Mohave County miner., 1909-05-29


 the geodetic survey have been il
 Kingman this week with a large corp
 of surveyors in charge. This branch O
 the department is putting in bencl
 marks and running contours along tn,
 line of the Santa Fe and tributar,
 lines. The work is to be quite exten sive.
 c. G. Krook visited Prescott the first of the week on business connected with the defense in the cause of Joe Beckley, now being held in the Prt S. colt jail on charge of assault to kill committed at Chloride a month ago He reports that Beckley is looking well, but that Billy Byrne, awaiting trial for murder of William Dallatory, is looking badly and appears to be worried by i'm prisonment.
 Kingman school trustees this week engaged teachers for the next term of school. Prof. Kerr, of Bloomington, Indiana, was engaged as principal |, Miss Sophia Williams, of Benson, vice principal. The Misses Alta Hubbs and Gertrude Potts have been retain ed in their former positions in the school. The present school board in tend to build the school up second to none in the territory.
 Gus Newman, blacksmith employed by the Byron Jackson Iron Works, on the big dredging plant, near Eldorado Canyon, shielded last Tuesday by jumping from the dredge into the Col orado river. The man appeared to be laboring under mental stress and his fellow employees were arranging to send him home when he suddenly threw himself into the river, his body disappeared beneath the turgid waters. Owing to the flood stage of the river it is not expected to find the body soon.
 Last night the local lodge of Elks initiated class of ten candidates into the mysteries of Elkdom. The follow ing named gentlemen were the re- cipients of the honor: Probate Judge l.. M. Teale, Immigration Commission CT J. H. Rosenburg, w. L. Corbier, F. H. Gale, George Brobant, Walter O'Brien, F. X. Cook, Ross M. Bechtel, Charles Grube, E. G. Wood. The lodge is growing rapidly in member. ship and stands at the head of the list of the lodges of the territory in fnan- cial standing.
 Under the ruling of the interstate commerce commission the new rate on express matter between Los Angeles and Kingman has been greatly re- duced. The rate, old and new, is as follows: Merchandise, old rate, 4.OOs: new rate, 3.0O$; general special: old rate, 3.00$; new rate, ?. l0$. Reduction to the other points in the county are on the same relative basis. It is prob able that this rate will soon be re- duced, as the asso ;iations of the terri tory are now at work on the subject. The express rates in the territory have been exhorbitant and it is time that some action was taken to break up this class of hold up.
 At the meeting of the local lodge of Elks, last night, money was appropri- ated to pay off the last of the indebt- edness in connection with the building of the Elks Hall. This building cost over 7,0O0$ and is one of the finest structures in Kingman. In financing the company the projectors of the en- terprise found great difficulty, but all the obstacles in the way were over- come one by one until today the build ing can be turned over to the building free of debt. Few towns of the size of Kingman can boast of such a building and our people are quite proud of it. Hereafter the interior of the building will be improved and many important features will be ad- ded to make it more and more at lractive. The Elks lodge, and the people of Kingman owe much to the building company and the men con- posing it for the good work done.