Mohave County miner., 1911-09-02


 Kingman this week looking after busi- ness affairs.
 John Hamilton, who recently went to Murietta hot springs to rid himself of an attack of rheumatism, is home again looking well and hearty.
 H. H. Watkins, wife and daughters returned the first of the week from a months trip to the Sandwich Islands. They report having had most delight ful time.
 George R. Gooding has resigned as agent of the Santa Fe at Kingman, be- ing succeeded by R. k. Stewart. who had charge of this station during the absence of MT. Gooding a year ago. MT. Gooding and son Ed. will soon leave for Turlock, where they have a large tract of land under cultivation. They will be greatly missed in King man, where both men are very popular with those having dealings with the railroad company.
 Landlord Devine, of the Beale. has had workmen remodeling the rooms of that hostelry the past two weeks and now is putting on the finishing touches. The new work has added greatly to the comfort and appearance of the rooms. Robert Rosco, the well known Kingman painter and decor atOr, has been renovating and painting the interiors and has done an excep- tinually good job.
 Hon. Eugene s. Ives, of Tucson, a well known lawyer and politician of the ancient and honorable pueblo, ar rived in Kingman yesterday and has been circulating among his friends. Mir. Ives is candidate for the U. $. senate and will interview the people of this county with that object in view during the month. He will leave to- night for San Francisco, where he has an important case before the Superior court of that city that comes on for trial next Tuesday.
 In sinking deeper on the we'll of Thomas Devine, in the north part of town a new water strata was encOun- tered at depth of 235 feet. The water rose to within l35 feet of the surface and the pump has not been able to reduce it. Henry Lang has al- so sunk a well to depth of 230 feet and the water now stands at depth of 100 feet. The water basin of Kingman IS one of the most remarkable in the territory and the belief is general that artesian water would be found if the flow of lava was cut through.
 Drs. J. R. Whiteside and w. H. Butcher have just received plans for their proposed hospital building in Kingman. The plans are we'll pre- pared and show one of the handsomest buildings in northern Arizona. It is to be of mission architecture and two stores in height. Every detail of a first class hospital are to be carried out in the plans of this building. When completed it will be credit to the town and will be of vast impor- tance from business standpoint. Our people should give Drs. Whiteside and Butcher every encouragement and aid in securing to Kingman this handsome and necessary hospital building.
 The work of extending the big dike on the Arizona side of the Colorado river is now in progress and the work will be carried to connection with the high banks of concreted gravel near Topock before the next high water in the Colorado river. The work is being carried on by the Cotton Land company, and it is understood the government will extend some aid in the work. The work so far con- pleted has enabled the government to alot many thousands of acres of rich lands to the Mohave Indians, and also has made possible the reclamation of many thousands of acres of govern meut lands. While the Cotton Land company is doing the work for the purpose of protecting it's own lands it has been compelled to also make valuable the lands of the government, composing every even section of land throughout that region.