Mohave County miner., 1908-04-04


 eases.
 A dance for the benefit of the King. man silver cornet band will be given at Elk Hall next Monday evening. Everybody is cordially invited.
 The Tom Reed mine is shipping a large amount of bullion. The ore is so rich that a cleanup of the plates is said to be required several times daily.
 Court will meet next Monday. The calendar for this term is an unusually large one, there being thirty-nine civil and twenty-one criminal cases on the docket.
 At last the alley between Fourth and fifth streets and Front and Beale is to be opened up, w. J. Prout having given orders to remove barns and out buildings that have long obstructed this street.
 Harry McComb, of the Tarr & Mo- Comb company, is in Kingman on bus mess. He appears to be much i'm proved in health and takes great in- terest in the many improvements in the town.
 Mrs. George Ayers and daughter Josie departed to their old home in Portland, Oregon, few days ago. MT. Ayers will remain in Kingman, having been appointed to the office force of Sheriff Brown.
 The last public meeting of the K. S. l.. S. for the school term will be held next Wednesday evening, April 8, at 7:30. The subject for debate is "Re- solved that Country Life is Preferable to City Life." Every one is cordially invited to attend.
 By the timely discovery of slnoul6- ering fire in the postoffice last Thurs day night that building was probably saved from destruction. A bucket of
  cred and extinguished after hole had been burned through the floor.
 A. c. Kerns and wife, of Rosendale, Mo-, arrived in Kingman Wednesday evening and departed the following day to the Treasure Hill camp, where they will visit with the family of G. Wells for month. Mir. Kerns is in- terested in the Treasure Hill company. It is now understood that the Mulli- gan-Thompson building is to be three stories in night, the upper floors being fitted up into handsome rooms, and the lower floor will be used for offices and dining room. It is purposed to make it one of the handsomest hotels in the town.
 J. H. Knight, of the Mining Supply company, of Vivian, was in Kingman few days this week on his way home from Los Angeles. MT. Knight be- lieves that the mining resources of the Vivian country are sure to bring in the capital necessary to put them on pay basis.
 The Supreme Court of Arizona has upheld the local option law and has sent down remittitur requiring the board of supervisors of Maricopa coun- ty to call an election to vote on local option for Phenix and surrounding towns. It is thought that the vote will be close, with the chances favor- ing the closing of all saloons.
 The attention of our readers is this week called to the financial statement of the Occidental Life Insurance con- pany. This company is composed of men known in the business world of New Mexico and Arizona and their names stand for integrity and hon- esty. F. L. Hammond is representing this company in Kingman and is au- thorized to do any business for the company.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Weese, aged fifty years, died at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. c. E. Patterson, in Chloride, last Saturday morning. She had been ill some months and death was due to cancer. Her body was brought to Kingman, accompanied by two daugh. ters, Mrs. B. A. Owens, of Searchlight,