Mohave County miner., 1912-08-24


 Kingman school redemption fund 10 Kingman rict....................... 10
 The board also reduced the tax as returned by the assessor of mines leav- ing the total tax 5,2OO.OOO$ This will provide revenue enough at the rate to support all public institutions for the year without running the county short. Under the new law greater revenue is provided for school purposes, each school receiving one thousand dollars, instead of 5OOs, as provided by the old law, and compelling the schools to keep open full nine months every year.
 
 The railroad well at this place has reached a depth of 23O feet and will be cased to the granite when completed. Water was encountered at depth of sixty feet, which indicates that the surface water from irrigation through out the town is fast going down to the primary water stratum. People that secuted the idea that sink holes and sewage might contaminate the water in the wells of the town may take note water in this we'll at superficial depth is an indication of the fact that the water is following the flow sheets of this basin and may carry all sorts of contamination to the wells.
 Kingman school trustees are fyur. ing on the issue of bonds for bettering school conditions in the town. At the present time there are four school rooms, badly crowded and five teach. CTS. It is proposed to either add another story to the present structure or else sell it and build an uptodate school house in which high school studies may be taught. Kingman has arrived at condition that demands better school facilities and the people owe it to themselves to provide them. An issue of at least 25,000S is neces- sary for the purpose, or else the sale of the present property might be talk en into consideration and bonds issued for the difference.
 Last Monday morning broken rail derailed and wrecked two goods cars in big train on the curve east of town. The train was west bound and it is probable that the big freight en- zine broke the rail, and when the broken part was displaced two cars were thrown from the track. Quite a number Of cars passed over the break and took the rails again on the other side, only one pair of trucks having failed to keep the rails, aside from the two cars wrecked. Had the flyer been on time it would have probably been wrecked, instead of the freight, and had the broken rail been on the out side of the curve it would have re- sulted in great pile up. The wreck delayed the passenger train about eight hours.
 c. c, Welsh, contractor on the ex- tension of the Chloride railroad, has a big force at work and the grading is going on rapidly. He expects to have the work completed within thirty days and the rails will be laid upon con- pletion of the work. Tuesday last fully one half mile of the grade was complete, but there is some quite heavy work to be done from that point. The road is to be run up on the west side of the big wash and will enter the south part of the town, where a depot will be erected. The extension of this road to the town and on to the mines is a necessity that should have been recognized by the railroad com. pany when the line was first built. The injury to Chloride by making the terminal more than a mile from the town has been incalcuable. Now that the road will run right into the town we expect to see the Lead City of the county take on big booE.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. F. Thompson are guests of the Hollenbeck Hotel, Los Angeles, this week. Stewart Thomp D. son went to Los Angeles last Monday to join his parents and will enter 1 Woodbury College for the term, talk. ing up special course of studies.