Mohave County miner., 1911-02-11


 A. F. Muter was called to the old home ID Ohio last Thursday night by the serious illness of his father.
 Dr. W. H. Butcher paid a visit to Yucca the first of the week and was much struck with the improvement in business in that section.
 Miss Moroney, sister of District Attorney W. E. Moroney, arrived from Los Angeles last evening and will visit in Kingman a short time.
 Dan Richmond, who is representing the cottolene people, has been inter- viewing the people of Kingman and surrounding camps this week.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ralph Buckely, who have cattle ranch in the Wright Creek section, east of Blackberry, are visiting in Kingman.
 Mrs. J. L. Munds, of Prescott, the well known advocate of woman's suf- frage, is visiting Kingman with her husband, who is one of the largest sheep and cattle men in this territory.
 There was born to the wife of Thos. McNeely, at Mineral Park, last Mon- day night, fine baby boy. This is the third boy in the McNeely home and Tom wears that smile that won't come of in consequence.
 Fred Lydy, who has been freight clerk at the Santa Fe depot the past year, was taken to Los Angeles Mon day, suffering with a well developed case of typhoid fever. It is to be hoped that the young man will fully recover.
 Harry LeClair, who is dry farming near Castenada Wells, was a King man visitor yesterday. Mir. LeClair believes that dry farming in this county is practicable and that before many years passes by a large acreage will be seeded to small grains through out the valleys of Mohave county.
 c. R. Van Marter has removed his shoeshop from its former situation west of the brewery to the Prout lots east of the residence of J. c. Potts. It is understood that he and F. P. An dreas will soon erect a concrete busi- ness house on these lots, which they recently acquired from W. J. Prout.
 J. H. Wilkins, a well known lawyer of South McAlister, Oklahoma, was Kingman visitor last Sunday. MT. Wilkins was looking for a new loca- tion to establish himself for the pur- pose of practicing law. He was rec commended to K;ngman and it is prob able that he will take up his residence here.
 Y. M. Hulme, of Hawthorne, Florida, an old friend of c. NJ. Stowe, of Gaddis & Perry Company, arrived in Kingman a few days ago and will make this place his home for a short time. Mir. Hulme comes here well recommended and already appears to have made friends of all with whom he became acquainted. It is to be hoped that he will remain here per manently.
 We have been informed from a re- liable source that large and modern hotel building will soon be erected in Kingman by eastern people. The ho- tel will have accommodations for at least one hundred and fifty guests and will be one of the handsomest hotels in the territory. The building will be of reinforced concrete or stone and made absolutely fireproof. The people and money that they will bring in are from the east and it is planned to run the new hostelry on modern lines. Kingman has long been in need of such building and may the day be sped that brings it to us.
 The U. s. surveyors are still at work in Wallapai valley, having run the line through from near Kingman to the Colorado river. It is expected that the work of closing up the survey in this part of the valley will take several months to complete. As soon as the valley is thrown open to settlement thousands of acres will be filed on by the people of the county. The Santa Fe railroad is said to demand three dollars per acre for the railroad lands in the valley, of which they hold all odd sections for a distance of forty