Arizona republican., 1897-12-29

pany, Chloride, S8,950; Gaddis & Perry, $S,S30; W. H. Lake, capitalist, S7,36); Kingman Mercantile company, $S,1S5; J. F. Luthy, Albuquerque, N M,
 S5,515 on Kicgman real estate, inn proved.
 The present officials are John C. Potts O.) sheriff, whose deputies are Asa Harris and Henry Lovett; J. N. Cohenour (R), deputy U. S. marshal; Harvey Hubbs (D.), treasurer; Abe Le- fevre Pop), recorder and clerk board of supervisors; W. G. Blakely R.), district attorney; J. Logan O), pro bate judge and superintendent of pub lie instruction; Otto Kunzer O), sur veyor; Sam Crosier R), w. E. Frost
 (D), and Ed Imss O), board of su- pervisors: Ross Blakely, clerk of S. trict court.
 The Sacramento valley extends or. h from the Colorado (west from King man and Hackberry) eighty-ive miles
 and the Hualapai valley lies east by , north of Kingman, this being twenty miles wide and sixty long. Th>e are small valleys below Kingman. Water
 is the needful article to make valuable i the big valleys, which are virtually a waste under present conditions The l Beal Springs ranch of Dick Taggart and Mir Connell lies about two miles southwest of Kingman. in the hills,
 and contains ten acres in peaches, the | finest in the land, apples, aprico Is, 1 figs. nectarines and pears. A profit
 of s3,00O this year was the suug sum realized, and 1897 was a1 improve
 ment over preceding years. Jack 1 Johnston, who spends his spare time ! in sy,i-, hos l of this place. His crop of peaches
 and other fruits are sold to local deal
 CTS in bulk. There are few small
 ranches in the vicinity of Blackberry. Peach Springs, White Hills, Chloride
 and Signal are the other towns worthy
 the name, these points being outfit -e1 l through Kingman. Blackberry ships
 westward and has been, in years past,
 mining center.
 Music mountain, which lies in the
 range e2St, derives its name from the l peculiar lines on it's face, these re- l sembling a score of music, just as a
 peak on the west side is styled ''Nig-
 ger Head" this arising from it's pro-
 nounced formation. From Mineral
 Park three states, California, Nevada
 and Utah, can be seen
 | Henry Ewing, formerly of Ewing &
 Heimrod, original owners of the Lake
 sampler at Kingman, has been agent
 of the Hualapai and Supai India-s for
 two years. The Hua1apai tribe. which
 is being slowly decimated by the grim reaper" now numbers 630 per- sons, of whom 200 are men. 175 wo-
 men and school children, and the rest below school age. The government
 controls two day schools at Kingman
 and Blackberry. One hundred ard i ten scholars are taking a regular
 course, and others industrial training There are six school employees, It is
 expected that the government will
 erect a boarding school and an effort
 is being made to secure an appropria-
 tion of S40,0OO to build and meet the needs of such an institution The men 1 devote their time to the life of cow
 boys, some cut and haul wood to town
 and camps, getting good prices from i the latter, while others run small
 ranches and cut hay. Women make
 baskets. The men own their own | ponies and are furnished wagons, far-
 ness, farm implements and such tools as are needed in building, the lum-
 Der, as well as articles above enum-
 erated, being supplied by the govern ! ment. The cowboys make riatas and
 McCartys. An appropriation of $7,50) i was made in 1897 to buy the articles
 needed, and also clothing for school children. Rations have been distrib- i uted in former years, but only flour
 YVES given out during the current year. With the advancement the able bodied are making they will not require do-
 nations in this line, being able to buy from money earned. In former years the men had a habit of appropriating 1 stock and do so now to a small extent They hunt game and are disposed to violate the game law. Gambling,
 which is practiced among themselves for whisky, is discountenanced by the government, but the Indians have the inclination, just as some white people 1 do, who ought to know better Many of ths chiefs (there are three, and
 some twenty captains or sub-chiees) and captains favor advanced ideas,