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Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29

State of Colorado, Ofrce of the Secretary of State.
 UNITED g3s;g STATS AT Go'oraaa Sr AMERICA tss. I. James Cowie, Secretary of State, of the State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the annexed is full, true and complete trans cript of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Cyclopc Gold Mining Company. which was flied in this office the twenty eighth day or March A. D. l9O5 al $50 o'clock a. m. and ad' mitted to record.
 In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Colorado at the City of Denver, this twenty eighth day of March, A. D. 1905.
 (Seal of the State of Colorado)
 JAMES COWIE.
 Secretary of State. By TIMOTHY O'CoNNOR,
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29
Articles of Incorporation Articles of incorporation
 -OF- "Mining Supply Company"

Know all Men by these Presents, That we, the undersigned J. H. Knight. J. c. Rogerson and Bartlett Richards have this day asSoclated ourselves together for the purpose of forming n corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. And we do hereby certify:
 i. That the name of the corporation shall be
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29
ROSS H. BLAKELY & CO.,,
 RESTRICTIONS
all druggists

We are now T 1rarared to furuisn rull and con plete Abstracts of Titles of lands. mines anc town lots within Mohave county, Arizona including records of Probate and District Courts, Delinquent Tax and Sherlf Sales.
 ROSS H. BLAKELY, Manager.
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29
Sherif's Sale.

Territory of Arizona, at the relation and to the use of Foster s. Dennis, Treasurer and ex- oficio Tax Collector in and for the County of Mohaye, in the Territory of Arizona Plaintiff,
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SC
 County of San Diego. Before me. H. E. Mills, Notary Pubic, m and for the County of San Diego. State Of Cali fornia, on this day personally appeared d. c. RogerSon and Bartlett Richards, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscriDea to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that hey executed the same for the pur' poses and con nsiderations therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office, this 24th day of March A. D. 1905
 (SeaD Il; F.. NiLLo,
 Notary Public in and for the County
 of San Diego, State of California;
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29

Territory of Arizona,( SS County of Mohave.
 Before me, William H. Welsh. a Notary Pub lie in and for the County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona on this day personally appeared J.. H. Knight known to me to be the per- on whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed
 Given under my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of April, A. D. 1905
 (SealO WILLIAM H. WELSH,
 Notary Public. My commission expires April II, 1908 First insertion Arri i5, 1905. Last insertion May 20
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29

This is to certify that the foregoing is true CODY of the articles of incorporation of The Cy ;lopic Gold Mining company, corporation uf Colorado and that the same Is herewith pup statutes of the Territory of Arizona relating to foreign corporations. THE CYCLOPIC GOLD MINING COMPANY
 By OSCAR REUTER-. ISeall President. Attest;
 F. D. CASPER,
 Secretary. First insertion April 8, 1905. Last insertion May 13
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29
Monday, the 18th dav of May, 1905,

First insertion April l5, 1905. Last insertion May 13. 1905
Mohave County miner., 1905-04-29

y OVNNO"4
 Deputy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
4 MORMON COLONY CAME.
Tried tn Buy site to Erect a Temple at
Buffalo During FOrties.

1t is not generally known nowadays
that there was an attempt made in the
latter '40's to establish a Mormon town
at Buffalo. A site was laid out and a
| number of that faith took up their res
idence there. Among them were sew,
eral of the professed spiritual wives
IF the leader. Joseph Smith. Some of
the descendants of these people are
still living in the vicinity. The great
er number. however, left before 1850.
Followers of the faith made overtures
to purchase the site of the present
home of Capt. Clark for the erection
IF a temple. The owner was quite
willing to sell, but was not favorably
impressed with the terms offered,
which involved little of the money of
he realm and a great deal of promis-
ed spiritual reward, a commodity rath-
er easier to supply. no doubt, from the
would-be purchasers point of view. So
the deal fell through
These MOrmOns professed to hold
frequent communication with the I'M
seen powers and often told Capt. Clark
what they claimed to have seen and
heard. On one occasion. he related, an
elder assured him that at point near
certain well-known whiteoak stump
IN angel had appeared and offered him
his choice of two boxes. one contain
ing gold and the other knowledge Of
course he elected to take the knowl-
edge, and asked the captain what he
would have done under similar circum-
stances. WELL" answered the captain,
refectively, after taking a rapid inven-
DRY of the others augmented mental
equipment, lit seems to me | would
At least have split them up and taken
1alf of each"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

wild ones were out of season. Some
thing had to be done or the writing
lessons would have to be given up. So
la hunt was organized on a Saturday
The big boys went ont to see If they
could kill wild turkey. But no tur
key could they find. either II seemed
that the fates were against them. Fin
ally they ran across an owl and killed
it. Quilts from its wings served the
purpose till those from geese were
again obtainable
The school teachers boarded
around" and for money consideration
they were usually paid one dollar q
pupil for each term. Capt. Clark's first
teacher. he declared. became rich at
that. The elder Clark had saved n
large sum of money To buy govern
ment land with and one day about the
end of the school term the money and
the schoolmaster disappeared togeth-
err. Years after il was learned that
the same spring he had entered some
, 900 acres of land in an interior county
of the state of Iowa. He became a man
of wealth and his descendants are now
respected and well-to-do residents of
the same community. There was never
any attempt at prosecution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

teresting things. In his boyhood Capt
Clark for a number of years had no
playmates but the Indian children and
with these he was on the best of terms.
He learned their language and ran.
swan. fished and hunted with them.
One of his closest friends was Moses
keokuk, the chief who later attained
considerable prominence when the
tribe had been removed to Indian Ter
ritory. Late in life correspondence was
opened with Keokuk and photographs
were exchanged. The likeness of his
boyhood friend Capt. Clark priced
among his most precious possessions
till in a moment of weakness he yield
ed To the urgent request of an enter
prising newspaper man and gave ii up
to have an engraving made. That was
the last of il.
Another of his early friends among
the Indians was one named Messico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
TIME TO BEGIN TO LOOK
FOR FRUIT BUD DAMAGE
Crop Report for Illinois Says There
Has Been None at Present
Time

The L. S. department of agriculture
special crop bulletin for the month
of January in Illinois is as follows:
Cold periods obtained on the 10th
18th. and the oath to 2Gth. the latter
being the severest. zero temperature
and lower occurring in al sections of
the state. The mean temperature was
below the seasonal average, the daily
deficiency apprOXimating four degrees.
A sleet storm of unusual severity &C.
CURED on the 18th, the precipitation
freezing into a covering of ice. The
average precipitation was deficient in
the northern, slightly above normal in
the central, and above normal I'm the
southern district.
Many correspondents report that it
IS difficult to determine the condition
of wheat at this time a good portion
of the crop being covered with ice and
snow. Opinion. however is freely ex-
pressed. that probably considerable
damage has ensued. The plant enter
ed winter mostly in a weakly state.
due to adverse fall conditions. and had
not attained sufficient vapor to with.
stand the rigors of severe weather.
Corn maintains an excellent condi
ton, is grading well. large proper
ton of the crop being marketable.
Meagre reports indicate an average
winter condition of rye.
Live stock is reported generally to
be in healthy condition and feed Is
plentiful.
Fruit buds apparently have not been
damages to any extent.
Apples are of inferior quality and
are not keeping well. Some complaint
is made of potatoes rotting in storage.
WILLIAM G. BURNS,
Section Director.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
RAILWAY SAFETY.
Standards on Better American Roads
as High I'm England.

/
American railways have recently
come in for considerable unfavorable
| criticism on account OF the number of
| serious accidents I'm some of the less
| thickly populated districts of the
| United States, while at the same time
English roads have been praised as
/ having attained II combination of speed
and safety unknown in this country.
As matter of fact, many American
railroads are gradually being brought
to standard OF safety which Is fully
as high as the English, while the com-
fort of passengers Is given far more at
tention here than OH the other side OF
the water.
From the American standpoint safe
railroading is primarily dependent on q
system OF signals which are practically
infallible. This Is attained by a conf.
bination of automatic machinery and
human intelligence. each OF which sup
plements the other and each OF which
is powerless to do anything without the
consent of the other. In the operation
OF such system the salient feature 10
the division OF the road into short sec
tons or blocks by means of signals
worked primarily by an electrical con-
nection with the rails. On the New
Haven system, for Instance, which has
built up a line OF 233 miles from Bos-
ton to New York that complies with all
the requirements found necessary In
American experience for safety. these
blocks are from half q mile TO four
miles In length. A train cannot enter
one of them until the preceding train
L.. t.f - 90, nIf f1.l I.., lao. ria
Ing Of an automatic scnaphore at Its
further end. which protects the next
block ahead When this second signal
arm points to danger, and not before.
the operator I'm the signal tower that
covers that section OF the line eau lower
the semaphorc that Is holding back
the Second train. The system IL 40
arranged that the normal position OF
all scmaphores is at danger and were
the towerman q maniac he could do no
harm beyond neglccting to lower a sig
nal at the proper time TO let approach
ing trains through. He might tie up
all traffic on the road In this way. but
he could cause no accidents.
While signal systems, roadbeds and
bridges have been brought as near per
lection as ingenuity can bring them. the
safety OF others than their passengers
In not neglected by the well managed
railroads. Between New York and
New Haven, for example. a distance OF
seventy three miles. there are no grade
crossings at all and between New
Haven and New London there are only
Eve, none Of which II considered dan
gerous- 800.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
SOME MISTAKES IN HISTORY.
Fort Told of As Being Built at Anda-
Iusia Was UnpretentfOus AFFAIR.

| Fort Told of As Being Built at Anda-
iusia Was Unpretentfous Affair.
One of the histories of Rock Island
county tells of fort that was said to
| have been erected at Andalusia by
| Gen. Granny" Atkinson when he led
an expedition against the Indians.
Capt. Clark declares positively that
| there was no fort there, though the
troops camped there once over night.
The officers caused to be built for them
selves on the west bank of the east
creek that passes through the present
corporate limits. a pen of blackjack
saplings, perhaps 10 or IL feet square.
Here they spent the night secure from
the attacks of lurking savages, while
the troops camped out in the open be-
tween the officers and where the en-
envy was supposed to be. Afterward
Capt. Clark, then a boy. went with
some men and removed the fort" to
be used for a pig pen.
Couple of Early Marriages.
Capt Clark also says the records
are at fault in stating that the first
marriage in Rock Island county was
performed in 1910. The principals in
the first ceremony, he recalls, were
John Brashof and Jane Case. who were
united in 1889 at the home of John
Spencer. who lived at the west foot of
Black Hawk Watch Tower, about
where the present road to the tower
leaves the Ninth street road. The
bride was the daughter of Jonah Case
Another wedding party that Capt.
Clark is fond of telling about was per
formed by the late Daniel Edgington.
who was then a young man and a JUS
tice OF the peace. John Cooper and
Jane Fay were the contracting parties.
They resided in Buffalo, which was
then in an unorganized territory and
far from place where license could
be procured. So the license was taken
out in Rock Island county and the
couple were married on this side Of the
river, Mr.. Edgington being called upon
to tie the knot. The justice had never
performed ceremony and was more
or less nervous. Thus IL happened
that he forgot to ask all questions. and
when the consent of the bride had
been signified he pronounced the job
done without propounding the usual
queries TO the groom Mr. Cooper, who
lived many years in Buffalo, frequently
recalled the fact that he had been but
half married
Beginnsng of Horticulture.
The 500 apple trees that In the man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
FIRST WINTER WAS HARD ONE.
Clnrks Lived ON RntiOas of Soldiers
Brought Out of Fort Through Cave.

| Brought Out of Fort Through Cave.
PrivationS were the rule the frs
winter the Clark family spent here
They lived in Rock Island and Georg.
Davenport. the trader, did not assis
! greatly in relieving their distress. III,
| had hired the elder Clark 10 put III
hay but he had not expected he would
stay in these parts. He did not want
him here for the same reason that he
did not want any other white families
to settle near him. He knew that with
the coming of the whites the Indians
upon whom he depended on to add to
his fortune would go. To make the hint
more pointed he refused absolutely 20
sell the Clarks anything 10 eat and
starvation stared them in the face
Happily, they found way out of
the difficulty. This story has been
told but it will bear repeating. Capt.
Clark told it at Andalusia
In doing so he referred to the loca.
ton of Black Hawk cave that everyone
has heard at one time led back under
the rocky ledge near the west end of
Rock island. This cave. the speaker
stated, was not at the point of the isl
and, but opened out on the river at the
place where the north abutment of
the Rock Island bridge now is. 1t ex-
tended back some distance into the
island and took a passive. though very
important part in saving the Clarks
from starvation that winter
Brought Barrel of Whisky.
Late in the fall the Black Rover, a
little steamer commanded by Capt.
Otis Runnells came down from q trip
to Galena and tied up for the winter,
the captain making his home with the
Clarks. Now Capt. Runnells had with
him barrel of whisky and there were
soldiers at Fort Armstrong. With The
cave, the soldiers and the whisky in
troduced the average person will have
little difficulty in making a reasonably
accurate guess as to how the Clark
family were saved from starvation.
The mouth of the cave was within
the fort and there was another end
back somewhere among the brush OF
the island and the soldiers knew all
about it. AS everyone is aware sol
diers are furnished provisions, ordin
lrily all they can eat and more, by
the government. They are forbidden
10 dispose of their food, of course, an6
guards are kept about all posts whose
duty it is to see that forbidden articles
are not carried away and that the gar
'ison does not leave without permits
sion. But with the cave the PROPOSE
ion was easy. With judicious hus
banding by means of a round price
demanded by Capt. Runnells, the sol
Tiers had whisky all winter and the
Clarks had substantial fare.
The cave is undoubtedly still there
Dut one end is sealed by the bridge |
abutment and the other. if it was not
also closed by natural means, no doubt |
vas taken care of by some commander |
If the island who realized that such |
refuge was a bad thing to have
20 close to a government post and
,losed it up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

uscript are mentioned as having been
brought 10 Buffalo at the request Of
Capt. Benjamin Clark by party re-
turning with their families from Ohio,
were distributed and grew into the
first orchards in this vicinity. They
We're of hardy stock and for many years
bore great crops. having few OF the
enemies that the fruit nowadays has
to contend with.
Never saw n Buffalo.
Asked concerning the buffalo, or
bison. Capt. Clark laughed. Il have
seen great many travellers in the
early days." said he. who got all
ready as soon as they had crossed the
Mississippi river to go out and kill
buffalo. If there were any of these ami
mails about here it was before my time.
1 never saw one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

In The relation of tales OF pionee,
days by Capt w. l. Clark. Of Buffalo
Iowa, before the Andalusia Memoria
association last Tuesday evening tn,
younger generation who heard hin
had an opportunity which in all likeli
hood few Of them will have again o
hearing AT FIRST hand the story of ths
hardy people who three-quarters OF &
century ago came TO subdue the un
broken wiids that then constituted thi.
part OF the northwest
As merely an experience IL Is uni
que TO hear one talk who saw things
as they were In that time that seems
30 long ago to the average person. To
the young or the middle aged who have
been born and raised here the civil
ization OF Rock Island county seems a
respectfully ancient thing-associated
as IL were. with the very hills and the
familiar old Mississippi But for a
man In the full possession Of his facul-
ties To tell of having lived and toiled
here when our grandfathers were boys
In some far on state or country. when
the gnarled old trees that we know of
in the forests were saplings. when
there were no cities. towns. railways
or even wagon roads. nothing. in fact
that we now see except the rugged
hills and the Father OF Waters. and
the Indians still hunted and fished In
their wild state: hearing these things
told OF as we are accustomed to tell
OF Rock Island when there were no
paved streets OF the building of the
first pavilion on the brow of Black
Hawk Watch Tower, seems incredi-
BILE
Ii Remarkable Mau.
And what a man is Capt. Clark.
Where is there another like him?
How many Of us will be so years hence
as he Is now. vigorous. erect. quick
TO hear and see and with a memory
that still holds in firm grasp places
and dates. names. faces and manner
of speech Of happenings and people of
the present day? But Capt. Clark does
not live in the past. highly as he
prizes the associations Of his youth |
and early manhood. He takes a keen |
interest In present day affairs and is
as ready to converse about them as
he is about those of so. co or 20 years
ago.
Much of our local history. Capt.
Clark tells us. has been badly written
and much more has not been written
at all. Too often that which has been
recorded has been devoted to particu-
lar persons and things. as the pecun-
larry interests OF the writer led him.
Yet Capt. Clark does not feel that II
ia his mission to controvert save whernt
he has been asked to do so and where
he has facts at his command to leave
no room for doubt. He does not ask
that his memory be accepted unsup-
ported as against that which the mys-
FERROUS power of ink and type has
made gospel In the mind OF the aver
age person. /
In the preparation OF historical mat
ter in Rock Island county for many
years the memory OF the late Benja-
min Coble was relied upon implicitly
Mr. Goble was a wonderful man ami
he did great service in recalling Incl
dents OF the pioneer days. He came
here in 1929. Capt. Clark had spen.
two winters here at that time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
EXPERIENCES WITH THE INDIANS
Only Playmate. Were Young savases-
Custom. of sacs ind Foxes.

Gustosus at >ucs and Foxes.
After the reading OF the manuscript;
the speaker supplemented IL with OF
hand "reminiscences and answers to in
quiries. bringing out things that the
audience particularly wished to learn
about. The mention of the name of an
old resident was sufficient TO bring
forth experiences and anecdotes that
were highly entertaining.
Among other things the manner in
which the Clark family happened 10
come TO Rock Island was told. II was
the original intention to settle at Fort
Edwards. as the site of the present
town OF Warsaw was then known.
There the Clarks did stop and Capt.
Benjamin Clark bought an interest in
a herd of cattle which was pastured
in the bottoms opposite Quincy.
George Davenport. the Indian trader
who was at that time already located
at Rock Island. learned of the elder
Clark and engaged him TO come w
the river and cut some wild hay. The
family was brought along on the tri1
and remained here from that time on.
The present Capt. Clark remembers
distinctly when his father carried him
from the gang plank of the small river
steamer on which the trip was made
and placed him down on shore in
the midst OF a crowd of a hundred
Indians. who had gathered to- see the
boat land
Only Isdias Playmsres-
OF the Indians were told many in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
TRIALS OF EARLY SCHOOL LIFE.
Crude structure Was Three Miles AVN!
Through the Woods.


Not the least interesting of the rem
iniscences told by Capt. Clark were
connected with the first school that the
relator attended. That was when the
family lived on the present site OF
Buffalo, and the school house was three
miles back through the forest in the
interior. The difficulties in the way OF
getting an education were SO great
that the youngster of those days might
consider himself fortunate if he OBJ
tanned a smattering of the barest rudi-
ments The particular school house
referred to was of logs, about IA by
IA, with clapboard roof and with mud
plastered in the cracks of the walls.
Small apertures covered with oiled pa
per served for windows. The floor was
made of 'puncheons." or logs split,
with the face up and the irregularities
hewed down. The seats were punch
cons with legs in them, and the desks
the same with the legs a little longer.
For writing desks, more puncheons
were placed on pins that were driven
into holes bored in the logs of the
walls. The pupils sat on the long seats
with the desks" on the side toward
the middle of the room and TO write
they merely turned about. putting their
feet over on the other side Of the seats.
The big boys took turns week about
building fires mornings. The last thing
before leaving the school house in the
evening one of the boys was always
sent to peer up the chimney over the
fireplace and be sure that there was
no fire in it. there being danger that
the fiue, which was built of sticks laid
crosswise and plastered with clay on
the inside. might become ignited and
burn the house when it was left alone.
The fire itself was carefully covered up
SO it would keep" as reminding il
was no small matter when matches
were unknown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

of the hoe came down on the top of the
latter's hear and slight fracture OF
the skull resulted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
Pen. From Owl QuiIIs.

For pens quilts taken from the wings
of wild geese were used, and Capt.
Clark told of one direful occasion on
which the supply of quilts was exhaust
ed There were no tame geese and