Mohave County miner., 1910-09-10

l vacation in California.
 G. w. Beecher has gone to San
 Francisco, where he will visit with his
 daughters for some time.
 E.F Thompson, wife and children,
 returned this week from a stay of sev- eral weeks at coast resorts.
 J. w. Thompson departed Thursday for San Diego, where he will visit with friends for few weeks.
 Mrs. Joe Martinez and children re- turned from a visit to relatives in Colorado last Thursday night.
 Dr. L. D. Godshall, manager of the Needles Mining & Smelling company, was Kingman visitor a few days ago.
 T. E. Pollock, of the Arizona Gen. tral Bank, at Flagstaff, was in King man yesterday and today looking after interests.
 s. W. Tobey, who has been in the employ of Lovin & Withers at Oatman the past several months, has been transferred to this place.
 A. NJ. Smith, of Clermont, Cal, who is heavily interested in the Wallapai King Mining company, paid visit to the property this week.
 Mrs. M. Babcock is visiting with her brother, E. A. Shaw. Mrs. Babcock is on her way to Goldroad, where she will teach school this winter.
 Miss Bernice Smith departed this morning to Holbrook, where she will teach one of the departments of the public school of that place.
 Report has it that Recorder J. w. Morgan is convalescing at one of the Los Angeles hospitals. His many friends in this county hope that he will soon be home in the best of health.
 s. c. Winchester, one of the oldest merchants of Needles. and we'll known in this county, died at that place last week Friday. He had long been a sui ferer with cancer of the stomach and it is thought that this dread disease was the cause of his death.
 Kingman public school will open next Tuesday. The following teachers have been engaged for the term: Thomas S. Kerr, principal; Miss Alta Hubbs. assistant; Miss Zoa Watkins, intermediate department; Miss Ger trude Potts, kindergarten.
 Frank L. Mahoney. who has a con- tract to run 400 feet of tunnel on the Alpha mine, is in Kingman. He re- ports making good progress with the drift and that the ground is very fa- vorable for ore. This drift will carry under the old works at a depth of about 200 feet.
 Miss A. M. Prowdley, who has been proprietress of the Kingman house the past several years, departed last Tues day evening to Gridley, Cal, where she owns city property. During her residence in Kingman Miss Prowdley has been one of its best citizens and has a wide circle of friends that regret her departure.
 This week this office received an en- belished invitation from the Sierra Madre Club of Los Angeles to be pres ent at the meeting of the Mining Con- gress, which meets in the Angel City next week. The booklet covers many of the beauty spots of southern Cali tornia h a picturesque way and is one of the best pieces of work of the en- gravers and bookman's art.
 The election for delegate to rep resent Mohave county in the constitu- tional convention will be held next Monday. There are three candidates in the field, Henry Lovin, democrat: Kean St. Charles, Labor; c. R. Van Marter, socialist. The registration is much larger than that of former years, it is not probable that the vote cast will reach more than 700.
 Miss Alta Hubbs returned from her European jaunt last Thursday evening and was met at the train by host of friends and relatives. She spent near ly three months covering continental Europe, and had the time of her life. The trip was uneventful, but from an educational stand point she has gained a world of knowledge. Miss Hubbs is one of the teachers in the Kingman public school.