Mohave County miner., 1911-02-11
Tomorrow is Lincoln's birthday and Monday will be a legal holiday.

Miss Ethel TlmmonS, at one time a resident of Kingman, but now of ! Huntington Park, Cal, is visiting with
 MT. and Mrs. Kean St. Charles, in Kingman.
 1 John Barry, jr., who has been in Los Angeles the past eight or ten
 months, returned to Kingman a few days ago Mr. Barry is well known engineer of this county. having had charge of many of the hoistsng engines at the mines of Wallapai district.
 Dr. John R. Whiteside sent a sample of the water from the railroad we'll, at Kingman, to Los Angeles for analysis, and while not having yet received the report of the chemist, is advised by Dr. Morrison, chief surgeon of the railroad company, to notify all en- ployes to have all water thoroughly boiled. This would indicate that the chemist had found germs of typhoid in the water used at the station. It would be we'll for all people using water from tanks to boil the water before using it, although there is little to be feared from drilled wells, only the open shafts heinz susceptible to the introduction of typhoid germs.
 One hundred thousand sheep are on the way to Kingman, where they will be sheared. Part of the hocks are coming in from the south. while the greater part are on the way from the Seligman country direct to this place. The shearing pens have been prepar- ed near the old Y and ths boarding house for the men is ready to do busi- ness. Gaddis & Perry company has the contract for supplies. It is ex- pected that at least half a million pounds of wool will be secures and shipped from Kingman to the eastern securing mills. The sheepmen have been looking over the ranges in and around Kingman and are pleased with the heavy growth of grass and weeds that have sprung up since the rains.
 Thursday last while I. D. Hilty was tearing down fence at the county farm he was struck in the ear by a spent bullet, but was not seriously in- jured, the ball just breaking the skin and drawing blood. 1t is thought that some small boy was out hunting in the hills with small caliber gun and that the bullet from it was defected to- ward Mir. HilJy, but the distance be- tween the careless gunner and the man was too great to cause harm. Nevertheless, stop should be put to the careless handling of firearms by the small boy of Kingman, else some one will be either killed or badly in- jured.
 Newton Evans. who has been pro- noting the sale of the old McCracken mine, came up from Yucca last Thurs day morning and departed to his home in Los Angeles on the evening train. He reported that he was getting things in shape to cultivate about one thousand acres of land in the neigh borhood of Castenada Wells and would soon have a big traction engine and a large gang blow at work breaking up the ground. This week he seeded ten acres of the land, al- ready prepared, to oats, and expects to get a good crop. The lands under cultivation by the Smith-LeClair colony IS doing fine, the wheat being in prime condition and assuring a large crop of grain.
 Senator Hale, chairman of the con- mittee on public lands of the U. s. senate. this week reported back to the senate the bills for dams at Bulls Head and Pyramid canyons, on the Colorado river. The first named dam is to be constructed above Bulls Head, at point where the U. s. geological sur vey made a thorough examination several years ago. Water from this dam will be diverted onto the high lands of the Mohave Valley, from a point near Hardyville through to the Sacramento Wash near Powell. It was reported at the time of the pre- liminary survey of this damsite that fully 14O, 1000 acres of land would be brought under canal and made pro- ductive by the introduction of water from this dam. The high lands were stated to be among the richest in that section, having greater warmth of soil and hainn suited tn the raising of