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Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
NO CONSOLIDATION

The Great Southwest Farmer, pub ished at Phoenix, quotes the Mohave Daily Miner as saying that the Tom Reed and United Eastern mining con- panies had been consolidated. The Farmer seems to have read the Daily Miners item just a direct opposite to what it meant and said. This paper recently made the statement that the heads of the Tom Reed company had bought the stock of the late Charles Grimes, that this stock had been a prize for which United Eastern inter ests had striven but that it's sale re- moved any such contingency as a con soidation of the two companies. This paper suggests that the Great South west Farmer should publish a correc- tiOn of the error.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
TELLURIDE WILL
 RESUME SINKING
CFrom oatman seetion paiIy Miner.l

(From Oatman Section Daily Miner)
 The Telluride will sink another 125 feet and reach the 6OO-foot level be- fore it does any considerable amount of lateral work in search of the ore body of which it apparently is on the fringe. Its present work is on the 475 and holds out much as a promise of what lies hidden beneath or some where close at hand.
 From the point where the broken up ledge matter was cut into drifts in two directions have been run more than 125 feet each. The matter is solid and identical in appearance with the Tom Reed and United Eastern, but the values as yet will not pay to mill; that is, they will not on the hanging wall side and Messrs Long and Mo Iver, who constitute the management, do not feel that they are justified in crosscutting for the footwall until the hanging will stand up under a milling average value. As a rule, the larger values in Oatman mines are on the footwall
 However, they will continue to look for values on the 475 as far as such will not interfere with the speed of their sinking to the 500, which is the objective point toward which the main efforts are to be concentrated.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
SPLENDID FIND Is MADE AT DEPTH IN
 KOKOMO CLAIM
IFrom Tuesdays Daily MinsrI


 General Manager Eli Hilty received news yesterday of the exposure of a splendid body of ore on the 5OO-foot level of the Kokomo claim of the oat- man Gold Mining & Milling company. The ore was struck 330 feet west of the main shaft, and directly under the old ore body found in a 6O-foot shaft. The ore gave assay value of $43 a ton. The ore body is reported to have good width, although that feature of the strike has not been gone into.
 The Kokomo is one of the most promising properties of the Oatman field and to the editor of the mining section of the Daily Miner has greater possibilities, aside from the Carter, of any of the veins in the entire dis trict. Had the shaft been sunk on the ore body, just disclosed in the drift, it would have been a winner long ago. The management, however, had opinions of it's own as to where development work should be done, and as the company was producing and spending the money it was its busi- ness to use it's funds where it believed the greater possibilities for the ex- plotting of ore bodies appeared to it.
 That it has now opened up an ore body that should make good seems certain. There never was a question of it being there, and that it has been cut gives great satisfaction to this pa- per. Every dollar has been honestly spent in the development of the prop erty, and the work done shows more for the money than possibly any other mine in the district. Ore of the value found in the Kokomo need not be of great size to make it one of the big properties of the county.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

Jack" as he was generally called made his advent in Prescott by gath ering the tomato cans from the rub bish heaps, melting the solder, flat tening the cans and converting them into tin roofing material
 He had something more than a smattering of law, and, in justice court, was an antagonist not to be despised. A bullying lawyer once threatened him in court with personal violence, to be inflicted by the defend ant if Jack made any remarks reflect ing on the veracity of the attorney.
 'For the learned counsel" said Jack, "who speaks for his client as Balaam's ass spoke for Balaam, I have Story on Sales, and for his client, if he at tempts to carry out his threat to shoot me up,' have Colt on revolvers."
 And order reigned in the courtroom.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
THROWN
 ON STATUS OF
 CAMP TOWNSHIP
IFrom Tuesday. Daily MinerI


 So many things have been said and written about the townsite of Chloride and so much action has been taken by the various organizations without get ting them anywhere that the old man of the Miner believes that he should come to the rescue and straighten out the tangle.
 Some years ago Chloride vas incor- porated as townsite, and, under cover of the incorporation, application was made for townsite patent to the lands covered by the then occupied part of the town, which embraced Tennessee avenue and Midnight street, excluding two unpatented mining claims. This application was rejected because of the fact that it was on an odd section and within the primary grant to the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad  company. No further step was taken to show that, although the lands in- corporated in the townsite were within the limits of the grant, the railroad company was barred from entering them because of their mineral char acter, it is the belief of the writer that the application would be accepted and that eventually patenl would issue through the superior judge of this county, in the event of disincorpora- tion.
 The superior rights of mineral claimants are recognized by the fed eral laws and should patent issue to a townsite the rights of claimants of mineral lands will be recognized. All the lands surrounding the claim, and included within the townsite applica- tion, can be sold as town lots by the superior judge, and, of course, the mineral claimants may also subdivide and sell surface ground, making it possible to open streets through these lands, although thereafter no entry of the mineral lands can be made for the purposes of patent.
 All this talk of the Santa Fe list ing the section of land on which Chlo- ride is situated is bosh, there already being two patented mining claims within the limits of the section, which precludes entry by the railroad com pany. And the Santa Fe Railroad company, or rather the Santa Fe Pa cific Railroad company, has shown no desire to enter the lands. It is up to the people to make the application in the proper way and thus secure title. If the application antedates the loca- tion, then such mineral claimant can not set up his title against that of the townsite applicant, the whole sur face being taken in by the townsite.
 Chloride is an incorporated town, al though there has been failure to main tain the integrity of the incorporation, the majority of the original council men having moved away It is now question of who has the right to make the entry application. In the case of an incorporated town the town au- thorities must make the application, but in the case of an unincorporatedI town the duty devolves upon the su- perior judge.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Advertising that may appear in these columns should not be con- strued as denOting the editorial policy of this publication.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

H. P. Haskins of the Desert Garage was a passenger to the coast Tues day.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

L. Harpending of the Green Quartz Mining Company of Oatman is Kingman visitor
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

Charles R. Howe, candidate for de- mocratic nomination for state tax commissioner, left last evening for the southern part of the state. He has been quite busy while here be- tween his official duties and renewing acnuaintances.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

Howard F. Welch, formerly fore man at the Elkhart, has moved to Stockton Hill.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

Miss Violet Spradling, in company with several Kingman friends, enjoy ed a days outing in the Wallapai mountains Sunday.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

F. A. Reid of Seligman, one of the large cattle growers of Yavapai county, is a Kingman visitor.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26

M. 1. Powers of Flagstaff, president of the Citizens Bank is a Kingman visitor and is accompanied by his brother.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
Office at Residence on Goose Flat.
 GIVE ME A CALL"

The following was taken from a re- cent issue of the Los Angeles Times, and recalls, says the Prescott Jour nal-Miner, early-day doings in this city, without the unique personality of the principal being overdrawn. The incident referred to occurred before justice of the peace of Prescott named Judge John Howard.
Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
ANCIENT ARIZONA
 LAWYER HAD GOODS
In copy of the Prescott, Arizona Miner printed in 1879 appeared the following advertisement:
 STEPHEN G. MARCOU ATTORNEY AND COUNCILLOR
 AT LAW, CONTRACTOR, BUILDER
 AND JACK OF ALL
 TRADES.

Cleans Vaults, Whitewashes Fences Cares for Gardens, Makes out Deeds Draws Contracts in French, Spanish and English, and
 PLAYS HELL GENERALLY.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
NeatReSS And Even Temper
Are Two Great AdiunCts
Practical MenSuratiOn Is Out.
lined By Supt. ZemGr

Supt. Zemer led the devotionals Fri.
day morning.
DR.. Corson spoke first, his address
being on "The Teachers in School,"
He said that there are three things
necessary for a successful teacher;
she should be good-natured; she
should be a good housekeeper, mean
ing by this that she should see that
the school and surroundings are kept
neat and attractive; she should be- a
good organizer.
He said that he thinks Abraham
Lincoln was the bestnatured person
who ever lived and is a good example
for all who have many trying situa-
tions to face.
He spoke of the Importance of hav-
ing good pictures in the schools and
also of the school as a social center,
but said that if community gatherings
are held in schools something worth
while should be planned for these
meetings.
A practical talk on "Mensuration-
How to Study It. was given by Supt.
Zemer. He said that there is great
need of simplifying this work. He
gave a practical demonstration of pre-.
senting the work to children in q way
which they could understand and that
would do away with mere memoriz-
ing of long list of rules which mean
nothing to them.
The last session is being held this
afternoon at which time officers will
be elected for the ensuing year.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22


Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Arnold of
Loudonville arrived here Friday for a.
visit with Mrs. Arnold's mother, Mrs.
Bessie Starner of the Columbus road.
Mrs. Omar Follin of Bangs left Fri
day for her new home in Pavonia,
where Mr.. Follin has purchased gro
cery store.
Mrs. Claire Odell returned Friday
to her home in Orrville after spend
ing several days with relatives in this
city.
Hon. p. A. Berry of this city went
to Columbus Friday to attend a meet.
ing of the state Democratic central
committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Genin and
son of Sistersville, w. Va, are spend
ing several days with relatives in
this city.
Mrs. Susie Patterson, Miss Rose
Mckee and Glenn Rine have returned
from Gregory, South Dakota, where
they spent two weeks with relatives
and friends.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
FEAR EXPRESSED
THAT 5oWLENS ANKLE BONES
ARE cRUSHED-HURT AT
SHOPS

While working at the Cooper shops
Thursday night George Bowlen, who
lives on West Chestnut street, was
painfully injured when large cast
ing which he was helping to move
fell on his right leg. The flesh was
badly lacerated above the ankle joint
and the man was taken to the Mt,
Vernon hospital in order that the in
jury might be more thoroughly ex-
amined. 1t is feared that ONE of the
bones in the ankle may be crushed,
The accident happened about mid
night.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22


plainly, contrasting with the black
sand. In the pans. however. the resi-
due spread out fan shaped along the
angle between tho bottom and the side,
and at the apex the gold lay heavy
and beautiful all by itself. The men
were generally bearded, tanned with
working In this binding sun aud plas-
tered literally with the red earth. We
saw some queer sights, however, as
when we came across n jolly pair
dressed In what were the remains of
ultra fashionable garments up 20 and
including plug hatsl AT one side, work
ing some distance from the stream.
rwepe small groups of native Cnlifor-
mans or Mexicans. They did not trou-
ble to carry the earth all the way to
the river, but, after screening IL rough.
ly, tossed 1t into the air above a can
vas, thus winnowlng out the heavier
pay dirt. / thought this must be very
dfsagreeable.
As we wandered about here and
there among all these men so busily
engaged and with our own eyes saw
pan after pan show gold. actual metal
lie guaranteed gold. such as rings and
watches and money are made OF, a
growing excitement possessed us-the
excitement Of Il small boy with new
and untrled gun. We wanted to get
at It ourselves Only we did not know
how
Finally Yank approached one Of the
busy miners.
Stranger" said he. were new to
this, Maybe you can tell us where we
can dig n little Of this gold ourselves"
The man straghtencd his back to eG-
hlbit "A rowing humorous blue eye, with
which he examined Yank from top TO
toe.
"If," said he, ''it wasn't for that
eighteen foot cannon you carry over
your left arm ana "A cold gray pair OF
eyes you carry Ia your head ia direct
you up the sidehill yonder aud watch
you sweat. As IL Is, you can work
anywhere anybody else isn't working.
start inr
"Can we Zig right next to you,
thenr asked Yank, ncdding at an un.
broken piece OF ground just upstream.
The miner camhered carefully out
OF his waist deep trench. searched his
pockets, produced pipe aud tobacco
After lighting this he made Yank d
low bow
Thanks for the compliment, but,
warn you, this claim OF mine IL moi
very rich. I'm thinking OF trying
somewhere else"
Don't you get any goldt,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
OC7OGENARIAN
SEEKS DIVORCE FROM BRIDE OF
LAST APRiL-SAYS WIFE DID
NOT LIKE ADAMS MILLS.

Coshocton, Aug. 1S-'T'm 80 years
old today but | can still jig a little if
somebodyll play the fiddle" quoth
Samuel Hazen of Adams Mills, Thurs
day morning, as he breezed into a
local newspaper office to insert no
/ tice to all merchants not to extend
credit to his bride OF four months,
Eliza j. (Murphy) Hazen, of Roscoe.
81 don't know what got wrong with
her." said Hazen, 1--WE were married
on the eleventh of last April and l
treated her well, God knows. She
got to making trips back to Roscoe
The last time she came back to my
place on the Fourth of July. She left
again on the twelfth of July and !
have not seen or heard of her since
The only reason she gave was that
she didn't like it down there. | un-
derstand that she has not been seen
| around Roscoe for the past few days
OF course l don't know that she will
try to run up any bills on me but
am taking the safe course and warn
ing the grocers and merchants not to
let her charge anything to me-"
Hazen was a member of Co. F, 9th
regiment in the Civil war. He attrib-
utes his health to the fact that he has
never abused himself. "Of course
have my fun" sad he, "but never any
thing rough. l keep away from any
thing that is not good for me-"
He stated that he expects to apply
for divorce and left to consult an
attorney.
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Continued next Tuesday,
CHARLES Jolln Of Mansfield spon

Charles Jeliff of Mansfield spent
Thursday in this city on business.
Mrs. Jennie Dorsey and son,
Charles. have returned from a trip to
Indianapolis, Ind,
w. p. Sawyel returned Thursday
evening from business visit in Mt
Gilead.
NJ, M. Russell of Howard spent Fri
day in this city on business.
Miss Mary A. Kelly of Los Angeles
Cal, is the guest of her uncle, NJ. NJ
Kelly, south of town.
Lloyd Barber, who lives near Phila
delphia, Pa, is spending a week wit
relatives and friends In the ety..
Mrs, II. M. Babbs of Bangs was in
the city Friday, enroute to Newark tC
visit.
Mrs. Florence Wade, Lundgren
who has been In Manila, p. l., for the
last four years, is here to visit her
sister, Mrs. Maud Taylor. of West
Gambler street.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
VALUE OF INSTRUCTION IN
SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE

The session Thursday afternoon was
opened by singing led by Mr.. Chubb.
DR.. Corson then gave an address on
scientific temperance, the subject be-
ing True Temperance Teaching" He
said that the temperance question Is
not scientific one alone, but moral
and economic one as we'll and that
these different phases of the question
should be presented to the children in
sane way, without making exagger-
ated statements. Children are reason
able beings and IL they are told the ac-
tual facts about the effects of alcohol
on the human body, and are shown the
difference in the average length of life
between total abstainers and moderate
drinkers, as compiled by insurance
companies, and other facts concerning
the question secured from reliable
sources the work will be very effective
with them. One of the reasons that
the temperance question is an import
ant issue at the present time is be-
cause scientific temperance has been
taught in the schools for the last 30
years and there is a new generation
which knows the effects of alcohol.
Miss Gertrude Fleming then favored
the institute by singing two selections,
Miss Fannie Thrailkill, who is
teaching in the Minneapolis public
schools, then read very interesting
paper on Geography" She told some
thing OF the work being done in Min
neapolis in this subject. She gave
many ideas for planning work of this
kind so as to keep up the interest and
enthusiasm of the children.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
Mt. Vernon Congressional Aspirant
Files Very Original Expense Re-
port-Says He Was Original
Hughes Man

Washington, Aug. 19-The campaign
expense report of Colonel d. Wesley
Wood, unsuccessful candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress
in the Seventeenth Ohio District,
which reached the clerk of the house
yesterday, fairly reeks, as a campaign
expense statement, with originality. AS
legal document, filed in compliance
with the corrupt practice act, it caused
South Trimble, clerk of the house, to
sway heavily on his chair. The Colonel
inclosed picture of himself and says:
my expense was 81 for this cut and
cards and postage"
Wood, who lives in Mt Vernon. then
declares that he was the original
Hughes and Fairbanks man in his
county and proves his efficiency as a
prophet by showing that on June he
informed the local Republican newspa-
per that Burton had no chance, and
that Hughes and Fairbanks would be
nominated on the second ballot. He al
so says:
Drinkers, gamblers and men who
wanted to make the primary election
law odious and worthless were against
me. was for national prohibition
and suffrage for women to make them
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
Ayers P. VGlVGt'S lmagin-
alton As Good As Ever
ASSUMES PRISTINE ROLE
Imagining Self An old-Tme Democrat
Lets Loose OF Much Stuff With
Usual Disregard OF Facts
Read and Laugh

A (yers) P. Velvet, (who may have
voted the Democratic ticket back in
dear old Celina), let loose of the follow
ing characteristic bit of imagination in
the Republican Thursday:
"The bosses can say what they
please" remarked an old-time
Democrat Wednesday, "but they
can't jam Jim Cox down my throat.
He was not my choice in 1914, and
he is not the real choice of the
Democratic party of Ohio this
year. The Democrats. outside of
ex-office-holders under Cox, didn't
want Cox nominated but Cox had
the play among the politicians and
the rank and file were practically
helpless"
Ayers p. Neglected
To state that the primary law al
lows free nomination.
70 remark that the people had their
choice of three men.
To comment on the fact that voting
is secret and that no names appear on
the ballot when counted
The People Should Know That
Drivel of this kind will appear from
now until November.
The imagination and fancies of two
years ago can't stand the test of the
truth of 1916.
Bothersome Republican candidates
may be silenced with the question:
How do YOU stand on Hughes and
Willis?"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22

see you haven't" He stretched him
self aud arose. "You aren't washing
this stuffw lac cried in amazement as
his eye took In fully what we We're
about.
Then we learned what we might
have known before-but how should
wef-that the gold was not to be found
In any and every sort of loose earth
that might happen TO be lying about,
but only In either a sort of blue clay
or a pulverized granite. Sometimes
this pay dirt would be found atop
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
CHAPTER XII.
The Gold Trail.

wv YE came upon the dlggings
N/ quite suddenly. The trail
wv ran around the corner of a
hill, and there they were
below usl In the wide, dry stream
bottom perhaps fifty men were work
ing busily, like a lot OF ants. Some
were picking away at the surface Of
the ground; others had dug themselves
down waist deep and stopped and rose
like legless bodies. Others had dis.
appeared below ground aud showed
.occasionaIly only as shovel blades.
From 20 far above the scene was very
lively and animated, for each was
working like beaver, and tho RED
,shirts made gay little spots Of color
On the hillside clung few white tents
and log cabins, but the main town It,
self we later discovered, as well as
the larger digglngs, lay around the
bend and upstream.
We looked all about us for some
path leading down to the river. but
could find none. SO perforce we had
70 continue on along the trail. Thus
we entered the camp Of Hangman's
Gulch, for If 1t had been otherwise
/ am sure we would have located
promptly where we had seen those
red shlrted men.
We wandered about here and there,
looking with all our eyes. The miners
were very busy ana silent, but quite
friendly, and allowed us to examine
as much as we pleased the results OF
their operations. In the pots and era
dies the yellow fake gold glittered
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
WOOD BLAMES DRINKERS
FOR BLIGHTED HOPES

equal before the ballot box with ne
groes and Indians.
Il will practice law in this little old
village, where have some friends and
a few enemies. No lawyer in Con-
gress, but business man, was the
slogan. wear a plug hat, long-tail
coat and eat at a cheap hash house.
Remember me kindly to all Democrat
ic friends, for have few there"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
SHIPPED TO NEW CASTLE

The remains Of the late John Mori-
cone, who died Wednesday night at
the Mt Vernon hospital, were ship
ped Thursday night to New Castle,
a., for interment.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
+ + i + + i. !. \ i. 4 + + !
+ BIRTHS i

+ \ !. !. X i. i. + i. j. + \ +
A son was born at the NJ. & S. hos
pital Friday morning to Mr.. and Mrs.
II. X. Doolittle of Gambler.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-22
REUNION HELD

The twelfth annual Wright reunion
was held at YOUNGSTOWN, o., on Aug.
l6, 1916.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-10-05
RAISING PROVES
PROFITABLE IN FARMING

Arne Moen of Deep is one of
the few Bottineau county farm
ers who has given sheep rails.
inga fair trial. And he has
made q decided success of it.
Four years ago he bought 125
breeding ewes in Montana for
$3.50. The flock was turned
loose on some waste land along
the river and most of the time
was given very little attention
by the owner. Since that time
he has sold wool for between
$500 and $1,000, and last week
closed out the $50 head which
he now had for $237O.
Two hundred head were pur-
chased by Mr.. Sivertson OF Nc.
Henry county, while the bal
ance of the flock was purchas-
ed by ]. p. Holl and p. B.
Nelson, both of whom haveade-
cided to 20 into sheep farming
on an extensive scale.