Mohave County miner., 1911-01-28

l Ol MT. anu MFS. J. W. IOIhnCilS U Seligman The funeral took place al Kingman Tuesday evening, number of friends and relatives of the paren [: coming here from Seligman to lenC their assistance to the bereaved father and mother. A large number of King man friends attended the funeral.
 Ross H. Blakely, who went tc Phenix last week to attend the meet ing of the territorial assessors, return. ed home Wednesday evening. He re- ports that the meeting accomplished much good along the line of equalizing the assessment of property in the counties and that better results will be obtained by the method adopted. In this county the carrying out of the plan will result in a great cut in the levy with a consequent increase in the valuation of property.
 The Cotton Land and Water Con- pany is getting large acreage of land in the Mohave valley under cultiva- tion and year by year this corporation will bring in the settlers and make of that rich valley a veritable paradise. The lands are the richest in the world and only need prOIe ection against the encroachment of the Colorado river to allow the husbandman to come in and make of that now desert section a gar den spot of Arizona. Fully 50,OO0 acres of land will be reclaimed by the work inaugurated by this company, on its own account while as much more now held by the government for the use of the Indians will be similarly re- claimed.
 It is rumored that the Santa Fe rail road company is soon to begin the dix ing of the Colorado river near Needles to prevent the further encroachment of the stream on the lands between the shops and the river bank. A heavy concrete wall is to be built for a long distance along the river front, which Is expected to turn the water away from the California shore. The diking of the river on the Arizona side makes the encroachment of the river on the west side more certain and something will have to be done to pro tect tthe town. The past several years the river overfiowed its banks opposite Needles until the river was fully three miles wide. In the event that dikes are carried down to that point this flood of water will have to go scme- where and unless it SCOUTS the bed of the river to great depth it will surely go over the banks on the Needles side. Last year Senator Flint asked govern ment aid to keep the rlver within bounds, but nothing was done. Now It is imperative that dike be built on the Needles side, either by interested people or the government.
 About thirty big teams are now hauling supplies to the various mines contiguous to this place and returning with ore for shipment to the shelter. To facilitate the work of hauling and to make Kingman permanently the distributing point for the northern and southwestern part of the county it is up to the business men to extend their aid in the building of good roads to 
 the mining camps. Even if the haul ing is not done into town it is to the best interest of the people of this town to see that good roads are built. By the surveying and laying out of the roads, cutting out the windings and building up the roadway every piece of road so built will remain for years without much repair being need ] ed. A few thousand dollars spent on the roads now, while they are wet and receptive of improvement, will bring to the town many hundred of thousands of dollars. and bring with it also the good will of the mine owners and ship pers. Kingman business men must not sit supinely back in their office chairs under the impression that business must needs come to them anyway, but get out and hustle to keep all that is now coming here and get the balance in the habit. Let a meeting of the business men be called some day next week and let every business man be there to boost the good roads moYe- ment.