Mohave County miner., 1908-05-02
Funeral of M. Redman.

The services at the hall were under the auspices of the local lodge of Elks. Rev. w. G. Blakely paid a feeling tribute to the memory of the deceased brother, and the ritualistic ceremonies of the order were observed, after which the line of march was taken up to tle grave. Fully one hundred and fifty members of the Elks, Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows were in line. At the grave the beautiful burial serv- ice of the Odd Fellows was read and the mortal remains. of a good man were committed to the ground.
 Last Saturday evening the Odd Eel lows and Rebekahs celebrated the aL- niversary of the order by most e'- ioyab!e entertainment and banquet at the lodge room. The evening was spent with music. speeches and ent, r. taining games. Both orders are in a very prosperous condition.
 R. A. Robertson, County Superir- tendent of Schools, is visiting the schools of the county. Tuesday last he departed to the Sandy and wi visit all the schools in the lower part of the county before returning 10 Kingman. Later he will visit the Chloride and other schools in the north part of the county. All tn. schools appear to be in a prosperous condition.
 Fred w. Morrison and wife depart' d last Thursday evening to Los Angeles, where they will make their future home. Mr. Morrison has been resi- dert of Kingman the past eight years and dui ing that time built up one of tho most lucrative law practices of an, attorney in the territory. He and his good wife have a large circle of friends who will wish them wealth and hap piness in their new home.
 TtD D. I1lluIclu ildo UCCu ouopChuCt from the office of Receiver of the U. z. land office, at Phenix, by the Secre- tary of the Interior on account of al ledged irregularities. Mr. Hildreth states that there IS nothing in the charge and that he will soon be back in the office. He is well known in this and neighboring counties and was ap. pointed by the president to the office on account of his record as Rough Rider in the war with Spain.
 An effort is being made to get fer ry at the old Rioville crossing of the Colorado river. The travellers into the north part of the county are put to great inconvenience in having to go to Greggs Ferry or to Needles to cross the river. The crossing at Rio- vile is on the old main travel.d road and it would cost but little to rehabil- itate the ferry and make it paying proposition. The interest of the busi- ness men of the county should be ob tained and the attention of the super visors called to the necessity of this crossing.
 At Phenix today there is life and death fight between the saloons and the prohibitionists. The fight is ac- knowledged to be close by both par ties, although the saloons have much the better of the bout by reason of the fact that it takes two-thirds vote to carry. The result is awaited with great interest, the fight having been one of the most stubborn in the his tory of the territory. Both sides are credited with an abundance of money to make the campaign, the "drys" be- ing aided hy temperance organizations and the saloons being organized into the order of the Royal Arch.
 Last Monday morning one of the big teams of Lovin x Withers met with a serious accident on the summit Cf Goldroad hill. The team was heavily loaded with oil and had arrived at the top of the mountain, but the leaders refused to heed the call of the driver to stop, continuing down on the other side. The road takes sharp bend at
 this point and before the driver could swing the team back into the road
 they had gone over the grade, the
 wagons toppling over on the wheelers'
 killing two and injuring four. The
 wagons were turned bottom upward