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Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12
Some Old Timers These.

Last Tuesday a contest was heard
 before Anson H. Smith, U. S. Con- missioner, in the matter of the home- stead entry of J. K. P. Fancher, the Santa Fe Pacific railroad company, owning the big railroad grant, being the contestant. It may not be gener- ally known that the Santa Fe land grant relates back to March, 1872, but it is a fact, and any one locating on an odd section within the grant later than that date will gain no title. Mr. Fan cher sought to fix his title prior to 1872, but the witnesses brought forward could only fix it at 1873, at which time several men were residents of the county. It is probable that the place was under occupancy prior to 1872, as it was on a travelled part of road to the mines, and is even mentioned as far back as 1854 in the report of Lieu tenant Humphrys, who located the first railroad along that route. J. P. Gideon, John Boner and others were at the place in 1873, while John McDerwin passed by the spring in 1864 or 1865. These men are all resident in Kingman. Mr. Fancher himself saw the first band of cattle sent into the county from San Luis Obispo county, California, in 1872, when Tom Shipp and George Warren drove their herds across the desert into Mohave county, crossing them on ferry boat at Hardyville. Mir. Gideon was at Hardyville at the time and was an owner in the ferry. It is long journey back to 1872, but these men harked back as though it was but yes terday.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

A report comes from Oatman that the United Mining company has open ed vein at depth of 200 feet that gives big values in gold. The manage ment of the company has all along been of the opinion that within 300 feet splendid ore would be found and it looks as though this prediction would come true. Work is being rushed on the shaft and it is expected that the ore booy will be entered some distance be- fore the MINER again appear.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12
Early American Railroads.

Most people are familiar with the story of the horse cars which were run on the earliest railroads in America, but not every one knows so well that serious attempts were made to use sails for propelling the cars.
 The trains were called "brigades of cars," and were nothing but stage coaches on rails. A. B. Hurlbut, writ ing of the "Historic Highways of America" says that after America had heard of the success of the steam locomotive between Liverpool and Man chester, it is still debatable-even if the steam locomotive could haul bri- grade of cars faster than horses could on a straight track whether it could ever get them around curve. And then "other locomotives than steam were being prepared for trial on the new railroad. Evan Thomas invented car which was moved by sails. It was named the Aeolus. I well recollect' (cites Benjamin Latrobe), the little experimental locomotive of Evan Thomas: it was basket body, like that of a sleigh, and had mast and, if 1 recollect, square sail, and was mounted on four wheels of equal size. It ran equally well in either direction, but, of course, only in that in which the wind happened to be blowing at the time, although it would go with the wind abaft the beam, but at a speed proportional to the angle with the plane of the sails. It was but clever toy, but had it's use at the time as showing how little power of propulsion was necessary upon a railway compar- ed with the best of the roads that had preceded it."
 ''The Aeolus,' says Smiths history, "attracted much attention. Baron Krudener, envoy from the Emperor of Russia, made an excursion in the sail ing car, managing the sail himself. On his return he declared that he had never before travelled so agreeably, and remarked that he would send his suite from Washington to enjoy sailing on the railroad
 ''The president of the company, to whom he had been introduced, caused model sailing car to be constructed, fitted with Winan's friction wheels, which he presented to him with the re- ports that had been published by the company, to be forwarded to the Elm peror. Ross Winans of Baltimore was invited to Russia to take charge of the Emperor's plan for binding that en- pire with railways. His success mark ed one of the earliest, if not the most spectacular, instances of the success of American genius in Europe"
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12
Your Cold is Dangerous Break it Up---Now

A Cold is readily catching. A run down system is susceptible to Germs. You owe it to yourself and to others of your household to fight the Germs at once. Dr. Bells PineTar-H Honey is fine for Colds and Coughs. It loosens the Mucous, stops the Cough and soothes the Lungs. It's guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

D. H. Burhart was in Kingman a few days ago from Blackberry. He reports that it is now probable that the Clark people will take over property on the Colorado river, to the north of Blackberry, upon which considerable work has been done in the past ten or more years. The veins carry values in gold, silver and copper.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12
Prompt Action Will Stop Your Cough.

When you first catch Cold (often indicated by a sneeze or cough), break it up at once. The idea that ''It does not matter" often leads to serious com plications. The remedy which i'm mediately and easily penetrates the lining of the throat is the kind demand ed. Dr. Kings New Discovery soothes the irritation, loosens the phlegm. You feel better at once. "It seemed to reach the very spot of my Cough' is one of many honest testimonials. soc. at your Druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

Lopeteo, who killed a woman and wounded Mexican and pursuing of ficer, near Clarkdale, few weeks ago, was killed by posse at Casa Granda, a few days ago. The fugitive had been constantly on the run since the day of the muroer and was fast making his way to Mexico. He had been in the service of the revolutionary party, but it IS thought that he was under the ban of the Villa regime.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12
Says Copper improves.

Jack Bolin, state mine inspector, in a letter to friends in the Warren District,
 states that he has just completed tour of the northern tier of counties and that from his observations he is able to state positively that the mine outlook for the future is much brighter. He says that all the mines in the north are at present time working, and that most of them are adding to their forces slowly but surely. the copper pros poets for the state, says Bolin, are bet ter, but they are picking up slower than are the other mining industries.
 The gold mines of the north are show ing special activity, says the mine in spector, and there are hundreds of prospectors who have taken oportunity of the dull times to locate and work new properties. Some of them are showing good ore, and there are pros- poets of real gold boom in several of the northern districts: -Bisbee Review.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

Dick Banks came in from his mines in the Wallapai mountains, few days ago, bringing with him samples of ore from new find just made. This ore is heavy in lead carbonates and is also said to carry good values in gold and silver. Mir. Banks reports that the vein is eight feet wide, five feet of which is heavy in metal. The mine in situated on the east side of the moun- tain, some distance north of Copper vile. He returned to the property yesterday and will at once commence the work of development. With him in the mining property is associated several Kingman business men.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

W. L. Mckay came in from Los An; geles last Sunday and departed the fol- lowing day to the Angel City, being called there on important mining busi- ness. He will probably return to this county next week.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

Crushed stone is the largest factor of the stone industry in the United States. Figures showing the value of crushed stone were first published by the United States Geological Survey in 1898 and amounted to 4,O31, 445$. By 1913 the output was valued at over 31, ,- 0OO,0OO$. Of late years stone crushed for concrete making has largely taken the place of building and foundation stone.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

The Thursday Afternoon Club held an important session last Thursday, nearly all members of that organization being present. The ladies are contem- plating civic Improvements as well as the betterment of their local organiza- tion.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

Tap Duncan and wife visited in King man several days thls week looking after business affairs. MT. Duncan has been building storage dams on hls prop erty near Grass Springs, as well as col lecting reserve water Tn the canyons of that section. Cattlemen of Mohave county now realize that their cattle interests may be best conserved by the building of dams and holding of water through the dry periods.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

James A. Parke and associates, of Seattle, have incorporated the Wood row Gold Mines company, the capital stock being 100, 900 one dollar shares. Mir. Parke is the owner of the Ex- pansion mines, which were extensively operated a few years ago. He has developed some new ore bodies and now proposes to work the property on a conservative basis. Mir. Parke is one of the best known business men in Seattle and we predict that he will make a success of this venture.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

The Cresson mine, at Cripple Creek, Colorado, is preparing carload of ore for shipment to the shelter that will run between 400,000$ and 500,000$. This is said to be the richest carload of ore ever taken from a mine in that state. A carload of ore from the Hayes Monette lease, at Goldfeld, is said to have had more than 500,OOO$ gross in it.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

Entered at the Kingman Postofice as Second Glass Mail.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

All the outside mines in the Oatman section are doing work, it being the general belief that with depth all of them will show rich milling ore.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

William Epperson, a young cattle man of the Blackberry section, was in Kingman several days this week at tending to business affairs.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

T. L. Rippey, of Colorado Springs, was in Kingman this week trying to interest the board of supervisors in a new device for the making of culverts and drains. It is collapsible or ad- unstable culvert and bridge form, around which concrete can be cast and this form withdrawn. The form is made of steel, which is so arranged that it can be adjusted to openings from two to four feet in diameter, the bridge form enabling the casting of a concrete bridge up to twelve feet.
Mohave County miner., 1914-12-12

The funeral of the late Robert Meara was held from the Van Marter under taking parlors last Monday evening, a large number of old time friends and ladies following the remains to the grave. Rev. Dodd read the burial ser vice and ladies sang number of ap- propriate hymns. Mir. Meara had many friends throughout the county, but owing to the uncertainty of the time for holding the funeral they failed to come in from the surrounding camps.
 The coffin was covered by many nice floral offerings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
KELLER HOME BURNED OUT, FAMILY ESCAPE,
 AUTHORITIES INQUIRE


 Fire, believed by Chief Allan D. Judson of the Stratford fire depart ment to be of suspicious origin and to warrant the calling in of the state police, destroyed the two story store residence structure occupied by Ignatz Keller on Lordship road, Avon Park district, early today. The loss is esti- mated at S1,000 on the building and $500 on the contents. The place was on fire about g. year ago.
 MT. Keller was in New York. Mrs Keller was awakened at 2:30 o'clock by smoke and the sound of the flames. She managed to escape with her six children. The firernen were summon ed by telephone from the residence of James Nichols. a neighbor. They found the building doomed and were handi- capped by the lack of water, the near est source being fully half mile away. Their efforts for an hour and half were directed towards -~-ziug naaE3v bui1diugs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
SAvlN ROCK WILL
 BE OPEN SUNDAY
 ON COURTS RULI ING

West Haven, Conn, May 4-The eases of the eight proprietors of amusement devices arrested yesterday at Savin Rock for violation of the Sunday by operation of their places were noIled in the town court today. The arrests were the second of a series by the police this season in an effort to enforce the Sunday laws.
 The courts action was taken on recommendation of the prosecuting attorney. In announcing his decision. Judge Bryant said such action should be taken in view Of bis decision last week, in which he held that the keep ing open of moving picture theatres was not violation of the law as the was not disturbed. rested yesterday, it was found that they had taken precaution to suppress noises. The judge, in referring to his previous decision. also pointed out that it was to be noticed that no pri- vate citizen had appeared in court to. protest against that decision.
 A very large crowd went to Savin Rock yesterday and many amusement places opened for business. After the arrests were made most of these places closed The flying horse pavilion were run without the use of drums on the mechanical organs and no barking was permitted. Effort was made to conform to Judge Bryant's decision.
 It is now thought that the resort will be run as usual this summer, with precautions taken to suppress unneces- sary noises.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
B. & M. EnGIhEMEA
 THREATEN STRIKE

Boston, May 4.-The possibility of g strike of engineers and frenen on thes Boston & Maine railroad hinged on a conference to be held today be- tween officials of the road and joint committee of the brotherhoods of To- Locomotive engineers and Of frernen and enginemen.
 The officials had agreed to announce today their final decision as to whetn- CT they would grand the demands of the men for a remedying Of griev- ances regarding hours of labor and train runs. The Brotherhood repre- sentatives had announced that in case fof an adverse decision, a strike vote would be ordered at once.
 x The claim of the engineers and fire men was that the company had vio- lated the terms of the working agree nent with it's employees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
skDLEHMAINEN HAS
 TO QUIT IN RACE

Hannes KelehFnainen and Harry Smith were taught a lesson at Celtic tEark, New York, yesterday. They learned that there is 8 limit sof effort { even for champion athletes. and they tMayH the peraaltS* by being forced to { s.E5p long before the finish of three fsz5iIe run that featured tthe games of k95zs Monument club.
 gESszter their srue1ling race in the sosaSsied Marathon on Saturday. I< azzazuaxnen and Smith were in no ,zr1#x,es for another hard effort. Smith, fr7s- Spssd missing and his feet swollen 3.z4iqf b1fsxered, had td stop Sj{ast before s1;4s.ssszs hing the two mile mark, and x5smnes. seized with a slight henorr- 1..= sr<. was cpmpeIIed to leave the track ,zts two and a half miles.
 .<BMlvss Kramer continued on to khe f3xs5sh. an easy winner over Pat Elynr, the only other st%rter in the xa5ec. His time was 14m.s 55 -5s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
To-day in Pugilistic Annals.

1899-Frank Erne defeated Kid Lavigne in 20 rounds at Buffalo. By his victory the former Buffalo bowl ing alley .'pin boy'' became lightweight champion of the world They had fought 20 rounds to 9 draw at Coney Island the previous September, and the little French-Canadian had all he could do on that occasion to retain his title. The second bout went the full 20 rounds, but Lavigne was only a shadow of his former self, and the Swiss lad had the best of it nearly all the--time. The following year Erne made a big mistake in agreeing to make 128 pounds for a battle with Terry McGovern. The Brooklyn lad easily knocked out Erne. who had been so weakened by strenuous train- ing and baking that he could hardly stand. Erne never fully recovered his strength and in May, 1902, lost the lightweight title to Joe Cans at Fort Erie.
 1905-Tomny Burns defeated Dave Barry in 20 rounds at Tacoma.
 191O-Harry Lewis defeated Peter Brown in rounds at Paris.
 1911-Frankie Burns defeated Young Wagner in 10 rounds at Brook Ay He tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
BOXING NOTES

WaIne Ratcfaie, the lightweight
 champion of America, has demon s1rafed in his last three fights that he ss frnpf usang steadily in sFa4s work. and If he keeps on at the rate he has been going. he will soon be classed as one r3f the greatest Iightweigfts this coun-' frv has known Ritchie has shown e1aat he not only possesses cleverness, axf also a punch and he is not afraid ko take a punch in order to, hand one -,;,se He n4dhate 1ith Ad- TToIgssf. wfiefi he won tFe title on a Fouf in sixteen rounds at Daily City, Cal. November 2sth, 1912, but since linen he has proven concIusively that T,a fs well able to take care of his sff1e RftcK1fe put up a wonderful bat tIn szafnst Joe Rivers when he knock ed him out in eleven rounds July 4tFl, 1918. Leach Cross, the New York 7srf7twef<ft. had a great reputation as n s8t1gger. but when they met in New York last fall over the ten round route, RftcFafe went in and not only fought him c1eyer1y, but also slugged with R7ru and beat him at his own game. He won over Wo1gast in Milwaukee in xhear ten round contest on March 12th 1aEr using his cIeverness to good ad- vantage and also his hitting powers. Tr his recent fight with Tommy Mur5 Nsly at San Francisco, Ritchie demon n4rafed again his superiority as a light weight by beating the New York boy MI through the twenty rounds The only reason he did not knock him out waA because Murphy was able to take mm equal amount of punishment and H1fs stamina was something reInarka- Es1R The wonder was that he was able Kn ED the distance and still be on his ~amt ait t1e end of the 2ooth rolLna-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
APRIL WE ATHER
Killing Frosts Reported On Six
 Days Snowless Month

The mean temperature for the month of April was 47 degrees, IS above the normal for 42 years. ac- 8cording to the findings of William Jennings, cooperative meteorological observer Of the U. S. Weather Bureau, while there was a precipitation of .24 above the normal during the month. The maximum temperature was 75 degrees on the 18th, the record being 90 degrees in 1895. The minimum was 23 degrees on the 4th, the record being 21 in 1898 and 1908. The great est daily range was 34 degrees on the 18th and the least daily range was 1 degree on the 18th.
 There was a precipitation Of 4.24 inches and the greatest in Sany 24 hours was 1.65 on the 26th. There was no snow. There were. I4 days with .01 or more precipitation. Il clear days. four partly cloudy and IS cloudy The prevailing wind direction was northwest. There were killing <frosts on the 4th, 6ths 10th, 11th, 3th and 14th. The highest baremeter reading was 3O.45 at ' a. n- April 24 and the lowest was 29.48 on the End at 5 a. n. s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
Not 8nocuIated.

During session of the supreme court of Maine tedious and compli- cated suit had well nigh exhausted the patience of counsel on both sides. One Of the lawyers engaged was certain Appleton, said to be the. wittiest law yer in all New England
 Opposing him was lawyer of pompous mien and much avoirdupois. who committed b1under aften blunder, until even the judge became irritated. After the commission of a particularly saggravating error this lawyer said: z 1T beg your honor's pardon, but that was another mistake. I seem to be in oculated with du11ness today
 .sInoculated, brother" ?" asked Apple ton. ssWhy, I thought you had it in the natural way Lippincott's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
Co;ainu a Word.

Nothing could be more fallacious than the common notion that wha the dictionary says is right Every one of them contains much thatis not right Worcester, for instance, had q word, hantomnation,'' defined as meaning 1illusion,o, which was copied from the cranky work of man named Jodrell, who presented as one word every two word phrase not, according to his idea, in regular grammatical construction. He had made the word from Pope's line tsThe phantom na- tions of the dead and credited it to Pope. His obsession led to many oth- CT ridiculous peryersions, of language. The one mentioned was repeated in each work printed before 1890, when it was dropped. Chicago Record-Her- ala.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
Extra Sporting Page

Murphy was not backward in stating after the fight that he considered sRitchie one of the greatest light weights It is up to the American champion now to win the worlds title and the only way he can do that is to meet Freddie Welsh of Great Britain and settle it once for all. Welsh is the recognized champion of Europe and has certainly shown enough class ito entitle him to contest with Ritchfe for the worlds championship. Welsh is a champion himself: in fact, and has a. right to demand it. It would be a great battle and one that all Ameri- cans would like to see take place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
PuaiIistic English.

The teacher was instruchng the class in the rudiments of the English lam guage.
 "John,, she said make sentence using the word .indisposition.
 John, who was evidently of a pugi- 1istic turn of mind, assumed an az gressive pose and announced:
 sswhen youse wants to fight you stands in dis position -''-Yout1a's Com panion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04

Sixteen years ago today Co. K, 4th regiment, c. N. G., left Bridgeport for the rendezvous camp at Mantle, where it was afterward mustered into the United States volunteer service as Battery B, 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, for the war with Spain. The com panys escorted by the militia compan- ies. patriotic societies and a. large number of citizens paraded about the streets before enrtaining for the camp. Flags and bunting were everywhere. the streets were filled with people and tlae company was given a rousing send off. The company, after being mus |tered into United States service, did garrison duty at Fort Griswold until lQctnbaxs a2a&
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
susakfsse of Scott, tBfll'' carriga1

speakfre Of Scott, 'sBfll'' Carrigan says. He Is a great fielder, a fine esafter and a speed marvel. I certain f7v was fortunate to have him ready to Efep Into -Heine' Wagner's shoes. With Scott delivering at short have solved khe infle1ds problem, because Clyde En- zelS haso impHpveds 100 ner cent as a first fasemapass ssAs soon as Joe Wood ss ablesste- 5uup. back into harness Nou may expect the Red Sox to do b1me sc1imbing-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
Doduinc t1e Iesue.

She-I'm afraid you couldn't support me in the style to which I've been ac- custorned. He-Well, styles are always changing. aren't they ?-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
capitaI.

eLet me illustrate the difference be- tween capital and labor" said the rich uncle to the impecunious nephew. Suppose give you f5''-
 That's capital replied the nephew, extending his hand for the money London Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
Eqotisnn.

APa, what's an egotfstY'
 "A man who makes a crooked mark when he signs his name and thinks everybody will know what it means.' '' Chicago Record Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
Obvious.

The dear girls were talking 'tDo you really think Jack hand some?" asked the unattached of the engaged girl.
 T like his face better than anybody's next to one.''
 ssWhoseg'
 s'Mine. indianapolis News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04
FOUR REGULARS OF B'PT CLUB
 HITTING 300

In spite of their poor record in games won, the Bridgeport players in
 xs1e najority of cases. are hitting well. Four of the regulars, Senno. Stow. sMc- C4zrstocks and Crook, are batting over <S1O- Senno and Crook are tied for the Bead with -33S. Manager Boultes and HaIlman have not struck their izaridesand are away down. The aver
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04

Arnerfcan league teams might as rxFau make hay while the sun shines, Hrsurz4zvely speaking The pace will be a lot faster month from now.