Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-09-06

at that depth, and 20 Tar his efforts 10 ret
i GU, have been unsvailins.
Tho outfit for testing the Macarthur
Forrest process Of working ores, which
was ordered sometime last month by
L. l. Bsquetts, for the Atlantic mining
e''np my. has arrived. All will b. take,
10 the ,nire as soon as teams can he OBJ
tanned 10 hanl it.
The Arizona Republican says: Tho
indications among our Democratic brsth-
rem seem to point toward the renomins-
ton Of Mark Smith for Delegate to Con.
kress. For Councilman Of the northern
district. A. Cornwall or Tom Hailsck, Of
Mohave county. will likely be the non.
inee.
Messrs. Butiorph and Grant. at Denver.
arrived in Kingman on Saturday last,
and we're pinned Tuesday nv ]. r. Temp
lin. when they left for Mineral Park.
where they win inspect number 81
mining properties in that vicinity. Mr..
Buttorph iss mining cxpart Of excellent
r-p'itafion. and this IL his second trip to
Mohaye county.
The Wilcox stockman pertinensly
says: "Stockmen whose brands arc not
advertised world no wiss 10 have them
published before the beginning Of the fail
round-ups. In no other way do brands
become no well known. and stockmsn
whoes irons are the hest known have the
least trouble in gathering their cattle and
are much less liable to lose them by their
being overlooked.
A rsce has been made between J II.
Johnson's stallion "Bshe" and VIM.
Richards Brown Dan" the race 10 take
place At what il known m The rye field
on Johnson's ranch in wsllapai Valley.
o J, the 2lst inst. The race ID for wager
o 1910 side. A forfeit Of 800 each has
besn put up by DR.. Livingston, who has
charge Of the johnson horse, and VIM.
Richards, the owner Of the brown.
The grspevines in this vicinity are be-
ing killed by an insect which b unknown
bv our fruit rsisers. II IL At first quite
sm III and resemb les louse. but ID pro.
Grcsses IN the various steps Of evolution
II develops into . small gTasshopper-like
in acct, when its conrse Of life Is done.
There arc millions Of them and there
sssme TO he no getting rid OF the pest
II will be gratifying TO the friends Of Il.
A. Bailey to know that the report prb-
lished some time ago 10 the effect thai
he was serving sentence in the Kansas
psnitentiasy Tor forgery. In not true. A
letter to friend in Peach Springs states
that no IL joint agent for the NJ. X. at
and X. G. r. s. & g. railroad, and has q
good job, and has had no trouble since
he LEFT Peach Springs.
| Mr.. Talliafero, OF the A. & =. land de-
pastment. was In town couple Of days
this week. He was eadeavoring TO ge.
onr miners 10 send specimens Of ore IL
the Albuquerque fair. The specimens
will be sent and returned FREQ Of all cx-
p,nse to the miners. Niohavc county
or carried of the first prize last year,
and our miners should see to 1t that the
co un ty still takrs the lead.
County School Superintendent l.. q.
Cowan and Messrs. J. NJ. Murphy ant
\ II. II. Watkins, the hoard Of school ex
aminers, were busy Monday and Tues
d,y holding the regular examination o
teachers. There were two applicants
Miss Feeler. who will teaci, tbs Chloride
school, and Miss Bowman, who viii
tsaci, the Sandy school. Both passed
creditabls examinations, and were grant
ed second-yrats esrtiscst es.
The Denver Mining Id ,s.rv Ssys;
Lee Thompson, once widely knowr
Colorado pro~pectcr. was recently assas
.inated In Bolivia, Soufh America. HI
disappeared in Ksnsas City three year
ago, and was supposed TO have bsss
] murdered. The first news that LIS come
regarding him since came from the Uni
ted States minister in Bolivia, announc
| ing his DEATH" Lee Thompson will h
remembered a. being engaged In mining
| In Music Mountain, and the trouble
which arose at the time.
An exchange says; Many people use
the expression "iin horn" as applied Il
gamblers without any kDowledge Of tn
term. The game known ~ chuck-a-lucl
was formerly more played than At pres
ent. II was played with sort Of wood
en- cylindrical boz sbont ten inches long
through which the dice were dropped
The lower class Of gamblers had the box'
81 made Of tin with wires no arranged in
,ide - to make the dice turn over ~
many times coming out just a. the,
wanted. From the use Of the lin box O
horn, with which they could cheat, OF
the term was applied to ell gamblers WIZ
Ihsd no scruples, and sought only such
suckers ~ they could catch.
i On Thur~lsy nisht about O'Clock a.
freight train No. 81 reached point fo'''
miles west OF Wallspai station, the en-
s;ce struck . buIl which was dragged
uode, the pilot wheels. throwing the en-
-, - - <,,putn0 IL faver