Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1914-08-01

Miss Alma Shull has been very i'll this
week at the home of her parents in
kingman.
w. H. Smith is making an effort to
bring in big concentrating and smelt-
ing plant for the Swastika group of
mines, near the McCracken.
Mrs. Ida Walter passed through
Kingman this morning from Crozier, on
her way to the Cienega ranch, below
Yucca, where the wife of her son
Elaine is very i'll.
A petition has been circulated here
this week in the interest of the can
dacy of Carl Hayden for congress.
Hayden has made hard working con-
gressman and all parties have had
words of praise for him.
County Road Overseer Russell, has
Eeen opening new pieces of road be-
tween the Twelve Mile Wash ard Lit
tie Meadows that will greatly improve
that piece of highway. When it gets
packed down it should be a splendid
road.
w. G. Blakely has gone to Los
Angeles, where he will try to place a.
large block of stock of the Chemehue-
Wis Mountain Gold mines company.
This comprny owns a group of claims
in the Chemehuevis mountains that
give every evidence of having splendid
bodies of high grade milling ore.
]. c. Wilson deputy mine inspector
for the northern and western countes
of Arizona, was a Kingman visitor
today. Mr.. Wilson has made an ex-
cellent mine inspector and with the
other forces of Pete Bolin have done a
great work in making safe many of the
mines that have heretofore been men,
ace to mine workers.
The Santa Fe is getting things in
shape for large amount of work in
the kingman yards, nearly trainload
of ties being sidetracked here for the
new work. The yards are to be in
creased in capacity and it is probable
that double tracking will soon be under
way. This part of the system is badly
in need of double track and this nee
cssity will soon be overcome.
This week the announcement of Telly
Bland, of Owen, Arizona, appears in
the MINER. Mr.. Bland seeks the NOM
ination of supervisor on the Democratic
ticket. During the past twenty years
Mr.. Bland has been farmer and cattle
man in the Big Sandy county and re-
Gently sold his cattle holdings to the
,Stephens-Lovin partnership. He has
been one of the county's best citizens,
honest, capable, and Industrious. If
elected to the office to which he aspires
Mohave county will have most cap
able man looking after it's growing
busine IS.
]. S. Withers, chairman of the board
of supervisors, Ike Bartholomew, clerk
of the board, and F. L. Hunt, Assessor
and w. o. Ruggles, deputy, have been
in Prescott all the week with the State
Tax Commission. Messrs Withers and
Bartholomew returned last night, while
the Assessor and deputy have gone to
Phoenix to close up the tax matters.
1t developed that only two counties of
Arizona made better showings than
MOhave, and that was very slight.
The largest net increase of any county
was eleven per cent, while Mohave
made better than nine The total tax
able property of the State runs over
404, 600, ,000$, and it is understood that
this valuation will be increased ap-
proximately six per cent. A six per
cent raise in Mohave county would
bring the valuation above 1000, OOOS.
Mohave county showed up better than
any county of the State, the work of
the Assessors Office being in far bet
ter shape than any of the other coun-
ties. 1t is this class of showings that
call attention to this county and give it
place among the big counties of the
State.