Mohave County miner., 1886-08-29
Letter Fr.. sa.sL... nsl,.
srocnron HILL, Aug. isth, isss.

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i SrocKron HILL, Aug 18th, 1895.
Editor MmER:
Asop in his fables tells Of crow that
snvisd ths situation Of the farmers fo~ ls
20 b s,llscted come turkey feathers and
dxsd them in shape 10 make himself look
like turkey. and mixed up with the Hook
and strutted snd bio~sd areaDd the yard
In fns style. He was very avaricious and
greedy, 20 much 10 that he attrsctsd tbs
attention Of the farmer. All went we'll with
the crow In borrowed plumes until Thanks
giving Day came around whsn the farmer
selected the crow for his dinner. thirkiaa
that bis greed had fattsnsd him immsnss-
ly. When the bird had been shorn Of his
borrowed plumss b. thsn appeared q, he
really wss, nothing bat q carrion srow
The moral Of this fable may bs sasily i'm.
agined;if not. Judge Murphy can give il.
after hs has been slaughtered at the next
election. s.#
A. far NJ the reports that appeared 10 my
last letter. they Game from no other soar,,e
than member Of our Board Of Supervisors
There has always been one OF more Of the
Board that would kick and appeal to the
nrst citizen ho saw, and continue to talk
about the illegal actsof the B,srd; and they
have reported great many more illegal
acts than were mentioned In my last let. |
ter.
mar "a aefs L.. nj H..
pfovijing that all fines collected should be
paid into the School Fund, and certain OF |
our Supervisors have reported that this has
not been done In all oasss. How is this,
Mr.. District Attorney? There Ia, MT bsea
the usual terms of school taugh. for y,sar
past Is there agrsatsr crime than rob.
bina the rising generation Of their jast
dues. Children have no rights that they
Jan enforce by law. but parents should s@e
that the child and scholar is protected.
II world be wrong At this tins to charge
the Democratic party with all of these iiIe-
gal acts and hold II responsible for tle rot
ten state of affairs now existing in ghs
county. We will wait aud see what the
do at their regular convention
next month. If ths democrats ia conv.n-
tion should pass resolutions approving the
sots OF iheir representatives who we're sent
TO the notorious 18th Legislature, and Ip-
prove the acts Of the present county offia.
ais, or any Il them, by rsnomina ting them,
then the party a. a party should Justly
be held responsible.
Suppose that the great II am" the pres
snt chairman Of our very honorable Board
,f Snpersisors, should find lot Of turkey
feathers lying around loose, and after tixii,e
himself up in them. should strut into tine
convention and ask for re-
nomination. would kis party dare to refuse
aimf suppose on the other hand that SOME
deiegate from tho rural districts, without
he fear Of the party bosses before his
'yes, should rise up and pluck out his Dor.
'owed feathers what miserable little bird
ne would be. How ridiculous hs would
ook u he was shown up as he really az
Would not Grand Jury have
'un plucking out his borrowed feathers and
lifting matters generally; but there will be
~ e1sh "o Sos 70 h'" Nouuty
Judge, and don't you forget il.
Our present County Judge has the credit
II beng. or acting a., the lobby that pu,
~ the jobs that ruinsi the county, and 10.
hs county in the fiI We are nov in. 1t now
appears that a recent act Of Congress has
listened all Of the laws 50 lDbbied throu gl
lpon us for the next two years, and the
jounty Cou ri act for fur years to come.
70 show how much confidence the citizsng
II ths county have in the County Court IL il,
My necessary to state that litigation hai,
ntirely ceased and that all Is quiet In an6
Iroubd the Court House, and our talented
egsl fraternity -, lying around idle and
Iuiotiy looking al the game a. IL 10 being
,iayed and not taking any hand in II An OF
I'D. Al first u Q iounty Court had some
friends, now il has none except those who
make money b. It, and litigation in it has
nsiroly stopped. Mr.. Henkle, tins IL FINE /,
tsts Of affairs; abuse IL not sxcuse, borrow.
plumes don't 60. give Us some reason why
all this tbusly!
MN. n. HARDr.
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