Mohave County miner., 1906-02-17

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 J. w. Emerson returned from a business trip to Los Angeles Thursday morning last.
 Mrs. Flood, of Chloride, came in Thursday last on the flyer and is visit ing with friends in town.
 F. N. Chandler, mining man of Chloride is in Kingman on business connected with his mining affairs.
 Rev. H. I. Farr will begin a course of lectures next Sunday evening at the M. E. church. Subject Sunday night, "Heredity." Everybody is invited.
 Al Conkey and wife came over from Chloride Thursday last and Mrs. Conkey continued on her way to Col orado Springs, where she will visit with her parents for some time.
 Henry Lovin this week received sev- eral carloads of beer and other goods for his bottling works and ice plant and now has one of the heaviest stocks of goods ever brought into the county.
 The new cutoff between Needles and the Colorado river bridge is almost completed. The road is being graded through the concrete hills far back from the encroachment of the river and all the curves strengthened out.
 It is reported that A. H. Drydan and John Lako have purchased the busi- ness of F. c. Aycock, at Chloride, and are preparing to put in a stock of merchandise and groceries. The gen. tlemen are well known in the big lead camp and will undoubtedly do a large business.
 George Babbitt and A. E. Sliker, of Flagstaff, wss in Kingman Monday last and went out to Gold Road in con- pany of J. F. Withers, where they in- spected the great Gold Road mine and mill. From the examination made they believe the property to be one of the richest in the United States and good for generation.
 The grain recently sown in the val ley north of Kingman is coming up nicely and big crop is expected. The recent rains have assured the farmers all the water necessary to mature a grain crop. E. M. Carrow expects good crop of hay on the old Hardy fields, which he recently sewed to bar ley.
 Next Friday evening there is going to be somethin' doin' in local El5ian circles, class of eighteen candidates being in waiting to be initiated at that time. After the initiatory ceremonies a banquet will be served in the ban quet hall. The following evening a dance will be. given in Elks Hall, to which everybody is invited.
 Last Thursday Jap, who has been working at the Harvey House for some time past, was before Probate Judge Metcalfe on an insanity charge and after an examination by a physi- elan was declared insane and commit ted to the asylum. Deputy Sheriff Harris departed to Phenix with the man Thursday.
 Cal. Wilson recently located some warm springs near Big Pine, Cal, and has organized a company in Los An geles to build big hotel and sanita- rum on the ground. A company has already been formed by a number of moneyed men and the work of build ing a 25,OOOS hotel and sanitarium is to be commenced at once. The springs are said to be very valuable from medical standpoint.
 Frank Dolan had a narrow escape from death by falling into an old dis used shaft, near the Tuckaho mine, two miles west of Chloride, last We'd nesday night. He and partner left town early in the night for home and when close to their abode they missed the road and Dolan fell into an open Sboft a distance of thirtv faat S,,ffa,,