Mohave County miner., 1912-08-31


 perity is being enjoyed in that section. Mr. Vogt has an admirable cattle range and soon expects to have it well stocked with cattle. The home ranch is some distance north of the old Bonelli ferry, in the Virgin range of mountains.
 Today registration for the Septem- Der primaries will close, and no more names will be placed upon the great register of the county until after the l7th of next month. So far about seven hundred names have been placed upon the roll and this number will be aug mented by several hundred more by the time the register closes for the No vem Der election. For the bond cleo tion only those whose rames are upon the assessment roll and are electors of the county are legally entitled to vote. The election has been called for the 18th of September. This brings three important elections before the people within sixty days.
 Under the new appropriation bill for Postoffices and postroads there is a provision covering the mailing and delivery of letters and parcels on rural deliveries and the payment therefor. Grades are taken into con- sideration in the letting of mail con- tracts, both on railroads and wagon routes. Each per cent of grade is given a new rating over the old meth cd. The act also requires newspapers owned by corporations to publish a list Of all shareholders twice year in a prominent part of the paper in regu- lar body type, and also that all articles be signed where they deal with ques. tions where the liability for the article may come in question. The law also prohibits the delivery of mail on Sun. day from first and second class post offices, only lock box deliveries being made and hotel deliveries being made up on the trains, and not handled by the postoffice employees. The law is one of the longest and contains more provisions relating to various subjects than heretofore covered by an appro- priatiOn bill.
 Louis Evans, who was in Kingman last week, reports that the Cotton Land company is to repair the breaks made in the big dike in Mohave valley, and that it will be increased in height to protect the lands against all possible future raises in the river. The gov. ernment will also aid in the work of reclamation, 10 ',oOO$ having been ap- propriated to that purpose. The gov. ernment has withdrawn all lands in the valley until allotments have been made to all the Indians, after which the balance will be opened to entry. To make the lands available to the agriculturist they will have to be pro- tected from the encroachment of the river, and the government is just as much to be benefited as the Cotton Land company and should do it's part of the work. The Cotton Land con- pany has spent great deal of money on the project, and it is to be hoped that it will realize the full extent of its ambition.
 Frank Culbertson completed his trip down the Colorado river, last Saturday afternoon, launching his boat at the old Pierce ferry and disem barking at Needles, after several days of voyag- ing. He reports that the trip was one of the hardest he ever made through Black Canyon. Along the river great changes have occurred, large tracts of land having been washed out in places by the great floods of this and other years, and in places the entire con. tour of the country has been changed. Above Needles the country has been badly cut into and it appeared to him that the river would finally cut west to the Dead Mountain range and eat it's way to the south through the town of Needles. Last Monday evening Mr Culbertson departed to the east, visit. ing at his old home in Pittsburg and then going on to New York, where he will remain some time looking after business affairs. Mir. Culbertson is