Mohave County miner., 1910-10-29

Last Wednesday there was filed for record in the office of the County Recorder one of the most voluminous documents ever offered for record in this county, being a trust deed of the Cotton Land & Water company, cover ing all it's acreage in the MohaYe val ley to secure bonds to the amount of 500, ,000S and the recording fee of which amounted to l23S. The company is planning vast improvements in the river bottoms to bring under cultiva- tion about 50,0OO acres of fertile lands, one-half of which is owned by them selves and the balance to be held by the government for the Indians. The river frontage of about twenty miles will have to be dyked against the en- croachment of the flood waters of the Colorado river and to do this and pro- vide other necessary improvements the company is issuing 500,00Os ID bonds. This issue will provide a fund sufficient for all purposes, it is thought. It is probable that, in connection with the Cotton Land & Water company, the government will dyke much of the river and bring under cultivation the thousands of acres of Indian lands. At the present time there are about 6,00O acres safely available and part of this is being prepared for cultivation. The company is selling some of its acreage under a guarantee that it will be brought under water and made safe from the overflow of the river.
 Kingman school rooms are said to be uncomfortably crowded with scholars this term and it is probable within another year provision will have to be made for a new school building, or another story added to the present structure. The site of this school is really impossible, but will probably be made to do for all needs, although It is said that the walls and foundation will not carry any heavier load than the one story. If this is so it would be better to obtain a new site, one that would give the children ample play ground and commodious building. Kingman should have a high school course and a new building would give room for the use of a high school in connection with the grammer school course. To get a suitable site it will be contended that the trustees will have to go outside of the present town limits, but this should prove no ob- stacle to so necessary an adjunct to Kiugman's progress.
 MOhave county used to have Pro gressive Association, and later it had an organization known as Mohave County Chamber of Mines, but alas and alack, interest has been lost and the organizations have gone hence. It is up to the people of the county to arouse interest in the latter organi- zation and bestir themselves in the matter of getting out literature for distribution over the land giving fact and figures of our resources and the big things doing in both lands and mines. Now is the time to get at it. Mohave county never was so pros porous as at present. During the year just passed it gained nearly 5OO,OOOS in taxable wealth and next year will find us up among the big counties of the territory. Let us get at the organiza- tion and allow petty things to go to the bow-wows.
 The grand jury in this county, en- paneled last Wednesday, has been one of the busiest bodies of men ever brought together for inquisitorial pur- poses in Kingman. It investigated thirteen charges of felony and re- turned indictments against eleven dur ing the two days of it's session.
 T. R. Garnier, owner of a large acreage of mining property in the Ger. bat section, arrived in Kingman Thurs. day last from Los Angeles.
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