Mohave County miner., 1909-09-18

polling their attendance at the school
 At present there are about ninety-twc
 pupils in the school, practically the
 full capacity of the instution.
 Dr. L. D. Godshall, accompanied by
 A. F. Anderson, of Fruitvale, Califor.
 mia, were in Kingman this week look
 ing over the mines. Yesterday they
 went out to Stockton Hill on a trip, of
 inspection. Dr.. Godshall is soon to
 begin active work on the Big Bethel and Silver mine, in Todd Basin, re- gently taken over from James Mulli- gan.
 s. R. Porter, who recently took a bond on mining property of James Un- capher and Thomas McNeely, at Min eral Park, is soon to commence opera tions on the Keystone. The other properties will be prospected with a core drill with the object of ascertain ing the values in the big masses of copper bearing ground at the lower entrance to Mineral Park basin. J. F. Wallace came in from Music Mountain yesterday. He reports that two cars of lumbe and timbers have been hauled from the railroad to the mines and that twelve men were now at work erecting buildings and driving the adit drifts into the mountain. I'e- fore many months the company will be comfortably housed at the mines and will be able to get more and better work out of the men by reason of i'm prov, d conditions.
 J. c. Hobbs, who came as far as Pr, scott with the Hammond party and then came on to Kingman, has been locking over the mines of Union Pass with Tom E. McClelland, the gentle men returning from the trip yesterday evening. Mir. Hobbs has been trying the past year to get foothold in Mo- have county and it is probable that he will succeed. He has the best people in the world back of him and knows the business of mining from the initial development of property to the bull lion stage. He believes we have the mines here, but the judicious expendi. ture of capital is necessary to bring out the extra good qualities of most of the mines.
 Maj. Edward A. Weed, aged about 68 years, a newspaper and magazine writer, who is travelling over the coun- try by bicycle, arrived in Kingman this morning and will remain over Sunday, continuing his journey to Cal ifornia Monday. Maj. Weed has been on the road about fifteen months, wis iting twenty-four states and travelling more than 1000 miles. He looks as robust and hea thy as man of tn y- five. He has visited all the natu. a. wonders of the territory and claims that they surpass any state in the Union, and hopes to find Arizona one of the states the next time he passes | through.
 The Wallapai Idians appear to be more or less afflicted with disease of the eye, resembling trachoma, and should be done by the go'- ernment to prevent it's spread. Sev- eral cases of total blindness have re- suited from the disease and a numb Der of others that have come under obser, vation are fast approaching total ex- tinction of sight. We understand that trachoma has made it's appearance in the Indians school at Phenix and that an effort is being made to prevent its spread. The government, recognizing the rapid spread of the disease and its grave consequences, will not allow an to land that shows indica- tions of this disease. While it is pos ,ible that the disease may not be that of trachoma it would be the better part of discretion to not allow the af- flicted ones to come in contact with the white people of the town until as- sured of the exact nature of the dis ease.
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