Mohave County miner., 1911-05-06

Entered at the Kinsman POstOfice Second Cass Mail.
 Mrs. F. c. Farr of Needles. visited with friends in Kingman several days this week.
 Mrs Charles Watkins, of Waterloo, Iowa, is visiting with the Misses Saw yer in Kingman.
 Mrs. T. s. Kerr, wife of Professor Kerr, and the baby, departed last Mon day to her old home in Pittsburg, where she will remain during the sum- mer months.
 George R. Gooding has resumed his position with the Santa Fe as agent at Kingman and his legion of friends are more than pleased that he is again on deck.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Elway, of Cerbat, are in Kingman. Mr. Elway is carry ing on mining in the Cerbat camp, having options on some good mining propositions.
 Ed. M. Bashore, who at one time ran a watchmaking and jewelry estab- lishment in Kingman, arrived here from Washington, D. C., few days ago and will probably remain.
 F. A. Gillman, of Denver, arrived in Kingman last week and few days ago left for the coast with his little son, who has been in charge of Mrs. Leigh Robertson since the death of his mother. The father is a travelling salesman for a well known Denver house and is we'll able to care for the boy.
 Thomas McNeely, owner of large mining interests in the Mineral Park section, came in from that place Thursday evening last to attend the monthly session of the board of super visOrs, of which he is a member. He reports mining in Mineral Park basin looking up and that the properties un- der development looking well.
 The Cotton Land company has so arranged it's big dike along the Colo rado river that it will secure all the land to a point opposite Needles from the overflow of that stream. The con- pany has an immense amount of land in the river bottom that will eventu- ally be brought under cultivation and become rich in the production of cot ton and other products.
 Charles Grimes and family passed | through Kingman Tuesday last on their way from Oatman to their home in Pasadena. Mrs. Grimes and chil- ! dren came out to see the camp for the | first time last week and to take in the | big celebration Monday. They en- Joyed this first trip to a mining camp | greatly and would like to remain | longer, but business called them home. |
 Mrs. Anna Dryden is visiting in Kingman and looking after matters connected with her properties and | mining interests at Chloride. She is the owner of the Altata mine, one of the old time rich properties of that section. This mine produced thou sands of dollars in the hands of leasers | and now only needs a small amount of | dead work to bring it again into the producing class.
 The Elks Building company is pre- | pared to do a large amount of work | for the betterment of the Elks Opera | House, notably the putting down of a hardwood floor in the theater. It is probable that the front of the build ! ing will be greatly changed and that the stage will be built out in the rear of the main building, giving greater floor room and seating capacity. The lodge room is to be made smaller and neat property rooms are to replace the present temporary rooms.
 Judge c. R. Mahan and K. H. Ash came in from Los Angeles Thursday last and are looking the field over for the installation of a gas producing plant, which they intend to install at this point to furnish the people of Kingman with fuel and lighting gas. The plant is to be put in at once at an expense of 25,OOOS. It will be of great convenience and benefit to the people and the sooner it is in commission the better it will be for the residents of the town. A similar plant has been