Ja/29 3/2
  • three visit Fe/19 3/1
  • bill is passed in legislature for exempting the FlagstaffGrand Canyon road from taxation for six years Mr/12 3/2
  • party visits AP/2 3/1
  • John Lind goes with eastern visitors AP/9 3/1
  • railroad from Flagstaff to grandest part of the canyon is to be begun in June Ap/23 3/3
  • party goes for ten days My/14 3/1
  • Peach Springs canyon versus Flagstaff canyon Je/4 2/2
  • party goes out Je/25 3/1
  • discussion of best railroad route to the Grand Canyon Ag/6 3/2
  • large number of parties go out, best time to visit Oc/15 3/1
  • five Flagstaffians go, St. Clair takes his photographic apparatus Oc/15 3/4
  • E. S. Wilcox, Flagstaff, will guide parties to the Canyon Oc/22 3/1
  • Flagstaffians visit Canyon Oc/29 3/1
  • large number of Flagstaffians visit Oc/29 3/1
GROCERY TRADE
     See Business

GUNS
     See Accidents--Firearms

HEALTH CARE
     See Medicine

HEATON

  • formerly Maricopa Station on the Southern Pacific road Jy/23 2/3
HIDES AND SKINS
     See Livestock--Cattle

HOBBIES
     See Arts, Crafts and Hobbies

HOLBROOK

  • F. W. Zuck goes east to "boom" town Jy/9 4/1
HOLIDAYS AND RELIGIOUS DAYS
     See also: Entertainment
  • Phoenix has grand fiesta on June 24th Je/11 2/2
  • Flagstaff celebrates the Centennial of the Adoption of the Constitution of the U. S. No/5 2/1
Christmas
  • Payson has fine Christmas Eve ball Ja/8 1/3
  • Christmas greeting De/24 2/1, 2/1
  • Christmas service to be held at M E Church in Flagstaff with recitation by Sunday School children in the evening De/24 3/2
  • how Flagstaff will celebrate, sermon, evening program by youth, snow palace in place of a tree on Monday night, Santa Claus De/24 3/3
  • observation in Flagstaff De/31 2/2
Decoration Day
     See also: Military--Veterans
  • Flagstaff celebration plans are given My/28 3/3
  • in Prescott Je/4 3/2
Fourth of July
  • Flagstaff should have a rousing time Je/4 2/1
  • Flagstaff will be in holiday attire Je/4 3/1
  • Flagstaff makes arrangements for celebrating Je/4 3/2
  • Flagstaff calls a planning meeting Je/4 3/3
  • Flagstaff will have a good one if all pull together Je/11 2/1
  • Flagstaff committee on finance is requested to meet with John W. Foren Je/11 3/3
  • Flagstaff arranges large celebration Je/11 3/4
  • Flagstaff invites other towns to celebration Je/18 2/1
  • Prescott Courier suggests going to Flagstaff Je/18 3/1
  • Maj. D. M. Riordan declines to do the address on Flagstaff Je/18 3/2
  • Flagstaff meeting of general committee to be held at the church Je/18 3/2
  • arrangements being made in Flagstaff Je/18 3/4
  • why the 4th should be celebrated Je/25 2/2
  • Flagstaff general committee meets, A & P will give reduced fares Je/25 3/2
  • orator at Phoenix Monday Jy/2 2/3
  • Wilcox will celebrate Jy/2 2/3
  • Grand Celebration of Independence Day, programme given Jy/2 2/4
  • $100 prize for 600 yard dash will bring good horses into Flagstaff Jy/2 3/2
  • single fare for roundtrip on A & P for 4th Jy/2 3/2
  • large number of Prescott people will come to Flagstaff Jy/2 3/2
  • Phoenix celebration starts at 6:30 Jy/2 3/2
  • Flagstaff expects largest number of people ever Jy/2 3/2
  • most graceful lady rider will win a new bridle and bit and a whip in Flagstaff Jy/2 3/3
  • $100 will be first prize in saddle horse race in Flagstaff Jy/2 3/3
  • ball at New Hotel Hall in Flagstaff Jy/2 3/4
  • A. A. McDonell declines to officiate as marshal in Flagstaff Jy/2 3/4
  • editorial on the day Jy/9 2/2
  • Flagstaff celebration has no accidents Jy/9 3/1, 3/2
  • Mrs. A. C. Morse wins riding whip and bridle in Flagstaff JY/9 3/1
  • Phoenix celebrates 4th and Phoenix-Maricopa Railroad completion Jy/9 3/1
  • Flagstaff's celebration Jy/9 3/3
  • celebration at Mormon Dairy attracts Arizona Mineral Belt men JY/9 3/4
  • Kingman has a celebration with Chief Justice Wright as orator Jy/9 4/1
  • Orich Jackson has interesting letter on Flagstaff's celebration in the Hoof and Horn Jy/16 3/1
May Day
  • Flagstaff holds a picnic in the valley east of the Switzer residence Ap/30 3/1
Memorial Day
  • GAR post, Flagstaff, plans memorial service on May 29 and 30 My/21 3/1, 3/2
  • Flagstaff businesses are asked to close for ceremonies, flowers available at GAR hall My/28 2/3
  • Flagstaff has a good showing Je/4 2/1
  • excerpt from Globe-Democrat Je/4 2/1
  • Barrett Post GAR observes Je/4 3/2
  • services held on Sunday evening Je/4 3/2
  • details of Flagstaff celebration Je/4 3/4
  • National Tribune has account of the memorial services held in Flagstaff Je/25 3/3
  • pamphlet containing speeches is published by Champion office Jy/9 3/2
Mexican Independence Day
  • Flagstaff Mexicans hold a celebration in the GAR hall Se/17 3/2
New Year's Day
  • how Flagstaff celebrates Ja/8 3/3
  • Flagstaff and Milton ladies are invited to send receiving hours to Champion for publication De/10 3/1
  • New Year comments De/31 2/1
  • comments of the past year De/31 2/2
St. Patrick's Day
  • social dance is given at the Grand Army hall in Flagstaff Mr/5 3/1
  • how Flagstaff will celebrate Mr/12 3/4
  • Prescott has a ball in the city hall Mr/19 3/3
Thanksgiving
  • Knights of Pythias give a ball in Flagstaff Oc/15 3/4
  • November 24th is set apart by the President and the Governor No/19 2/2
  • observed in Flagstaff with dining service in the forenoon and then family reunions No/26 2/1
  • ball given by Knight of Pythias in Flagstaff is a grand success No/26 3/3
Valentine
  • Flagstaff's post office is busy Fe/19 3/3
Washington's Birthday
  • large number expected in Flagstaff for ball Fe/19 3/1
  • is a legal national holiday Fe/19 3/1
  • Sons of Veterans plan a big ball at the skating rink Fe/19 3/2
  • Albuquerque and Prescott newspapers take a holiday Fe/26 3/1
  • very pleasant dance comes off at Flagstaff skating rink Fe/26 3/2
HOMESTEAD
     See Land and Land Tenure

HORSE RACING
     See Sports--Horse Racing

HORSES
     See Livestock--Horses

HOSPITALS
     See Medical Institutions;   Mental Health

HOTELS
     See Business

HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT

  • new set of silverware is on exhibit at D. A, Murphy's place, Flagstaff Fe/19 3/3
  • Colder Herring wins D. A. Murphy's set of silverware Fe/26 3/2
  • grand square chickering piano is for sale in Flagstaff My/21 2/3
  • used furniture for sale My/21 3/5
  • order screen doors from Woods & Callen Je/11 3/1
  • J. Salzman receives a "White" sewing machine Ag/6 3/1
  • one used cook stove for sale at Champion office Se/10 3/1
  • for sale, a cook stove with furniture complete and a heating stove in Flagstaff No/26 3/2
HOUSES
     See Building and Buildings

HUMOR
     See Folklore and Humor

ILLNESS
     See Diseases

IMMIGRATION
     See Emigration and Immigration

IMPORTS
     See Tariff and Customs

INDEBTEDNESS
     See Banks and Finance--Debts

INDIAN AGENTS
Only the original article containing the name of an agent is indexed here. For more information see the individual's name.

  • S. E. Marshall is chief clerk for S. S. Patterson, Navajo agent Fe/26 3/1
INDIANS
Southwestern Indians in and around Arizona are included. General articles may pertain to other North American Indians, and if so will have North American Indians noted by "NA Indians". The articles are subdivided by Government (U. S.) Relations;   Treatment and Opinion (by Arizonians and Mexicans), and Individual Tribes.
  • Wm. T. Woodside is replaced by Col. S. P. Carpenter as post tradership Ja/1 4/2
  • President signs the Indian land severalty bill Fe/19 2/1
  • U. S. government advertises for 19 stallions to distribute among the Indians Mr/26 1/3
  • Geronimo raises cabbage in Florida now Ap/23 4/1
  • Mexican authorities kill the chief of the Yaquis but we give room and board to Geronimo Ap/30 2/1
  • "Tolina," Indian squaw, is run over by a train My/7 3/2
  • Al. Sieber, chief of scouts at San Carlos, is wounded by Indians who escaped Je/11 2/2
  • good Indians don't live in Arizona Je/18 4/1
  • Gila stock growers ask government protection Jy/2 2/3
  • Globe demands military protection from Apache raids Jy/2 2/3
  • Sergeant Kid, Indian scout, is reputed to be college educated; is not true Jy/2 2/4
  • arrested in Tempe for stealing Ag/27 2/2
  • idea to return some San Carlos Apaches to their old Verde Valley location is abandoned Se/10 2/1
  • Interior Department has lands of Pima, Maricopa and San Xavier Indian reservations surveyed Oc/15 2/3
  • Crow Indians of Montana resist civil arrest, fear of trouble as when Apaches resisted civil arrest Oc/29 1/3
Government Relations

  • law giving land in severalty is in effect but how to govern them? Je/25 2/2
  • Mark Smith goes to Washington to discuss Indian affairs in Arizona Jy/23 2/3
Treatment and Opinion
  • extermination or removal should be fate of Apaches Je/18 2/1
  • how the San Carlos Indians should be treated Jy/2 2/1
  • people of Arizona demand their removal from Arizona, in the meantime division Oc/8 1/4
  • General Sheridan does not favor separating San Carlos Indians into smaller bodies No/19 2/2
  • persons with claims for losses due to Indians should contact Wm. 0. O'Neill immediately De/3 2/3
Tribes
Apache
  • Al Sieber and scouts capture renegades, stolen horses and weapons Mr/19 3/3
  • Bud Marsh, beef contractor, buys beeves in Tonto Basin Mr/19 4/1 S. F. Gall, Tucson, sees Apaches in the Potrero Ap/23 3/2
  • the Apaches will not be returned to Arizona My/21 2/3
  • Lt. Mott's killers found guilty of murder in first degree My/21 3/1
  • John H. Morton delivers 600 heifers to Camp Apache and 30 bulls to San Carlos Je/4 3/3
  • dispatches have indicated another outbreak but it is really just a feud between two bands Je/11 2/2
  • 30 reported off reservation instead of 17 Je/18 3/1
  • account of the killing of William Diehl by Apaches Je/25 4/1
  • Mike Grace is killed Je/25 4/2
  • rumored that five scouts responsible for outbreak will be shot Jy/9 4/1
  • not officially announced but stated that five of the scouts who led the outbreak have been sentenced to death Ag/13 2/1
  • death sentence is rumored for five of the late revolting Apaches Ag/13 4/1BR>
  • rumor that a new Indian reservation is to be established west of Verde Valley Ag/27 2/1
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
  • Aztec Cattle Co. cowboys report trouble with moving bands of Apache Indians Oc/29 1/3
  • grand jury in Tucson finds indictments against Geronimo and followers Oc/29 4/1
  • renegade Apaches raid in Sonora, consist of six Indians and one American De/3 4/2
Apache--Chiricahua
  • Chiricahuas will not be sent back to Arizona My/21 3/3
Apache--San Carlos
  • five escape to avoid arrest; military pursues Mr/19 3/3
  • Lt. Seward Mott dies from wounds inflicted by Indians Mr/26 2/4
  • Indians implicated in Lt. Mott's murder are to be tried by civilian authorities Ap/2 2/3
  • Surveyor General Hise awards contract for erecting northern boundary to H. Wallan Ap/30 2/4BR>
  • recent number of escapes and subsequent murder of two show the danger of the Indians Je/18 2/l
  • facts of the San Carlos reservation Indians and their murdering ways Jy/2 2/1
  • more off reservation than originally thought Jy/2 2/4
  • are restless with 400 at Coyote Springs holding war dances Jy/9 3/2
  • return to reservation to rest Jy/9 4/1
  • some Apaches still raiding in northern Mexico Jy/16 3/4
  • young Apaches have whooping cough Jy/23 2/3
  • strong apprehensions concerning another outbreak Ag/20 2/3
  • four tried for complicity in the outbreak have been taken to San Diego pending the findings being made public Se/24 2/2
Havasupai
  • order compelling cattlemen to leave Wallapi reservation is rescinded Ja/29 1/4
Hualapai
  • Capt. Robinson issues supplies at Hackberry Ja/8 2/3
Navajo
  • J. H. Breed introduces a memorial asking Congress to keep the Navajo Indians inside the limits Ja/22 2/2
  • J. H. Breed's memorial to Congress is passed by the Council Ja/29 3/3
  • Sheriff Owens, Apache County, summoned to Navajo Springs due to three men being killed by Navajos Fe/19 3/1
  • Apache County Deputy Sheriff Lockhart and two assistants killed while attempting to arrest a horse thief on reservation land Fe/19 3/2
  • rumor of trouble near Fort Defiance in which a white man is killed My/7 3/1
  • are restless in the neighborhood of Fort Defiance My/14 3/2
  • Chinne-mucker-high-lo, medicine man, locates at Holbrook My/28 3/4
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
Walapi
  • are to be supplied with farming implements Mr/19 3/3
  • cremate their chief Pasquot near Yuma My/21 3/3
INDUSTRIAL FAIRS
     See Fairs

INDUSTRY
     See Business

INSANITY
     See Mental Health

INSURANCE

  • Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Co. has an office in the Bank of Flagstaff Ap/16 3/2
  • $80,000 fire damage done to Az. Lumber Company's mill with $20,000 insurance Jy/23 3/3
  • very little of Needles fire damage was insured Ag/13 2/4
  • companies notify Flagstaff property owners of their intention to withdraw policies unless arson causes are removed Se/10 4/1
  • farmers should inventory movable property in case of fire Oc/29 3/3
  • C. D. Anderson, Union Mutual Co. of Maine, is in Flagstaff No/12 3/1
  • M. Wright, San Francisco, is in Flagstaff for New York Life Insurance Co. De/10 3/1
INVENTIONS
     See Inventors and Inventions

INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS

  • a southwestern man gathers cream in his wagon, connects the churning gear as he goes home and has butter when he arrives Oc/l 2/1
IRON SPRINGS
  • Iron Springs Ja/29 3/1
IRRIGATION
     See Water and Water Resources--Canals and Irrigation

JAILS
     See Prisons and Prisoners

JEROME
     See also: Mines and Mining--Mining Companies and Areas

  • over one hundred residents Ag/13 2/3
JESUITS
     See Catholics and Catholicism

JEWS AND JUDAISM

  • non-Arizona article Ag/6 4/1
JOBS
     See Employment and Labor

JOURNALS
     See Newspapers;   Periodicals

JUDGES
     See Law as a Profession

JUSTICE (ADMINISTRATION)
     See Arizona--Courts;   Crimes and Criminals;   Prisons and Prisoners; and individual cities

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
     See Children

KINGMAN

  • will have a county jail and a court house My/21 3/3
LAKES
     See Water and Water Resources

LAND AND LAND TENURE
     See also: Ranches and Farms

  • D. J. Sullivan relieves Chester Thomas as land office receiver in Prescott Ja/1 4/2
  • Thomas Ijams, Williams, files homestead application Ja/8 2/4 leg. annc.
  • Thomas Ijams, Williams, registers land Ja/22 2/4
  • John J. Ingalls comments on injustice of the cancel entries in New Mexico and Arizona Fe/5 4/1
  • amount of Arizona land available to stock raisers and farmers Fe/26 1/4
  • lots are staked out on the mesa north of Flagstaff Mr/5 3/1
  • Yavapai recorder's office receipts and salary are given Mr/5 3/3
  • sealed proposals asked for by surveyor general to survey military reservation Mr/12 3/2
  • one house and lot on Railroad Avenue and six other residence lots for sale in Flagstaff Mr/19 3/4
  • Flagstaff real estate increases in value Ap/9 3/1
  • Flagstaff realty and building report Ap/16 3/3
  • Tucson land office report for first quarter Ap/16 3/3
  • Joseph R. Lockett, Flagstaff, registers land Ap/16 3/4 leg. annc.
  • John Clark, Flagstaff, registers land Ap/16 3/5 leg. annc.
  • alien land law synopsis is given Ap/23 1/4
  • new alien land law scarcely affects Arizona Cattle Co. Ap/23 2/3
  • alien land act is approved by the people Ap/30 2/1
  • Brannen addition in Flagstaff is surveyed and laid out My/7 3/1
  • W. W. Bass will sell off a portion of his land adjoining Williams My/28 3/2
  • P. J. Brannen is overrun with applicants who desire lots My/28 3/2
  • editorial on Sparks demanding proof of innocence My/28 4/1
  • 36 apply for land register at Tucson Je/4 3/3
  • Maxwell grant case Je/11 1/3
  • there are two candidates for Prescott land office register position Je/11 3/3
  • Henry C. Lockett registers land Je/11 4/2
  • Aztec Land and Cattle Co. will charge illegal cultivators some rent and will sell their agricultural land Je/18 3/2
  • Maxwell grant Je/18 4/1
  • alien land law is in operation in all territories Je/25 1/3
  • Edward Burgess, Virginia, is appointed over John A. Rush as register of Prescott land office Je/25 2/1
  • Aztec Land and Cattle Company advertises that they own certain sections and pay taxes on them Je/25 3/6 leg. annc.
  • Sparks recommends twelve months residence for pre-emption rights but Lamar says no Jy/2 1/4
  • new rules designating desert lands Jy/9 2/1
  • Mendlay prospects southwest for Arabian horse farm Jy/16 1/3
  • Governor Zulick, Farish and others file on desert land sections and want their money back Jy/16 2/3
  • Judge Duff assumes duties as register in Tucson land office Jy/16 3/4
  • Mason takes possession of Prescott land office as register Jy/16 3/4
  • temporarily vacating homestead claims on account of drought or crop failure does not forfeit right to land Jy/23 2/1
  • Cameron H. King and Webster Street are prosecuting a land fraud in Phoenix Jy/23 2/2
  • recent ruling of the Department of the Interior Jy/23 4/1
  • settlers begin taking parts of the San Francisco mountains for farms Jy/30 1/3
  • Democrats have saved many acres from being gobbled up Jy/30 2/3
  • A. W. Callen will sell a ranch on Arastra Creek Jy/30 2/4
  • missing link of the Peraltra Grant, Sophia's past Ag/6 3/4
  • J. Addison Reavis' capacity for lying is more extensive than his cheek Ag/13 2/1
  • lull over land title and newspaper fights in Phoenix Ag/13 2/1BR>
  • Sparks rules homestead law requires twelve months residency but Lamar overrules him with six Ag/27 1/3
  • George Buckler gives final proof of claim Se/10 2/2 leg. annc.
  • Robert Finnie, Flagstaff, gives final proof of claim Se/10 2/2 leg. annc.
  • D. J. Brannen, administrator of P. B. Brannen's estate, gives final proof of claim Se/10 2/2 leg. annc.
  • D. J. Brannen and P. J. Brannen deed two lots to Flagstaff and/or William Babbitt?? Se/10 3/1
  • William Carroll gives final proof of claim Se/17 2/3 leg. annc.
  • J. G. Allyn is selected by Sheriff Steen to run the recorder's office vacated by absconding Bucksbaum Se/17 3/1
  • General Land Office issues new regulations for filing under the timber culture act Se/24 1/3
  • married women may make entries of desert land Oc/15 2/2
  • Charles Begg, Flagstaff, makes final proof of his claim No/5 4/2
  • 82,000 acres filed on in southern Arizona during last three months No/12 1/3
  • case concerning Horrell driving cattle onto public land used by Kennedy as range No/12 2/2
  • Alfred D. Young, Flagstaff, files No/12 3/4 leg. annc.BR>
  • Charles Begg, Flagstaff, files No/12 3/4 leg. annc.
  • Alfred D. Young, Flagstaff, files a land claim No/26 4/3 leg. annc.
  • Henry Marvin, Bellemont, files a land claim No/26 4/3 leg. annc.
Railroads
  • A & P prepares to dispose of indemnity land Jy/2 2/2
  • A & P Company claims it has given ample notice of indemnity rights and should not lose the land Jy/2 3/3
  • facts regarding indemnity land of the A & P road Jy/9 3/5
  • A & P makes deal with Flagstaffians for land, depot and water Jy/16 3/3
  • three-year leases are being signed by property owners on the south side of the tracks in Flagstaff Jy/30 3/2
  • Secretary of the Interior revokes withdrawal of indemnity lands for the benefit of the A & P Ag/20 2/3
  • Register and Receiver at Prescott ordered to restore A & P indemnity to the public domain Se/3 1/3
  • Receiver of the Prescott Land Office calls attention to the fact that only the A & P land between the 40 and 50 mile limit is open Se/3 2/2
  • information on the A & P indemnity lands Se/10 2/1
  • Secretary of the Interior renders two decisions affecting the right of land grant railroads to indemnity lands Oc/15 2/3
  • A & P should make a proposition and permanent decision as to amount for its lots in Flagstaff No/12 2/1
  • Flagstaff citizens meeting appoints committee to confer with A & P on rates for lots No/12 3/1
LAND CLAIMS
     See Land and Land Tenure

LAW AS A PROFESSION
Only the original article or advertisement is entered here. Additional articles will be indexed under the individual's name.

  • Herndon & Hawkins, attorneys Ja/1 1/1
  • Dr. D. J. Brannen, Flagstaff Ja/1 1/1
  • H. J. Miller, Flagstaff, attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • Col. L. F. Eggers, Prescott, District Attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • Clark Churchill, Prescott attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • C. F. Cate, Winslow Justice of the Peace Ja/1 1/1
  • Henry Clay Burke, Flagstaff attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • T. S. Bunch, Holbrook attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • Stewart & Van Horn, Flagstaff attorneys Ja/1 1/1
  • E. M. Sanford, Prescott attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • Rush, Wells & Howard, Prescott attorneys Ja/1 1/1
  • Thos. G. Norris, Flagstaff attorney Ja/1 1/1
  • W. G. Stewart, Flagstaff attorney Ja/1 2/5
  • J. Y. Crothers, Flagstaff Justice of the Peace Ja/1 2/7
  • George H. Tinker, Flagstaff Justice of the Peace Ja/1 2/7
  • Judge W. 0. [W. W.] O'Neill, Yavapai County Probate Judge Ja/8 2/3
  • Sumner Howard, Prescott attorney Ja/8 2/3
  • John C. Herndon, Prescott, Yavapai County District Attorney Ja/8 3/3
  • Rush & Howard, attorneys Ja/8 3/4
  • Briggs Goodrich, Phoenix, Attorney General Ja/15 3/2
  • J. W. Anderson, attorney Ja/15 3/3
  • Ed. W. Wells, Yavapai County attorney Ja/22 3/1
  • W. C. Hazledine, A & P attorney Fe/5 3/3
  • James H. Wright [J. W.], Arizona Chief Justice Fe/12 3/1
  • Judge John A. Rush, attorney Fe/19 2/3
  • John L. Davis, Williams Justice of the Peace Fe/19 3/4 leg. annc.
  • W. L. Van Horn, Williams, Flagstaff attorney Fe/26 3/1
  • W. G. Blakely appointed probate judge of Mohave; Robert R. Morrison of Apache; R. B. [B. R.] Monk of Cochise; and Thomas D. Satterwaite of Pima County Mr/12 2/3
  • Mason, Camp Verde justice Mr/19 4/1
  • H. D. Ross, Flagstaff attorney and Cottonwood teacher Ap/2 3/1
  • Campbell and Baker, Phoenix, go into partnership Ap/23 2/4
  • Benj. C. Levy, Winslow Justice of the Peace Ap/23 3/2
  • Judge Barnes My/7 3/2
  • Atkins, Globe Justice of the Peace Je/11 2/2
  • E. E. Wells, attorney Je/18 3/1
  • Rush, Wells & Howard dissolve Je/18 3/1
  • T. G. Norris and J. T. Wilson open branch office in Prescott Je/25 3/1
  • C. A. Randall is appointed public administrator Jy/9 3/4
  • A. T. Rouse, U. S. District Attorney Jy/16 3/4
  • Webster Street, Phoenix attorney Jy/23 2/2
  • Edward M. Doe, Flagstaff attorney Jy/23 3/4
  • Edward M. Doe, Iowa, opens an office in Arizona Central Bank building Jy/23 3/4
  • Stewart & Doe, Flagstaff attorneys Ag/6 1/1
  • Street writes a column in Phoenix Gazette to prove he is an honest lawyer Ag/6 2/3
  • Eggers & Howard, attorneys Ag/13 3/2 2/3
  • Justice Crothers fines Flagstaff attorney $5 for contempt of court Ag/20 3/1
  • J. D. Houcks, Apache County attorney Se/10 3/3
  • John Howard, attorney Oc/29 2/2
  • W.H. McGrew, attorney Oc/29 2/2
  • Howard & Sanford, attorneys Oc/29 2/2
  • Howard & McGrew, attorneys Oc/29 2/2
  • Edwards & Chambers, attorneys Oc/29 2/2
  • Rush & Wells, attorneys Oc/29 2/2
  • L. E. Hoffman is in charge of H. J. Miller's office, Flagstaff No/5 3/2
  • T. J. Norris opens an office in Prescott with Wilson No/19 3/1
  • D. G. Harvey, Holbrook Justice of the Peace No/26 1/4
  • T. C. Bunch, Holbrook attorney De/3 3/1
  • I.F. Green, attorney for A & P De/10 3/3
  • Van Horn moves office to Daggs Bros.' building De/31 3/1
LAW ENFORCEMENT
     See also: Crimes and Criminals;   Prisons and Prisoners
  • John Francis, Flagstaff, is appointed a deputy sheriff in charge of the jail Fe/26 3/1
  • Sheriff Shaw, Pima County Ag/13 2/3
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
In general only the original article is entered here. Additional articles will be entered under the individual's name.
  • John W. Francis, Flagstaff Deputy Sheriff Ja/1 1/3
  • E. F. Odell, Flagstaff Constable Ja/1 2/7
  • J. M. Dodson, Prescott Chief of Police Ja/8 2/3
  • Geo. C. Waddell, Prescott Under Sheriff Ja/22 3/1
  • W. J. Mulvenon, Yavapai County Sheriff Fe/5 2/4
  • C. R. Owens, Apache County Sheriff Fe/12 3/4
  • Lockhart, Apache County Deputy Sheriff Fe/19 3/2
  • Sheriff Russell, New Mexico Ap/9 2/3
  • George Monroe, Mineral Park Deputy Sheriff Ap/23 3/4
  • Sheriff Shibell Ap/30 1/4
  • Jos. T. McKinney Ap/30 3/2
  • Meade, U. S. Marshal My/21 2/1
  • Ben James, Tombstone Constable, Deputy Sheriff My/28 3/4
  • E. M. Tackett, Prescott Deputy Sheriff Je/25 3/1
  • Powell, Deputy Sheriff Jy/9 2/3
  • Hickey, Yavapai County Deputy Jy/16 3/2
  • Shaw, Pima County Sheriff Ag/13 2/3
  • Brighton, Deputy Sheriff Ag/20 2/3
  • Sheriff Slaughter Se/3 3/4
  • Benton, Deputy Sheriff Oc/15 3/4
  • A. B. Laird, New Mexico Sheriff Oc/22 3/1
  • G. Z. Clem De/3 3/2
LAWYERS
     See Law as a Profession

LEGAL PROFESSION
     See Law as a Profession

LEGISLATURE (TERRITORIAL)
     See Arizona--Legislature

LEHI

  • is in Salt River Valley Je/4 3/1
LEROUX VALLEY

  • is seven miles north of Flagstaff De/10 3/1
LIBEL
     See Crimes and Criminals--Libel

LIBRARIES

  • H. J. Miller, Flagstaff, receives new law books Fe/26 3/1
  • H. J. Miller, Flagstaff, receives large number of law books Ap/16 3/1
  • E. M. Sanford buys the library of Rush, Wells & Howard Je/18 3/1
  • H. J. Miller adds to his extensive law library De/10 3/1
LIGHT (ELECTRIC)
     See Electricity

LIQUOR PROBLEM
     See Alcohol and Drugs

LIVESTOCK
     See also: Sports--Horse Racing

  • northern Arizona ranges in good condition Ja/15 1/3
  • report of the Denver Stock Yards Ja/15 3/1
  • order compelling cattlemen to leave Wallapai reservation is rescinded Ja/29 1/4
  • all legislation that protects and encourages cattle and sheep industries should be approved Ja/29 2/1
  • cattle and sheep in northern Yavapai are in good condition Fe/5 1/4
  • Arizona Legislature is paying attention to stock affairs Fe/5 1/4
  • cattle and sheep are in excellent condition Fe/26 1/4
  • Boston Post considers stock yards and abattoirs at Flagstaff abonbonFe/26 2/1
  • northern Arizona is best place on the continent for stock raising Fe/26 2/1
  • big packing house is to be built at Nebraska City Mr/12 1/3
  • Boyd's packing house at Omaha closes for winter Mr/12 1/3
  • southern Arizonians discuss tanning leather Mr/19 3/3
  • nervousness in the west due to changes in railroad tariff under inter-state commerce bill Ap/9 1/4
  • Chicago shows decrease in hogs and an increase in sheep Ap/9 1/4
  • stockmen of Arizona bank on climate Ap/16 1/4
  • strong and just demand for better stock cars My/14 1/3
  • American Cattle Trust scheme is discussed in Chicago Je/4 1/4
  • Kansas City trade is twice St. Louis Je/4 1/4
  • Will C. Barnes, Apache County, is appointed livestock sanitary commissioner Je/11 2/2
  • late rains have given almost all sections plenty of grass Je/18 1/3
  • good reports come from the ranges here Je/18 1/3
  • American Cattle Trust may not help range interests Je/18 1/4
  • northern Arizona cattlemen will not have to join the trust company this year Je/25 1/3
  • range country in northern Arizona is in good condition Je/25 2/1
  • Apache stockmen object to sheep interfering with range rights Jy/2 1/3
  • article on American Cattle Trust Jy/2 4/1
  • ranges are in good condition Jy/16 1/3
  • American Cattle Trust company falls through Jy/16 2/2
  • Brewster Cameron endorses Governor Hadley's proposition Jy/23 1/3
  • northern Arizona stock owners have plenty of water and good grass Ag/27 1/3
  • market report from Stock Indicator Se/3 1/3
  • northern Arizona has more rain and grass than any previous year Se/3 1/3
  • fall will bring better times Se/3 1/3
  • Arizona is in quarantine against Europe and Old Mexico for 60 days Se/3 1/3
  • receipts of stock in Chicago Se/17 1/3
  • Defiance Cattle Company of Navajo buys all of Reynolds Land and Cattle Company's horses and cattle Se/17 1/3
  • editorial in favor of mixed stock on a range Oc/l 1/3
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
  • prospectors say that there will be a clashing of interests between the cattle and sheep men of northern Arizona Oc/22 2/3
  • Yavapai County ranchmen head for Verde Valley winter quarters No/5 1/3
  • M. Bedson, Manitoba, crosses a buffalo and a Durham cow, first to try No/5 1/3
  • experiments in weighing stock cars as they move No/5 1/4
  • stock is taken down from the mountains No/12 1/3
  • weather nice and stock in fine condition on route from Prescott to Phoenix No/12 1/3
  • J. S. Shipman, an experienced spayer, works for Erie Cattle Co. and will contract with others No/19 1/3
  • southern California buys large number of cattle and sheep from northern Arizona stockmen De/3 3/1
  • Chicago report De/10 1/3
  • Swift dressed beef establishment in Kansas City opens De/10 1/3
  • J. Q. Adamson, Holbrook, buys a butcher business in Los Angeles and wants 1,200 beef and 1,800 sheep from Arizona De/17 3/1
  • J. J. Vosburg reports Pleasant Valley range and stock in good condition De/24 1/4
  • Prescott Courier says stock raisers should run thieves out but not discuss the "Texas Kode"; Arizona Champion says yes but should discuss "Texas Kode" De/31 4/1
Associations
  • cattle range convention to be held at Denver on February 8th Ja/8 4/1
  • Arizona will be well represented at the meeting of the International Range Association Ja/15 1/3
  • range convention will      See no adulterating influences Ja/22 1/4
  • all railroads entering Denver are giving half rates to the International Range Convention Ja/29 1/4
  • extensive preparations are being made for the International Range Association in Denver Ja/29 1/4
  • Live Stock Exchanges of the western cities meet in Chicago Ja/29 1/4
  • stockmen will benefit by the International Range Association Ja/29 2/1
  • Arizona Champion office receives invitation to attend International Range Association ball Ja/29 3/1
  • International Range Association Fe/12 1/4
  • Brewster Cameron represents Pima and Tombstone cattle associations in Denver Fe/12 1/4
  • principal object of the cattle growers at their annual meeting is to increase amount received for a four-year-old steer Fe/12 1/4
  • Executive Committee of the Colorado Cattle Growers' Association's resolution Fe/12 4/1
  • International Range Convention is representative Fe/19 1/4
  • territorial association is needed Fe/19 1/4
  • International Range Association does large amount of work Fe/19 1/4
  • question as to the benefit of prizes for best flocks Fe/19 1/4
  • abstract of the proceedings of the International Range Convention Fe/19 4/1
  • International Range Convention has two topics of importance Fe/26 2/2
  • newly elected officers of International Range Convention are given Fe/26 4/1
  • Texas is in the International Range Association Mr/5 1/4
  • Texas Stockman comments on the Denver convention Mr/19 1/3
  • annual meeting of Mogollon Cattle Association will be held in Flagstaff April 5th Mr/19 3/1
  • Southeastern Association holds its regular meeting at Wilcox April 4th Ap/2 1/4
  • Apache Stockgrowers Association holds its annual meeting in St. Johns Ap/16 1/4
  • L. M. Bruce is choice for sanitary commissioner at stockmen's convention in Tombstone Ap/16 1/4
  • President R. G. Head talks about "The Cattle Trust Company" My/14 1/4
  • American Cattle Trust Company elects officers My/21 1/4
  • Wool Growers and International Sheep Shearers' Association meets in St. Louis My/21 1/4
  • American Cattle Trust Company will be watched with care My/21 2/1
  • Mogollon Stock Association holds annual meeting in Flagstaff July 5th Je/18 1/3
  • Hoof & Horn pleads for the formation of a territorial stock association Jy/2 2/2
  • proposed territorial stock organization is endorsed by newspapers Jy/9 1/3
  • a territorial livestock association will not pose a financial burden Jy/9 2/1
  • Tombstone Stock Association agrees on the necessity of a Territorial Livestock Association Jy/9 3/1
  • Arizona Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers meet in Flagstaff on August 2nd Jy/9 3/5
  • "let us have a territorial stock association it will benefit growers Jy/23 1/3, 1/3
  • Tombstone Stock Growers Association endorses territorial association Jy/23 1/3
  • J D Cook J 0 Fisher H H. Carter A. A. Moore and N. B. Bowen are Territorial Convention delegates Ag/6 3/5
  • Prescott stockmen's meeting fails to take place Ag/6 3/5
  • proceedings of the Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers' Association Ag/13 3/3BR>
  • delegates from various stock associations meet to form a territorial association; proceedings and officers given Ag/13 3/4
  • Gila Co. Association organizes detective bureau to put down rustling Ag/20 1/3
  • annual meeting of Arizona Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers' Association to be held September 26th Ag/20 1/4
  • National Cattle Growers' convention will be most successful ever Se/24 1/3
  • hope that southwest cattlemen will attend the Cattle and Horse Growers' Association Oc/l 1/3
  • editorial on local associations and the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of the Territory Oc/l 2/2
  • Wool Growers' Association officers elected Oc/8 3/1
  • Territorial Live Stock Sanitary Commission meets in Prescott on January 8th De/10 1/3
  • wool growers and dealers plan another conference in Washington on January llth De/17 2/2
  • Governor Zulick revokes quarantine proclamation at request of Territorial Live Stock Sanitary Commission De/24 3/2
  • sensible suggestions reported at meeting of representative stockmen of Yavapai County De/24 4/1
Cattle
  • the bill for the extermination of pleuro-pneumonia is explained Ja/1 4/2
  • shipment from Yavapai to Los Angeles averages $24 per head Ja/1 4/2
  • Dan Robinson moves his herd from Cienega to Strawberry Valley Ja/1 4/2
  • in a few years Flagstaff area will be the great beef producing country Ja/8 2/1
  • Hoof & Horn believes a convention of Arizona stockmen is needed to draft laws; Arizona Champion agrees Ja/8 2/1
  • northern Arizona is supply point for California Ja/8 4/1
  • a lot of bulls sold at auction at Gray Eagle Station Ja/8 4/1
  • California dealer offers 2 1/20, for cattle on the hoof in Flagstaff Ja/8 4/1
  • greater demand at Flagstaff than cattle growers can supply Ja/8 4/1
  • 5,000 head of Texas steers received at Benson for a range in Cochise County Ja/8 4/1
  • Chicago meat syndicate is becoming alarmed at cattlemen's effort to defeat it Ja/8 4/1
  • northern Arizona cattle are in prime condition with good price prospects Ja/15 1/3
  • innoculation for pleuro-pneumonia is a mistake Ja/15 1/3
  • stock yards in St. Louis will be big boon to southwest Ja/15 1/4
  • northern Arizona cattle are in good shape for wintry weather Ja/15 2/1
  • discussion of the Warner Miller bill for suppression of contagious cattle diseases Ja/15 2/2
  • the beef problem, an editorial Ja/15 2/2
  • Geo. Knight purchases Lockett Bros. cattle Ja/15 3/1
  • strong argument against Senator Warner Miller's proposed pleuropneumonia legislation Ja/15 4/1
  • railroads oppose improved cars due to large number of old ones Ja/22 1/4
  • beef packing house tried in Dodge City Ja/22 1/4
  • Arizona stockers find a market in Kansas City Ja/22 1/4
  • cattle slaughter figures of Chicago Ja/22 1/4
  • most desirable thing is stock yard scheme in St. Louis Ja/22 1/4
  • new invention is smoked salt for meat curing Ja/22 1/5
  • Chicago receives more southwestern cattle than previous year Ja/22 1/5
  • should stockmen unite behind the Hatch bill as they did to defeat the Warner Miller bill? Ja/29 1/4
  • Maisch & Driscoll, Pima County, brand 5,400 calves Ja/29 1/4
  • Warner Miller bill is reported on adversely by Senate committee Ja/29 2/1
  • branding problem Ja/29 3/2
  • "Yank" Simmons, Los Angeles butchering establishment agent, buys 400 in Williamson Valley Ja/29 3/2
  • Maj. Henry Warren, Aztec Cattle Co., issues an annual report and recommends Flagstaff as a refrigerator car outlet Ja/29 4/1
  • St. Louis Cattle Growers' Stock Yard Co. meets to double capital on stock yards west of St. Louis Fe/5 1/4
  • trade is better but still unsatisfactory Fe/5 1/4
  • Maj. Warren's slaughtering establishment idea has been found worth consideration Fe/5 1/4 -400 Chino Valley steers are shipped to California Fe/5 1/4
  • a large cattle slaughtering business will begin in Flagstaff Fe/5 1/4
  • Az. Cattle Company ships 209 head to California Fe/5 3/1
  • Bracewell's bill regarding cattle killed by trains is explained Fe/5 4/1
  • David Horst buys Arizona cattle for Los Angeles Fe/12 1/4
  • Flagstaff will soon be an important shipping point for dressed beef Fe/12 1/4
  • need a good territorial quarantine law Fe/12 1/4
  • range slaughtering is discussed Fe/12 2/2
  • southwest has good winter Fe/19 1/4
  • James H. Harper, Gila County, sells cattle in Kansas City but is robbed Fe/26 1/4
  • Capt. H. J. Davis sells 100 J. D. Cattle to two California men who are buying a ranch in Stockton Pass Fe/26 1/4
  • Az. Cattle Co. receives 15 mares and a stud horse Fe/26 3/1
  • slaughtering and packing company organizes in Buffalo Mr/5 1/3
  • Europe's war scare causes demand for canned meats Mr/5 1/3
  • cattlemen complain of reports of dead cattle being untrue Mr/5 1/4
  • cattle interests well served at the legislature Mr/5 2/3
  • assessment returns show one-third the cattle of Arizona are in Yavapai County Mr/5 3/3
  • C. F. Collins, Los Angeles, makes four shipments from Williams Mr/5 3/3
  • considerable advance in the price of butcher's and canner's stock Mr/12 1/3
  • war scare causes demand for tinned meats Mr/12 1/3
  • $500,000 appropriated by Congress for suppression of contagious and infectious bovine diseases Mr/12 1/3
  • beef cattle outlook is brighter than last year Mr/12 1/3
  • weather is good, reports are excellent Mr/12 1/3
  • still finding good market in California Mr/12 1/3
  • advances in price Mr/12 1/3
  • S. W. Sullivan, Williamson Valley, ships to Los Angeles Mr/12 3/2
  • one or more trainloads pass through El Paso daily Mr/12 3/2
  • Galloways find favor Mr/19 1/3
  • a contemporary thinks half the stock should never have passed the veal stage Mr/19 1/3
  • beef will fetch a higher price than the last ten years Mr/19 1/3
  • fewer and better cattle are wanted on the range Mr/19 1/3
  • agricultural appropriation bill gives commissioner of agriculture a half million dollars to suppress contagious diseases Mr/19 1/3
  • how railroads are meeting their liability in western states Mr/19 1/3
  • stockmen report cattle in good condition Mr/19 1/3
  • comment on interstate commerce bill Mr/19 2/3
  • Dan Robinson, Tonto Basin, sells his herd to T. J. Eaman Mr/19 4/1
  • Chiricahua Cattle Co. ships a trainload to San Diego Mr/26 1/3
  • great plateau of Utah, Nevada, and northern Arizona is destined to be great cattle range Mr/26 1/3
  • no dead cattle on the ranges Ap/2 1/4
  • roundups at San Pedro and lower Gila start April l5th Ap/2 1/4 corn-fed Arizona steers sell for $4.45 per wt. in Kansas City Ap/2 1/4
  • Col. Dick Hudson, S Bar brand, buys finest hereford bull in southwest Ap/2 1/4
  • determined fight is being waged against Chicago dressed beef syndicate Ap/2 1/4
  • prices advance Ap/2 1/4
  • Blackley is killing cattle in the Salt River Valley Ap/9 1/4
  • Hart & Campbell get ready to drive to Holbrook for shipment Ap/9 1/4
  • Chicago receives 50,000 more head than last year for January and February Ap/9 1/4
  • beef market improves Ap/9 1/4
  • southern California still must pay good prices for cattle Ap/9 1/4
  • stockmen feel good in the southwest Ap/9 1/5
  • proposition to open up a trail to the steer ranges of Wyoming and Montana will attract buyers to Arizona Ap/9 1/5
  • Chas. Collins purchases 500 from W. Garland Ap/9 3/1
  • Henry Mehrens, Mehrens and Sterman, sells 40 head to Batten & Curry Ap/9 3/1
  • Saml. S. Skull, Pine Springs, sells 4 steers to Curry AP/9 3/2
  • Department of Agriculture is doing a good job despite the small appropriation for the extirpation of contagious bovine diseases Ap/9 4/1
  • heavy beef shipments will be made much earlier from northern Arizona Ap/16 1/4
  • federal law restricts removal of cattle from infected states Ap/16 1/4
  • Holgate Dressed Meat Preserving Company begins in Waco, Texas Ap/16 1/4
  • inter-state law will benefit stock growers in range countries Ap/16 1/4
  • Alvin Daltor brings cattle and horses to Arizona Ap/16 1/4
  • San Francisco beef market improves Ap/16 1/4
  • Arizona winter loss is under 5% Ap/16 2/3
  • Arizona stock growers have a fortunate winter Ap/16 2/3
  • F. McClarren, Mogollons rancher, sells some cattle to D. Horst of Simon & Mear of Los Angeles Ap/16 3/1
  • cattle should not be shipped close packed and not fed and watered Ap/16 4/1
  • higher prices predicted for May and June Ap/23 1/3
  • cattle have depreciated in value and should be assessed at less than $10 a head Ap/23 1/3
  • southern California is rapidly developing as a livestock market Ap/23 1/4
  • Redmont Company will put thoroughbreds on their Martinez range Ap/23 2/4
  • spring rodeo starts at Box Canyon on May lst and Buck Horn on June lst Ap/23 3/4
  • novel plan for alternate marking of cattle Ap/23 4/1
  • pleuro-pneumonia increase in the east but none in Arizona Ap/30 1/3
  • Dr. H. W. Purdy is appointed quarantine officer at Nogales Ap/30 1/3
  • cattle look good and a large calf crop is expected Ap/30 1/3
  • cattlemen feel good at their prospects Ap/30 1/3
  • refrigerator establishment at El Paso promises to be a success Ap/30 1/3
  • 14 of 25 cattle of one lot killed in Chicago had pleuro-pneumonia Ap/30 1/3
  • all monopoly schemes suggested to beat the dressed beef monopoly have failed Ap/30 1/3
  • Jerry Sullivan, Big Chino Valley, will not ship until June next Ap/30 2/4
  • Capt. B. L. Taylor, Texas, buys 500 from Lewis Bros. and 359 from D & A Oppenheimer My/7 1/3
  • southeastern New Mexico cattlemen are worried about an epidemic among their cattle My/7 1/3
  • prominent Colorado and New Mexico cattlemen meet in secret to overthrow dressed beef syndicate My/7 2/4 -25 cars are shipped from Silver City to Kansas City My/7 3/2
  • rodeo to commence at Burnt ranch on May 4th is postponed until May l6th My/7 3/3
  • southern California is rapidly developing into a livestock market of great magnitude My/14 1/3
  • Gila Cattle Co. sends 350 head to market My/14 1/3
  • hereford cattle are meeting more favor in southwestern range country My/14 1/3
  • hard times struck bottom at the end of 1886 My/14 1/3
  • heavy beef shipments will be made earlier this year than last from northern Arizona My/14 1/3
  • unpalatable facts are being published by the agricultural department concerning oleomargarine My/14 4/1
  • A.H. Head ships 1,000 beef steers from Animas Valley to Kansas City My/21 1/3
  • Edgar T. Smith, Springerville, sells cattle and ranch interest to an eastern company My/21 1/3
  • Cameron, Bruce & Slaughter report trail to Wyoming and Montana is feasible My/21 1/3
  • winter range loss was less than 1% and probably not more than 1/2% My/28 1/3
  • Department of Agriculture will work to prevent spread of diseases My/28 1/3
  • Lonergan Meat Company, Denver, files articles of incorporation My/28 1/3
  • Armour plans to open a refrigerator plant in Denver showing no fear of the Cattle Trust Company My/28 1/3
  • American Cattle Trust Company is discussed as a danger My/28 2/1
  • manufacturing of oleomargarine in Michigan is illegal My/28 4/1
  • Denver is best market for medium cattle Je/4 1/4
  • Gebhardt Cattle Co. ships Arizona steers to their maturing range Je/4 1/4
  • calf crop is phenomenal in northern Arizona Je/11 1/3
  • beef commands better price on Pacific Coast than anywhere else Je/11 1/3
  • Drovers' Journal believes there are no pleuro-pneumonia cases west of the Alleghany Je/11 1/3
  • Arizona stock associations are trying to have new stock cars used as much as possible Je/11 1/3
  • breakdown of number of cattle and their value by county Je/11 2/3
  • Drovers' Journal comments on American Cattle Trust Company Je/11 4/1
  • northern Arizona interests are strong enough to trust in itself Je/18 1/3
  • over production is nonsense Je/18 1/3
  • I. N. Town of Santa Fe Company in Nogales buys 100 shorthorn Devon bulls Je/18 1/3
  • how Cattle Trust works Je/18 1/3
  • present year promises to be favorable Je/18 1/3
  • hereford bull mania is raging in the southwest Je/25 1/3
  • Soldier Hole Cattle Company makes a separate range for steer herds Je/25 1/3
  • efforts are being made to establish an extensive abattoir in Flagstaff Je/25 2/1
  • large number of cattle are dying in Upper Verde and Chino Valleys for want of water Jy/2 1/3
  • Chiricahua Cattle Company drives 500 steers to Eagle Creek range Jy/2 1/3
  • Mogollon ranges boast best cattle of year Jy/23 1/3
  • northern trail enterprise should be done Jy/23 1/3
  • cattle in valleys south begin to fatten up Jy/23 1/3
  • press of the west and southwest favor General Hadley's proposed plan Jy/23 1/3, 1/3
  • the development of husbandry will drive cattle out of Verde country Jy/23 2/2
  • C. B. Smith has 40 hereford bulls in Flagstaff to sell Jy/23 3/1
  • increasing demand from California is due to their interest in ranches Jy/30 1/3
  • Chicago shows an increase over last year Jy/30 1/3
  • in good condition in Flagstaff area Jy/30 1/3
  • stockmen in area prepare to make shipments Jy/30 1/3
  • Jerry W. Sullivan predicts a big boom in next two years Ag/13 1/3
  • bruised and broken-ribbed cattle are docked $5 in Chicago markets Ag/13 1/3
  • W. H. Griffin, Dripping Springs, loses 60 head of cattle to Indians Ag/13 1/3
  • foreign hides should have an import tax Ag/20 1/3
  • Kansas City will shortly be the biggest livestock market in America Ag/20 1/3
  • ranges in Tonto Basin are in good condition Ag/20 1/3
  • outlook for industry is better than ever Ag/20 1/3
  • Chicago receives an average of 6,000 head more than last year Ag/20 1/3
  • ATSF reduces its rates on cattle to Kansas City Ag/20 1/3
  • Sierra Bonita Land & Stock Co. takes 500 head to their Hot Springs ranch Ag/27 1/3
  • state of the industry in northern Apache County Ag/27 1/3
  • stock commission recommends holding back all but first-class stock Se/3 1/3
  • Aztec Land & Cattle Company scatters 11,000 pounds of salt over their range Se/3 1/3
  • new stockcar is invented by Newel of Denver Se/3 1/3
  • cattle in Clark's Valley and ranges south of the A & P are in good condition Se/3 1/3
  • Kansas papers say Arizona steers come there for fattening Se/3 1/3
  • cattle disease in Old Mexico Se/3 1/3
  • general roundup begins September 5th for Apache County Se/3 1/3
  • present condition in southwest is best every known Se/10 1/3
  • screw fly is a problem in New Mexico Se/10 1/3
  • southern Utah has trouble with murrian Se/10 1/3
  • lean cattle worth more on the range than the market Se/10 1/3
  • number of herefords are enroute to Chicago from northern Arizona Se/10 1/3
  • nearly 100,000 more than a year ago in Arizona Se/10 1/3
  • market at Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City not brisk but steady Se/10 1/3
  • dehorning practiced in Arizona Se/10 1/3
  • Maj. Henry Warren says New Mexico, Arizona and Kansas quarantine laws against Texas caused them to discover cottonseed as a feed Se/10 1/4
  • Arizona can profit by taking advantage of higher prices to come in fall and winter Se/10 2/2
  • fall rodeos are in progress in the southwest Se/24 1/3
  • beef cattle prices have increased 50q, per 100 pounds since July Se/24 2/1
  • dressed beef men and the railroads have a legal tussle over rates Se/24 2/1
  • fall rodeo will start at Baker's Butte October 10th and work towards Mud Tanks Se/24 2/2
  • C. M. Bruce defends the quarantine laws of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission Se/24 2/3
  • beef value advances in San Francisco Oc/l 1/3
  • where will next year's supply of bulls come from? Oc/l 1/3
  • concerning type of beef wanted now Oc/l 1/4
  • ship fat steers not steers at a certain age Oc/8 1/3
  • Supervisor Behan, Williamson Valley, says grazing is best ever seen Oc/8 1/3
  • roundup commences at Hart Brothers' ranch on Burro Mountains, October 5th Oc/8 1/3
  • rains have encouraged them Oc/8 1/3BR>
  • bottom has been reached in cattle values Oc/22 1/4
  • beef prospects Oc/22 1/4
  • stock predictions Oc/29 1/3
  • cattle values discussed Oc/29 1/4
  • H. C. Hooker brings two carloads of hereford bulls to Wilcox No/5 1/3
  • cattle will sell higher later No/5 1/3
  • Arizona has shipped little eastward since California pays better prices No/12 2/2
  • good winter predicted so ranchers can cleanup surplus stock No/19 1/3
  • southern California has better prices and cheaper shipping rates than the east No/19 2/1
  • northern Arizona patiently waits for the increased demand for cattle No/19 2/1
  • William Munds, Verde, reports 100 head ready for market No/19 3/1
  • Aztec Cattle Co. ships 600 beef steers to W. B. Slaughter & Co. in Los Angeles No/19 3/3
  • beef cattle around Tucson are cheap and in big demand by San Francisco dealer No/26 1/3
  • Aztec Co. sells 96 head at Winslow to a California buyer No/26 1/3
  • Cattle Outlook No/26 1/4
  • A One Cattle Co. finishes count of their cattle No/26 3/1
  • Arizona should be cattleman's paradise due to prickly pear being extensive De/3 1/3
  • Charles Gassen sells his Los Angeles butcher business to W. B. Slaughter, New Mexico De/3 1/3 -250 head from the Collins estate are sold at Fort Thomas by Dan Ming, administrator De/3 1/3
  • J. R. Highles buys cattle at Duncan De/3 1/3
  • Northwestern Live Stock Journal says range shipments over but is corrected by Champion De/3 1/3
  • Mohave cattle are doing well as seen by Goodman and McClure on the Big Sandy De/3 1/3
  • producer suffers while speculators and commissionmen wax fat De/3 1/4
  • National Stock Yards president worries as to where next year's beef will come from De/3 1/4
  • cattlemen believe now is the time to go into cattle business De/3 1/4
  • Burton stockcars pass through Flagstaff, cattlemen need the new cars De/3 2/1, 2/2
  • Tonto Basin reports ruling prices De/3 3/1
  • Kansas City Live Stock Market De/3 3/2
  • Hart & Campbell send 14 carloads to northern California butcher firm De/3 3/2
  • Munds, Willard & Munds, Upper Verde, ship 7 carloads to Los Angeles De/10 1/3
  • S. S.      See , Pine Creek, says stock in his section in good shape De/10 1/3
  • Arizonian Phoenix says there are 2,500 head in the valley from the mountain ranges De/10 1/4
  • poor cattle are worth more on the range De/10 2/1
  • Walter L. Vail gathers a thousand or two thousand steers for delivery to California De/17 1/3
  • T. L. Bacon, Prescott, ships 600 beef from his Willows range to southern California De/17 1/3
  • M. W. Stewart, W. H. McKittrick and Wm. Whelan sell a large number of bulls in Sonora De/17 1/3
  • increase in purebred stock is causing an increase in average weight De/17 1/3
  • Chiricahua Cattle Co. ships trainloads of beef to San Diego De/17 1/3
  • a tall tale (?) of a cow belonging to Amos Brittleskin, Florence De/17 1/3
  • J. Riely, Los Angeles butcher, looks for beef sellers in Flagstaff area De/17 3/1
  • C. W. Beach ships from Banghart's on the P & AC to southern California De/24 1/4
  • Geo. M. Williams of San Pedro Cattle Co. drives cattle from the Pedro ranch to their New Mexico ranch De/24 1/4
  • San Diego is rapidly becoming a consuming center De/24 1/4
  • J. W. Sullivan ships beef from Chino Valley on the Prescott railroad De/24 3/1
  • Henry Mehrens, Beaver Creek, says heavy snows cause large number to go to lower valleys De/31 1/4
  • Steve Ross of Garland & Ross, Seligman, says Williamson and Chino Valleys in good condition and shipping both east and west De/31 1/4
  • remedy for blackley is given De/31 1/4
  • 1,200 cows from one ranch sold at Kansas City is a present slaughter and a future "boomer" De/31 2/2
  • fine bunch of Willard Bros., Verde, are shipped to Los Angeles De/31 3/1
  • Jas. Black has transferred his cattle to their winter range De/31 3/1
Dairy Cattle
  • mock cheese is being palmed off as real cream cheese Fe/5 2/1
  • humorous advertisements of Bill Nye's milk cow in Flagstaff Mr/12 1/3
  • $3 worth of dairy products sold for every $1 worth of beef De/24 1/4
Horses
  • 14 condemned cavalry horses are sold at Whipple barracks Ja/1 4/2
  • Philip Hull, Sr., sells five horses in Flagstaff Ja/8 3/2
  • there are indications that horses will be more valuable during next year than for several past Ja/22 1/4
  • service fees are only a fifth or tenth of the extra value of well-sired horses Ja/22 1/4
  • raise right kinds of horses and have buyers look for you Ja/22 1/4
  • only way to have valuable horses is to breed them Ja/22 1/5
  • exchange says a big fortune waits the man that can mark range horses without branching Ja/29 1/4
  • reason Mexico's horses are improving is that during Apache troubles they stole all fine stallions in southern Arizona Mr/12 1/3
  • how to catch an unbroken colt Mr/12 1/4
  • very few horses are brought in for cavalry examination at Phoenix Ap/2 1/4
  • all damage done by bad shoeing charged to the responsible party would put blacksmiths in debt Ap/2 1/4
  • first bit should be a simple one Ap/2 1/4
  • Az. Cattle Co. will trade or sell several stallions Ap/2 2/3
  • coming horse will be a fast walker Ap/9 1/4
  • 5,300 sold in Chicago Ap/91/4
  • fat mares produce weak foals AP/9 1/4
  • how to restrain a cribber Ap/23 1/4
  • carload marketed in Leadville last week Ap/23 1/4
  • western-bred horses are in demand in the east Ap/23 1/4
  • cure for bucking and jumping horses Ap/23 1/4
  • a seven-year-old is ideal for a farmer Ap/23 1/4
  • hard collar is better than an unevenly padded one Ap/30 1/4
  • Philip Hull, Sr., sells ten three-year-olds to Bell Bros. Ap/30 3/2
  • gray stallion of Ellis Wainwright is at A. C. Morse's stable for stud service Ap/30 3/4
  • care of horses My/14 1/4
  • more sold in Denver since January than last ten years My/14 1/4
  • native range horses sell at $70 a head in Wyoming My/21 1/3
  • rules governing the registration of a standard horse My/28 1/4
  • G. C. Bruce brings 34 head into Flagstaff Je/11 3/1
  • Campbell & Francis, Flagstaff, purchase a fine span of horses Je/25 3/1
  • there is a demand for good horses Jy/23 1/3
  • Arizona supplies southern California with horses Ag/13 1/3
  • Fredrick Thornton, Flagstaff blacksmith, specializes in horse shoeing and remedying lame horses Ag/20 3/1
  • Arizona supplies southern California with horses, 150 being sent to Los Angeles Ag/27 1/3
  • every well-bred stallion brought into your neighborhood has an influence on the future value of the horses Oc/8 1/3
  • good idea to wean colts before cold weather sets in? Oc/29 1/5
  • Daggs Brothers exhibit a black horse weighing 1,600 pounds No/5 1/3
  • need of a larger class of horses in Arizona No/5 1/3
  • a valuable horse of F. De C. Pitts breaks a foreleg at the Grand Canon Stables, Flagstaff No/12 3/1
  • mistake to allow colts to mature without being handled No/26 1/3
  • Phoenix Herald says that John S. Day settles in the valley to raise horses and mules De/10 1/3
  • C. G. Goven, Az. Cattle Co., has two blooded stallions in town De/10 3/3
  • wanted, a team of work horses weighing 1,100 or 1,200 pounds De/17 3/1
  • T. J. Eamans receives a Cleveland bay stallion to take to his Verde stock range De/31 3/1
Mules
  • heavy demand in southern California for railroad work Ja/29 3/1
  • in great demand Mr/5 1/3
  • good business and on the increase Mr/12 1/3
  • fair to good ones sell for $200 in Denver Mr/12 1/3
  • will sell in the east for good prices Mr/19 1/3
  • steady market in southern California Ap/30 1/4
Pigs
  • six carloads of hogs are shipped from Tempe Ja/1 4/2
  • Armour says the greatest days of Chicago pork packing are past Mr/19 1/3
  • pork packing since March lst shows increase Ap/2 1/4
  • Kingman enforces the hog law Jy/2 2/3
  • several hogs are penned at W. Powell's, Flagstaff, to be returned when damages are paid Oc/22 3/1
Sheep
  • 1800 Tom Green county wethers sell for $2,250 Ja/15 1/3
  • lots of good wool will be available this year with San Francisco handling a large percentage Ja/15 1/3
  • sheep breeders and wool growers of Chicago reproduce the Daggs Bros. article on prevention of scab Ja/15 2/3
  • Secretary Manning is for free import on wool because the duty doubles the cost; not true say manufacturers Ja/15 2/3
  • take care of your sheep Ja/15 2/3
  • Chicago wool market is in satisfactory condition Ja/15 2/3
  • 1886 clips of American wool is about exhausted Ja/22 1/5
  • sheepmen throughout the country are in good shape Fe/26 1/4
  • Daggs Bros. experiments with an alfalfa field to use in fattening mutton Mr/12 1/3
  • all sheep bills are passed in the legislature Mr/12 2/3
  • C. C. Pursley, of San Diego Hardy & Co. butchers, buys mutton in Flagstaff Mr/12 3/2
  • two mile limit law has been repealed Mr/12 3/2
  • southern California buys mutton sheep from northern Arizona Mr/19 1/3
  • petition is being circulated in the U. S. to have wool reclassified as third-class, petition in Arizona Champion office Mr/19 1/4
  • winter loss has been nothing Mr/19 2/4
  • national sheep shearing contest to be held at St. Louis Mr/19 2/4
  • wool market report Mr/19 2/4
  • wool shipping rates discussed Mr/26 1/3
  • wool freight charges discussed Ap/2 4/1
  • Arizona act to prevent diseases among sheep Ap/2 4/1
  • market is holding up well Ap/9 1/4
  • Thos. McMillan, J. F. Daggs and Robert Scott are appointed sheep inspectors Ap/9 3/1
  • Bright wools are scarce and may go up Ap/16 1/4
  • large stock of old wool is said to be on hand in the east Ap/16 1/4
  • wool growers are deluged with requests for clip but should wait Ap/16 1/4
  • Boston wool market report Ap/16 1/4
  • Daggs Bros. plan to shear early in Tonto Basin Ap/16 3/1
  • method of keeping ticks and lice off the body Ap/23 1/4
  • figures showing the number and quality of sheep in the world Ap/23 1/5
  • wool dealers of the west protest railroad rates Ap/30 1/4
  • Christy & Wise of San Francisco arrange to ship wool east by ships rather than rail Ap/30 1/5
  • report from Chicago wool commission merchants My/7 1/4
  • San Francisco wool dealer tells why they prefer Arizona wool to New Mexico wool My/7 3/3
  • Navajo Indians commence shearing their flocks My/14 1/3
  • sheep shearers begin to work My/14 3/1
  • what a modern herder needs to be like My/21 1/4
  • compressed wool goes third class My/21 1/4
  • sheep owners say the spring clip is as large or larger than last year My/21 3/1
  • there is a chance of getting the 1867 tariff back Je/11 1/4
  • wool markets need low medium and medium wools Je/11 1/4
  • Arizona is only section where sheep are disease free and no loss from winter Je/11 1/4
  • Chicago wool market report Je/11 1/4
  • E. S. Wilcox wishes to sell 2,000 head of sheep Je/11 3/3
  • Manuel Candelario, Holbrook, sells 20,000 pounds of wool Je/18 1/3
  • Uncle Josh Bailey buys 2,000 head from Hildreth and is going to try to run sheep and cattle together Je/18 1/3
  • sale of wool was large in eastern markets Je/25 1/3
  • mutton sheep wanted by Chamberlain & Eichenberg of San Francisco Je/25 3/1
  • St. Louis wool market is strongest in the country Jy/2 1/3
  • New Mexico sheepmen drive sheep into northern Apache County Jy/9 1/3
  • new sheep shearing machine is invented Jy/9 1/3
  • this section of Arizona will have largest wool clip ever Jy/9 2/1
  • wool growers are shearing with a large yield Jy/16 3/1
  • Andrew Clark, Albuquerque, has 80,000 pounds of wool from T. McMilian, Flagstaff Jy/16 3/2
  • Chicago wool market report Jy/23 1/3
  • mutton sheep sell well in Chicago market Jy/23 1/3
  • Harry Fulton is appointed sheep inspector by Governor Zulick Jy/23 3/1
  • wool business Jy/30 3/1
  • Boston wool market report Ag/13 1/4
  • southwestern states have 1/20 of American sheep but no factory Ag/13 1/4
  • chalk is a remedy for dysentery Ag/13 1/4
  • Shoobert Beale & Co. of San Francisco advertise rams for sale in the Champion Ag/20 3/2
  • wool business fair but a shade below average Se/10 1/3
  • best grades are worth $4.25 to $4.50 in Chicago Se/10 1/3
  • sheep used as weeders in a potato field Se/17 1/3
  • J. B. Tappan is appointed deputy sheep inspector for Yavapai County Oc/8 3/1
  • new scab law came into force October lst Oc/8 3/1
  • an eastern ring manipulates the wool prices Oc/15 2/1
  • cure for worms in lambs Oc/22 1/3
  • Daggs says it costs l0q, per pound to grow wool Oc/22 1/3
  • stocks of foreign wool are light in the U. S. Oc/22 1/3
  • P. J. Moore, Montana, tests the Chicago and Boston markets for wool Oc/22 3/2
  • the farmer as a wool grower Oc/29 1/4
  • business is good in Arizona and never better in Yavapai County No/5 1/3
  • Frank Daggs reports excellent wool crop and lamb crop, suggests cloth manufacture No/19 1/3
  • Collins buys 450 sheep from Thos. McMillian and plans to ship then to Los Angeles No/19 3/2
  • McMillan & Goodwin ship four carloads of mutton sheep to California De/3 3/1
  • several loads of wool and hides are ready for shipment on the A & P De/3 3/1
  • J. Q. Adamson of Tragic meat market in Prescott ships 1,000 sheep to Los Angeles De/17 1/3
  • President's message to Congress is an assault on sheep owners, and sheepmen's response De/17 2/1, 2/2
  • statistics on the effect of reduced wool tariff De/17 2/2
  • millions of people engaged in wool industry do not like the President's message De/24 2/2
  • Pennsylvania Wool Growers' Association calls President's message uncalled for De/31 1/4
  • Jas. May and Gus Reimer sell fine band of fat mutton to lower California De/31 3/1
  • wool sales at Boston De/31 3/1
LOCAL TRANSIT
     See Transportation

LODGES (ORGANIZATIONS)
     See Clubs and Organizations

LOGGING
     See Lumber and Lumbering

LOST PERSONS
     See Accidents--Lost Persons

LUMBER AND LUMBERING

  • McDonald & Co., Pine, haul logs to be sawn when freshets turn their wheel Ja/8 1/3, 1/3
  • McDonald, Pine, considers purchasing engine and boiler of the Payson steam saw mill Mr/19 4/1
  • Walnut Grove company starts its saw mill Ap/9 3/4
  • W. W. Hill's boiler blows up in the engine room of the saw mill at Bellemont Jy/30 3/1
  • lumber is being sawed rapidly in Prenticeville Ag/13 3/1
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
  • Volunteer Prarie mill, Bellemont, runs full blast with 25 to 30 men employed Oc/22 3/2
  • Greenlaw brothers' machinery for the new mill arrives Oc/29 3/2
  • Parkers mill hires number of employees to cut cord wood No/5 3/2
  • Wilson & Bashford's mill, Prescott, boiler explodes unexpectedly killing W. Z. Wilson, owner, and five others No/26 2/2
  • experts are suspicious of nitroglycerine or giant powder being the cause of the Wilson's saw mill explosion at Prescott De/3 4/2
Flagstaff
  • section in Flagstaff history (Ayer Lumber Co.) Ja/1 1/7
  • Ayer Lumber Co. does not plan to move on to the Mineral Belt line Ja/8 2/2      See also: Business
  • Williams for Ayer Lumber Co.
  • Ayer Lumber mill suspends work for overhaul Mr/5 3/1
  • J. M. Stewart leaves Ayer Lumber Co. Ap/2 3/1
  • has a huge steam saw mill with two more to start soon Ap/2 3/2
  • Ayer Lumber Co. puts on full force about lst of May Ap/23 3/1
  • Ayer Lumber Co. is accused of cutting government timber; it says no My/21 3/4
  • Az. Lumber Company buys Ayer Lumber Company Je/25 3/6 leg. annc.
  • Az. Lumber Co. ceases work on several days due to defect in water supply Jy/2 3/2
  • Will Pratt takes a position as bookkeeper and treasurer of Az. Lumber Co. Jy/16 3/3
  • Az. Lumber Company's mill burns; Rogers Lake's saw mill moved to Flagstaff with two new mills on order Jy/23 3/3
  • on Monday, Az. Lumber Company begins work with the Roger's Lake mill Jy/30 3/1
  • great credit is due T. A. Riordan for opening so soon after disaster Jy/30 3/2
  • Az. Lumber Mill turns out material Ag/13 3/1
  • T. A. Riordan discusses the recovery from the fire with Prescott Courier Ag/20 3/2
  • Az. Lumber Co.'s new planer arrives in two weeks Se/3 3/1
  • Az. Lumber Co.'s new planer and other machines arrive in a few days Se/10 3/1
  • Az. Lumber Co. will soon be in full swing Se/24 3/1
  • two machinists arrive from Michigan to set up new machinery for Az. Lumber Co. Se/24 3/2
  • three machinists from Michigan erect new Az. Lumber Co. machinery Oc/l 3/1
LUMBER MILLS
     See Lumber and Lumbering

LYNCHING
     See Crimes and Criminals--Lynching

MAGAZINES
     See Periodicals

MAIL
     See Communications--Postal Service

MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
     See Business

MAMMALS
     See Animals

MARICOPA
     See Phoenix Junction

MARICOPA-PHOENIX RAILROAD
     See Railroads--Maricopa-Phoenix

MARICOPA STATION

  • changes its name to Heaton Jy/23 2/3
MARICOPA TOWN
  • formerly Phoenix Junction on the Southern Pacific road Jy/23 2/3
MARRIAGE
     See Courtship and Marriage;   Women; individual's name

MAY DAY
     See Holidays and Religious Days

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
     See also: Mental Health

  • parties in Prescott complain about the county hospital Je/18 3/2
  • Flagstaff contributes a patient to county hospital JY/2 2/3
  • ATSF and A & P contemplate larger hospital in Albuquerque; Mohave Miner says better for A & P to have one in Kingman, Flagstaff and Albuquerque Ag/20 2/2
MEDICAL SERVICE
     See Medicine

MEDICINE
     See also: Advertisements--Patent Medicine;   Diseases;   Mental Health

  • Flagstaff citizens are excited over the recovery of their consumptive friends being cured with Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Ja/8 3/2
  • Yavapai County advertisement for bid on care of county sick in and out of hospital Ja/22 1/3
  • northern Arizona is the sanitarium of the world Mr/5 2/1
  • Thomas Holland, Castle Creek, has a cancer removed from his lip by Dr. Brannen and Dr. Cornish Mr/19 3/2
  • Mr. and Mrs. Max Salzman thank Dr. Herman Hardrick for saving the life of their son in Winslow Mr/19 3/5
  • Lee, a Yuma boy, dies from a rattlesnake bite Ap/9 3/4
  • Jack Hopwood, bitten by a centipede, gets medical treatment from Dr. Cornish My/7 3/1
  • Jack Hopwood is recuperating slowly My/14 3/1
  • James Murray sent to the Prescott hospital from Flagstaff for pneumoniai becomes unconscious before reaching the hospital My/21 3/2
  • Prescott has six doctors and still the death rate is low My/21 3/3
  • Dr. Pentland, Prescott, is in Flagstaff Je/4 3/2
  • Phoenix makes vaccination compulsory with $300 or six months imprisonment as penalty JY/2 2/3
  • Dr. Martina De Mart Holtena, chiropodist, visits Flagstaff Jy/9 3/1
  • Dr. Wm. A. Olmstead has office in Bank of Flagstaff Jy/9 3/1
  • Will Murphy expects to get outdoors next week with his broken leg Jy/9 3/2
  • W. C. D. Evans recovers from erysipelas Jy/16 3/1
  • Wm. Booth is treated for acute articular rheumatism by Dr. Olmstead in Flagstaff Jy/16 3/1
  • Will J. Murphy, Flagstaff, is moving about town with crutches Ag/13 3/1
  • Al. H. Gurney dies of solar apoplexy Ag/27 3/4
  • Wm. Wilkerson, Prescott, has a cataract removed from his eye by an oculist Oc/15 3/4
  • climate of northern Arizona is extremely healthful Oc/22 3/3
  • Charles Culbreth who lost one finger six weeks ago is back at work De/17 3/2
MEDICINE AS A PROFESSION
In general only the original article is entered here.
Additional articles will be entered under the individual's name.
  • Dr. L. H. Goodrich, dentist, Maricopa County Ja/15 3/3
  • Dr. R. K. Robinson is appointed Yavapai County physician Mr/12 3/1
  • Dr. Herman Hardrich, Williams Mr/19 3/5
  • Phoenix has a Chinese physician My/14 2/4
  • Dr. Marion, Fort Verde medical doctor My/28 3/4
  • Dr. W. H. Cook is given position as physician of Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad Jy/2 3/1
  • W. A. Olmstead, M.D., Flagstaff Jy/2 3/2
  • Dr. Martina De Mart Holtena, chiropodist Jy/9 3/1
  • Dr. Mearn, military U. S. surgeon Ag/13 3/3
Supportive Personnel
  • T. H. Pechner, Winslow druggist Ap/2 3/3
  • Dr. J. J. Baar, druggist De/24 3/2
MEMORIAL DAY
     See Holidays and Religious Days

MENTAL HEALTH

  • Arizona's insane are being brought from Stockton to Phoenix Ja/1 4/2
  • Arizona insane patients reach new asylum in Phoenix Ja/22 3/1
  • is it New Jersey justice to charge commissioner with serious offenses and give no evidence? Fe/26 2/1
  • Governor Zulick fears to have an impartial investigation Fe/26 2/1
  • resolution to discharge the House committee to investigate the late commissioner is voted on in the House Fe/26 2/3
  • governor's party is jubilant over squelching the House investigating committee Fe/26 2/4
  • Journal Miner comments on the denial of impartial investigation of the commission Fe/26 3/2
  • charges against the late commissioners are lies for campaign purposes Mr/5 2/1
  • governor appoints Edrom H. Hiller and George F. Kamper to board of directors Mr/12 2/3
  • fish pond is being constructed for the insane asylum Mr/12 3/2
  • James Delaney, Tombstone, dies in insane asylum Ap/2 2/3
  • smallpox is reported in the insane asylum Ap/23 2/4
  • six cases of insanity reported from Tucson caused by the earthquake My/21 3/3
  • J. E. Dixon's body is found after losing himself while temporarily insane My/21 3/3
  • inmates of asylum number sixty Oc/29 3/3
  • Deputy Sheriff Francis takes a young Mexican boy to Prescott; went insane due to injuries received in an A & P wreck De/3 3/2
MENTAL ILLNESS
     See Mental Health

MENU
     See Cookery

METHODISTS
     See Protestants and Protestantism

MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
     See Holidays and Religious Days

MEXICANS IN THE UNITED STATES
In general, only the original article containing a Spanish-Mexican surname is listed. Full information on a person may be found under the individual's name.

  • fight between a Mexican and a Chinaman in Pinal County Fe/19 2/3
  • Refugia Rievera Fe/19 2/3
  • Mexican, Filipe Robles, is murdered in Tucson Fe/19 2/3
  • Montana Fe/19 2/4
  • there is trouble in Nogales between Mexicans and Americans Mr/12 3/4
  • Thomas Salcido Mr/19 3/3
  • Thomas Salcido is killed at Fairbanks Mr/19 3/3
  • principal actors in the Nogales trouble are under Mexican custody Mr/26 2/4
  • Justus Montano Ap/2 2/3
  • Jesus Maria Chavez Ap/2 2/3
  • Apodaco Bros. Ap/2 2/3
  • A. F. Banta Ap/2 3/1
  • Erigues Papa shoots Quires near Tucson Ap/9 3/4
  • Manuel Gonzales Ap/16 2/3
  • Angels Bengas Ap/16 3/2
  • desperate fight at Holbrook between four Mexicans and twenty-five cowboys Ap/16 3/2
  • Santa Cruz Ap/23 2/4
  • Jose Ortega Ap/23 3/1
  • Reyes Gonzales Ap/30 3/4
  • Cuberto Gonzales My/7 3/2
  • Mrs. A. S. Gonzales My/21 3/5
  • Ms. Carmelita Garcia Je/11 2/2
  • Manuel Candelario Je/18 1/3
  • Ignacio Cerbantos Je/18 3/3
  • Jose Garcia Je/18 3/3
  • Dr. Martina De Mart Holtena Jy/9 3/1
  • Donicio Baca Jy/23 2/3
  • Geo. H. Tinker fines a Mexican for interfering in a fight Jy/30 3/2
  • Miss Manuela Velasco Jy/30 3/4
  • Pedro Morrales Se/3 3/1
  • Flagstaff Mexican residents celebrate their independence at the GAR hall Se/17 3/2
  • Ms. Reyes Baca Se/24 3/3
  • Juan Carrllo Oc/l 3/3
  • Francisco C. Baca Oc/l 3/3
  • Alexandro Valenzuello Oc/8 3/2
  • Alexandro Valenzuello is killed in a cave-in at Vulture mine Oc/8 3/2
  • Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Franco Oc/15 2/3
  • Manuel Franco kills his wife for taking a job on the American side of Nogales Oc/15 2/3
  • Mrs. Emma Gonzales Oc/29 2/2
  • Andrew S. Gonzales Oc/29 2/2
  • E. K. Cruz Oc/29 3/3
  • young boy goes insane due to an A & P wreck De/3 3/2
  • Mexican killed in A & P train wreck De/3 3/3
  • J. M. Carine falls and cuts a deep gash in his head near Milton De/24 3/2
MEXICO
  • cattle disease in Old Mexico Se/3 1/3
MILITARY

     See also: Indians--Government Relations;   Military Service as a Profession

  • headquarters of the department of Arizona is moved from Whipple barracks to Los Angeles Ja/8 3/2
  • ten cars were needed to transport records and books from Whipple barracks Ja/15 3/1
  • several abandoned military reservations are to be appraised and sold Ja/29 3/4
  • Maj. J. F. Kimball, chief quartermaster, advertises for horses Fe/26 3/1
  • the new National Soldiers' Home is to be built in Rocky Mountain region Mr/19 3/4
  • very few horses are brought in for cavalry examination at Phoenix Ap/2 1/4
  • general court martial meets at Wingate Ap/30 2/3
  • soldier arrested for killing Chiricahua cattle is turned over to military authorities My/28 3/4
  • Arizona receives $2,764 as her share of the appropriation Jy/2 2/3
  • Capt. Peace retires from service Jy/9 4/1
  • Gen. Miles is to be transferred to department of Missouri Jy/16 4/1
  • Capt. J. F. Simpson retires due to mental condition Jy/30 3/4
  • Army roster for Arizona is received at the Arizona Champion office Ag/6 3/1
  • Capt. Lawton's troop of cavalry arrives in Washington safely Ag/6 3/5
  • sword presentation to Gen. Miles will take place in Tucson Ag/13 2/3
  • mutiny of colored troops occurs at summer camp in Mogollon mountains Ag/13 3/3
  • Gen. Miles makes application for another regiment to go to Arizona Ag/13 4/1
  • Lt. Eggleston of Fort Valley is enroute to Fort Leavenworth Ag/27 3/1
  • sword presentation to Gen. Miles postponed due to his accident Se/10 4/1
  • Gen. Miles will be able to travel next month when the sword presentation will take place in Tucson Oc/l 3/4
  • Maj. McClellan is in charge of Fort Verde Oc/15 2/3
  • description of the sword presented to Gen. Miles No/19 1/4
  • Justice Barnes presents Gen. Miles his sword No/19 2/1
  • Albert J. Moss, private of 10th Cavalry De/17 3/1
Veterans
  • Sons of Veterans, Flagstaff, order uniforms Ja/15 3/1
  • Sons of Veterans, GAR and Women's Relief Corps will give dance on Washington's birthday Ja/15 3/1
  • Ransom Post passes resolution on Patrick Noonan's death at their regular meeting Ja/15 3/4
  • Sons of Veterans elect officers and pass resolution on Patrick Noonan's death Ja/15 3/5
  • Ransom Post, GAR, and Sons of Veterans attend memorial service for Gen. John A. Logan Ja/22 3/1
  • Sons of Veterans hold regular meeting in Flagstaff Ja/22 3/1
  • Grand Army and Sons of Veterans plan a ball for Washington's birthday Ja/29 3/1
  • Sons of Veterans will give an entertainment Saturday Ja/29 3/1
  • Mrs. Sterling, inspector, visits Flagstaff Women's Relief Corps Mr/26 3/1
  • St. Louis prepares for the GAR annual encampment Ap/30 2/3
  • railroad companies will give roundtrip to GAR national encampment for single fare My/7 3/1
  • GAR of Flagstaff will hold memorial services on May 29 and 30 My/21 3/1, 3/2
  • Women's Relief Corps meets next Thursday Je/25 3/2
  • Grand Army of the Republic is a prominent society in Flagstaff Ag/13 2/3
  • GAR railroad rates for the national encampment Ag/27 2/3
  • GAR railway tickets cost $67.50 for roundtrip Ag/27 3/2
  • Ransom Post, GAR, Women's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans hold a camp fire Ag/27 3/2
  • GAR excursionists leave Flagstaff on the 21st Se/3 3/1
  • A & P gives a reduced rate of $59.45 to GAR encampment attenders Se/3 3/4
  • Flagstaff GAR gives an entertainment at the church Se/10 3/2
  • Ransom Post, GAR, holds regular meeting followed by refreshments from Women's Relief Corps Se/10 3/2
  • sixteen GAR members from Flagstaff leave for the national encampment Se/17 3/1
  • Grand Army party numbers 500, passes through Flagstaff Se/24 3/1
  • Oakes Murphy represents Prescott in St. Louis; 21 go from Flagstaff Se/24 3/2
  • report of GAR members and their trip to Albuquerque on the way to St. Louis Se/24 3/3
  • Flagstaff excursionists arrive in Las Vegas Se/24 3/4
  • editorial on the Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic Oc/l 2/1
  • Ransom Post members arrive in St. Louis Oc/l 3/2
  • Flagstaff GAR members return Oc/8 3/1
  • bad weather persisted in St. Louis Oc/15 2/2
  • Louis L. Burns, Flagstaff, is appointed Junior Vice Commander of the Department of Arizona, GAR and D. F. Hart is appointed to the Council of Administration No/19 3/2
  • Department of Arizona GAR meets in Phoenix January l7th No/26 1/4
  • Women's Relief Corps of Flagstaff will elect officers De/3 3/1
  • GAR of Flagstaff meets to consider new applicants De/3 3/1
  • GAR posts throughout the country are in favor of the dependent pension bill De/10 2/1
  • commander of the GAR commissions provisional officers of the Department of Arizona De/10 4/1
  • commander in chief of GAR decides on next grand encampment De/17 2/2
  • Women's Relief Corps of Flagstaff makes quite a sum for the GAR hall De/17 3/2
MILITARY CAREER
     See Military Service as a Profession

MILITARY SERVICE AS A PROFESSION
In general only the first article is entered here. Additional articles will be entered under the individual's name.

  • Lt. Beal Ja/1 1/2
  • Capt. Robinson Ja/8 2/3
  • Lt. Dapray Ja/29 3/2
  • Maj. J. F. Kimball Fe/26 3/1
  • Capt. Dorst Mr/12 3/4
  • Capt. Lawton Mr/12 3/4
  • Capt. Jack Crawford, poet scout Mr/19 3/3
  • Lt. Seward Mott Mr/26 2/4
  • Capt. Foot My/21 3/1
  • Lt. Glassford My/21 3/1
  • Lt. Spencer My/28 3/2
  • Lt. M. F. Eggleston Je/11 3/1
  • Capt. F. E. Pierce JY/2 2/4
  • Capt. Peace Jy/9 4/1
  • Capt. J. F. Simpson Jy/30 3/4
  • Capt. Baldwin Ag/13 3/3
  • Dr. Mearn, U. S. Surgeon Ag/13 3/3
  • Gen. Crook Oc/8 4/1
  • Maj. McClellan Oc/15 2/3
  • Gen. Sheridan No/19 2/2
  • Albert J. Moss, private De/17 3/1
MILL TOWN
     See Flagstaff

MILTON
     See Flagstaff

MINERAL BELT RAILROAD
     See Railroads--Arizona Mineral Belt

MINERAL RESOURCES
     See Mines and Mining

MINERS
     See Mines and Mining

MINES AND MINING
     See also: Prospecting

  • all of the U. S. coined copper comes from the Globe Mine Ja/1 4/2
  • Dr. Alex Trippel is present superintendent at Old Dominion Mining Co. Fe/5 3/3
  • Steins Peak's new camp seems to be booming Fe/19 2/3
  • Sacaton Mine shows up well in Quijitoa District Fe/19 2/3
  • $40,000 mining sale is made at Tonto Basin Fe/26 3/1
  • Stonewall Jackson Mine's hoisting works are destroyed by a snow storm Fe/26 3/3
  • Nogales smelter has worked 8,000,000 pounds of ore in three months Fe/26 3/3
  • Arizona precious metal production for 1886 is $6,003,273 Fe/26 3/3
  • rich gold find is twelve miles west of Prescott Mr/5 3/2
  • furnace starts up at Atlas Mining Co. Mr/5 3/3
  • mineral discovery is made six miles north of Flagstaff Mr/12 3/1 -80 men are on payroll at Contention Mine Mr/12 3/2
  • "Old Grizzly" clears $900 in two days after completion of a five mile ditch Mr/19 3/3
  • rich strikes by David D. Gowan in Matasall mountains Mr/19 4/1
  • Miller & Coffrey have a location on same ridge as Gowan in Matasall mountains Mr/19 4/1
  • mining interests look good in Mohave County Mr/19 3/3
  • quartz mill to be erected by Diamond Jo in Bradshaw District Ap/16 3/3
  • Copper Queen Mine employs 200 Bisbee workmen Ap/16 3/3
  • some good ore is struck at Crocker Mine Ap/16 3/3
  • silver is steadily advancing Ap/23 2/1
  • Yavapai County ships over $8,000 worth of bullion Ap/232/4
  • Mexican laborer was injured fatally in a cave-in at Walnut Grove Ap/23 2/4
  • steamer Gila takes large amount of ore down the Colorado Ap/30 2/3
  • Thomas McMahon finds a rich vein at Prince George Ap/30 2/4
  • bar of bullion from 3,250 foot level is a curiosity at Comstock Ap/30 2/4
  • who salted the placer dirt at Phoenix? My/7 2/1
  • Arizona Copper Co. runs five stacks day and night My/14 2/4
  • Peck Mine ships bar of silver weighing 1,000 ounces My/14 2/4
  • smelters close down because of no coke in Bisbee My/21 3/3
  • Hassayampa has a big mineral strike Je/11 2/2
  • reports in southeastern Yavapai County are encouraging Je/25 4/2
  • Arizona Copper Co. produces satisfactory output of bullion Jy/16 3/4
  • good miners scarce in Tombstone Jy/16 3/4
  • Charles D. Poston took 400 ounces of Arizona silver in 1865 and had Tiffany's of New York make an ink stand for Abraham Lincoln Jy/23 1/4
  • copper mines in the northwest side and the 21 gold mines on Cherry Creek look very promising in the Verde area Ag/6 2/1
  • Yavapai people are congratulated for Verde mines being worked Ag/6 2/1
  • Volcano Mine in Graham County is sold for $75,000 Ag/20 2/3
  • branch line from Mineral Belt would be of great benefit to Verde Mining District Ag/27 2/1
  • rich mines discovered in Granillo District Ag/27 2/2
  • Tucson concentrating works are erected Ag/27 2/2
  • rich mines discovered in Grande District Ag/27 2/2
  • Tritle is reported to have made a rich copper ore strike at Eureka Mine, Jerome Ag/27 3/2
  • Arizona's mineral exhibit is to be removed from New Orleans to the GAR encampment in St. Louis Se/3 3/4
  • gold and silver discoveries found near Clifton Se/24 2/2
  • copper is $10.75 in New York Oc/l 3/4
  • Goe W. Sines starts new mine in Crook Canyon called Frozen Pirate Oc/8 3/4
  • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
  • gold mine is discovered in Santa Rita Mts. south of Tucson No/19 1/5
  • Harlen makes rich strike of gold twelve miles from Prescott No/19 1/5
  • gold mine discovered on the Hassayampa ten miles south of Prescott No/19 3/2
  • Courier issue of Friday contains an able and exhaustive article on Yavapai mines De/17 3/1
    Mining Companies and Areas
    Silver King Mining Co.
    • pays $2,000,000 in dividends to date Jy/2 2/3
    • pays 68th dividend of 25¢ a share Jy/2 2/3
    • amount extracted in 1886 and dividends to date Oc/8 1/4
    United Verde
    • Tritle leases Jerome mines and smelter for sixteen months Jy/16 3/5
    • F. A. Tritle makes plans to work the mine Jy/30 3/3
    • furnaces begin running metal Jy/30 3/4
    • details of ex-Governor Tritle's lease Ag/6 3/4
    • P & AC Railroad puts in a side track and switch Ag/13 2/3, 2/3
    • it is 23 1/2 miles from the mines to Verde Junction Ag/13 3/3
    • 200 tons of copper matte are on the dumps Se/24 2/2
    • G. W. Hull, owner of seven houses, is told that the United Verde Copper Co. sells the mine and plant to eastern party De/31 3/2
    Vulture Mine
    • ex-Senator Tabor, California, buys Vulture Mine Ap/9 3/4
    • has a cave-in killing Alexandro Valenzuello Oc/8 3/2
    • cave-in kills one man and injures others Oc/15 3/3
MINING
     See Mines and Mining

MINING INDUSTRY
     See Mines and Mining

MINISTERS
     See Clergy

MINORITIES
     See Chinese in the United States;   Mexicans in the United States;   Negroes

MOEN CAPIE

  • in northern part of Yavapai County a few miles northeast of the Little Colorado and twelve miles west of Tuvasita Fe/12 3/4
MOHAVE COUNTY
  • Board of Supervisors adopts plans and specifications for new court house at Kingman Ap/23 2/4
  • E. J. Goldman, Kingman, is appointed recorder and county clerk due to Bucksbaum absconding Se/24 3/2
MONEY
     See Banks and Finance

MORMONDERRY SETTLEMENT

  • Mormonderry Settlement Ja/1 1/5, 1/6
MORMONS AND MORMONISM
  • non-Arizona article Ja/15 4/2
  • non-Arizona article Ja/29 2/1
  • Arizona legislature repeals the anti-Mormon laws due to being democratic as is Mormon vote Ja/29 2/2
  • non-Arizona article Fe/12 2/1
  • does the czar of Arizona believe in polygamy? Fe/12 2/1
  • Tucker bill passes the House and will soon become law Fe/12 2/3
  • non-Arizona article Fe/19 2/1
  • non-Arizona article Mr/12 2/1
  • preacher in Tonto Basin area escapes before giving bail Mr/19 4/1
  • inaugurate an anti-polygamy branch of the church AP/23 4/1
  • Joseph Smith crusades against polygamy Ap/23 4/1
  • non-Arizona article Jy/30 2/2
  • non-Arizona article Ag/6 4/1
  • non-Arizona article Ag/13 2/1, 2/1, 2/1
  • non-Arizona article Ag/27 2/1
  • hints are out that Governor Zulick has secretly espoused the cause of Mormons Oc/15 1/4
  • non-Arizona article Oc/29 4/1
  • non-Arizona article No/19 1/5
  • non-Arizona article No/26 2/1
MOUNTAIN CITY
     See Flagstaff

MUD TANKS

  • Mud Tanks Se/24 2/2

    MURDER
         See Crimes and Criminals--Murder

    MUSIC
         See also: Entertainment

    • singing school meets at Flagstaff Church on Tuesday evening My/21 3/1
    • singing school of Flagstaff meets My/28 3/1
    • singing school opens Monday evening with J. B. Elmore teacher in Flagstaff Jy/9 3/2
    • San Diego city guard band gives performance in Flagstaff during the train stop Se/3 3/2
    • Professor J. B. Ellmore gives musical entertainment at the Methodist Church, Flagstaff Se/10 3/2
    • Mrs. B. C. Levy, Winslow, will sing at the Flagstaff Opera House Se/10 3/4
    • J. B. Ellmore presents an enjoyable concert at the Flagstaff church Se/17 3/1
    • San Diego band plays in Flagstaff Oc/8 3/1
    • musical recital at the Flagstaff M. E. church by Mrs. D. M. Riordan Oc/22 3/1
    • Mrs. D. M. Riordan's music recital is a success Oc/29 3/2
    MUSICIANS
         See Music

    NAVAJO COUNTY
         See Apache Countyuntil 1895

    NEGROES

    • mutiny of colored troops occurs at summer camp in Mogollon mountains Ag/13 3/3
    • J. W. Thomas, gentleman from Africa's sunny shore, is imprisoned for stealing a pistol in Flagstaff No/19 3/2
    • colored man falls from second story of new building in Flagstaff but is unhurt No/19 3/3
    • Horace Johnson steals $22 from San Juan saloon, Flagstaff, and is given 90 days De/3 3/2
    NEW MEXICO EXPOSITION
         See Fairs--New Mexico Exposition

    NEW YEAR'S DAY
         See Holidays and Religious Days

    NEWSPAPERS

    • Mohave County newspaper is to be moved to Kingman by January lst Ja/1 4/2
    • new paper in Tucson is to be in Spanish Ja/1 4/2
    • Tombstone Democrat is resurrected Ja/8 2/3
    • Prescott Courier editor J. H. Marion receives contract for printing legislative bills Ja/15 3/4
    • Yavapai County advertisement for bid on county printing Ja/22 1/3
    • the weekly Nogales News becomes a daily Ja/22 3/1
    • Cochise County Board of Supervisors wants to end county advertising in newspapers Ja/29 2/2
    • Yavapai County printing awarded to Hoof & Horn Fe/5 3/3
    • Casa Grande "Voice" suspends Fe/19 2/3
    • Albuquerque and Prescott newspapers take a holiday on Washington's birthday Fe/26 3/1
    • Nogales Daily News is complimented Fe/26 3/3
    • Tombstone to have another paper Mr/5 3/3
    • legislature spends twice as much on printing as permitted 2/3
    • new Tombstone paper, Prospector, is a bright newsy sheet Mr/19 2/1
    • Yavapai County printers ordered to print 100 copies of an abstract of the license law Ap/9 3/3
    • Benson's associated press correspondent is a liar Ap/9 3/4
    • Silver Belt completes its ninth year Ap/16 2/1
    • two Prescott dailies are now quarreling over their prayer ability Ap/16 2/2
    • J. M. Bracewell sells Southwestern Stockman to D. M. Hunsaker Ap/23 2/4
    • Florence may have another paper Ap/23 2/4
    • Arizona Champion has not received Holbrook Critic for two weeks Ap/30 3/1
    • Nogales Record replaces the Nogales Frontier My/7 3/2
    • Nogales Frontier ceases to exist and is replaced by "The Record" My/7 3/2
    • a new Democratic paper starts in Phoenix My/7 3/2
    • Globe-Democrat originated the word "boom" in 1878 My/14 2/2
    • Geo. G. Brown and R. C. Brown and Wasson are new proprietors of Florence Enterprise My/14 2/4
    • Nogales Record is a lively interesting paper My/14 2/4
    • Capt. Bullwinkle's death is reported from pneumonia by Albuquerque Democrate and is picked up by his hometown paper of Chicago My/21 3/2
    • Lordsburg Advance may move to Prescott My/21 3/3
    • Geo. W. & R. C. Brown are editors and proprietors of Florence Enterprise My/21 3/3
    • W. G. Staubly is editor of Clifton Clarion My/21 3/3
    • Ben James controls Tombstone Democrat My/28 3/4
    • Tombstone Democrat has not collapsed; J. M. Bracewell is proprietor Je/4 2/1
    • Tombstone Prospector says signature to articles would give credit where credit is due Je/25 2/1
    • W. H. Jones takes charge of Clifton Clarion Je/25 4/2
    • Chas. L. Mosher publishes the Arizonian in Phoenix JY/9 2/2
    • Albuquerque Democrat correspondent from Flagstaff is a liar Jy/9 2/2
    • Nogales News is defunct Jy/9 3/1
    • Nogales Record outlives its competitors Jy/16 3/4
    • "it looks as if Phoenix will have a newspaper funeral" Jy/23 2/1
    • Lordsburg Advance moves to Phoenix under I. R. Birt Jy/30 3/2BR>
    • Phoenix Advance is a new paper Jy/30 3/4
    • Arizona newsmen could not live under Bay State's blue laws Ag/6 2/1
    • Tombstone Epitaph ceases to be a daily Ag/6 3/3
    • Hoof & Horn increases to twenty pages weekly Ag/6 3/5
    • Tombstone Prospector is now a morning paper Ag/13 2/3
    • only four out of thirty-four Arizona papers support Governor Zulick Ag/13 2/3
    • Prescott Courier complains that the two Cols. did an injustice in the Albuquerque Democrate article Ag/27 3/2
    • Arizonian enlarges to seven column paper on September lst Se/3 3/4
    • receives a copy of the Journal of Proceedings of the fourth annual session of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythis Se/17 3/2
    • editorial on the purpose of a newspaper Oc/15 2/1
    • Holbrook Critic is suspended Oc/15 3/1
    • Tombstone Prospector "comes" on "half shell" No/19 3/1
    • postal laws of newspapers De/10 2/2
    • James J. Hyde sells the Mohave Mines to C. M. Funston De/10 3/2
    • editorial on newspapers not always to blame for unreliable statements De/24 3/3
    Arizona Champion
    • $5 brings Arizona Champion and Weekly New York World for one year and a History of the U. S. with 320 pages Ja/1 2/2
    • carrier's name is enclosed with present issue Ja/8 3/1
    • American Farmer free to advance payers of Arizona Champion Ja/15 3/1
    • Florence Enterprise compliments New Year's edition Ja/15 3/2
    • twenty books offered with the Champion for $4.50 Ja/22 3/5, 4/3
    • Arizona Champion never received by Williams subscribers due to postal service Fe/19 3/2
    • purchases a new job outfit including press and designs Mr/26 3/2
    • Arizona Champion compliments Apache County Critic Ap/2 3/1
    • is prepared to do all kinds of work now Ap/2 3/1
    • Journal Miner compliments Ap/2 3/1, 3/2
    • exquisite visiting cards printed Ap/16 3/1
    • letter heads, bill heads and cards printed Ap/23 3/1
    • Champion and Tombstone Democrat exchange words My/14 2/2
    • Tombstone Prospector compliments Je/18 2/1
    • on file at E. C. Dake Advertising Agency, San Francisco Jy/2 1/6
    • Mohave Miner compliments Bro. Tinker Ag/6 3/1
    • begins fifth year of publication, editorial policy is given Se/17 2/1
    • Geo. H. Tinker goes away for a month's leave; A. G. Temple takes charge Se/17 2/3
    • receives a copy of an act to provide for licensing railway conductors and engineers to be introduced to Congress Se/17 3/2
    • receives pamphlet on Salt River Valley by Pat Hamilton Oc/15 3/1
    • H. G. Temple, acting manager, absconds with $200 leaving the subscription list in a locked safe which only he and Tinker can open Oc/22 3/1
    • Geo. H. Tinker returns home Oc/29 3/2
    • apologizes for its appearance the past three weeks No/5 2/1
    • receives invitation to attend Miles' sword presentation No/12 3/1
    Phoenix Gazette
    • is under editorial control of Thos. E. Farrish Ap/16 3/3
    • Arizona Champion complains of not receiving the Phoenix Gazette since Farrish took over Ap/30 2/1
    • B. A. Fickas is business manager of Phoenix Gazette My/21 3/3
    • increases to eight column daily Jy/9 4/1
    • is transferred from Farrish & Co. to Isaac Lyons, George H. Stevens, Dr. 0. L. Mahony, Cameron King and Briggs Goodrich Jy/23 2/2
    • business manager and editor retire due to request to print articles defending land frauders; five territorial officials are new owners Jy/23 2/3
    • Farrish and Fickas retire and John 0. Dunbar takes control Jy/23 2/3
    • Zulick's purchase Jy/30 2/1
    • still in the ring? Jy/30 2/3
    • twenty businesses agree to not support the paper Jy/30 3/4
    NOGALES
    • trouble subsides Mr/19 3/3
    NORMAL SCHOOL
         See Colleges and Universities

    ORDER (ORGANIZATIONS)
         See Clubs and Organizations

    ORES
         See Mines and Mining

    ORIENTALS
         See Chinese in the United States

    OUTLAWS
         See Crimes and Criminals

    PAPERS
         See Newspapers

    PARCEL POST
         See Communications--Postal Service

    PARDON
         See Prisons and Prisoners

    PARKS AND MONUMENTS
         See also: Grand Canyon;   Tourists and Tourism;   Walnut Canyon

    • Senator Harrison's bill for making the southern border of the Grand Canyon a national park should be passed Ja/8 2/1
    • movement afoot in Flagstaff to make a driving park one mile east of town Jy/16 3/2
    • Flagstaff Driving Park Association meets August 22nd Ag/20 3/3
    • articles of incorporation are filed for the Flagstaff Driving Park Association Se/3 3/1
    PARTIES (SOCIAL)
         See Entertainment

    PASTORS
         See Clergy

    PATENT MEDICINE
         See Advertisements--Patent Medicine

    PERIODICALS
    Includes only magazines closely connected with Arizona, not those just advertised in Arizona.
         See also: Advertisements

    • A & P General Manager Sands prohibits the sale of Police Gazette, etc., on the A & P passenger trains Mr/12 3/1
    PETS
    • Flagstaff is pestered with dogs Fe/19 3/2
    • dogs in Flagstaff decrease as population increases Mr/19 3/1
    • if the dog scare leads to the killing of some Flagstaff dogs it would be good Ap/30 3/1
    • due to a rumor of hydrophobia several Flagstaff dogs are killed, including "Keno," Constable Odell's dog Ap/30 3/2
    • Marshal Dodson, Prescott, will kill all dogs on which taxes have not been paid Je/11 2/2
    PHARAMCISTS
         See Medicine as a Profession

    PHOENIX

    • election scheduled for April to vote on city bonds Mr/19 3/3
    • is to have a city hall Ap/9 3/4
    • has $800 to uniform its fire department Ap/16 3/3
    • De Forest Porter is elected mayor My/14 2/4
    • has grand fiesta on June 24th Je/11 2/2
    • gets hot in several ways Jy/30 2/3
    • mass meeting ends in a row Ag/6 3/3
    • Immigration Union refuses three newspaper proposals to advertise the town Se/10 4/2
    • Arizona Reclamation Company organizes in Phoenix to aid colonies and migrants Se/24 3/4
    • hot air seems to generate bad blood among journalists and lawyers De/17 3/2
    PHOENIX JUNCTION
    • changes its name to Maricopa Jy/23 2/3
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    • Ben Wittick, Fort Wingate, visits Flagstaff and may locate here Fe/19 3/1
    • Erwin Baer, Prescott, goes to Flagstaff on a professional visit Jy/16 3/1
    • D. J. Brannen & Co. has some northern Arizona scenes for sale taken by Erwin Baer, Prescott Se/10 3/1
    • Ed A. St. Clair takes fine views of Flagstaff De/10 3/1
    • some fine views of Fort Rickerson were sent from New York by Col. J. C. De La Vergue to C. G. Goven De/10 3/1
    PIGS
         See Livestock--Pigs

    PIMA COUNTY

    • Gen. Thomas F. Wilson and Mrs. Julia M. Strauss are appointed members of the board of examiners Oc/15 2/3
    PINE
    • Pine Mr/19 4/1
    PISTOLS
         See Accidents--Firearms

    PLANTS
         See Agriculture;   Flowers and Gardening

    POETRY

    • "John A. Logan" written for the Champion Ja/8 2/3
    • Mother written for the Champion by AMEB No/26 2/3
    • A Dream of Home, written fot the Champion by AMEB De/17 4/1
    POLITICAL PARTIES
         See Elections and Politics

    POSTAL SERVICE
         See Communications--Postal Service

    POSTMASTERS
         See Communications--Postal Service

    POWER OF ATTORNEY
         See Banks and Finance

    PREACHING
         See Protestants and Protestantism

    PRESCOTT

    • city elections results Ja/8 2/3
    • beautifies the plaza Ap/16 3/3
    • is doing well with the new railroad; mining boom also exists My/28 3/3
    • Journal Miner feels Prescott will be largest city in southwest; Champion doubts this Jy/16 2/1
    • steadily improves and business looks up Ag/6 3/3
    • J. M. Dodso reruns for city marshal De/31 3/2
    PRESCOTT AND ARIZONA CENTRAL RAILROAD
         See Railroads--Prescott and Arizona Central

    PRESCOTT JUNCTION
         See Seligman

    PRESS
         See Newspapers

    PRESBYTERIA
         See Protestants and Protestantism

    PRICES
         See Economic Conditions

    PRIESTS
         See Catholics and Catholicism;   Clergy

    PRINCIPALS
         See Educators

    PRISONS AND PRISONERS
         See also: Crimes and Criminals

    • Yavapai County advertisement for bid on food for prisoners Ja/22 1/3
    • cost of keeping prisoners is reduced per capita per day but creases overall Ja/29 2/1 -169 prisoners are in Yuma Penitentiary Ja/29 3/2
    • report of capital's doings includes penal code Fe/19 2/4
    • reason Governor Zulick appoints so many foreigners to offices at Yuma Mr/5 2/3
    • governor appoints George H. Stevens, Isaac Lyons and Peter R. Brady to board of prison commissioners Mr/12 2/3
    • Maricopa County jail contains five inmates Mr/26 2/3
    • one of the escaped train wreckers is killed and another captured Ap/9 2/3
    • Louis Beach escapes from Prescott jail Ap/9 3/4
    • Richard Rule is appointed prison clerk at Yuma Ap/16 3/3
    • E. F. Odell, Flagstaff, takes Jose Ortega to Prescott for four months on petit larceny Ap/23 3/1
    • two men locked up on a serious charge break out of jail in Flagstaff Jy/2 2/3
    • officers of the law are busy hunting escapees JY/2 3/1
    • Flagstaff jail is unoccupied and unsafe Jy/9 3/1
    • Wm. West praises the officials in charge Jy/16 3/2
    • Johnson sells his head for cigars until he is hanged in Prescott Jy/16 3/5
    • six Yuma prisoners pardoned by governor Jy/30 3/1
    • preparations commence for execution of Wilson and Johnson Ag/6 3/5
    • Frank Wilson confesses that John A. Johnson had no part in the Clevenger murders and Johnson is reprieved Ag/13 3/2
    • Governor Zulick pardons George Cliquet who shot a man near Russelville in 1883 Se/3 3/4
    • Judge Howard and Col. Eggers work to procure a commutation of Johnson's sentence for death of Clevengers Se/17 3/1
    • Nogales builds a new jail Se/24 2/2
    • Johnson is again respited for 30 days by Governor Zulick Oc/l 3/4
    • J. H. Behan, Tombstone, is assistant superintendent of the territorial prison at Yuma Oc/8 3/4
    • attempt made to release the murderer Pilar Persas from Flagstaff jail Oc/22 3/2
    • Governor Zulick pardons R. K. Riggs from life imprisonment for saving the superintendent's life during the outbreak De/31 1/5
    PROFESSORS
         See Educators

    PROSPECTING
         See also: Mines and Mining

    • Ed Whipple, Flagstaff, goes south Mr/12 3/1
    • Ed Whipple returns due to San Francisco wash being impassable Mr/19 3/2
    PROTESTANTS AND PROTESTANTISM
         See also: Catholics and Catholicism;   Jews and Judaism;   Mormons and Mormonism
    • Rev. N. L. Guthrie will hold service in Holbrook Ja/29 3/1
    • churches of Arizona exist and are largely supported by missionary societies Ap/9 3/2
    • holiness band is in Prescott Ap/16 3/3
    • holiness bands visit Prescott saloons Ap/23 2/4
    • Rev. N. L. Guthrie officiates Sunday in Holbrook Ap/23 3/2
    • holiness band visits Flagstaff and holds services in the church Ap/30 3/1
    • holiness band holds services in the Flagstaff church every evening of the week and in Berry's saloon Sunday afternoon My/7 3/1
    • holiness band goes to California My/7 3/1
    • Wilcox has a new church My/21 3/3
    • a liberal Arizona town announces a Sunday School ball My/28 2/1
    • Presbyterian non-Arizona Je/4 2/2
    • Mrs. Calfee and children go to Illinois until it is decided whether Calfee will keep his Globe charge Je/11 3/2
    • District Conference of the M E Church South meets in Prescott Jy/30 3/4
    • Bishop Dunlop, head of Protestant Episcopal Church of Arizona and New Mexico, is in Flagstaff Ag/6 3/1
    • new Presbyterian church to be erected in Phoenix Ag/20 2/3
    • U.S.D.A. Walker takes the case of Rev. E. S. Walpole Warren to court under the act to prohibit the importation of labor Oc/22 3/3
    • Tucson Methodist conference appointments Oc/29 3/3
    Flagstaff
    • Flagstaff history Ja/1 2/3
    • regular service at the school house Ja/8 3/1
    • description of the new M E church and its history Ja/8 3/4
    • box supper to be given at the school house Wednesday to aid the church Ja/15 3/1
    • regular service at the school house Ja/15 3/1
    • first service in February expected to be in new church Ja/15 3/1
    • some gentlemen have sent for a bell to be placed in the tower of the new church Ja/15 3/1
    • services as usual Ja/22 3/1
    • no service but Sunday School as usual Ja/29 3/1
    • church is completed except for the glass Ja/29 3/1
    • $22.50 raised at social party to aid in purchasing a heating stove Ja/29 3/2
    • usual services to be held Fe/5 3/1
    • concert to be given to raise funds for a new church Fe/12 3/1
    • regular service at the school house Fe/19 3/1
    • regular service and Sunday School to be held at the school house Mr/5 3/1
    • new church is delayed until glass arrives Mr/5 3/2
    • Methodist church congregation give a pound party to their pastor Mr/12 3/1
    • no service tomorrow Mr/12 3/1
    • Guthrie thanks the people for the pound party Mr/12 3/4
    • service to be held in the new church building Mr/19 3/1
    • regular service at the church Mr/26 3/1
    • first services held in church were well attended with Rev. N. L. Guthrie officiating Mr/26 3/1
    • regular service Ap/2 3/1
    • Methodist church ladies provide a supper bringing in $75 Ap/2 3/1
    • no regular service, Sunday School and an evening song service Ap/23 3/2
    • regular service Ap/30 3/1
    • regular service My/7 3/1
    • religious interests caused by holiness band is unabated with evening services still going My/14 3/1
    • regular service My/21 3/1
    • bell for the church arrives and will be rung Wednesday My/21 3/2
    • due to painting and decorating no services will be held Je/4 3/2
    • children's day will be held at church services, 10:30 and 2:30 with Rev. D. W. Calfee at 8:00 Je/11 3/2
    • ice cream festival to be held at the church Friday Je/18 3/2
    • ice cream festival largely attended Je/25 3/2
    • Rev. G. H. Adams preaches tomorrow morning and evening Jy/2 3/2
    • Rev. G. H. Adams preached last Sunday Jy/9 3/2
    • usual service Jy/9 3/2
    • usual services Jy/16 3/1
    • usual service Ag/6 3/1
    • regular service Ag/27 3/1
    • M E church holds a festival Se/3 3/2
    • regular service Oc/l 3/1
    • usual services Oc/8 3/1
    • no service due to Rev. N. L. Guthrie going to the Methodist Conference Oc/15 3/1
    • regular service Oc/15 3/1
    • Prof. Almond F. Hoyt, President of Albuquerque College, will speak at church in place of Rev. N. L. Guthrie No/19 3/2
    • ladies give dinner to raise money for fitting up the church No/26 3/1
    • protracted revival meeting held for two weeks at M E church De/24 3/1
    • Methodist church has two excellent ventilators put in and its tower completed De/24 3/1
    PUBLIC LANDS
         See Land and Land Tenure

    PUBLISHERS
         See Books and Publishers

    RACING
         See Sports

    RAILROADS
    Articles relating to one or two railroads are entered under Railroads-specific name (i.e., Railroads--Southern Pacific).
    If the article refers to three or more companies including Atlantic and Pacific, then it is entered only under Railroads and Railroads-Atlantic and Pacific.
         See also: Accidents;   Communications;   Land and Land Tenure-Railroads

    • J. H. Hampson holds his Arizona investments and will buy more stock when it is offered for sale Ja/1 4/2
    • inter-state commerce bill or Reagan railroad bill passes the U. S. Senate; explanation of bill Ja/22 2/2
    • Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad bill to connect Phoenix with the Southern Pacific is signed Ja/29 3/2
    • interstate railroad bill will be of great benefit to stock growers Ja/29 3/4
    • Bracewell's bill regarding cattle killed by trains is explained Fe/5 4/1
    • talk of a fast tourist train from New York to southern California Fe/26 3/3
    • New Mexico passes a law making train wrecking a capital offense Mr/5 2/1
    • Santa Fe Co. takes possession of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel roads Mr/5 3/1
    • western bound passenger travel is heavy Mr/5 3/1 -935 miles of railroad are complete in Arizona Mr/5 3/2
    • Arizona Central Bank, Flagstaff, has first class ticket to San Francisco for a reduced amount Mr/19 3/1
    • comments on the inter-state commerce bill on the pass system Mr/19 3/2
    • eastern trains are beginning to be lighted with electricity Ap/2 2/1
    • stoves must go Ap/2 2/1
    • the new railroad law Ap/9 2/2
    • the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway will soon be completed Ap/9 2/4
    • a synopsis of the inter-state commerce law Ap/9 3/3
    • interstate commerce bill resembles the Bible in that it can be construed so many ways Ap/23 2/1
    • Jay Gould makes an effort to control the St. Louis and San Francisco road which would be bad for the A & P Ap/23 2/3
    • complaints are made on delay in freight from the east due to the Santa Fe road My/7 3/1
    • will give roundtrip to GAR encampment at St. Louis for single fare My/7 3/1
    • railroad news is given My/7 3/4
    • passes are still issued to cowmen traveling with their cattle My/14 1/4
    • election of directors for the St. Louis & San Francisco ends in a failure for Jay Gould My/14 2/3
    • attempt to make people disgusted with the inter-state commerce law My/21 2/1
    • are charged with raising long haul rates instead of lowering short haul rates My/21 2/1
    • Rio Grande road runs trains through to Santa Fe My/21 2/3
    • Phoenix Gazette calls locomotives black horse cavalry of commerce; Arizona Champion thinks they will find a shorter name My/21 3/3
    • Prescott board of trade protests against suppression of clause four of the inter-state commerce bill My/21 3/3
    • Bradstreet's last monthly railway report gives receipts for southwestern roads Je/4 2/1
    • officials change on several lines Je/4 2/3
    • W. H. H. Llewellyn locates at Holbrook to look after cattle traffic business for Santa Fe road Je/18 1/3
    • Southern Pacific and the New Mexico-Arizona railroad has had washouts Jy/23 2/3
    • Chicago & Rock Island Company surveys a route through northern portions of Apache and Yavapai Counties Jy/30 2/3
    • editorial on the problem of bridges that burn Ag/20 2/1
    • Kansas washout causes western trains to be late Ag/20 3/1
    • GAR railroad rates for the national encampment Ag/27 2/3
    • wreck in California delays eastbound train Ag/27 3/1
    • passenger travel to California increases Ag/27 3/1
    • cold weather lessens disasters from burning bridges but increases car stove disasters Se/3 2/1
    • Pullman Co. plans to light their cars with electricity Se/3 4/1
    • new passenger tariff of Southern Pacific effects a reduction on the A & P to San Francisco Se/10 3/4
    • copy of an act to provide for licensing conductors and engineers which is to go to Congress is received at the Champion office Se/17 3/2
    • experiments in weighing stockcars as they move No/5 1/4
    • W. L. Van Horn moves that a committee of three ask A & P what concession can be obtained favoring citizens with vested rights in town lots No/5 3/2
    • prospect of a rate war between ATSF and Union & Central Pacific Railroads No/26 2/2
    • Arizona has over 1,000 miles of rails and needs more De/10 2/1
    • Wm. Powell and A. W. McDonel go to check on the Ocean Side Railroad in southern California De/17 3/2
    Arizona Central Railroad
         See Prescott and Arizona Central

    Arizona Mineral Belt

    • history of Flagstaff Ja/1 1/7
    • Arizona Star is corrected in its information on building conditions in the Flagstaff area Ja/1 2/2
    • benefit to Tonto Basin is given Ja/8 1/3
    • has four miles graded and ties laid Ja/8 3/1
    • 100 men are employed Ja/15 3/1
    • rink building will be used as a temporary roundhouse in Flagstaff Ja/15 3/1
    • five miles cleared and one mile of track is laid Ja/15 3/2
    • is in construction, ice and snow will not be a problem Ja/22 2/1
    • construction progresses Ja/22 3/1
    • nineteen carloads of rails shipped to Flagstaff Ja/29 3/2
    • Johnny & F. J. Hopkins deliver 50,000 ties to Flagstaff Ja/29 3/2
    • construction progresses steadily Ja/29 3/2
    • Flagstaff junction location is decided on Ja/29 3/2 -200 men employed Fe/5 3/1
    • next 15 miles will be less trouble than first 5 Fe/5 3/1
    • E. W. Jackson resigns as chief engineer Fe/19 3/1
    • junction is complete and construction train starts next week Fe/19 3/2
    • Mineral Belt Railroad will pass through some extremely rich land Fe/26 3/2
    • two miles laid this week despite bad weather Fe/26 3/2
    • track laying progresses at a mile a day Mr/5 3/1
    • construction train takes first trip, six miles of rails are laid Mr/5 3/1
    • ten miles are laid Mr/12 3/1
    • construction proceeds steadily Mr/19 3/1
    • strike at work camp over the discharge of a worker Mr/19 3/2
    • excursion train leaves Sunday for the end of the Mineral Belt, fourteen miles Mr/26 3/1
    • ten miles and 50 feet completed with another ten miles scheduled before May Mr/26 3/2
    • Clarence W. Neal killed in an accident Ap/2 3/4
    • erects a boarding house on Gold Avenue Ap/9 3/1
    • twelve miles of track laid Ap/9 3/1
    • E. E. Booth has charge of brakes on construction train Ap/23 3/1
    • J. P. Connelly buys supplies in Prescott Ap/23 3/1
    • eleven and a half miles of rails are laid and a heavy cut of one half mile is finished Ap/23 3/2
    • Boston Daily Advertiser comments Ap/30 3/4
    • track laying begins again My/7 3/1
    • three trains will be started next week My/7 3/2
    • fifteen miles completed and being pushed ahead rapidly My/14 3/1
    • seventeen miles are laid My/28 3/1BR>
    • seven carloads of steel rails arrive My/28 3/1
    • John Flinn, engineer of construction train Je/4 2/3
    • has seventeen miles laid and twenty miles graded Je/4 3/1
    • Maj. Henry Warren, Aztec Cattle Co., travels over line Je/11 3/4
    • John E. Flyn and T. J. Carter resign Je/18 3/2
    • twenty-five miles are graded but only nineteen laid Je/25 3/2
    • directors hold a meeting, report given Je/25 3/3
    • Dr. W. H. Cook is given position of physician Jy/2 3/1
    • brakeman McNally has arm broken while coupling cars Jy/2 3/2
    • has 24 miles of track laid with heavy traffic already, and grading being done at Mormon Lake Jy/9 3/2
    • refit their main office in Milltown at Flagstaff Jy/16 3/2
    • steel rails arrive in Flagstaff Jy/16 3/4
    • benefit to Verde country Jy/23 2/2
    • Col. J. W. Eddy negotiates for another large lot of steel rails Jy/23 3/2
    • construction increases, three engines and some cars are being purchased Jy/30 2/3
    • President Eddy will endeavor to secure Verde mining business Ag/6 2/1
    • construction hands arrive Ag/6 3/1
    • work pushes forward Ag/6 3/1
    • Boston Post says the road is pushing toward Globe City and may be extended to Tucson or Benson or Calabasas Ag/6 4/1
    • ten carloads of steel rails are on the way Ag/20 3/1
    • branch line from Arizona Mineral Belt to Verde Mining District would be a great benefit Ag/27 2/1
    • President and Secretary are directors of the company which owns Heron Island, a New England seaside resort Ag/27 3/3
    • a new locomotive and some new box cars are received Ag/27 3/3
    • negotiations between Tritle and Arizona Mineral Belt concerning shipping Verde copper open a spur of the road Ag/27 3/3
    • Col. J. W. Eddy negotiates for another lot of rails Ag/27 3/3
    • Boston Post says they are trying to reach south rim of Tonto Basin so that winter will have no further effect Ag/27 3/3
    • track is laid for 26 miles, 32 miles are graded,& 42 miles of ties are distributed Ag/27 3/3
    • laid for 37 miles and graded for 10 miles further Se/10 3/4
    • has forty miles of track laid, receipts are paying the cost of the freight, passenger and construction trains Se/17 3/2
    • forty miles of track are laid Se/24 3/1
    • work is stopped due to the A & P refusing to pay their subscription Oc/22 3/2
    • more information on the suspension of work Oc/29 2/1
    • complaint filed against Arizona Mineral Belt over death of Clarence W. Neal No/5 3/2
    • goes into winter quarters earlier than can be expected No/12 3/1
    • Engineer Jones says trains are running yet, hauling logs and wood No/12 3/1
    • report of Creditors Committee of Flagstaff holding the A & P responsible No/19 2/2
    • President Eddy returns to Flagstaff seemingly not too worried No/19 3/2
    • President Eddy leaves for the east after dealing with creditors to the best of his ability No/26 2/3
    • President J. W. Eddy visits Prescott No/26 3/1
    • A. W. McDonel is in town, work is entirely suspended De/3 3/1
    • is leased to Foster, Doyle & Co. until next spring De/3 3/3
    • good authority says work will resume soon De/10 3/1
    Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe
    • purchases Chicago and St. Louis and plans to assume entire control of the A & P Ja/8 1/5
    • purchases Los Angeles and San Gabriel Railroad Ja/15 2/1
    • Chicago, Kansas and Western or CK & W is new name Ja/22 3/1
    • makes contracts for extension of its line Ja/22 3/4
    • secures control of the St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado road Ja/29 1/5
    • collision near Sands station causes A & P delay Mr/26 3/2
    • has 1,000 new freight cars and 140 new locomotives built My/21 2/3
    • annual report My/21 2/3
    • J. H. Scott takes George L. Sand's place as General Superintendent Je/4 2/3
    • employs 50,000 men Je/4 2/3
    • builds new line from Kiowa to Albuquerque Jy/16 3/4
    • rumors of time-card change Jy/16 3/4
    • new time card goes into effect on the 24th Jy/23 3/1
    • Eli Titus is appointed live stock agent Ag/6 1/3
    • President Strong denies that the Colorado Midland is ATSF property Ag/6 4/1
    • hold stock meeting to issue new stock Ag/6 4/1
    • has 131 miles of new road Ag/13 2/1
    • reduces freight rates on cattle to Kansas City Ag/20 1/3
    • ATSF and A & P contemplate larger hospital in Albuquerque Ag/20 2/2
    • will have a through connection to Chicago January lst Oc/l 3/4
    Atlantic and Pacific
         See also: Business for eating houses; Communications--Telegraph for their telegraph offices
    • history of Flagstaff Ja/1 1/7
    • western bound trains delayed Ja/15 3/1
    • George L. Sands takes charge as general manager of this branch of CK & W Ja/22 3/1
    • western trains delayed due to a rock on the tracks at Tehachapi Pass Fe/26 3/1
    • locomotive takes twelve hours to get it back on track at Flagstaff depot Mr/5 3/1
    • plans a two-story depot and eating house in Williams Mr/5 3/3
    • new chief of railway mail service has not gotten his work done yet Mr/12 3/1
    • General Manager Sands prohibits the sale of Police Gazette on the A & P passenger trains Mr/12 3/1
    • General Manager Sands orders the three divisions consolidated to two with Albuquerque, Williams and Barstow the end points Mr/12 3/3
    • new management has not helped the railway mail department Mr/26 2/3
    • road at Winslow is blocked with eastern freight Ap/23 3/1
    • eastern passenger train lays over six hours waiting for the track to be cleared Ap/23 3/1
    • western bound train delayed over a day due to the accident Ap/23 3/1
    • enormous amount of freight passes over Ap/23 3/1
    • unless there are fewer accidents tramps will cease to use the A & P line My/7 2/1
    • time table is no good, it is go-as-you-please plan My/7 3/1
    • "Tolina," Indian squaw, is found dead from being run over by a train My/7 3/2
    • burnt bridges and broken flanges are compared to chestnuts My/14 2/1
    • time tables abolished My/14 3/1
    • roadbed of the A & P is in deplorable condition My/14 4/1
    • moves to put roads in thorough repair My/28 2/2
    • lays new tracks on either side of the existing tracks in Flagstaff My/28 3/2
    • continues to slight Flagstaff in regards to a depot Je/4 2/2
    • orders more locomotives Je/4 2/3
    • makes improvements, paints bridges to guard against fire and adds spark extinguishers to their locomotives Je/18 3/2
    • reduced fares will be given for Flagstaff 4th celebration Je/25 3/2
    • train wreckers are working the A & P line Je/25 4/2
    • siding on Railroad Avenue will be laid down Jy/9 3/1
    • traffic continues heavy Jy/9 3/2
    • traffic increases weekly Jy/16 3/1
    • makes deal with Flagstaffians for land, depot and water Jy/16 3/3
    • new postal clerk is appointed Jy/23 3/1
    • a Boston combination plans to gather the A & P stock in Jy/30 2/3
    • lays another track in front of Railroad Avenue, in Flagstaff Jy/30 3/1
    • receipts have more than doubled in first six months of 1887 Ag/6 2/1
    • John Aitkens resigns as agent at Bangharts Ag/6 3/5
    • earnings compared for 1887 and 1886 Ag/6 4/1
    • ATSF and A & P contemplate larger hospital in Albuquerque; Mohave Miner says A & P needs one in Kingman, Flagstaff and Albuquerque Ag/20 2/2
    • lays another track in front of Railroad Avenue Ag/27 3/1
    • gives reduced rate to GAR encampment attenders Se/3 3/4
    • stock yards are built one mile west of Holbrook depot Se/10 3/4
    • Conductor J. F. Brady takes Winslow-Albuquerque run Se/10 3/4
    • special trains pass through Flagstaff at night Se/24 3/1, 3/2
    • almost every passenger train needs two engines to pull it through Flagstaff Se/24 3/1
    • is full of traffic Se/24 3/1
    • tramp attempts to wreck a train near Canon Diablo Oc/l 3/2
    • has an extensive washout near Laguna, New Mexico Oc/l 3/4
    • has 150 men laying track and repairing roads and bridges Oc/15 2/3
    • trains and mails are so irregular that time tables are useless Oc/15 3/1
    • express trains are from one to six hours late a day Oc/29 3/1
    • A. McDonald, Holbrook, is awarded $23,000 for malicious prosecution by the A & P No/19 1/5
    • has many easterners traveling to California No/19 3/2
    • railroad is over-powered by the work for them to do De/10 1/3
    • passenger trains are from ten to three hours late into Flagstaff De/10 3/1
    A & P--Accidents
         See also: Accidents
    • W. D. Ross crushes his hand between the engine and a freight car Fe/26 3/2
    • four of the five killed in the Needles railway accident were burned to death Mr/5 2/1
    • nearly all the mail bags were burned in the Needles accident Mr/5 3/1
    • engine, baggage, mail and express cars plunge into ravine when bridge burns at Needles Mr/5 3/4
    • western bound train runs off the track near Belmont; twelvehour delay Ap/23 3/1
    • another freight train runs off near Challender Ap/23 3/1
    • -westbound express train wrecks at Ash Fork; mail agent, engineer and fireman injured Ap/23 3/4
    • freight train wrecks eight miles west of Canyon Diablo due to burnt bridge, two killed; passenger train derails on shoo fly, no injuries Ap/23 3/4
    • Arizona Champion editorial on the criminal carelessness of the management for the recent series of accidents Ap/30 2/2
    • more details on the freight wreck near Canyon Diablo Ap/30 3/4
    • -another accident occurs west of Needles due to a burnt bridge, one killed My/7 3/2
    • western bound passenger train leaves the track three miles west of Fort Wingate My/7 3/4
    • mail agent E. L. Pippin is wounded again in a plunge through a burnt bridge My/14 3/2
    • passenger train late due to freight train ditching My/28 3/1
    • Alexander McDonald, foreman of bridge carpenters, dies from fall off Williams bridge My/28 3/2
    • -J. J. McDonald dies from fall off bridge near Needles My/28 3/4
    • -freight train wreck Je/18 3/1
    • recent improvements have decreased the number of accidents Jy/16 3/4
    • passenger train crashes into a freight train killing the fireman Jy/23 3/2
    • freight train is wrecked on a spur six miles west of Flagstaff Jy/30 3/1
    • -freight train plunges into a chasm near Franconia station, fireman killed and engineer and brakeman will probably die Jy/30 3/3
    • George Gibson, brakeman in the Franconia accidents, dies Ag/20 3/2
    • Charles McKee, brakeman, is badly injured in Needles Se/3 3/1
    • -freight wrecks near Walnut station Se/24 3/2
    • -Thomas Metcalf, brakeman, killed upon fall off the top of a box car Se/24 3/2
    • freight train wreck at Belmont delays traffic Oc/l 3/1
    • -freight train boiler explodes killing engineer, fireman and brakeman No/5 3/3
    • -unknown man is killed in fall off of moving train, may have been dragged De/3 3/3
    • collision occurs 1 1/2 miles east of Williams between a work train and a freight; one killed and five wounded De/3 3/3
    • eastbound passenger train is ditched twenty miles this side of Needles De/17 3/1
    A & P--Buildings
    • plans to build a depot, freight house, repair shop, roundhouse, stock yards and waterworks in Flagstaff Ja/15 1/5
    • party looks over site for new depot in Flagstaff Fe/5 3/1
    • Flagstaff depot to be begun soon My/7 3/1
    • depot in Flagstaff to be begun in a month to six weeks near present box car offices Ag/13 3/4
    • Champion suggests they build the Flagstaff depot of stone rather than lumber Se/10 2/1
    • ground is surveyed and preparations begin for the Flagstaff depot Se/17 3/1
    • Flagstaff's new depot will be begun at an early date De/24 3/2
    A & P--Employees
    Operators of the railroad eating houses will be found under Business and telegraph operators will be found under Communications--Telegraph.
    • Harper, Williams station agent, and Ryan Mr/5 3/3
    • Wm. Crowley, ex-road master Mr/5 3/3
    • -R. M. Bachelor promoted to traveling auditor Ap/9 3/2
    • -Frank Secrist substitutes for L. W. Roberts My/21 2/3
    • Harry Nichols takes Tinker's place as agent in Coolidge Jy/30 2/3
    • W. A. Rang, passenger train between Winslow and Needles Se/3 2/2
    • Dooler takes Pitt's place as road master of this division Oc/29 3/1
    • Aplin, inspector of ties No/5 3/1
    • Chas. Richardson replaces Jas. Halstead as conductor No/5 3/2
    • J. H. Kuhue, Albuquerque, general store keeper No/12 3/1
    • John Donovan accepts a position in Albuquerque No/19 3/3
    • Geo. A. Wallace is lost baggage man De/3 3/2
    • N. 0. Murphy, Prescott, is appointed resident land agent De/10 4/1
    • W. A. Rang now runs between Winslow and Williams De/24 3/1
    A & P--Expansion
    • plan is to build from Mohave to Sacramento Se/17 3/4
    A & P--Fares and Rates
    • freight rates from Albuquerque reduced 40% per hundred pounds Ap/9 3/1
    • Albuquerque papers were mistaken in their report of reduced fares Jy/16 3/4
    A & P--Finances and Statistics
    • pay car to be discontinued, checks will be sent to agents Ja/29 3/2
    • W. C. Hazledine pays tax in Yavapai County Fe/5 3/3
    • R. M. Bachelor, traveling auditor, is in Flagstaff Je/11 3/1
    • pay car is on the road Jy/23 3/1
    • F. M. Bachelor, traveling auditor, is in Flagstaff Se/3 2/2
    • earnings given Oc/l 3/4
    • A & P pay car arrives in Flagstaff De/24 3/1
    Flagstaff and Grand Canyon Railroad Company
    • organizes and elects officers, list given Ja/8 3/2
    • bill passes legislature for exempting Flagstaff-Grand Canyon Railroad from taxation for six years Mr/12 3/2
    • road from Flagstaff to grandest part of the canyon will be begun in June Ap/23 3/3
    • Boston Daily Advertiser comments on the Flagstaff line AP/30 3/4
    • D. M. Riordan, Treasurer, receives Diebold burglar-proof safe My/28 3/2
    • work will probably start on the Flagstaff-Canyon railroad next month My/28 3/2
    • best route is from Seligman says Courier; Flagstaff says Arizona Champion Je/25 2/1
    • discussion of the shortest and/or best route to the Grand Canyon Ag/6 3/2
    Maricopa-Phoenix Railroad
    • Phoenix celebrates its completion on the 4th of July Jy/9 3/1
    • track walker finds a board placed to wreck the train No/19 1/5
    Prescott and Arizona Central
    • regular trains are running Ja/8 2/3
    • trains from Prescott are delayed owing to not having the Y completed Ja/8 2/3
    • J. E. Anderson replaces 1. Kuhn as chief engineer Ja/8 2/3
    • trains leave Prescott Junction at 8 a.m. and Prescott at 5 p.m. Ja/8 3/1
    • last spike driven by Governor Zulick on January lst Ja/8 3/3
    • Chas. W. Beach is appointed superintendent Ja/15 3/1
    • fare between Seligman and Prescott is $5.85 Ja/15 3/1
    • House bill passes to prevent payment of any more bonds on uncompleted portions Fe/26 2/4
    • special meeting of directors is held at Prescott Ap/16 3/3
    • T. S. Bullock is elected president Ap/23 2/4
    • has washout between Junction and Clearwater, repaired Jy/23 3/1
    • puts in a side track and switch for United Verde Copper Company Ag/13 2/3, 2/3
    • new station opens nine miles north of Prescott called the Verde Junction Ag/13 2/3
    • new locomotive is being built Se/3 3/4
    • rains again break up the tracks Se/17 3/1
    Proposed Arizona Roads
         See also: Railroads--Arizona Mineral Belt
    • discussion of a road between Phoenix and the Gila and Colorado Rivers Fe/26 3/3
    • Arizona narrow gauge railroad agrees to construct sixty miles from Tucson to Globe Mr/5 3/3
    • board of supervisors and the Arizona narrow gauge railroad come to an understanding on bonds Mr/12 3/2
    • early completion of the Maricopa & Phoenix is a fixed fact Mr/12 3/2
    • work commences southward from Prescott Mr/26 2/3
    • stock holders of the Narrow Gauge at Tucson change the name to Tucson, Globe and Northern, proposed route is given De/3 2/1
    Southern Pacific
    • conductors and brakemen went on strike; off now Ap/30 2/3
    • territorial board of equalization raises assessments JY/9 4/1
    • reduces passenger rates to 5¢ a mile Se/10 3/4
    • flood near Tucson washes away four miles of track Se/17 4/1
    • adopts rule of having brands cut out of cattle killed by their trains Se/24 1/3
    • recent washout cost more than a hundred thousand dollars to repair Se/24 2/2
    • washout is worst seen Se/24 4/2
    RAILWAYS
         See Railroads

    RAIN
         See Weather

    RANCHES AND FARMS
         See also: Land and Land Tenure

    • New Jersey supreme court decides in favor of owner of a horse damaged by barbed wire Ja/22 4/1
    • A. W. Kilsey, Sacramento, invests in a northern Yavapai range Fe/5 1/4
    • Zach Steeling sells his ranch in Stockton Pass to Jameson and Greening Fe/26 1/4
    • J. H. Paramore, San Simon Cattle Co., finds property in good condition Mr/5 1/3
    • barbed wire fencing does so much injury a substitute is needed Mr/19 1/3
    • Crismon ranch at Tempe sells for $7,500 Mr/26 2/3
    • G. C. Bruce sells his farm south of Flagstaff to Wm. Powell, Oak Creek Mr/26 3/1
    • Az. Cattle Co. makes extensive improvements at their headquarters ranch Ap/9 1/4
    • Percy Brothers, Cochise County, transfer their ranch and stock to W. H. McKittrick Ap/16 1/4
    • Represita cattle range is in Cochise County Ap/23 1/3
    • no good cattle ranges are left in Cochise County My/14 1/3
    • Sierra Bonita Land and Stock Company incorporates, ranchers listed My/21 3/3
    • Witbeck ranch buildings in Ramseys Canon are best in territory My/28 3/4
    • wire fences must be taken down in northern New Mexico Je/11 1/3
    • in northern Arizona increase in value three-fold Je/18 1/3
    • G. W. Gorton, Waters Cattle Company, has headquarters in Winslow and extends forty miles south from railroad in Apache County Je/25 3/2
    • Interior Department is informed that all fences on public lands in New Mexico and Arizona have been removed Ag/13 1/3
    • Pomeroy, Pomeroy & Miller sell their ranch in Superstition Mountains Ag/20 1/3
    • C. C. Archer advertises that Bill Kloustermyer has no authority to sell his place near Bellemont Ag/27 3/2
    • Chicago parties negotiate for large tract of land on Salt River Se/3 1/3
    • Wm. Pierce sells stock and range on Date Creek to Piedmont Cattle Co. Se/3 3/4
    • C. H. Richardson is interested in the Cold Spring Ranch of Tonto Basin Se/10 1/3
    • details are not public yet on some big ranch sales Se/10 1/3
    • John Clark sells David Babbitt 200 cattle and the southwest quarter of a township and Wm. Babbitt the northeast quarter of the same township Se/10 3/2
    • Kirwagen & Hashell's ranch is under eastern side of the Black Hills; raise tobacco, peanuts, corn, fruit, grain and hay Oc/l 1/3
    • recorder's office shows a good many real estate transactions near Flagstaff, specific ones are given Oc/8 3/4
    • R-e-e Howall, Bellmont, sells his sheep interest to Wm. Nye, New Mexico Oc/22 3/2
    • sale of Becher's property to Jas. O'Brien is confirmed Oc/29 3/1
    • Campbell & Francis buy ranch at Blue Ridge near Tonto Basin No/12 3/2
    • Chicago firm fences a Texas range with electrical fence De/31 1/4
    RELIGIOUS DAYS
         See Holidays and Religious Days

    REPTILES
         See Animals

    RESTAURANTS
         See Business

    RIVERS
         See Water and Water Resources--Rivers

    ROAD CONSTRUCTION
         See Roads and Streets

    ROADS AND STREETS

    • Commissioners of Apache County spend money and are then told it was unauthorized Fe/19 2/4
    • several roads are discontinued and Walnut Grove route considered by Yavapai County Board of Supervisors Ap/16 3/4
    • northern part of Gold Avenue in Flagstaff is being leveled over the mesa My/7 3/1
    • Gurley & Granite Streets are in Prescott My/7 3/2
    • Yavapai County Board of Supervisors meet and decide Walnut Creek route impractical and appoint C. H. Bennett overseer of district My/14 2/3
    • rains have played havoc with road from Prescott to Jerome Ag/27 3/3
    • recent rains damaged roads $50,000 worth Oc/l 3/4
    • people of Williams ask the Board of Supervisors to re-open and improve a shorter route to Flagstaff, Prescott and other towns De/24 2/4
    ROBBERY
         See Crimes and Criminals--Robbery

    RODEOS
         See also: Fairs

    • Flagstaff's 4th of July celebration has no roping and tieing of steers Jy/9 3/4
    RUSTLING
         See Crimes and Criminals--Rustling

    SALESMEN
         See Business

    SALOONS
         See Business

    SAN SIMON VALLEY

    • San Simon Valley Se/24 3/4
    SANTA FE RAILROAD
         See Railroads--Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe

    SCHOOL BOARDS
         See Education and Schools

    SCHOOL BUILDING
         See Education and Schools

    SCHOOLS
         See Education and Schools

    SECRETARY (OF ARIZONA)
         See Arizona

    SELIGMAN

    • Prescott Junction is given a name and a post office established Ja/8 3/1
    SEWERAGE
         See Water and Water Resources--City

    SHEEP
         See Livestock--Sheep

    SHERIFFS
         See Law Enforcement Personnel

    SHOOTING
         See Crimes and Criminals--Shooting

    SHOW LOW

    • Show Low My/7 3/2
    SIERRA BONITA
         See Boundaries

    SMELTING
         See Mines and Mining

    SNOW
         See Weather

    SOCIETIES
         See Clubs and Organizations

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
         See Railroads--Southern Pacific

    SPORTS

  • J. H. Hoskins, Jr., Flagstaff, receives a new bicycle Jy/23 3/1

    Baseball

    • baseball nine organizes in Milltown My/28 3/1
    • Winslow boys lose the 4th of July game in Flagstaff Jy/9 3/4, 3/4
    • Tombstone puts a keg of beer at third base and players don't get a drink until they get there Jy/16 3/5
    • game between "Flagstaff" and a picked nine from town Jy/30 3/1
    • Winslow club and Flagstaff club play in Winslow with Flagstaff winning Jy/30 3/3
    • Flagstaff baseball nine buys uniforms Ag/6 3/1
    • arrangements being made for matches Ag/6 3/3
    • Flagstaff baseball club writes to New Mexico Fair to set up a game Ag/20 3/2
    • Flagstaff club "spoils" for a match Ag/27 3/1
    • playing positions of Flagstaffians going to Albuquerque Se/10 3/2
    • Flagstaff team loses to Albuquerque, return match tomorrow Se/24 3/2
    • Flagstaff club beats Albuquerque in the second game Oc/l 3/1
    • Phoenix elated over their club's victories Oc/29 3/3
    Fights
    • P. J. Patzlin, Texas, is in Flagstaff; a match might be arranged Mr/5 2/4
    • a glove fight is scheduled at the Flagstaff skating rink Mr/12 3/1
    • P. J. Pitzlin, Texas, wins over J. C. Quinn, Colorado, in Flagstaff glove fight Mr/19 3/3
    • Professor Don Juan Coakleigh, light boxer from Dublin, visits Flagstaff Jy/9 3/1
    Football
    • is popular in Flagstaff Mr/19 3/1

    Horse Racing

    • Houston Bros., Pine, keep their horse in training Ja/8 1/3
    • range men show considerable interest in Flagstaff's Fourth of July races Jy/2 1/3
    • details of Flagstaff's 4th of July horse races Jy/9 3/3
    • match race for ponies between J. Winningham's and Ike Duffin's to take place at Mormon Dairy Jy/16 3/2
    • Mormon Dairy race is won by Ike Duffin's horse Jy/30 3/1
    • Flagstaff enjoys a pony race between two of Foster's ponies Oc/29 3/1
    STAGE
         See Theater

    STAGE COACH
         See Transportation

    STATISTICS

    • all births and deaths must be recorded Jy/30 1/4
    STEAMBOATS
         See Transportation--Stage Coach

    STOCK ASSOCIATIONS
         See Livestock--Associations

    STORES
         See Building and Buildings;   Business

    ST. PATRICK'S DAY
         See Holidays and Religious Days

    STREAMS
         See Water and Water Resources

    STREETS
         See Roads and Streets

    STUDENTS
         See Education and Schools

    SUICIDES

    • A. J. Shankberg, Prescott, by laudanum Mr/12 3/2
    • James O'Connell at Cunningham's ranch on the Bonita Ap/2 3/1
    • Judge Spicer near Quijotoa Ap/23 2/4
    • Geo. P. Muir at Albuquerque My/21 3/2
    • Stubbs in Phoenix with a revolver My/21 3/3
    • F. Sohn in Phoenix Je/25 4/2
    • Frank Revlan, Cochise County, commits suicide Jy/9 4/1
    • John McCarron, Prescott, shoots himself Jy/16 3/5
    • Mrs. Andrew Blake of Tonto Basin shoots herself Jy/23 2/3
    • G. Z. Clem, constable of Upper Verde precinct De/3 3/2
    SUNDAY SCHOOLS
         See Protestants and Protestantism

    SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
         See Education and Schools;   Educators

    SUPERSTITION MT.

    • Superstitution Mount. Ag/20 1/3
    SURVEYING
    • Ed Aldrich, surveyor Ja/8 3/2
    • Yavapai County Board of Supervisors accepts report of C. B. Foster on Mohave-Yavapai line My/14 2/3
    • General Sedgwick and staff survey Flagstaff and lay out streets Se/17 3/1
    • Interior Department has lands of Pima, Maricopa, and San Xavier Indian reservations surveyed Oc/15 2/3
    • Pratt surveys Flagstaff under Sedgwick of A & P No/12 3/1
    • Wm. 0. Secor surveys in Flagstaff vicinity for the A & P De/10 3/1
    SYCAMORE SPRINGS
    • fifteen miles southeast of Mormonderry, on Arizona Mineral Belt route Je/11 3/4
    TARIFF AND CUSTOMS
    • B. E. Hambleton takes W. S. Oury's place as deputy collector of customs in Tucson My/7 3/2
    • Eugene J. Trippel of Globe is appointed deputy custom house collector at Yuma My/7 3/2
    • Eugene Trippel begins his duties as collector of customs in Yuma My/14 2/4
    TAX AND TAXATION
    • James Hughes, Deputy U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue, visits Flagstaff Ja/22 3/1
    • J. P. Foree replaces J. D. Hughes as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for this district Mr/5 3/1
    • assessed valuation of property in Arizona Ap/2 2/3
    • John Mason, Virginia, replaces Col. Bevans as special agent of the Internal Revenue Department in charge of timber interests Je/11 3/2
    • assessment of cattle is too high Je/25 2/2
    • Col. J. P. Foree, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, visits Flagstaff Je/25 3/1
    • territorial board of equalization raises Southern Pacific assessment Jy/9 4/1
    • board of equalization increases assessment roll in Maricopa County Jy/23 2/3
    • cattle owners avoid assessors by driving cattle over the Utah-Arizona line Ag/6 1/3
    • Territorial Board of Equalization decreases the rate of cattle assessments in three counties and increases in five and keeps it the same in two Ag/20 3/2
    • Territorial Board of Equalization adjourns Ag/27 2/2
    • W. J. Anderson is appointed Deputy Internal Revenue Collector at Prescott Ag/27 3/1
    • tax rate is $3.38 on the hundred in Yuma County Oc/l 3/4
    • levies tax rate of $3.63 per 100 with an additional 10( per 100 for livestock sanitary purposes in Mohave County Oc/8 1/3
    • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
    • Justice Wright rules that the A & P will have to pay taxes on its right of way No/19 2/1
    • H. T. Andrews, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for northern Arizona, visits Flagstaff No/19 3/1
    Yavapai County
    • W. C. Hazledine pays tax in Yavapai County Fe/5 3/3
    • property upon which taxes have not been paid will be sold in Prescott Mr/26 3/1
    • county assessor is in Flagstaff Ap/9 3/1
    • report from committee on assessor Je/25 4/1
    • tax roll increased $1,000,000 over last year Ag/27 1/3
    • Board of Supervisors establishes rate at $3.25 per $100 Se/3 3/1
    • taxes due and payable Se/24 3/4 leg. annc.
    • Dr. Carrier collects road tax in Flagstaff Oc/l 3/1
    • Dr. Carrier says the road tax is hard to collect Oc/8 3/1
    • taxes become delinquent on December 19th De/3 2/1
    • grand jury recommends P & AC and A & P assessment be raised De/10 2/1
    • citizens of Flagstaff and Williams question County Treasurer about request to pay poll tax a second time De/17 2/3
    • county taxes are now delinquent De/24 3/1
    • $171,000 are due with $90,000 unpaid De/24 3/2
    TAXATION
         See Tax and Taxation

    TEACHERS
         See Educators

    TEACHERS COLLEGES
         See Colleges and Universities

    TELEGRAPH
         See Communications--Telegraph

    TELEPHONE
         See Communications--Telephone

    TEMPERANCE
         See Alcohol and Drugs

    TEMPERATURE
         See Weather

    TEMPE

    • gets hotel for which it has been held back due to lack Se/24 2/2
    TERRITORIAL FAIRS
         See Fairs

    TERRITORIAL PRISONS
         See Prisons and Prisoners

    THANKSGIVING
         See Holidays and Religious Days

    THEATER

    • Flagstaff skating rink opens as a variety theater next Saturday Ag/20 3/1
    • Variety Theater in Flagstaff will have Palace Theater company from Denver playing Se/3 3/3
    • Flagstaff Opera House opens with company from Palace Theater, Denver, with half of proceeds going to Hook & Ladder Company Se/10 3/1
    • three of the members for the Flagstaff Opera House company arrive Se/10 3/2
    • rink building of Flagstaff is fitted up for an opera house with reserve seats for the ladies Se/10 3/2
    • performance at the Flagstaff rink building was good but would have had a larger attendance if held elsewhere Se/17 3/1
    TOMBSTONE
    • full of tramps Mr/5 3/2
    • attorney in a law suit over a water right convinces the jury that San Pedro River runs uphill and wins Ap/30 2/4
    • old curfew law for youngsters under eighteen is in force; objected to Je/4 3/3, 3/3
    TONTO BASIN
    • ranges in good condition but rangers at war with each other Se/3 1/3
    TONTO BASIN WAR
         See Crimes and Criminals

    TOURISTS AND TOURISM
         See also: Grand Canyon;   Parks and Monuments;   Walnut Canyon

    • Dove Gown owns natural bridge Ja/8 1/3
    • several excursion trains pass through Flagstaff heading to California Ja/8 3/1
    • several hundred excursionists go to California Ja/22 3/1
    • excursion party from New York stays in Flagstaff overnight Mr/5 2/4
    • natural bridge is beginning to attract tourists Mr/19 4/1
    • southern Californians consider making northern Arizona a summer resort Ap/2 3/1
    • Col. Wm. Adams, owner of petrified forest near Holbrook, ships wood to Dakota and Germany for jewelry Ag/20 3/2
    • M. T. Riordan goes with Victor Mendeliff, Smithsonian Institute, to the Grand Canyon, Zuni country and southern Arizona Oc/8 3/2
    • northern Arizona need only wait for excursionists No/12 2/2
    • eastern travelers to California should stop off in Flagstaff No/26 2/2
    TRAINS
         See Railroads

    TRANSPORTATION
         See also: Communications--Postal Service;   Railroads;   Roads and Streets

    • trains leave Prescott Junction at 8 a.m. and Prescott at 5 p.m. Ja/8 3/1
    • steamer Gila takes large quantities of ore down the Colorado Ap/30 2/3
    • mule teams of Powell and McDonel are sent to California De/10 3/3
    Local
    • a street car line will be constructed between Flagstaff and Mill Town My/7 3/1
    • Flagstaff street car line is no joke My/14 3/1
    • Phoenix to have a line of street cars Se/3 3/4
    Wagons
    • Az. Cattle Co. receives a three-seated spring ambulance Ap/2 3/1
    • Nathan Barth buys Adamson & Burlage, Holbrook, entire stock of wagons and ships them to Winslow Jy/2 2/3
    Wells, Fargo & Co.
    • establishes an express office at Tempe Jy/9 4/1
    TREASURER (OF ARIZONA)
         See Arizona

    TUBA CITY

    • is in northwestern Yavapai County JY/23 3/1
    TUVASITA
    • northern part of Yavapai twelve miles east of Moen Copie Fe/12 3/4
    UNIVERSITIES
         See Colleges and Universities

    VALENTINE
         See Holidays and Religious Days

    VEGETABLES
         See Agriculture

    VETERINARY MEDICINE
         See Livestock

    WCTU
         See Alcohol and Drugs

    WAGONS
         See Transportation--Wagons

    WALNUT CANYON

    • four visit Cliff Dwellings Ja/29 3/1
    • party from the mill visits the cliff dwellers Ap/9 3/1
    • party from Flagstaff goes with prediction of frequent visits during the summer Ap/30 3/1
    • three visit cliff dwellings Jy/23 3/2
    WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
         See Holidays and Religious Days

    WATER AND WATER RESOURCES
         See also: Disasters;   Weather

    • Marsh & Driscoll, Pima County ranchers, put in a pump for their herds My/21 1/3
    • press should urge congressional appropriation for water storage Ag/6 3/2
    • Champion Cattle Co. puts extensive ditches on their range Se/10 1/3
    • central Arizona cultivators can obtain all the water they need Oc/15 1/3
    • annual governor's report Oc/22 2/1
    • A & P drills on S. Rowe's ranch a short distance from Williams De/17 3/3
    • pond near Milton takes skaters De/24 3/2
    Canals and Irrigation
    • House passes a bill to provide a levee on the west bank of the Gila River Ja/29 3/3
    • 40 teams work on the Tempe canal Mr/5 3/2
    • Walter Vale, Yuma, digs irrigating canal on his range Jy/2 1/3
    • Mohawk Canal Co., Yuma, lets contract for twenty miles of canal No/26 1/4
    • McPherson Canal Company incorporates in Phoenix De/31 4/1
    Dams
    • Hassayampa River dam below Walnut Grove will be finished by contract Mr/5 3/4
    • big dam for ranch and mining purposes to be built on the Bill Williams fork My/14 2/4
    • Holbrook people rebuild the new dam on the Colorado River My/28 3/4
    • Holbrook dam nears completion Jy/16 3/4
    Flagstaff
    • J. H. Rumsey's team runs away with the water cart but is stopped before any damage done Ja/8 3/1
    • Az. Lumber Company ceases work due to defect in water supply Jy/2 3/2
    • spring water is muddy from recent storms Jy/16 3/2
    • A & P makes deal with Flagstaffians for land, depot and water Jy/16 3/3
    • some citizens have struck water ten miles from town and plan to pipe it in Oc/15 3/4
    • J. B. Smith and Al. Grady dispose of their water rights to Los Angeles parties who plan to pipe it into town No/12 3/2
    • Flagstaff's most important necessity is a good and ample water supply; Smith's spring would do it No/26 2/1
    Phoenix
    • anxious to have water works Ap/23 2/3
    • rejoice over prospects of fine water works Oc/29 3/3
    Prescott
    • tries to find artesian water My/14 2/4
    Rivers
    • Little Colorado River is rising My/21 3/1
    • Yuma Sentinel reproves Territorial Commissioner of Immigration for saying there is 100 instead of 400 miles of navigable water on the Colorado above Yuma Ag/6 3/5
    Wells
    • M. P. Bowen has a contract to sink three wells at Prescott Junction Ja/8 2/3
    • artesian well is sunk on University grounds in Tucson My/14 2/4
    WATER SERVICE
         See Water and Water Resources

    WATER WORKS
         See Water and Water Resources

    WEATHER

    • no snow in Pine area Ja/8 1/3
    • Flagstaff has bright clear cloudless days and moderately cold nights, despite cold snap east and west Ja/15 3/4
    • Flagstaff has mild winter with 60' at this time Ja/22 2/1
    • snow comes in Flagstaff area Ja/22 3/1
    • temperature is up in northern Arizona Ja/29 2/1
    • Flagstaff continues to have good weather Ja/29 3/1
    • Arizona receives snow in the mountains and rain in the valleys Fe/19 2/1
    • considerable rain in southern Arizona Fe/19 2/3
    • considerable quantity of snow falls during the week in Flagstaff but is melting fast Fe/19 3/1
    • snow is welcome sight in Flagstaff area Fe/19 3/1
    • Flagstaff has snow Fe/26 3/1
    • general rains are reported from the southeastern and southern parts of Arizona Mr/5 1/3
    • March comes in with bright, warm spring weather Mr/5 3/1
    • Kingman has snow on the ground Mr/5 3/3
    • in northern Arizona is good for cattle interests Mr/12 1/3
    • is bright and warm in the mountains Mr/19 3/1
    • "oldest settler" says this was mildest winter experienced in Tonto Basin Mr/19 4/1
    • northern Arizona has bright pleasant days Mr/26 2/3
    • Flagstaff's air is balmy, sunshine bright with snow on the peaks Ap/9 2/1
    • snow in the Flagstaff area Ap/16 3/1
    • Needles has eight inches of snow, first in sixteen years Ap/16 3/3
    • snow is nine inches in Flagstaff and deeper in mountains Ap/16 3/4
    • Prescott has rain Ap/23 2/4
    • plenty of rain is reported from southern Arizona Ap/30 1/3
    • rain abundant in mountains north of Tucson My/14 1/3
    • cattlemen and ranchers rejoice in the rain My/28 3/1
    • rain is needed all over the territory My/28 3/4
    • magnificent in Flagstaff Je/4 3/1
    • rain makes things look brighter for Yavapai cattlemen Je/4 3/2
    • summer comes to Flagstaff Je/11 3/1
    • rains in last week Jy/2 1/3
    • 120° at Needles Jy/2 2/3
    • rainy season commences in Flagstaff Jy/9 3/2
    • considerable rain falls in Fort Grant area Jy/16 1/3
    • rainy season begins in northern Arizona Jy/16 1/3
    • Arizona enjoys rain Jy/16 2/1
    • rains Jy/16 3/5
    • heavy rains in Tucson and area Jy/23 2/3
    • Prescott has rain Jy/23 2/3
    • Flagstaff has warm days but cool nights Jy/30 3/1
    • San Pedro country in Arizona is having fine rains after suffering from dry weather Ag/6 1/3
    • is magnificent Ag/6 3/3
    • Phoenix papers say Baker comes from St. Louis to Phoenix to escape the heat Ag/13 2/3
    • Tucson visited by a terrific storm Ag/13 2/3
    • Flagstaff has plenty of rain Ag/20 3/1
    • Tucson has reached 107° in the shade Ag/27 2/2
    • heavy rains reported from Hassayampa, Skull Valley, Verde and along P & AC line Ag/27 3/2
    • Arizona has plenty of rain Se/10 1/3
    • more rain this year than ever known in this season Se/24 3/1
    • northern Arizona has showers for last few weeks Se/24 3/1
    • Wiggins predicts a storm and Flagstaff gets the tail end Se/24 3/1
    • Flagstaff has rain Se/24 3/1
    • gets cooler in Flagstaff Oc/l 3/1
    • Florence Enterprise editorial on the nice winter weather of Arizona Oc/8 2/1
    • Flagstaff has sunshine again Oc/15 3/1
    • Flagstaff has sunshine Oc/22 3/1
    • rain in Verde No/12 1/3
    • Flagstaff has had sunshine and clear skies No/19 3/2
    • Flagstaff has steady rain from Tuesday to Thursday evening when it begins to snow No/26 3/1
    • Flagstaff area has heavy snowfall for two days De/3 2/2
    • Flagstaff has snowstorm for two days De/31 3/1
    WELFARE AND CHARITY
         See also: Clubs and Organizations (Salvation Army)
    • Johnny Dobbs, disabled by Apaches, needs help; Prescott Courier will aid Jy/2 3/1
    WELLS, FARGO & CO.
         See Transportation--Wells, Fargo & Co.

    WEST END
         See Flagstaff

    WESTERN UNION
         See Communications--Telegraph

    WILLIAMS

    • is building up Mr/5 3/3
    • rapidly grows and business increases Ag/27 2/2
    • grows rapidly De/17 3/3
    WINSLOW
    • busy bustling place Ap/2 3/3
    WOMEN
    Includes any article pertaining to a woman or women.
    • Ja/8 teacher 1/3; horse racing 1/3; visited 3/1; Mite Society 3/2; New Year's day 3/3
    • Ja/15 seamstress 3/1; marriage 3/3
    • Ja/22 visit 3/1; family of dead brothers 3/3; joke 4/2
    • Ja/29 marries 3/1; cliff dwellings 3/1; birth 3/1; marriage 3/1; clerk 3/1; party 3/2; birth 3/5
    • Fe/5 killed 2/4; move 3/1; home 3/1; move 3/1; dies 3/2; correspondent 3/3
    • Fe/12 visits 3/1; captured 3/4
    • Fe/19 regains custody 3/3; murderer 3/4
    • Fe/26 birth 3/1; ill 3/1; freezes 3/4
    • Mr/5 ill 3/1; visit 3/1; visit 3/3; visit 3/3
    • Mr/12 ill 3/1; home 3/1; thank you note 3/4
    • Mr/19 visit 3/1; death 3/1; thank you note 3/5
    • Mr/26 marriage 2/3; Women's Relief Corps 3/1; travel 3/1
    • Ap/2 visit 2/3; birth 3/1; church supper 3/1; burglarized 3/2; widowed 3/4; birth 3/4; death 3/4
    • Ap/9 marries 2/4; ill 3/1; marriage 3/2; thank you card 3/4
    • Ap/16 leaves saloon fixtures 2/4
    • Ap/23 dance 3/2; concert 3/3
    • Ap/30 birth 3/1; marriage 3/2; birth 3/4; marriage 3/4
    • My/7 marries 3/1; killed 3/2; married 3/2
    • My/14 visit 3/1; moves 3/1; Grand Canyon 3/1; husband dies 3/3
    • My/21 ill 3/1; Grand Canyon 3/2; answers threatening letter 3/5
    • My/28 visit 3/1; ill 3/2; visit 3/2
    • Je/4 home 3/2; ill 3/2; child dies 3/3; Memorial Day 3/4
    • Je/11 desperado 2/2; son dies 2/2; buys cottage 3/1; moves ill 3/2; visit 3/2; marriage 3/3
    • Je/18 millinery and dress shop 3/1; dressmaking parlor 3/2; murder trial 3/3
    • Je/25 home 3/1; visit 3/1; Grand Canyon 3/1; Women's Relief Corps 3/2
    • Jy/2 marries 2/3; visit 3/1; moves 3/1; ride prize 3/3
    • Jy/9 comes home 3/1; 4th of July winner 3/1; 4th of July winner 3/4; 4th of July visitors 3/4; 4th of July watchers 3/4
    • Jy/16 son dies 3/1; marries 3/2; marries 3/4
    • Jy/23 suicide 2/3; ill 3/2
    • Jy/30 birth 3/1; visit 3/1; marriage 3/2; killed 3/4; killed 3/4; birth 3/4; marriage 3/4
    • Ag/6 visit 3/3; Mrs. Reavis 3/4; home 3/5
    • Ag/13 Women's Relief Corps 2/3; perjury 3/2
    • Ag/27 marriage 3/1; Women's Relief Corps 3/2; husband dies 3/4
    • Se/3 joins husband 3/1; husband's probate 3/4
    • Se/10 teachers exam 3/1; marries 3/1; marriage 3/2; reserve seats 3/2; Women's Relief Corps 3/2; singer 3/4; birth 3/4
    • Se/17 birth 3/1; births 3/2; births 3/2; plaintiff 3/4
    • Se/24 visit 3/1; purse stolen 3/2; teachers 3/2; killed 3/3
    • Oc/l visit 3/1; teachers 3/2; son and brother killed 3/3
    • Oc/8 moves 3/1; teacher 3/1; leave 3/4
    • Oc/15 land entries 2/2; board of examiners 2/3; killed 2/3; Grand Canyon 3/1
    • Oc/22 mother dies 3/1
    • Oc/29 child dies 3/1; visit 3/1; Grand Canyon 3/1
    • No/5 wedding 3/1; boarding house 3/2; married 3/3
    • No/12 home 3/1; home 3/2; married 3/3; birth 3/3
    • No/19 murdered 3/1; boarding house 3/2
    • No/26 visit 3/1; marries 3/1; caterer 3/3; Thanksgiving ball 3/3; robbed 3/3
    • De/3 takes son to school 3/1; tourist 3/1; Women's Relief Corps 3/1; husband commits suicide 3/2; wife swap 3/3; marries 3/4
    • De/10 visit 3/1; home 3/1; visit 3/2; wedding 3/2; party 3/3
    • De/17 marries 2/2; killed 3/1; visit 3/3
    • De/31 goes M E College 3/1; leaves 3/2
    WOMEN"S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
         See Alcohol and Drugs

    WOODS STATION

    • is near Tucson Je/11 2/2
    WOOL
         See Livestock--Sheep

    YAVAPAI COUNTY
         See also: Boundaries for division of county

    • money is on hand to pay warrants on contiagent fund, series of 1886 Ja/8 2/3
    • treasury shows a deficiency; an expert will be appointed to check the books Ja/8 3/2
    • advertisement for. sealed proposals for five different things Ja/22 1/3
    • Prescott Journal-Miner and Arizona Champion comment on "Old Yavapai" Ja/29 2/2
    • treasurer's shortage is only $17,345 not $964,956 as reported Fe/12 3/1
    • county board of examiners meets Monday to examine all applicants for school certificates Mr/5 3/3
    • Dr. R. K. Robinson is appointed county physician Mr/12 3/1
    • new board of county examiners is in session in Prescott Mr/12 3/2
    • Carrier, assessor, opens office in Prescott Mr/12 3/2
    • Flagstaff jail needs enlarging and securing Je/18 3/2
    • Prescott Courier recommends strengthening Flagstaff jail Je/25 3/1
    • reports of the grand jury on various aspects of county government Je/25 4/1
    • Flagstaff needs a new jail Jy/2 2/3
    • Board of Supervisors in a special session declares public administrator and coroner's offices vacant Jy/2 3/2
    • L. B. St. James is appointed deputy treasurer to collect delinquent 1886 taxes Se/10 3/4
    • cost nearly $21,000 for local government during last three months Oc/15 3/1
    • offices and management of business by the county officials is satisfactory De/10 2/1
    Board of Supervisors
    • D. F. Mitchell is re-elected as clerk Ja/8 2/3
    • examines the books of the treasurer Ja/8 2/3
    • orders church property and patented mines to be exempt from taxation Ja/15 3/1
    • S. P. Behan draws long term Ja/15 3/1
    • board meets and five items given Fe/5 3/3
    • will meet Monday Mr/5 3/1
    • met Monday for regular session, accounted for salaries, treasurer audited, Cook's bondsmen turned over Cook's property, etc. Ap/9 3/3
    • report Ap/16 3/4
    • meets at Prescott My/14 2/3
    • report of the June 29th meeting Jy/9 3/4
    • declines to pay bounties for any animals but lions and panthers Ag/6 1/3
    • meets Monday Oc/l 3/4
    • meets in regular session on Monday Oc/8 3/4
    Courts
    • Flagstaff asks for the front room of the jail to be enlarged for court Ap/9 3/2
    • Board of Supervisors turns down Flagstaff's request for an enlarged courtroom Ap/16 3/2
    • legal summons Se/17 3/4
    YAVAPAI COUNTY DISPUTE
         See Boundaries


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