Mohave County miner., 1909-02-13
Howard Wells is recovering from a bad spell of illness.

Howard Wells is recovering from a bad spell of illness.
 w. F. Grounds, Jr., the young Clay Springs cattleman, was looking after business in Kingman this week.
 Peter Caffery, who was reported very i'll last week, is improving and has a good chance to fully recover.
 Goldfat has a postotfice with c. E. Chittenden as assistant postmaster. Mail is delivered by train to the camp, which is a great convenience to the people living in that place.
 FTP. Lattimer, who had both legs cut off below the knee by falling under a moving train, near Louise, four miles east of Kingman, Friday night of last week, died at the hospital In Los Angeles last Tuesday.
 Miss Minnie A. Sawyer, of this of flee, received the sad intelligence Of the death of her mother, in Los Angeles, last Monday morning and departed to that place the same day. Mrs. Saw yer had been ill many months and her death was not unexpected.
 I'M. George is getting his new meat market in shape and expects his big cooling room soon. The new shop is to be one of the best in the terri tory. the cooling room being of capa- city to hold about twenty beeves be- sides other meats and meat products.
 Mrs. H. c. Vincent died at her home in Prescott last Thursday even- sng. She is known to all the old resi- dents of Mohave county, having been wife of Fatty" Smith, one of the early sheriff's of this county. Smith died in San Bernardino many years ago and his widow married again.
 The week has been one of storms, wind, rain and snow. The high mountain ranges are deep in snow, while the valleys have been thorough ly drenched. In the lower attitudes wees aLd grasses are springing up and the feed on the ranges promises to be better than for many years past.
 The first of the big bands of sheep arrived in Kingman this week and the town will soon be filled with the usual number of sheepshearers and camp followers. The good feed in the Sacramento valley will attract thous- ands of sheep and within a month the whole country will be dotted with the grazing bands.
 s. NJ. McCowan, who at one time was superintendent of the Fort Mohave Indian school, known as the Herbert Welsh Institute, has been in dicted by the federal grand jury ir Oklahoma on a charge of embezzle' ment and fraud. MT. McCowan has many friends in the territory of Ari zona who will refuse to believe him guilty of the crimes charged.
 Joe Giovannini, who at one time lived in Kingman and was member of the local lodge of Elks, died al Las Vegas, Nevada, a few days ago His mother and many friends were with him at the time of his death MT Giovannini came here nearly two years ago and engaged to a limited extent in mining. Later he went tC Mexico, but failing health compelled him to return.
 The board of supervisors this weel forwarded a letter to Mark Smith, [, the legislature and others interested asking them to use their best endeave to foil the purpose of Utah to steal tn, northern Arizona strip. Utah legis lature has petitioned congress to an mex this strip to southern Utah, ant represents that it is a haven for out laws and renegades, while the fact i that it is one of the most lawabidin! sections of Arizona. Since the organi zation of the county there has not beer one dollar of expense for crimina prosecutions in that country, althougl there is justice of the peace ther and other peace officers. The countr. is filled with cattle and sheep ant some mining is carried on. The higI plateaus are covered with timber which the brothers of Utah have hal their eyes on for years.
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