Mohave County miner., 1913-07-19
H. H. Watkins has gone to San


 Francisco to attend to business matters.
 J. H. Rosenberg, who represented Kingman lodge No. 46S. B. P. o. Elks, returned from the grand lodge meet ing at Rochester Wednesday evening last. He reports that he had great time during his absence from King man.
 The board of equalization has been in session the greater part of the week getting matters in shape to make up the budget for the year. It is believed that the assessed value will be far ahead of the amount originally figured on and that the levy will be light.
 c. A. Carpenter is putting in big pumping plant at ackberry for Jesse Wallace. MT. Wallace intends putting in an orchard at that place and will have to pump water about eighty feet. The orchards in that section produce the best apples raised in Arizona and few acres in full bearing would be big investment.
 Six children have been born in King. man since the first of the month, four males and two fema ales. The birth rate of males is supposed to be an indica- tion of war, but this will possibly come in the maturer years of the young Americans and not right away. Bryan will send a few cases of promo seltzer and grape juice to Mexico to settle the nerves of the contendng forces and avert the calamity indicated to the seers by the male birth rate.
 The board of supervisors of this coun- ty, as well as all the other supervisor boards in Arizona. has been called to meet at Phenix on the 18th of July and bring their original assessment rolls with them for the purpose of equalzing the taxes of all the counties. The clerks and assessors are also to be present. This county has been as- sessed quite high and it is to be hoped that the other counties will be treated likewise.
 The flood in the Colorado river has passed and the stream is now at almost normal stage. With the great snows Tn the northern mountains it was the ] belief that the lower Colorado would be flooded out, but the continued cold weather eased the flow and prevented disaster. It will now be but short time until automobiles can get to the river band and be ferried across to Needles, cutting out much delay and expense in the shipment of machines by rail.
 l Deputy U. s. Marshall B. Anderson. Tuesday morning last arrested J F.. Johnson at Frisco camp and brought him to Kingman on charge of send ing obscene matter through the mails. Johnson had mailed a letter from Parker to a young woman at Tulsa, Okla., containing indescent proposals. This letter fell into hands other than that intended and the matter was turned over to the postofiice depart ment. Johnson was taken before U s. Commissioner Smith, who held him to the U. $. grand jury in the sum of 500$. Johnson is boy aged about 20 years, and comes of good parents.
 The Mohaye County Good Roads AS. sociation held meeting at the court houss last Monday evening for the purpose of getting an expression ot opinion regarding the sale of the county road bonds. The opinion pre- . vailed that the use of this money would be worth more to the county at this time than a great deal more would be in the future. The board ot supervisors was petitioned to i'm mediately call for bids for the pur chase of these bonds, and every busi' ness man agreed to solicit bids on the bonds from any and all bond buyers they knew. The meeting was quite !, generally attended.