Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

iOVernelQJ attorney IOFmerly Ol ar banks, Alaska. Every mining camp have been in and seen it tried, it has been my observation that home gov ernment is a great improvement. Take, first, the matter of policing the city, with the question of liquor sell ing and gambling. There has been some criticism of the county officers on that score. It is a matter that could be handled with a great deal less fric- tion by the local authorities. Second is the matter of sanitation. It IS purely one for the town to have full authority over and which can be han dled more promptly and effectually thereby. Third is the water question and other questions. All of them are matters over which the people of Oat- man should exercise direct control"
 'eYes, am for it right down the line" said c. W. Boris, editor and pro prietor of the Oatman Miner. "Get the right kind of a nan for mayor and improve these streets. Do the things that we have been wanting to do all the while. It is the only system. l realize that everybody in Oatman wants incorporation, all are talking about it now and I am with them"
 "As matter o1 principle I would be opposed to incorporation" said F.. O. Altinger, assayer, "but in the pres ent situation of 0atman I am forced to be in favor of it. Now, as sample, if you were to arrive here and see the conditions of the streets and of sani- tation, wouldn't you be apt to climb on the first stage and get out of town? I know I would. Incorporation seems to be the only way to do what will have to be done for 0atman."
 "Yes, I am for incorporation all the time," said L. J. Kremer, business man. "It is the only way to get us anything. We should police our own town, fix our streets, have our own fire protection and improve conditions! The moral situation would be improved by incorporation"
 "It's the only thing" said Lee R. Myers of the Record Lode Mining company. "Let us have better streets, fire protection, sanitation and drive out the typhoid. You can only do it by having our own town government"
 "Old Trails would come in with you and make it all one town," including Mazona, from Oatman down. That would be my idea" Thus spoke V. s. Rowley, manager of the Old Trails townsite.
 q would be in favor of it. It would be a good idea" said E. Freedheim, business man.
 Naturally I am in favor of incor- poration," said Sam Bayles, leading merchant. "It is only a question with me of whether or not this is the op- portune time If the people are in fa- vor of it now, now is the time to do it. If they are not and may be at some other time, we would have to wait"
 Being assured by the writer that in not over two exceptions those inter views were enthusiastically favorable, MT. Bayles declared with equal en- thusiasm that he was with them.
 q am in favor of incorporation and have already attended a conference with some friends on the subject" said Ned Aver, manager of the Hotel Grimes. q am willing to do my part toward bringing it about, whatever it is, and have already started in fact"
 q would be in favor of it," said Dan Haskins, pioneer business man and owner of residence property in the heart of the business district" I am for improving the streets and better sanitary conditions"
 ''Yes, let us have the finest and best | mining city in the country" said Louie Polin, manager of Polin Brothers of Oatman and Goldfeld. "If we will | only make it so we will have the greatest camp in the world. We had IS inches of water in our store at the recent flood and you can put me down as being in favor of better streets, drainage and health conditions"
 q would favor incorporation for sanitary reasons, if for no other" em- phatically declared Dr. Edward Bowes, who has been through every mining boom from Rossland to Oatman.
 That's what they ought to do. It's the only way. It'll be all right" said W. W. Hays, proprietor of the Arizona hotel
 "Yes, believe in home government |, and would be in favor of incorpora- as n