Mohave County miner., 1913-05-17
EIks Club Rooms.

same time have remodeled the lodge room. The Club has just received it's furnishings and a trip through the building will convince anyone that DO expense was spared in getting the best that money could buy. Beautiful rugs adorn the floors of all the rooms, and the furniture is the best of upholster- ed leather goods to match the rooms. A fine piano will furnish the music for all occasions, and there is fine bil-
 Hard and pool table to interest those that like that class of amusement. While the library has not yet been provided with books, magazines and papers that matter will be taken up at once by the trustees of the lodge. The lodge room has been furnished with built.in seats and the floor cover- ed with handsome carpet in coping with the other furnishings.
 The Kingman lodge of Elks have been making great accessions in membership since the first of the year, there having been initiated and on the waiting list nearly fifty new members, the best citizenship of Arlzona and eastern California.
 Several fires have been seen on the Wallapai mountains the last few days, and report has it that they have been caused by cowboys driving out stock for the roundup. There IS heavy penalty attached to firing forests and any one apprehe nded in burning over the Wallapai mountain country may find themselves in Uncle Sans law meshes.
 Joe Machette, an Italian miner, working in the Gold Road mine for contractors, was probably overcome by gas in the stopes, last Monday night and plunged down winze about twenty feet to his death. He apparent ly fell on his head, the skull being fractured and some bones of the body broken. The day previous the un- fortunate man had told the foreman that it would be his last day in the mine, it being hls intention to quit. The manner of the accident as near as can be ascertained is that round of holes had been fired and Machetti had taken the air hose into the stope to blow out the gas and may have been overcome or loose rock in the roof of the stope may have fallen on him as he stood at the head of the ladder, crushing his skull and preciDitating him to the bottom of the winze. He leaves a family In Italy.
 John J. Gosper. secretary of Arizona under Gov. Tritle, died at his home in Los Angeles few days ago and owing to the fact that he left no means the Arizona legislature appropriated enough money to provide a funeral. Gosper was a queer character and did some extraordinary stunts in the An gel City after leaving Arizona. One of these was in conjunction with the A. P. A. movement, when he alleged that large quantities of arms were stored in the Catholic churches of the city for just what purpose he was not able ,o inform the excited Los Angeles public. He was always a warm friend of Arizona and did much to create sen timent in our favor among California representatives during the fight in congress for the admission of the ter ritory as state. The action of our legislature in providing means for the burial of deceased is most commen- dable.
 Every day now witnesses autono. piles from the east and west passing through Kingman. even though some of them have to ship their machines across the uncompleted portion of the national highway, This will soon be obviated, and cars will be able to run through on their own power from Kingman to Needles. The expense of maintaining car has to be met each day and the people of Kingman are realizing just what great automobile road will mean to them when it is in shape to accomodate travel. The cars