Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1911-12-30

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Lon Wells and wife have gone to
Wallapai mountain. where Mr.. Wells
will develop the Great Eastern mine
until late in the spring.
Judge L. NJ. Teale returned We'd
nesday evening from Los Angeles,
where he spent Christmas with rel
atives.
Miss Altha Perry is visiting with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Perry,
in Kingman, having come on from
Stanford University last week.
The snow in the Wallapai mountains
appears to be quite deep, the fall
Yesterday adding greatly to that al
ready on the ground.
Charles w. Herndon. County Attor-
ney elect of this county, returned
Thursday evening from Prescott,
where he spent Christmas with his
mother and sister.
Paul Mcguire. resident engineer of
the Salt Lake railroad, was Kingman
visitor this week, coming here to
spend Christmas with his sisters,
Mesdames Maude Prather and Elmer
Strohm.
The Arizona Stores company will
ION have an important addition to its
store building. the concrete walls from
Front Street to the alley having been
completed ready for the roof. The
Company has been doing large busl-
ness and have been cramped for room
the past several months.
Ed. Haskiu and wife, of the Pleasant
Valley ranch, spent Christmas in
Kingman with NJ. G. Wagner and
family. Mr.. Haskin and Walter
Brown are the owners of one of the
hest ranches in the western part of
Coconino county, and have the best
graded bunch of cattle in the terri
tory.
Congressman Ralph II. Cameron was
in Kingman this week looking after
matters connected with a mining deal
in this county. He will 60 on to
Washington after the first of the
month and remain until the expira-
{ on of his term on March 4, after
which he will return to Arizona and
enter actively on mining pursuits.
J. w. Sylvester, of Littlefeld. is
Kingman visitor. Mr. Sylvester has
a large farm on the Virgin river, IN
the northern corner of the county on
which he has made many improve
ments the past years. The Littleield
country is we'll adapted to the raising
ot cotton and other staple products, as
we'll as many fruits that can only be
grown in semi-tropic countries.
Duncan NJ. Martin and John w
Ricketts,, of Lincolnia, were in King
man on the 26th making final proof in
their land claims in the Mohave val
ley The gentlemen have $50 acres of
land each in the most desirable part of
that rich valley, and upon which they
have made large improvements. As
soon as patent issues they will begin
systematic development of the portion
of land not now under cultivation.
During the Christmas holidays the
stores of Kingman did the greatest
volume of business in the history of
the town, the sales covering every
line of business, and the New Year
promises to open with a greater vol
ume of store business than ever be-
fore. Few people are aware of the
urban growth of Mohave county and
only those living in town can correctly
guage the growth of the town.
The work of double-tracking the
Santa Fe railroad from the bridge at
Topock to Blake, a distance of about
forty miles is expected to be completed
about the first of February. After the
completion of that piece of work the
contractors will remove their outfits
to Kingman from which point work
will be carried on east and west.
Kingman is one of the most congested
points on the road that has not had
attention and ii is probable that big
gangs will be at work here for at least
six or eight months.