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Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
IRON FOR THE FUTURE

That iron is the very basis of our
industrial civilization Will be admitted
by the Thoughtful, and many of our
greatest supplies of iron ore are be-
ing rapidly depleted because of the in
creased per capita consumption of iron
the world over, an increase which is
destined to be greater in the future
when the races in Asia ad Africa in
crease their consumption of iron.
These conditions of increasing con-
sumption of and decreasing reserves
have often in the past, particularly
about the beginning of this century,
says j. E. johnson in Metallurgical
and Chemical Engineering, been used
to create a scare, on the ground that
our supplies of usable ore were being
so rapidly depleted that their exhaus-
ton would occur within two or three
generations. This is a preposterous
point of view, because as we lower
the percentage of iron ore in the rock,
which we call "ore," the quantity Of
such ore increases at a rate out of all
proportion to the decrease in iron
content, and as we use leaner and
learner ores technical improvements
will be made which will minimize any
tendency to increased cost of produc-
ton. The same thing has happened in
gold, silver, copper and other ores, and
today copper ores are being worked
with only 1.5 per cent of copper in
them.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
CHICAGO CUBS
PLAY KINGMAN
ON MARCH 26

Probably the greatest sporting
event in the history of Mohave county
will be staged in Kingman on Mon
day, March 26.
The Chicago National League base
ball team, better known as the Cubs,
will lineup against the Kingman nine.
Without a doubt every man, woman
and child of this county should see
the game. 1t is something that this
county has never been treated to be-
fore and possibly never will again.
The stores and other business houses
of Kingman will declare a half holi-
day in order that their employees shall
not miss the fun.
Large crowds from Oatman, Chic
ride, Goldroad, Mineral Park and Col
conda will be present, as well as from
the smaller towns of the county. The
local club has gone to great expense
to secure the star performers and the
citizens should show their apprecia-
ton.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
Utahans in Town

(From Wednesdays Daily Miner)
W. o. Kay of Salt Lake City, John
Pingree, Fred Nahuencamp and H. J..
Feeny of Ogden, Utah; Jesse Knight
and wife, A. NJ. Mcdonald and wife,
Mrs. W. R. Carter and Adam Peter
son of Provo, Utah, are guests at the
Hotel Beale, having come here to make
an examination of their mining invest
mehts at Chloride. These gentlemen
are interested in the Bullion claims,
and also in the Keystone mine. The
properties are good ones, and with the
financing that these men are capable
Of giving them, ought to soon be
among the big producers of the coun-
ty. Jesse Knight is one of the biggest
mine operators of\Utah, and is rated
as financial power in that state. Mr..
Mcdonald is here to take charge of
the operations of the company with
which Mr.. Knight has associated him
self.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
NEEDLES NINE
DEFEATED BY
KINGMAN BOYS
[FrOm Tuesdays Daily Minerl

Amid the snow and wind of Sunday
the Kingman and Needles baseball
teams engaged in battle on the local
diamond for the honor of capturing
the opening game Of the season. AS
usual, the Kingman boys won, the
score being Z to 5, more than COM
Portable margin. The game was call
ed at the end of the eighth inning to
allow the visitors to catch their train.
Taken as a whole, the game was
slow, neither team showing much
pep" Able Bale was probably the
only player to enjoy it. The CEN
terfelder of the visitors came in too
fast on fly hit by Abe and the latter
got credit for a home-run, the first
one in his short life. Abe now has
something to talk about till next sea-
son.
Tommy Clark, the local mound ar
tist, showed a good deal of Zip" for
the opening day. He had everything
on the ball but control, but even with
his wildness he only walked two men.
Manager Robinson of the local team
worked all players and substitutes in
order to get a line on their playing.
Several of the new men look promis-
ing, but the weak point of the whole
team is the lack of team work, which
can readily be accounted for by the
fact that the players do not show up
for practice as they should. Some will
come one night and a different bunch
the next night.
The Needles manager made ar
rangements for a return game to be
played on their home grounds a month
hence. He promised to have a better
team together by that time, and wag-
ers that the Kingman players will
have their hands full when they tangle
with his men in the return game.
The local team will journey to Chic
ride next Sunday to do battle with the
representatives of that town. The
Chloride team is declared to be the
strongest in the county, even though
Oatman took them into camp Sunday
to the tune of II to 5. When King
man and Chloride tangle, why just
watch the dust fly, and put all your
money on the local bunch, because
when they have to they can play like
worlds champions.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
(By C. F. Spilman)

OATMAN, March 1.-THE south
easterly end of the Tom Reed estate,
known locally as the Aztec workings,
and the Big Jim mine, which adjoins
the Aztec Center claim on the west,
are developing one of the biggest de-
posits of gold ore in the West-an
orebody that would be considered phe-
nomenal in any other district but Oat-
man.
Ten days ago the Big Jim cut in
to the hanging wall of the wide vein
on the 6O0-foot level, but the water
came in so fast that it was found
necessary to stop work until the coun-
try between the 500 and 600 levels
had drained. In the meantime work
continued on the 400 and 500 levels,
where drifts are being extended east
toward the Aztec workings of the Tom
Reed in ore that assays from $40 to
S58 ton.
In the Tom Reed the same condi-
tions occur, the drift on the 400 level
toward the Big Jim showing streaks
of ore of fabulous richness, with a
general average around $50 a ton
This orebody, which has a width of 80
feet in both the Big Jim and Tom
Reed workings, has been developed in
the two properties for a distance of
1900 feet, with about 400 between the
workings of the two mines yet un-
prospected. This is by far the larg-
est and richest ore shoot ever opened
in the district.
Shipments of bullion were made
this week by the United Eastern and
Tom Reed mines, by way of Kingman.
The United Eastern shipped two big
bars containing about $500 ounces and
worth in the neighborhood of $4,000,
the result of the last two weeks op-
Grafton in February. The value of the
Tom Reed shipment was not made
public.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
RICH FIND MADE IN
AUBREY DISTRICT
(From Sundays Daily SIinerl

R. S. Prosser brought in from the
Aubrey district yesterday samples Of
ore from a recent find that were lit
orally filled with gold. Work on the
claim has increased the gold values in
the ore on an average from SIS to
nearly 5000 per ton. Small streaks
in the vein show free gold. The prop
erty is being developed and Mr.. Pros
ser believes he has a winner.
While prospecting around the hills
in the neighborhood of his mine, Mr..
Prosser's partner discovered number
of sacks of rich gold ore and a loca-
ton notice showing that the vein had
been located in the early part of 1875.
The ore had evidently been taken
from the vein and was to be shipped
when something happened to prevent
the owner from sending it away. At
the time there was a mill at Green
wood on the Big Sandy.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
Confesses Theft

Jack Boyd, one of pair lodged in
the county Jail by Constable Adams
last Thursday evening on charges of
vagrancy, yesterday confessed to hav-
ing broken into Santa Fe freight car
and removing 35 fresh hams, which
were soon missed.
Boyd confessed having taken the
hams out of the car and hiding them
near a pile of ties near the Standard
Oil company's works in the east end
of the Kingman train yard. Later, he
and a young man by the name of Ank-
ers, who was also taken up by the Of
ficer, returned to the hams and car
ried number of them up into the hill
to the north of town. About that
time, evidently, someone frightened
them away before they were able to
get all Of the hams hidden away up
the hill and were returning to COM
plete the job when the officer caught
them. They strongly denied knowing
anything about the hams and as they
did not have them in their possession
the officers could not prove that they
were the parties sought.
At the time Officer Adams caught
the men he was able to find but 16
hams, but one Of the girls employed
at the local Harvey house, while stroll
ing about the hillside Sunday, STUN
bled upon the other 10. The agent
here was notified and the hams were
procured and returned to the Santa
Fe. With the finding of the hams
and all circumstances seeming to
point to the guilt Of the young men
held in the county Jail, the officers
brought Boyd down into the sheriff's
office. He broke down and confessed
that he had been drinking and that
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
WOOL SHIPMENT IS
MAOE FROM KINGNAN
tFrom Sundays Daily Miner


The first car of wool from the clip
of the Hudspeth Sheep company at
Trout Creek was shipped from King
man yesterday. The wool is being
hauled to town on trucks. The COM
pany expect to ship two more cars,
which will aggregate about 100000
pounds At the present price of 44c
per pound it will bring a gross re-
turn of $4,000.
The shearers will complete the work
on Hudspeth flock by the end of this
week, and then will give their atten-
ton to other hosks that are already
here and ready for the removal of the
fleeces. Some will shear at Munds
station on the Chloride branch and
others expect to shear at Berry and
Hualapai. The books of many of the
sheep men are now in the county.
Among them are represented the Au-
brey Investment company, Frank Soto,
Miller Sheep company and Albert
Jones.
All men interested in the stock busi-
ness are feeling in the best of spirits
this year on account of the high
prices of wool.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
MADE
WILL PROVIDE
AN ICE PLANT
CFrom Tuesdays Daily Miner.)

CHLORIDE, Ariz., March 12.-
Chloride is to have an adequate ice
plant this summer, if plans formulated
by ]. 7. Degman and Pete Larsen are
carried to a successful conclusion.
They have arranged to install a five
ton plant and expect it to be in op-
Grafton by the end of April. Last sum-
mer Chloride suffered for the want of
such a plant. A small and entirely
inadequate machine was operated
which turned out product resembling
snowballs more than it did ice.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
In Grin of Storm

Mohave county has been in the grip
ola storm the past two or three days,
being the seventh snowstom of the
winter, record that has never here
tofore been beaten. While four years
ago was one of the coolest winters, the
one just passed through holds the belt
for storms, especially snowstorms.
Unless the weather takes turn to-
ward the good old summer time there
will be much suffering among cattle
and sheep on the ranges.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
BuYs Machinery

The Arizona Engineering company
reports the sale yesterday of a ship
ment of goods to the Chloride Mining
company aggregating $500. 1t con-
sisted of Ingersoll-Rand drills, steel,
hose and other mining machinery. F.
C. Smith is the general manager of
this company, and is pushing ahead
with the work on the property in a
most systematic and businesslike man.
ner, and as he is operating on one of
the promising claims of the Chloride
section, it is not unlikely that the
near future will bring US good news
from there.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
BOOZE THEFT
RESPONSIBLE
FOR SHOOTING
Jack Lacey Shot and Dan
gerOusIy Wounded by Ed
Cuff at blackberry, Fol-
lowing Disappearance of
Liquor From Grip -
Wounded Man Taken to
Los Angeles
CFrOm Thursdays Daily Miner.)

At blackberry early yesterday morn
ing Ed Cuff shot and dangerously
wounded Jack Lacey. The shooting
occurred in the back room of Carney's
Castle, where Lacey had evidently
been sleeping.
From what can be learned it ap-
pears that Cuff went to Needles the
day before, returning with grip fill
ed with booze. He left the grip in his
room and it is possible that some Of
the boys found their way to it. When
he discovered that his precious hoard
had been tampered with he accused
several men of the theft and took one
of them as far as the railroad bridge,
where he threatened to kill him. Re
turning to town he went into the room
where Lacey lay and reproached him
for taking his booze.
Lacey denied that he had been in
his room and knew nothing of the re-
moval of the liquor. He got up and
asked Cuff to go into another room,
and as he turned around Cuff pulled
his gun, and, with the exclamation,
'T have got you," fired point blank
at Lacey, the bullet striking him in
the abdomen and ranging back to the
backbone on the right side. The weap-
on was a As Colts, and the bullet
from it tore a large and ragged hole
through the unfortunate man. Lacey
fell to the floor and Cuff stood over
him threatening to shoot if he refused
to tell where the stolen whisky was.
Hearing the shot W. R. Carney
rushed into the room with a gun in
hand and drove Cuff away. DR.. Riggs
of the Indian school and DR.. White Of
Kingman were called and did every
thing possible for the injured man,
who was sent to Los Angeles yester-
day evening. The physicians give no
hope for the recovery of the poor
fellow.
Cuff gave up his weapon to Mrs.
Archie Chamberlain and was taken
under arrest.
Sheriff ]. N. Cohenour and County
Attorney S. D. Stewart went up to
blackberry about noon yesterday and
returned with Cuff, landing him in
Jail here late in the afternoon. The
officers stated to the Miner repre-
sentative that so far no reason for the
shooting could be found, except that
the man had been drinking heavily
and possibly was on the verge of de-
Hrium tremens.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
BootIegger Sentenced

Kalle Salo, a Finlander, pleaded
guilty to a charge of introducing in
toxicating liquor, and was held to an
swer to the superior court. Within
an hour, at his request, he was taken
before Judge Ellis of the Superior
Court. He again pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to serve 30 days in the
county jail and pay fine of 500.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
To Sell Studebakers

The Arizona Engineering company
closed a contract yesterday with the
Studebaker corporation for the agency
of Studebaker cars and has ordered
a carload to be shipped at once. A
demonstrating car will be driven out
from Los Angeles within the next day
or two. A service station will be
maintained and a supply of Stude-
baker parts carried.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
High-Priced Cars

NJ. G. Wagner yesterday received
a shipment of highest priced cars ever
brought into this town. The car con-
tanned a Cadillac touring car and a
roadster of the same make. The
touring car was delivered to 1. M.
George of this place, and the roadster
was for C. A. Caufman of Seligman.
Mr.. Wagner informs US that at this
time he also has orders for eight more
of these cars.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
Inspecting Reservations

The house committee on Indian af-
fairs, of which Representative Carl
Hayden of Arizona is a member, left
Washington city last Saturday to
make tour of inspection of the vari-
GUS Indian reservations. After visit
ing Florida the committee will go to
Mississippi and Oklahoma and then
come to Arizona, arriving in this state
the last week in March.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
New Appliances

Plumber C. A. Patterson is remodel
ing and installing additional sanitary
appliances in the jail building, which
have been made necessary by the need
of more quarters for the accomoda-
ton of the numerous prisoners. At
the present time there are two women
prisoners in the Jail and for them
separate quarters have to be provided.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
Confess Burglary

Jack Boyd and Frank Ankers plead
ed guilty yesterday in the superior
court to a charge Of burglary and
Judge Ellis imposed upon them sent
ence of from one to four years in the
state penitentiary.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17

Bids for the construction of the new
Jail are to be advertised Immediately
and the structure will be built as soon
as possible on lot given to the coun-
ty by Bill Hall. The new jail will be
concrete structure with an office
and steel tank capable of accommo-
dating eight prisoners. Sheriff Co
henour notified Deputy Sheriff Brown
that as soon as the structure is COM
pleted he will return all Chloride
bootleggers sentenced by the superior
court so that they can work out their
sentences in full view of Chloride's
populace.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17

while intoxicated he had robbed the
car. Only through the diligence of
Constable Adams In mis- constant
watch of the business houses during
the dark hours was it possible that
the men were apprehended and he is
entitled to much credit.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
Marion j. Aubineau has purchased
a new Buick runabout.

The first arrest for automobile
speeding since the Inauguration of the
recent campaign against this evil was
made yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
John Brown. A visitor to Chloride was
captured burning up the county road.
He was arrested and given a suspend
ed sentence by Justice of the Peace
Hannah o. Lislerude.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17

Roy R. Cook, attorney of Chloride,
came in from that camp yesterday and
will go to Los Angeles today to attend
to legal matters.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

FrOm Sundays Daily Miner.)
The Christian Science lesson will be
read each Sunday, beginning Sunday,
March II at II a. m. at EII1s' Hall
Everybody Welcome. #. g.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
Baby Girl Arrives

There was born to the wife of C. B.
Cravens at the private hospital of
Miss Katherine Teale in this town yes
terday a baby girl.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17

Chloride's crop of bootleggers will
in future be put to work on the streets
of the camp, as the result of orders
issued by Sheriff J. N. Cohenour and
the board of supervisors.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17
NEW OREBODY
BEING PROVEN
UP IN OATMAN

[FrOm Tuesdays Daily MinerI
Big Jim and Tom Reed Com
panies Are Developing at
Depth Deposit of Gold
Bearing Ore Which is
Yielding Splendid Returns
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17

The Chloride Mercantile company,
a corporation, has bought out the
Friedly Hardware company.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1917-03-17

Louis NJ. Boyer and wifeI were
among the visitors in town yesterday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
TWO "STATEHOUSES"
SET Up IN ARIZONA
'''GOy." Hunt in Capitol; "GoV."
Campbell in Office Building.

PHOENIX, ARIZ. Thomas E.
Campbell, Republican, who was sworn
in Monday as governor, went to the
state house Tuesday to take over his
duties, but the Democratic incumbent,
Hunt, refused to surrender the office.
He told Campbell he could not recog-
niZe the latters credentials. After
formal demand for possession of the
executive Office Campbell withdrew
and will maintain his headquarters in
a downtown Office building, awaiting
the outcome of legal proceedings to
force Hunt to give up the office in the
supreme court.
When Gov" Campbell went to the
capitol the executive chamber was oc-
cupied as usual by Gov" Hunt The
meeting between the two governors"
was strictly formal and the converse
ton was conducted principally by the
attorneys. When Hunt replied to
Campbell's demand for possession of
the office that he considered that he
himself had been elected to the office
and could not recognize Campbell's
credentials, the Campbell forces with
drew
The postoffice department has ruled
that mail addressed to the governor
Of Arizona shall be delivered to Camp
bell at his temporary office, but that
mail addressed to Governor Hunt
shall go to him at the capitol.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-05
A GENERAL SURVEY or
THE WAR,

Friday, Dec. 29.-In ROumania Teu-
taking 1,400 prisoners, eighteen ma
chine guns and three cannon
The advance in Wallachia has been
pushed to a distance of twenty-kilo-
meters twelve and one-half miles,
northwest of Rimnik-Sarat. In the lake
sector 1,4OO Russians, three cannon
and several machine guns were taken.
The town of Ratchelu, in Dobrudja,
has been captured.
The three Scandinavian nations,
Norway, Sweden and Denmark,
through identic notes, the Norwegian
copy of which was handed to the
state department by Minister Bryn,
tave expressed their lively interest in
President Wilson'S proposals looking
toward the establishment of durable
peace" and their deepest sympathy"
with all efforts to shorten the war.
Saturday, Dec. 30.-The Teutonic
armies in Roumania ard along the
Moldavian frontier continue to drive
forward in the face of stubborn Rus
sian and Roumanian resistance. The
campaign covers not only the twelve
mile front from the Danube river to
Oitu pass in the Carpathians, but ex-
tends further northward along the
Moldavian frontier to the valley of the
Putna river.
The heaviest blows of the German
armies are being delivered along the
railroad line running northward from
Rimnik-Sarat to Fokshani, and they
have forced the lines of the defenders
backward on the front of the Danube
to the Carpathians. The invaders have
captured Bordestchi on the Rimnik
river and forced the Russians to re-
treat near Zalestsi, northeast of Rim
nik-Sarat.
Sunday, Jan. 31.-All along the west
shall Won Falkenhayn's forces smash
ed their way forward. The offensive
which was suddenly set in operation
from the mountains around the Oitutz
pass by General Won Gerck continued
undated Similar progress was made
by the armies driving against the for
tilted Foresami-Galati line, the key
front of the Sereth positions. Here,
however, the invaders met most stub
born resistance and violent thrusts
from the Russians and Roumanians.
The defenders were unable to halt the
Teuton advance.
Monday, Jan. I'm the Moldavian
front the Austro-German forces, con-
tinuing their heavy attacks, captured
several height positions and two towns
in the Zabala valley, the war office
announces. Violent Russian and Rou
manian counter-attacks were repulsed.
In Wallachia the RussiaDS were
again defeated, being driven back to
positions and at Fokshani. The DAN
ube army has driven the Russians to
the Braila bridgehead.
Germany has settled down to the
conviction that the allies do not want
peace, and charge that they seek con-
quest, citing the statement that Rus
STA must have Constantinople and the
Dardanelles.