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Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15
To o. Ii. p. Baxter and Charles E..
 Cast, their assigns or legal repre-

-s
 Cast, their assigns or legal repre-
 sentatives:
 You are hereby notified that I have ex. pended during the years 1896 and 1897 two bundr dollars in labor and improve. ments upon the Rnrai lode, situate in Min eral Park, in WalIapai mining district. Mohave county. Arizona, of whion the To. cation notice is found of record in book H. pages 679 80, in the office of the Re corder of said county. in order to hold said claim under the provisions of section 234 of the Revised Statutes of tie United States, and the amendment thereto. ap. proved January 22, 1880 concerning an nual labor upon mining claims, being the am unt required to hold said lode for the period ending On the 3Ist day of December of said years 1896 and 1897. And If, with. In ninety days from the personal service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such ex pendlture as co owner. your interests in the claim will become the property of the subscriber. your oo-owner, who has made the required expenditure by the terms of said section. MRS. J. T. THOMPSON.
 kingman, ArIzona, Jan. 5, 1893
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15
Hotfce.

Notice is hereby given that neither tbe Ora Plata or Mariposa mines, nor inc owner thereof, will he responsible for any debts contracted by the lessees thereon in working said mines.
 J W. GERRrTT. Ktngman. March 8, 1897.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Hark Hanna has been elected Senator from Ohio for the long and short terms. The opposition to his election was simply for the purpose of extracting poodle for votes. John E. Griffith and Manaul have tag ged themselves for all time in Ono.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15
Warning Notice.

Notice is hereby given that neither the NiRger Cons olida,ed mine, situated in Owen mining district. Mohave county, Arizona, nor the owners thereof will be re sponsible for any debts contracted by the lessees thereon in working said mine.
 MCCRIGHr & PRICE, Signal. Arizona. Jan g. ISs8.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Senator Teller made an import ant speech in the Senate last We'd nesday on bimetallism and kindred topics. He gave facts and abundant reasons for the belief that inter- national bimetallism was dead and that the corpse could never be res urrected Teller is all right.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

If Secretary Alger does not get a better move on himself the rein deer which he is to send into the Yukon country will have to be pro- vided with fatboats to navigate the rivers.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Mrs. John F. Griffith, of Ohio, has obtained what she so earnestly soughs-newspaper notoriety, and her husband can now possibly af ford to purchase her a new sealskin saque.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Our Mineral Wealth says that the Board of Supervisors of Mohave county passed strong resolutions in favor of home rule at their late meeting and that the MINER editor was there and should have known it. The MINER editor was at the meeting mentioned. Kean St. Charles came before that body and asked that resolution, adopted by the supervisors of Yavapai county, he adopted by them and that they affix their signatures thereto. It was not done, nor did they pass the resolution as an act of the board and MT. St. Charles earned away his preamble and resolution. The statement made in this paper last week is correct, as will be vouched for by the clerk of the board or by the members thereof.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Judge Sloan decided the suit of F. A. Tritle against Yavapai coun. ty in favor of the plaintiff. The suit was for the recovery of back salary. This action will probably settle the question and the various counties will pay the old officers the salaries wrongfully taken from them.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Otis, of the Los Angeles Times, has gone to Washington to use his influence against Hawaiian annex ation. This act of MT. Otis makes annexation certainty.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

An Ohio cyclone struck Ft. Smith, Arkansas, last Tuesday night and demolished upward of 1,000,000s worth of property and killed forty people. Our advice to the servivors is to come to Arizona, the land of bright skies and no cyclones.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

The Arizona canal litigation at Phenix has been amicably settled and c. J. Hall will act as receiver. Water consumers may find the new management d blessing.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Black Jack is said to be hiding in Juarez. Mexico, and last Sunday planned raid on gambling hall but the police got onto the scheme in time, to frighten the freebooter away,
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Had Theodore Durrant been resident of Needles he would have enjoyed the roasting he received in the Pasadena crematory last Thurs day.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

There is a growing disposition among the better class of people to ignore figures in mentioning New York's 400.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Gov. McCord has issued a call for miners convention, to be held in the city of Phenix, on Jandary 25th, 1898. As the industry of mining is the all important one in Arizona the proposition to form a miners association is timely one and the convention to be held in Phenix should be attended by rep resentative miners from all over the territory. Mohave county, the greatest of mineral producers, should be we'll represented. An organization of miners can do a world of good in the way of adver- Using our great mineral resources.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15
BLAND BROS.
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Any person, other than the owner, tam. pering with or handling cattle or horses in the above brands will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

GiIa county paid 805$ for lion scalp at the last meeting of the board of supervisors.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15

Thousands of weavers have gone on strike in Massachusetts owing to the recent cut in wages.
Mohave County miner., 1898-01-15
Notice of Forfeiture.

Singman, Arizona, Jan. 4, 1898.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-23

YI2@NS W III
"You used to tnOl0 him UeTy GOcIl, did
you nOt~
with each other in efforts to gs&R them
10 repletion. Over this uproarious feast
presided the tall slip of a damsel with
whom poor Ned had parted so mourn
fully when he went away in FebrUaEy.
Ada's was the only face in all the mer-
ry party that seemed to have known q
trace Of sorrow. Her big, dark, mourn
full eyes and shaggy hair, her sallow
face and shabby frock, twice let down
and still "skimpy," told q pathetic
story. Thirteen years Of age, the child
had already seen much Of anxiety and
trouble, much indeed beyond the ken Of
many an elder, and the week going by
brought hour after hour Of nervous wear
and tear, the cause of which only one
woman knew and strove in vain to
Danish. Ada shrank with actual dread
and repulsion from the thought Of hav-
ing to meet the man who had come to
take her loved fathers place.
Thrice had Barclay spoken TO Mira
Blythe Of desire to see the children Of
Colonel Lawrence; now he felt confident
that he knew the cause of her evasion
and pressed no more But all through
dinner, even while speaking in the low,
somewhat measured tones habitual to
him, he lost no talk in which the chill
dren were mentioned, and at Blythe's
they were never forgotten. It was not
long before he discovered that the
Blythes and Lawrenoes-the young peo-
ple-were at the DOCTORS, Ada presid-
ing. Indeed, with much gusto, almost
as soon as soup was served, Oollabone
began telling of her matronly, mother
ly ways Half an hour later messen-
ger came to the door and asked il DR..
Collabone would please step over and
see Mrs. De Lanoy a moment. "Tell
her I'll be there in just one hour" said
the doctor, looking at his watch. Then
he added for the benefit Of the party
present, "There's nothing in the world
the matter with Mrs. De Lancy, and by
that time she'll have forgotten she sent
for me-" Ten minutes later came an
other call. It was the Collabones' do
mestic this time. Little Jimmy's cut
his hand, and Miss Ada can't stop the
bleeding" "Say I'll come instantly"
said he, springing from the table and
making his excuses to the lady of the
house.
Barclays face shone with instant
sympathy and interest. Dessert was
nearly over. He turned to the motherly
woman, whose own gentle face betrayed
her anxiety.
"Will you think me very rude?" he
said. "YOu know l do not smoke, and
/ do want so nuch to Beet those chill
dren. I feel that Ada purposely shuns
me, and this is an opportunity not Co
be lost May 1 be excused? / will soon
return" Mrs Blythe's eyes were elo-
quent as she bade him go.
Three minutes later he softly entered
the doctors sitting room. There in
big easy chair sat a tall, sallow faced,
tumble haired girl, holding in her arms
a burly little fellow whose frightened
sobbings she had at last controlled, and
who, with only an occasional whimper,
was now submitting to the doctor's ex-
animation and deriving much comfort
from his professional and reassuring
manner.
"Why, this is no cut at all, Jimmy,
my boy. The reason you blsd 20 much
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-23

worst hole in all Texas, as reported by
the department inspector. The children
had won the day.
AT the very moment when the party
took their seats at Blythe's, the chill
dren Of that establishment and their
friends, the Lawrences, were holding
high carnival at the DOCTORS, Aunt
Purlina and the colored maid vyinR
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
Commotion in Paris.

Paris, Feb. 20.-Two thousand peo-
pie assembled this afternoon in front
Of the Saint Pelagie prison, well
known as prison for offending Jour
nalists. to greet Henri Rochefort, edi-
tor of the Intrasigennt, on entering to
serve n sentence OF five days imprison-
ment for libeling Jos Rcinnch, COnserv-
ative deputy for the district OF Digne
and editor of the Republlque Fran
caise. by charging him with intending
to prove the innocence of Alfred Drey-
fus by the use of forged documents.
At first there were no signs Of force
to preserve order. but rs the crowd In
creased n company of Republican
guards, headed by buglers and drum
mers, a detachment of police and two
sQuadrons of curraisiers were drawn
up on each side of the square In front
of the prison. The troops were received
with cries of "Vive LArmee."
It was o'clock before NJ. Rochefort
arrived. The crowd flocked around his
carriage shouting "Vive Rochefort'
and "Vive La COmune," the police
being powcrless to restrain them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24

came a winning proposition Just ns IN
Tabor's early days. To him the old
man went. He wanted to borrow
money.
"Mr. Stratton." he began. II am Mr..
Tabor. / have heard that you were
generous In helping out deserving peo-
pie who had any prospect Of getting
even with the world have up hero
In Bowlder county claim on which
I have good ore. but 1t will require
money to work 1t. have hardly
enough to buy grub for myself. wife
and two little ones. who are now hv-
Ing In a cold and cheerless cabin near
the mine. VIII you loan me $4,000
for few months and take my note for
this amount?" The old mans eyes
were filled with tears. He could not
beg, yet here was man who could
help him to a sufficient income to end
his days beyond the cravings OF hun
ger and want. Would he grant the re-
quest? Millionaire Stratton sat for
few minutes lost In thought. Finally
he answered.: "Mr. Tabor. have at
present such drains upon my income
that cannot help you. am sorry.
but 1t is impossible"
Tabor said no more. He returned to
Ward and told his wife OF the disap-
pointing result Of the trip. Together
they agreed to fight fate as they had
done In the past. Next morning Ia
Dor went to the mine and worked
hard with pick and drill. but his ef-
forts were too slow. It needed ma
chinery and modern methods. The
gold was there, but hand work was not
the way to get 1t. Yet he worked on.
Several days after his visit to STRAIT
ton Tabor was obliged to visit Den
yer. Some small matters had called
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
Captain Sobral'a Break.

Washington, Feb. 21.-When Mr..
Longs attention was called to reports
that he had taken official recognizance
of Captain Sobral's criticisms Of the
American navy. the secretary said he
had called the subject to the attention
Of the State Department, with view
to having nm inquiry made by that
branch. The particular expression to
which the secretary had directed the
attention of the State Department wns
the following, attributed to Captain
Sobral: at was the result of an ex-
plosion inside OF the ship. which took
place In one of the forward magazines.
The fact of the matter is that the dis
clpline and the watch observed on the
ship were very lax. This, us one Eng
lish newspaper the other day declared.
Is the case on American warshlps gen.
orally. This sort OF thing has occurred
on previous occasions on American
war vessels"
An inquiry at the Spanish embassy
revealed the fast that Captain Sobral
had been relieved rs naval attashe a
month ago.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
NEWS OF THE MAINE.
THE WRECK WILL BE RAISED
Ready 70 Investigate-Isoth Countries Will
Participate-lIsrd Work for Divers.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The naval
gate the Maine disaster will begin Its
work at Havana tomorrow. This news
came to the Navy department this
morning from Admiral Slcard at Key
West. He simply telegraphed as fol-
lows:
'The court Of inquiry sail for Havana
on Goth by lighthouse steamer Man
grove. Mark arrived to-day
This prompt action Is undoubtedly
due to the express direction Of Secre-
tary Long sent yesterday to have the
investigation begun nt the earliest pos
slble moment. The telegram was dated
yesterday. SO the board arrived there
before nightfall and will be ready to
begin Its work tomorrow morning.
The following dispatch was received
from Captain Sigsbee to-day:
Havana. Feb. 19.-Only most expert
enced wrecking divers can do effective
work on the Maine. In the upper
works l can use service divers. Did
some work to-day, but with little sue
cess. Will do better tomorrow. Parts
Of Maine, especially the superstructure
and connections, are one confused mass
Of metal.
Another brief telegram from Captain
Sigsbee reads:
Havana, Feb. 2O.-Bache." which
means that the coast survey steamer
has arrived Mt Havana. bringing on
board all the diving apparatus sent
from the squadron.
The statement referring to expert
enced divers is explained at the Navy
department as no reflection upon the
men now engaged In the work, they
being enlisted men belonging to the
navy. 1t is the practice on board men,
of-wnr to assign few men. always
volunteers, on account of the hnzar-
dous nature Of the work, to duty ns
divers, In connection with their regular
work. The scope Of their work is the
exploration of the ships bottom gen.
orally, the disentanglement Of cables
from the propcllers and shafts, and
sometimes the search for lost torpedo
or anchor.
Such work rarely carries them deep
er than twenty-five feet In the water,
and 1t IL said for operations In deeper
water, such as would be involved In ex.
animation of the Maine's bot. .om, their
training has not fitted them. They are
also lacking in that kind Of skill neces-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
K.n,., Farmers Want the River.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 21.-An assem-
bly, of farmers and business men from
several counties along the Arkansas
river was held here to discuss means
whereby the Rocky Ford and other lr'
rigation companies in Colorado can be
compelled to cease taking water from
the Arkansas river for irrigation pur-
poses.
Several communications from places
along the river from as far as Little
Rock Arkansas. were read. Commit
tees were appointed to take different
methods of action under advisement,
and ]. F. Houston was retained as le-
gal counsel. Should the action be sue
cessful, much land in Colorado that
has been cultivated under irrigation
will be rendered utterly useless. 1t is
believed there is some small chance
for success, and every stone will be
turned to bring this about.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
, views in favor of the proposition to re-
build the Maine


build the Maine.
Even suppose this costs 81 900, ,OOO,"
said he, "a new ship equal to the Maine
would cost nearly $5.OOO,OO0. The re-
pairs could be made and the ship put
In service again In year at the furth-
est. To build new ship like her
regard 10 the prncticabllity of raising
the vessel 1t Is to be remarked that
large vessels have been raised which
were at sea, where they were exposed
TO the waves, while the Maine 10 In n
perfectly quiet harbOr, one end resting
In the mud and part Of the other end
above water.
"The Maine Is In shallow spot as
protected as mill pond, and she is
only n G,OOO-ton ship. The British ar
mor-clad How, of over 10000 tons, was
raised or Ferrol. Spain. In the open
ocean, and II. NJ. S. Sultan, Of over
1900 tons, was raised and saved after
she sank in the Comino channel"
Orders have been issued for tho en-
listment Of 300 men for the navy, to
I'LL the vacancies caused by the de.
struction Of the battleship Maine, and
to complete the legal quota.
The new men will be sent to receiv-
Ing ships, whence they will be sent to
ships In commission wherever needed.
Commander-in-C Chief Street Of the
Union Veterans Union has offered to
the President the services Of 10000
men Of the union for the defense of
the country. They could be ready for
action in forty-eight hours.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
Three State. Snow Bound.

Chicago, Feb. 21.-The states Of Wis
consin, Iowa and Illinois are practic-
ally snowbound. An average snowfall
of two feet is reported from Illinois
and Iowa points, while throughout
Wisconsin and northern Michigan the
fall was much heavier, in fact, the
greatest of the season. A forty-mile
gale has piled the snow into enormous
drifts. completely paralyzing street
railway traffic and seriously interfer-
ing with the operation Of trains on the
steam roads. Northern trains have
been delayed In some instances fifteen
hours, owing to the heavy drifts and
steady fall of snow, which makes the
use Of snowplows unavailing. Rain
and snow alternated in Chicago and
vicinity. Not enough had fallen to-
night, however, to interfere with rail-
way traffic.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24

anything could be bought. Everything
and everybody had price, and he had
enough to pay the bill.
His great wealth faded away in a
few months. The hand Of his Creator
was netting out earthly punishment
to the man who had put away the
wife whom he had promised before
God to love and cherish until death
did them part. Tabor was not afraid
of hard work, and he offered to go to
work with pick and drill and earn a
living. He tramped over the hills in
search of work and found promising
country in Boulder County, near the
new mining camp of Ward. He To-
Gated on the ground and opened up
some mineral, but had no funds to
work it. In despair he returned to
Denver. The sky was indeed dark to
him. Only one glimmer Of light shone
and at it he grasped. He went to
Colorado Springs and called on STRAIT
ton. the millionaire owner of the In
dependence Mine. Cripple Creek. Ia
Dor had never before met tho new
Crosus 1t had been rumored, how
sysr, that Stratton's money was
'1uohy;" everybody backed or every
naseprise promoted on his money ~
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24

sary to enable diver to grope his
way safely through the Internal parts
Of q mighty ship like the Maine. torn
and dismembered. as she Is, and this
work is highly dangerous. Creeping
through narrow iron-bOund passages
and cropping for the doors of the
water-tight bulkhead which divide the
hull into compartments. on Shiny floors
and in perfect darkness requires the
highest expert skill. and that is why
Captain Sigsbee with only sailor divers
at command, had not been able to do
much so far towards unrnveling the
mystery of the Names untimely end.
1t is to meet just this emergency that
the Navy department is making every
effort to hasten the beginning of the
work of recovery of the goods and per-
haps the raising of the hull by pro-
fessionals.
To that end, Captain Lemly. the
Judge advocate general of the depart
ment, was at work to-day in his office
with representatives Of wrecking COM
paniee trying to draw up contracts for
the immediate prosecution OF the work.
He has been at the task now two days,
and it has not been easy to dispose Of.
This is owing to an apparent DISPOSE
tion on the part. at least Of one, of the
wrecking companies to drive a hard
bargain, leaving the department In the
dark as to the amount of money to be
paid for their services.
But 1t is believed the obstacles have
now been surmOunted and the con-
tracts can be signed tomorrow. 1t is
the purpose of Captain Lemly to hurry
this work. and to that end he Is ar
ranging to have two of the companies
combine their forces. They will be paid
on the scale of days work, with a
provision for bonus IL they succeed
in raising the vessel, thus insuring the
recovery of as much of the valuable
equipment as Is possible, should 1t not
be practicable to float the Maine again.
Great difficulty is expected in recov-
ering the big ten-inch turret guns, each
worth $4,000, owing not only to their
weight-fifty tons apiece, without car
riages-but to the enormous turrets in
closing them with 100 tons of steel. 1t
Is doubtful If the tops Of these turrets
can be removed, as was first supposed,
by cutting Off the bolt heads that fix
them to the sides, as these large bolts
are probably counter-sunk, and thus
hold below the surface of the metal,
while the confined space within the tur-
rets would make it very difficult to op-
crate there on the inside ends under
water. 1t is hoped that it may be feas-
ible to raise the turret entire with the
guns, II lifting apparatus of sufficient
power can be applied.
The decision of the government to al
low concurrent Investigations of the
cause of the Maine disaster, for its
own part making an Independent inves-
tigation through the naval court of in
quiry already appointed, while permit
ting the Spanish authorities to make
such investigation as they desire. This
ARRANGEMENT commended itself to ma
val men alike as fair to all. and at the
'same time calculated to develop the ex-
act facts in a manner that could not be
y questioned.
Chief Engineer Melville has decided
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-02-24
Canadian Pacific Cutting Rates.

Chicago, Feb. 19.-The Canadian Pa
cific road to-day exploded a bomb
among its American competitors by an
nouncing wholesale reduction of
rates. These cuts affect business In two
directions. In the first place the rates
from all New England points to Mime
apolis and st. Paul are slaughtered,
and again New England points and
points in the state of New York have
had blanket rate applied so far as all
business to North Pacific coast points
is concerned. These transcOntinental
rates have been cut almost in two.