Mohave County miner., 1913-11-22


 heights west of the Devine residence
 H. H. Watkins, who has been look ing after business in Los Angeles the past ten days returned from that city Monday last.
 The Old Trails Cafe appears to be doing a good business. The place is neat and comfortable and the cookery the best in the state.
 T. E. Pollock, of the Arizona Central Bank, stopped over one train while passing through kingman from Los Angeles on his way to Flagstaff.
 F. l.. Brown and T. l.. Downs, of Needles, were Kingman visitors yes terday. coming up to take ID the initia tons of their townsmen in the Elks lodge.
 Sheriff J. P. Gideon has moved his residence onto his other lots on Oak street and will build a handsome home. The material is now on the ground.
 P. McCardell, the well known min- eral surveyor, returned Thursday last from Los Angeles, where he was call ed last week by pressing business matters.
 I nf ha IL, was down from Flagstaff several days this week. He reports heavy storms in the San Francisco mountains and a biz fall of snow.
 c. E. Walker arrived in Kingman Thursday last from Denver, accom- panied by Mr. Cotfey, and work is now under way on the basement of Elks Hall. A hot water plant is being put in and the banquet room will be elegantly fitted up. When this work is com pleted the local lodge of ElKs ~-------------------~~------- will have one of the most commodious homes in the state.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Dryden and children have been in Kngman this week from Boundary Cone Mr Dry den is having hls injured hand treated by the surgeon and believes it will soon be well enough to take active part in the work at the mines. where he is experimenting development. He believes that the Boundary Cone is one of the greatest properties in the district, and expects soon to have milling plant in operation on it.
 We are informed in letter receiv. ed yesterday from Hon. A. E Davis, who is now residing in Pasadena, that he is working on work of reminis- cences of early days in northwest Ari- zona. Mr. Davis lived Tn this county Tn the early sixties and was admitted to the bar here, where he became District Attorney in the early eighties He and his good wife have pleasant remembrances of the old time folk of the county and are wishing themselves back among us.
 The hearing of the action of Freder. ick A. Wright against his wife for divorce was up before Judge Krook in the Superior Court yesterday. Mrs. Wright was in court with her counsel | and stubbornly contested the action. A nonsuit was taken by the plaintiff. | the fact of residence not having been | established. The real names of the parties to the acton are Mr. and Mrs. | Frederic de Charon. Mr. Wright has large mining interests in the Chloride | section, having taken over the Elk hart mines few years ago. He is i also interested in Ensenada, California. | Charles Lee, an old fellow who act ed as grave digger for the local ceme- tery, was found dead in bed yesterday morning. He had evidently died the day before from an attack of hemorr- haze. He complained of illness Wednesday morning and went to bed. Not appearing yesterday Mr. Thomp- son, who lived next door, looked through the window yesterday morn- ing and saw his lfeless form on the bed. Lee was a German by birth, but it is not believed that Lee was his true Il Il