Mohave County miner., 1913-01-11

Kingman visitors this weeek, having come to Kingman to attend to matters
 before the Superior Court.
 The stork left baby boy at the home of Mir. and Mrs. George Davis last Saturday morning. The parents are more than pleased as this is the first boy in the family.
 Mrs. John Barry arrived in King man few days ago from Los Angeles to attend to matters before the Pro- bate Division of the Superior Court concerning the estate of the late John Barry.
 Weston Quigley Hathaway. teIe. graph operator at Perch Springs, died at that place last Thursday, death being due to cancer of the stomach. Undertaken Van Marter prepared the body for shipment to the old nome in Indiana.
 James Bone came up from the Wauba Yuma district, few days ago, having completed assessment work on two mining properties of P. McCard- ell. The claims are in the same mineral belt as the Copper World, owned by the Copper Queen people.
 Max Weiss, agent for the Wharton estate at Eldorado Canyon, was Tn Klngman this week looking after in. t.rests of the estate in the suit of Wharton heirs against Charles Gracey and others. Mr Weiss reports the Canyon to be quiet, but that good times are expected at any time for the mines of that old camp.
 Joe Martinez. who is interested with J. D. Brown in the mines at Cheme- huevis mountain, left Thursday last for the mines, where he will do con- siderable development work, as well l as extracting large tonnage of the rich ore recently opened up in the property. The ore taken out while doing assessment work runs well above COOS to the ton.
 Sheriff Gideon was called to Hack berry last Wednesday by the report that a Mexican had been shot. He found that instead of having been shot the Mexican had been stabbed in the | side by an Indian named Russell. Rus sell is one of the largest Indians in the Wallapai tribe, and it is supposed that the cutting resulted from a drunken orgie. A warrant is to be issued for the Indian, who fled to the Big Sandy | country.
 J. c, Maddux, George A. Bonelli, S. ID. Stewart, Judges Carl G. Krook and | Frank Duffy, and E. s. Clark, went out to Willow Springs, near Mud Springs, Thursday last, where an in- spection of the conditions surrounding the litigation over the water right at that place will be looked into by the court. Bonelli and Maddux have been litigating the title to the water right and it is to arrive at an equitable dis tribution of the water that the trip | was made.
 Last Sunday evening under sheriff J. c. Lane and deputy A. F. Harris arrested one Wiley Houten, an es. caped convict from the Nevada peni- tentiary. The man had been drinking and by an act peculiar to the man was recognized by MT. Lane, who took from him revolver. The man was | powerful fellow and Mr. Lane believ- ing that he would have poor show in an encounter with him looked up deputy Harris and the two men made the arrest. When he realized that he was in the clutches of the law Houten made quite fight to get away, but the officers soon had him as meek as a | lamb. After being taken to the Sher- ifs office to be searched he acknow- ledged that he was the right man. The Nevada authorities were informed and Thursday member of the state police arrived to take the fugitive back. Capt. Donnelly, captain of the guard. went on to Phenix with requis- itlon, returning last night and going on to Carson City with their prisoner Houten was serving life sentence for