Mohave County miner., 1907-12-14

Mrs. A. k. Ware last Wednesday evening.
 Judge w. G. Blakely returned yes- terday from Prescott, where he has been attending to business matters.
 Mir. George Warren returned hom e yesterday from Los Angeles, where he has been resting up for a couple Cf weeks.
 Robert Lee, of Bisbee, who owns mining property in Chloride, arrived in Kingman Thursday evening oA | is way to the mines. He brought with him some handsome specimens of cop per ore from the Spray mine.
 Pubic Examiner Foster has made an announcement to the effect that after all the expenses of the recent territorial fair have been defrayed, there will be on hand cash balance of about 3,000S. which will be utilized next year.
 Rev. and Mrs. F. c. Farr departed to the Needles last Wednesday even- ing, where Mrs. Farr will remain some time in the hopes of benefitting her health, which has been poorly fer s,me weeks past. Mir. Farr will prob ably return to Kingman this evening.
 Henry Meese, who was arrested at the Willows ranch, southeast of Hack berry last week Friday, on charge of burglary, was taken before Probate Judge Robertson Saturday evening and adjudged insane. Deputy Sheriff Gideon took the unfortunate man to the asylum Sunday last.
 The dance at Yucca next Friday night is attracting considerable inter- est in Kingman among the dancing set. Arrangements have been made to have tle Chloride flyer run down to Kingman sometime after midnight. Everything will be free.
 Henry Lovin has brought his big stock of merchandise to Phenix from Kelvin and is selling it off. It is said that he is doing an immense business and will soon have disposed of the larger pert of the stock. The crash in copper practically wiped out the town Of Kelvin, which started out with such promise of greatness six or eight mo ths ago, and the merchants of that place, having loaded up with big stocks of goods, have to sell out to the best DO, sible advantage.
 Last Tuesday night the local lodge of Pythians elected officers for the en- suing semi-annual term: The follow i ,g members will fill the chairs after the first meeting in January: J. c. Maddux, c. C.; John Hamilton, V. C.; Foster $. Dennis, Prelate; Anson H. Smith, K. of R. and S.; D. T. Price, M. of F.; G, R. Gooding, M. of E.; T. Ii. Brobaht, M. of w.; Fred w. Mor- rison, M. at A.; Ross H. Blakely, L G.; Foster s. Dennis, trustee, long term. Under late law of the order grand representatives will not be elected un- til the first meeting in September, 19)S.
 County Treasurer J. S. Withers has been very busy this week receiving taxes and entering up the delinquents on the tax roll. He reports that never before in the history of the county has the delinquent tax list been so small. Every large corporation in the county has paid up, only very small individual taxpayers letting their taxes become delinquent. Among these delinquencies are raises made by the board of equalization after the tax had been paid by the property owner to the assessor, which practice obtains throughout the north part of this county.
 Kingman Rebekah lodge last Sat urday evening initiated nineteen mem- bers into the order. It is understood that the Sovereign grand lodge re- gently passed law requiring all Odd Fellows to take the Rebekah degree before becoming eligible to member ship in that body, and as a result the Rebekahs are having large accession of brothers to their branch of the or