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Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Mine Warming Notice.
To Whom it May Concern: {:

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Silver Queen mining and millsite claims, designated by the Surveyor General as lots No. l2l9 and l2l9 B. the EvaL gelist Lake mining claim, designated by the Surveyor General as lot No. 1918; the Arnold lode mining claim designated by the Surveyor General as lot No. 40; the Genera Lee lode mining claim, designated by the Sur veyor General as lot No. 39; the Hubbard Lode Consolidated mining claim, designated by the Surveyor General as lot No fl and the Prince. Dire Necessity, Cricket, Tough Nut, White Cross and Live Yankee mining claims. situated in Cedar Valley mining district, Mohave Coun- ty. Arizona Territory. are being worked under contract agreement, and that neither the said mines or mining claims or buildings, mills machinery, implements, fixtures or improve ments made or to be made therein or thereon, or any property of the Cedar Valley Mining Company, or the undersigned owners thereof will be liable or responsible for any labor, ma Jerial or debt contracted. or injuries sustained by any employer or employee in working or improving said properiies and that no em- ployer or employee is the agent of the owner for any purpose. and that all operatives en- gage in such servlce at their own risk, and that no debt or claim or debt is valid against said mine or mining claims or property, or the owners thereof.
 CEDAR VALLEY MINING COMPANY,
 1. M. GEORGE, Agt.,
 kingman, A. T Ki2gman, Arizona. December 8, 1906.
 First insertion Dec p 1906
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
AppIica ation for a Patent.
Mineral Application No, 099.
 IT c LAND OEFTCl
Phoenix, Arizona, July II. 1908.


 Phoenix, Arizona, July II, 1908. Notice is hereby given, That the o. K. Min ing and Milling Company. a corporation, or ganized and existing undt r and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona and doing business in the County of Mohave. in said Ter ritory of Arizona by Wm. G. Blakely, it's At. torney Tn Fact, whose postottice address is tiOn for a patent for Fifteen Hundred linear feet of the Excelsior lode mining claim. with surface ground six hundred feet in width bearing gold. silver and other precious metals; located ard situated in the Gold Basin Mining District, in the County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, the same being designated by the Field Notes and official plat on file in this office lyo in Township No. 2s N. R. IS w.. of Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, (unsurveyed) and described as follows, to-wit:
 EXCELSIOR LODE.
 Beginning at Cor. No 1, whence U s. l.. M. No. 25ls. Gold Basin mining district. bears s. No , o. K. lode, survey No 25l7 A, bears s. 46 deg, 46 min. 10 sec W. l733.4 ft. thence N <! dsg ss min mi w. 800 #. to Cor N ? thense thence s. A deg. 5s min, E. 800 it to Cor. No. 1: thence $. 45 deg. O2 min. w. 1900 it. to Cor. No. 1, and place ct beginning
 Area, 20 661 acres.
 Variation, lo deg 42 min.-l6 deg. 22 min. E. The location notice of which said Excelsior cla i'm is recorded in Book "I' of Mining Rec ords at page l6O in the office of the County Recorder Of the said County of Mohave. Ter rltory of Arizona. There are no adjoining claims or claimants
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any portion of said lode claim or surface ground are required to file their adverse claims with the Register of the U. s. Land Office, at Phoe nix, County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona, during the sixty days publication hereof, or statute. LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD,
 Register First insertion July ls-l9 Sept.
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby gwen that the Prosperity mine situated in the Wallapai mining district Mohave Co.,. Arizona, is under lease and bond to parties working the same. and that neither the mine nor the owner thereof will be responsi ble for any labor or debt contracted, nor in juries sustained by any employer or employee in working said property and that no employer or employee is the agent of the owner for any purpose, and that all operatives engage Tn such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claim or it's owner
 OWEN MCNEELY. Todd Basin. Arizona, July 9, 1908.
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Tarrs mining claim, situated in Wallapai mining district, Mohave county. Arizona, it under bond to par ties working the same, and that neither tLe mine nor the owner thereof will be respoDsi ble for any labor or debt contracted nor in. jnries sustained by any emI lover or employee in working said property; and that no em- ployer or employe is the agent of u owner for any purpose, and that all operatives en. gage in such service at their own risk. and that no debt or claim of debt is valid agaIns' said mining claim or its owner.
 w. A. L. TARE. Manuelito. New Mexico. July 20. 1904.
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Nighthawk mine, situated in Wallapai mining district, Mo have county, Arizona, is under lease to parties working the same, and that neither the mine nor the owner thereof will be responsible for any labor or debt contracted, nor injuries sus- tained by any employer or employees in work ing said property; and that no employer or em- ployee is the agent of the owner for any pur- pose, and that all operatives engage in such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claim or their owner.
 NTGHTHAWk MINING co.
 GEORGE M. BOWERS, Supt. Kingman, Arizona March 6. 1902.
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the c. O. D. mine, situated in Wallapai mining district, Mohave county, Arizona.i is under lease to parties working the same and that neither the mine nor the owners thereof will be resT onSible for any labor or debt contracted nor injuries suS. taineo by any employer or employee in work ing said property; and that no employer or emplOye is the agent of the owner for any pur- pose. and that all operatives engage in such service at their own risk. and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claims or it's owner.
 c. o. D. MINING co. kingman, Arizona June ?, 1908.
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26

Some of the household furniture of Dr.. Hilton, including buffet, beds, rug, chairs, hall tree, window shades, stoves, etc., remain unsold, and can be seen at the residence of Mr. Thomas O'Brien, on Beale street. X
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Mine Warning Notice.
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the mining prop critics known as the Spread Eagle, Gold Eagle Bald Eagle, War Eagle, Swift, and West End mines, situated in Wallapai mining district, Mo 1; have County, Arizona Territory, are under bond to parties working the same, and tha. neither the mines nor their owner there of will be responsible for aLy labor or debt contracted, nor injuries sustained by any employer or employees in working said prop erty; and that no employer or employee is tfs agent of the owner for any purpose, and th all operatives engage in such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of de. { is valid against said mining properties or thei owner. s. A. TYLER.
 First insertion May , 1907.
Mohave County miner., 1908-09-26
Sherif's Sale.
Territory of Arizona. Plaintiff,

Territory of Arizona. Plaintiff,
 Vs.
 Jas. w. Haas. Defendant
 By virtue of an execution issued out of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial district, Territory of Arizona. in and for Mohave Coun- ty. and to nc directed and delivered, for a judgment rendered in the Justice Court of Chloride Precinct, the 23d day of July. 1908, in favor of the Territory of Arizona. and against James w. Haas. and which judgment was duly filed and docketed in the District Court on the 9th day of August. 1908. for the sum of Tweuty-four dollars, (S24.O0) lawful money of the United States. together with costs of suit and interest; I have levied upon all the right. title. claim and interest of said de- fendant. of. in and to the following described property, to-wt:
 The Blue Gem" lode mining claim, the To- cation notice of which is recorded in Book w. at page 374;
 The "Aunie' lode mining claim, the location notice of which is recorded in Book O. at page l29; Said records being mining records of Mohave County. Arizona Territory to which reference is hereby had and made for a more particular description of the said mining claims.
 Notice is hereby given. that on Monday, the Fist day of September, 1908, at the hour of two o'clock D. m. at the South door of the Court House. in the town of Kingman. County of Mohave. Territory of Arizona. I will offer for sale at public auction all the right. title. interest and claim of said James w. Haas. defendant. of in and to the above describei property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to raise sufficient to satisfy said ju1gm4nt. with interest. costs and accruing costs to the highest and best bidder for cash.
 Dated this 18th day of August, 19OS
 WALTER BROWN.
 Sheriff of Molave County. First insertion Aug. 29-Sept l9
 Postponement of Sale.
 And further notice is hereby given that the sale of the above mentioned property is hereby postponed until Monday. the 18th day of Sep tember, 1908, in front of the south door of the courthouse. in the town of Kingman Arizona> at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day. said sale to take place under the terms and conditions nominated in the above sale. WALTER BROWN,
 Sheriff of Mohave County. Dated at Kingman. this Fist day of Sept. 1908.
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A shestus Mininn-

AsbeStus, popularity known as "min-
eral WOOL is compound of silica
lime, magnesia and oxide of iron and
Is probably the most curious natural
product in existence. Being composed
of fine fiberS. il can he spun and
woven into cloth. indeStructible by fire.
which renders 1t invaluable in many of
the arts.
Mining is carried on by cutting down
the hills of asbestus bearing serpentine
much as farmer cuts down a stack
of hay or straw. or by open quarrying
on the level
The rock is blasted out, and the as
bestus, separated from the containing
rock, is "cobbed" is. separated by
hammering from inferior foreign mat
ter. The cobhing is comparatively easy
In the case of the finer quality. as it
usually separates readily from the
other minerals which the ore contains
but in the lower grades much difficulty
is experienced in separating the fbrous
matter from the nonfbrous. Louis
IilOhe-DpmOcrat
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OF Use After All,

1t happened once upon Il the that
a man who felt that he was of no use
III the world decided to commit sui
eide. Il will HE home" he said. land
there kill myself. | am of no use TO
anybody, and it will be best" So he
hied home and found his wife gone
Il will cut my throat" he said, and
hunted up the butcher knife. But he
slashed and hacked and slashed his
throat, and the knife WAS so dull he
couldn't penetrate his skin. Then lie
tried the bread knife and it was dull
er then the butcher knife Il Will hit
myself on The head with the AK" he
said. but he looked and looked and
couldn't find the aX. Finally he found
the handle, but the head was lost. Il
will Try the scissors, he said, but aft
er he found the scissors couldn't cut
thread he had to give it up. Then Il
bright thought struck him. He would
become of some use to the family by
sharpening the knives and scissors. He
did so and is now loved more than
most men. And his wife. with knives
thai will cut and scissors sharp enough
10 cut thread. is the happieSt woman
In her ncighbOrhood.-Atch Globe.
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Angles
BY LULU JOHNSON
Copyrighted. 1905. ny Associated
Literary Press
BY LULU JOHNSON


% .<:I.S.e. t.N.~.-.S..@.-. .. -. 80,
Keep still. Jack. I'll take your pie
ture.''
Ethel Deane pointed her camera at
her brother there was Il click. and. with
{ +All right" she wound off the film.
LII send you post card as soon rs
lis developed" she added. I'm sorry
that didn't take one of you when you
came. You'd make Il great before and
after picture for the hotel advertise
nents. declare Agnes won't know
.Ou when YOU get back, you've grown
so stout and handsome"
Her big brother smiled at the COM
lli'nent, and Ethel clicked the camera
again.
THAT will make a good advertise
ment for a dentist" She commented. Il
wish l could smile like that"
You could" insiuuatcd her brother.
''if YOU We're as happy as | am"
Back to home and Agnes" scoffed
Ethel. Here comes your train. Jack.
I'm sorry YOU have 10 20. This little
vacation has done you Il world of
good"
leane kissed his sister goodby and
swung on to the train. "la,; to get out
Of the press Of the station platform
ana into the comfortable wicker chair
in The Pullman smoker He WAS SORRY
IL
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across tie aisle watching him with All
amused smile. The mans lips were
puc"trcd and above III" roar and rat
tie Of the train Jack caught the shriIl
II g., Of The Girl l LETT Behind"
e smiled at the mans mistake. for
Eth 5 kiss had been most fervent.
The stranger, however. could not know
the she was only his sister and that
TIL tain was bringing him nearer to
the girl whose photograph was in the
cas-,
AeE" was no formal engagement be
tween Jack anQ Agnes Weston, but an
understanding existed that when his
salary was increased there would be
al announcements. The raise had come
in the shape of promotion while he was
Oh vacation. \ letter had told him
that Oh his return he would sit at the
superintendent desk lie wanted to
start back at once and tell Agnes of
his good fortune. but he had sacrificed
his vacation last year in his struggle
for advancement. and he needed the
rest Agnes had gone to visit relatives
IN distant resort, and Ethel wisely
persuaded him to stay.
Now he was on his way to town. and
IN another week Agnes would join him.
He could then put the question. to
which the answer seemed assured
1t was trying week. Had it NOT
been that Jack was busy getting the
angles of his new position he would
have jumped on train and headed for
the west. as no letter had come from
Agnes during the latter part of the
week. He telephoned her mother to
learn the time of her expected arrival
Jack was at the station when the
train rolled in, but the greeting chilled
him. In place of the sunny smile the
girl was coldly formal She addresSeA
him as mfr. Deane" and insisted upon
going home alone in Il cab.
peane was in despair He could not
~--ue with her in the station. and not
until after dinner did he 90 TO the
house for an interview
The explanation was simple in the
extreme. Agnes declared hat she no
longer loved him: that she was glad
sh" had discovered his true character
before Il WAS too iHtc More than tha'
she would not sly. After brtcr ha''
hour .IHok . 'so UP HnI lcft he house f.
pace the - ""' ANA d1uLly wonder
what ha.l hHp'.an! 'o make go great g
chang 70 hls ie".
Perhaps when Ethel returned she
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might be able to find out 1t was OH
viOus that Jack coud offer no explana-
tion when he was not conscious of hav-
ing given OffenSe. and it was with lead
en- feet that he sous II his home aud
tumbled into bed 10 toss until dawn.
Haggard and hollow eyed. he rose for
breakfast and made preten~e of 20
ing through the meal. lie was i,iIy sip
ping his Coiiee Whcu the maid handed
him 4 thick letter from Ethel.
There was the promised post card.
with the crowd rs Il back ground. There
was also another card showing him
looking down With a tender smile into
the eyes of Il girl whose ardent glance
WAS even more fervid than his own.
The girl was an entire stranger -
him. and Jack wondered by what trick
of photography Ethel had brought
ahout tine result He knew how she do
lighted in performing the seemingly i'm
possible He turned to the letter TO.
explanation.
Dear Jack" he read. do you remem-
Der that | promised to get even with
mond ond n,a2 ,,rn,s ,.,., ~, - ,''''
am inclosing one Of the poStalS prom
iSed. That silly little Bedford girl was
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CROFOOT HAS RIVAL,
Promoter of Industrial Enter
priSeS Finds He's an Amateur.
TOLD OF SOME GOOD THINGS
What a Caller Had to Offer People
With Money Seeking an Investment.
Four Hundred Per Cent In Dividends
on S5,000o0o Capital.

copyright, 1905. by 7. c. Mcclure
Major Crofoot. grand promoter of
thirty-twO of the grandest enterprises
on the face of the earth. sat in his Of
flee dead broke. He had two keys in
his pocket, but not a silver in cash
His landlady had given him the cold
hand that morning. and his Office rent
was due. and he was expecting the
landlord every minute He was won
dering if the last sucker in America
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Would Pay 60 Per Cent.

l'l tNlIS INC lItINdIl NONeIN
Refrigerator company. It's going TO
be the greatest thing on earth It's
sure to sweep the land like a tornado
| III the inventor. patentce and preSi-
dent of the company. capital 5000.
600, and | feel sure | can guarantee
You 60 per cent dividends You put
hot water into the refrigerator and il
freezes ii to ice. Attached to and
working with it are a music box, an
alarm clock. French dictionary. a
typewriter. Il washing machine and a
photograph. Can be worked Sinely
or altogether Keeps tabs on the hired
girl Records the exact moment the
husband comes in at night Can be
fitted with a torpedo to blow up
tramps calling for something to eat
Possibilities unlimited. and the demand
will be unprecedented. The car of
Russia writes
Never mind the ear of Russia" in
terrupted Mr. Dawson. as that your
very best?'
But think of it. man. 60 per cent
VIZ i'l'hbN' anu Illtlkt YOU general
manager at salary of $4,000 a year"
Poor. very poor Not half good
enough. | thought you had something
gilt edged. 1t wouldn't pay to fool
away my time on that"
But. man
Come in with me and learn how to
promote. You don't know the A r G.
of it yet. One of the very poorest COM
panies ! have is the Arabian Celery
and Horseradsh syndicate We pro,
pose to buy 100000 acres of desert
land and supply the world with celery
and horseradsh. The dividends are
positively guaranteed at 10. and yet we
don't think much Of 1t. We shan't try
very hard to push the stock. could
give you the vice presidency at "A salary
of $4,000 year. but | don't want to
see you starve to death"
The major turned pale. opened his
eyes very wide and began to brea the
hard
"A promoter who cant see an even
100 per cent dividends in an enterprise
should drop it," continued the caller
IT'S one horse. It's wasting his time
| organized the Universal Gas Saving
company and figured out it would pay
30 per cent dividends Looked to me
like Il big thing in my then caIlow
days, but laugh at II now II cut gas
bills down from So month 40 II cents
and is still doing II. but the stockhold.
erS are kicking for greater nvidcnds
Ninety per cent looks like sliimmiIli to
them. The secretary resigned last
week, ana could give you his place AZ
$4,000 year but know you'd refuse
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Behind the Times.

You haven't: Why. you are away
behind the times. Thought YOU kept
better track of things financial NV
dear sir, you must have heard that
there is an electric current sweepirg
through the earth from north to
south?"
Yes"
And that all human beings should
lie with their heads to the north in or.
der that they may first receive this
current on the back of the neck z"
Yes"
We'll, there you are You go to n
hotel and the bedsteads may stand
east and west. The landlord doesn't
care copper for your health. NV
instructive bedstead instinctively turns
itself north and south. no matter where
paced. Keeps the current fiowiu.
from head TO heel. Hotels have got TO
nave EN- or go out of business We
start on capital of $50OO.OoO. and the
lowest we can figure the dividends is
HOO per cent. Some of us think they
will reach 800. The principle can he
applied to hunks on Pullmans and
aboard steamers. Baby's crib and
family lounge have got to head to the
north. Will save Il million human lives
IA year and put 10000 drug stores OUT
OF business. could let you in on the
ground floor and pay you a salary of
a quarter Of million dollars a year as
secretary, but won't insult you. You
nave probably got something much
better on hand. Ia, Ia, major. | must
be going"
And when the man had departed the
major laid his head on the desk and
wept He was a failure, and ne real
Ned II. VI. QUAD.
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Youthful Assurance

when | was your age" said the
stern parent, Il was accommodating
money of my own"
Yes. answered the graceless youth.
but don't you think the public was
easier then than it is T"-Washing-
ton Star.
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
! offer for sale

FARM OF I47 ACRES miles from Oakland good
Groom House; plenty of water; so cleared;
about IS of grass Orchards bearing; over Is
acres of White Oak Timber; R. F. D. mail service.
COTTAGE OF 6 ROOMS for sale at Mt. Lake Park
HOUSE AND LOT on Oak Street Oakland for sale or
House of E rooms Lot 5ox1 so feet with
Stable and all necessary Outbuildngs.
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE Bull DING LOTS situated
seaz Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also DWELLING
HOUSES Liberty Street, with good water and all
necessary outbuildngs.
HOUSE AND LOT Wilson Street. House of 10 rooms;
good water. Lot $50 feet front Best Outbuldngs
in Oakland.
VERY GOOD FARM mile from Oakland-all under
fence; containing 81 about rs under cultiva-
ton; fine Orchards, and about IN in small
Fruit; Houses very good Well and a failing
Spring. very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming Can be bought at low price just now
have for sale of the very best Building Lots in the
town which will sell tor cash-or S. down and S.
per month.
than two miles of Oakland which be bought a a
great bargain. The surface would make fine farming
land. This land is well watered with and
several good springs.
IL MORE CHOICE BUILDING LOTS at S down aud
S. per month.
If you cash for your Real Estate Real Estate
for your cash, let me hear from you.
For further particulars call address