Mohave County miner., 1913-02-22

VET arCnlIecU, WnO mas the contract IOl } the construction of the Elks Cut rooms, arrived from that city few days ago. The work is well along or the club rooms and the lodge room ) will be ready for occupancy within the next thirty days. When completed the structure will be one of the most comfortable homes for an order 10 be found in the state.
 Judge L. M. Teale and John Brown have purchased the cattle ranch and all cattle of David Kayser. The ranch is situated near Blackberry in one of the best ranges ln the county. We have not learned of the number of cat tie on the range nor the price paid. The investment is good one and the lucky fellows who have made the in- vestment are sure to reap big har- vest.
 Upon the return of Supervisor J. c Potts from Phoenix the work of sur veylng a section of the road between Yucca and Topock will be undertaken. The work will consume some time and will be followed immediately by road building. Several routes said to be available will be gone over and the one that offers the greatest advantage in the way of upkeep and original cost l nf hni il6ipo ui1l ho odopto5
 One of the greatest storms of the year fell throughout northern Arizona the past two days. Snow began fall. ing in KinSman Thursday night and by morning the ground was covered with a coating of the beautiful. Internationally during yesterday snow fell and throughout the night rain and snow fell alternately. The mountains are now covered to quite depth with snow. The abundant precipitation in- sures big crop of weeds and grasses on the ranges for cattle and sheep.
 Jack Star came up from the Cheme- huevis mountains, where he has bet D running the holster for the Yucca Copper company. He brought with him table top that is unique. It is made from the cholla cactus, the branches having been sawed into strips and fitted together. The pithy part of the wood has been removed, giving the effect that woodpecker would leave had he chance at some old table top. @r
 Peter Catfery is in from Layne Springs, where he has been looking after the property .of the Arizona Alpha mining company and at the same time developing mine close to that property. He reports having opened up handsome streak of lead ore eighteen inches wide and carrying good values in lead, gold and silver. The vein in which thls streak of ore occurs is about twenty feet wide and shows considerable naturalization.
 Glen Catterall, who was convicted of embedding money orders from the Gardena. California, postotfice. was sentenced to one year in the Los An geles county jail, few days ago Cat terall resided in Kingman about a year, going to California to take a po sition in the postotfice at Gardena. The young fellow had been arrested on various charges in California, re- sulting from the leading of a fast life
 The board of supervisors has order- ed bids for plans for Mohave county's courthouse to be submitted and on the fifth day of March plans will be adopt ed from these offered for their ap- proval. It is understood that quite number of plans will be presented to the board from which selections will be made. Mohave county is entitled to something good from the money to be expended and we hope that the plans adopted will be the best that architects skill can produce, and then it IS up to the supervisors to see that the specifications are carried out to the letter.
 This week the courthouse bonds were received from the bond pur- chasers and were duly signed up and expressed to Kansas City, where they