Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-10-18
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INTERESTING LETTER FROM KING MAN CORRESPONDENT. County is Managed---MiningM Mat ters---Model Superintendents.
K1NaMAN. AR1zoNA. Oct. 9. 1890.

KINGMAN, ARIZONA, Oct. 9, 1890
 EDITOR ENTERPRIsE:-The political pot is boiling, and the two great parties have nominated their best men, and those as- pirants who got left have returned to their homes to think of how they shall vote when the time comes.
 It's surprising how man will pledge his honor(?) in convention to support the whole ticket, and then the way he will scratch it when he comes to votel These kinds of conventions seem to be the main harbors for political corruption. It seems as if the majority of the delegates . who are sent to them are those who have very little to do. and go there to make all they can out of the different aspirants; and the fellow who has the most money and will 'set them up" the oftener is the one who gets there.
 If they ever had any principle they left that at home; of course they always vote for the .best'' men Nobody ever saw "bad" men on ticket; for men are like whiskey, some are better than others.
 know that Mohaye county came near being bankrupted by having some of the "best'' men elected who were drawn, or bought their way, through a convention. They placed us as the butt of the terri tory-caused us to pay more taxes than any other county ill the territory, and we have less expense. We have no paupers, no criminals in our jails-but that IS not saying we oughtn't to have; few terms of court. no iuries; in fact very nominal expense. And still the tax payers found that they had an expense of forty-five thousand dollars year which they must pay. through electing their "best" man.
 But the honorable governor of this terri tory, Governor Tritle, was not without fault. He could have saved us, but It seemed to be his wish to swamp us, for be signed every bill the gang got up for their own benefit, and which he could have vetoed: but the 18th legislature was a dandy" and he stood right in.
 But we are doing better now, as some of the nefarious acts have been repealed. and it don't cost us over ten thousand dol lars year to live.
 To illustrate how some of our mining property is worked and run by heavy su- perintenden' who ale sent here 70 conduct them, we had case in the justices court few days ago, wherein party leased the c. O. D. dump from Matt Howell, the superintendent of the mine, who, It seems subsequently sold it to the Arizona Samp- ling Works, who of course naturally sup posed the dump went with the mine, which appears now to be the best part of the property; for the ground has been gutted wherever there was pound of ore in sight, and considerable of it went over the dump. As there are several men working 1t who average from four to six dollars per day, and the dump produces chunks of ore, some of the best that come from the mine, that will average from the size Of wal nut to the size of a mans head, with lots | of the latter that will assay over S300 per ton. the question is. how is 1t that super | intendents protesting to be miners and great. biz men who know 1t all can throw such ore over the dump and make mlne pay IS mystery.
 1t will take good mine to support such superintendents, and after they have sunk on 1t about 300 feet and taken out and shipped thousands of dollars like the U. 0. D. mine has done, they will tell you there is nothing in the country, and pick up their little grip-sack, which may con tain paper collar and a bottle of vEhsa>- key that some saloon man may have g1v- en him for his former patronage, aad 20 to some other camp to tell of his w9nder- ful powers. but never tells of the way ore went over the dump.
 The c. O. D. has fallen under differ ent management, fortunately for the dis trict, and ere long will be producing more money than ever.
 The Flores Company at Cerbat, shut down for few days, but has started up again The mines belonging to the com pany are looking first rate.
 7. James < Ames are putting up their mill in the vicinity of Todd Basin, and in few days the boys will have the pleasure of seeing the stamps drop on their ore at home Every body seems to be doing well and the country is prosperous H.