Mohave County miner., 1913-11-15

Rev. Father Vabre, Charles Rabbit and J. G. Verkamp, of Flagstaff, pass ed through Kingman Tuesday morn ing last on their way to Los Angeles by automobile over the Trail of the Padres. The gentlemen made the drive from Flagstaff Monday and say the roads were good. They also com plimented Mohave county on it's road signs along the Trail.
 Last Sunday we were shown specl- mems from the strike near Bouse, Ari- zona, which were said to run up in the thousands of dollars to the ton. While the ore was plastered over with gold it was of such extremely delicate character that we would fudge it to be low in value. Some years ago the same class of ore was found in mlne that was touted as the richest thing ever discovered and a great many specimens Were exhibited in the windows of Prescott bank. One of these specimens fell into the hands of skeptic and an assay dis closed the value to be five dollars per ton. The gold in the specimen was very much like the best work of the goldbeater, and while there may have been some heavy gold in it, we were unable to discover any But even a low grade vein of ore ought to be worth something in the Bouse section, where transportation is cheap and the property well located.
 All the Mohave county visitors to the fair at Phoenix have returned. Some had great time and others thought the fair much below that of former years. There was a greater crowd, but the amusements did not hit them right. One thing that each and all complained of was the holdup character of the hotels and restaurants of the capital city. Meals that were advertised at rate were more than doubled and the room that ordinarily brought from twenty-five to fifty cents was held at from two dollars to five dollars per day. Bus fares were also doubled up and everything that the visitor could be tagged with was plastered on. That the great state of Arizona should pay every year thou. sands of dollars of the peoples money to enable the Phoenix hotel men to fake the taxpayers favorably, and it is possible that other appropriations from the state will not be forthcoming.
 Kingman was greatly wrought up Thursday evening by the report that little girl of Mrs. lilly Wilkins was lost. The little one was supposed to have started home sometime after school, but when the other children little one had not arrived. A search was at once instituted, but no trace of the missing child could be found. A general alarm was sounded, the school bell runy and the people came from all parts of the town to take part in the search. All night long the dis tracted relatives and friends searched the hills and canyons between King. man and Oak Creek. but without re- suit. Yesterday morning more systematic search was planned and the trallers from the Indian camps had been called, when woman communi- cated the information that tho child had told her the night before that she was not going home, as her bucket was too heavy to carry. Mrs. Wilkins concluded that she would make a house to house search for the little one and went to the home of Mrs. Brown at the corner of Third and Beale In answer to her raps her own little girl opened the door, and the search was over. That any person could have overlooked the noise of ringing bells, footing automobiles and dozens of men dashing about on horse- back through the town is quite un- believ evaUle but this appears to have been the case and Mrs. Brown knew nothing of the search for the child until she looked out on the throng of searchers in the street.