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Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
ID GET BUSY
 ON THE GRAND CANYON PROJECT

J. B. Grand, who has been city en- gineer of Phoenix the past two years, has resigned that position to devote his whole time to the project of build ing a big dam in the Grand Canyon at Diamond Canyon. The preliminary work on the project has been complet- ed and now the work of building the dam will be rushed as soon as the spring floods subside. Necessary ma terial can be brought in while the riv- CT is high, but it will be as late as July before the first work on the dam foundation can be carried on.
 It has been given out that the gen eration of power will be primarily used in the identification of the Santa Fe railroad between Needles and Winslow, that part of the road being adapted to electric driven motors, the grades being heavy and tangents short. There is an abundance of money back of the scheme, which is one of the greatest ever attempted in the west. Mir. Grand has been working on the scheme the past three years and now believes he has everything in readiness to begin the work.
 The building of a great dam in the Grand Canyon has long been the dream of the Miner editor. and with its completion a new era will dawn on Northern Arizona. With cheaper pow en manufacturing will surely come, mines that have been unable to oper- ate under present high power cost will be employing thousands of men and every form of industry will boom. Speed the day when this great project shall have materialized.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
FRISCO GOLD MINES
 ENTERING RICH ORE

The drift from the 200 level of the Frisco Gold mines has been driven on the vein a distance of about 140 feet and is now in excellentmill ore. When first entered by the crosscut the vein showed little value, but as the drift was driven north the ore became more regular and the values increased with every foot. It is expected that the main ore shoot will be reached within another 50 feet, where still better ore is expected to be encountered. The work is being carried on as rapidly as possible and the big ore body ought to be reached within the next thirty days. As soon as the ore body at this level has been demonstrated stopes will be opened and the big mill re- modelled to care for the output.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
Drifting For OreshOOt
 Gold Ore Progressing

The shaft of thd Gold Ore reached its new deep level, the station is cut and the work of driving toward the oreshoOt is in progress. It is expected to reach the ore body within the next six weeks, the distance being about 300 feet. The miners are making high record for speed and may reach it within less time, but the manage ment is giving itself the limit. At the same time the mill of the Gold Road company is being put in shape to be- gin crushing ore from the Gold Ore, thirty stamps to be used for that pur- pose. As the Gold Ore has a value of about S20 per ton the entry of that mine into the productive properties of the San Francisco district will be an
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
EMERALD ISLE PLANS
 MUCHFOR 'I8

Improvements of large dimensions were planned for the Emerald Isle Copper company during the year 1918 at meeting of the directors of the company, held in Kingman few days ago. At this meeting were w. c. Gould and A. J. Brawley, of St. Paul, Minn.; R. c. Jacobson, J. H. Conway, Carl G. Krook and A. c. Stricker, of Kingman. The plan is to extend the present system of teaching to double the present capacity and to drill the big deposit to ascertain it's extent.
 The present capacity of the teaching plant is about 600 pounds of cathode copper daily, and this is to be extend ed to about one ton daily. A hoisting plant has been put on the ground and sharts are now going down into the copper mass and will be continued until it has been definitely established that it either is a deposit or that it extends into the permanent formation. The shafts have already shown im- mense increases in copper values, samples brought to Kingman showing in excess of ten per cent of the red metal. The opinion expressed in the Miner of two weeks ago so impressed the owners of the property that inn mediate action in the extensive devel- opment of the whole mineralized area will soon be under way.
 The Emerald Isle is the first leach ing plant to be operated in the north part of the state, and it has made a great success. The mine, under pres ent conditions is capable of outputting more than 100 tons daily of ore, car rying five per cent copper, and the plant will soon be handling capacity.
 The Emerald Isle mine is the only property of its kind in the county. It is situated a few miles west of Min eral Park and south of Chloride. How it came to be deposited in that locality is only conjecture. It may have come from the copper waters of the Mineral Park porphyries, or it may have orig inally been deposited in the broken quartz and lime of a great vein. The gangue is lime and quartz, the lime evidently influencing the carbonate deposition and the two acting as a binder for the quartz conglomerate. The deposit has continued to the su- perficial depth attained in the work, but every foot has shown better and better values
 Last Tuesday the annual meeting of the company was held in Kingman and the following board of directors elect ed: A. J. Brawley, president; I. c. Stricker, vice president; John H. Con way, treasurer; Carl G. Krooki secre- tary; R. c. Jacobson, w. c. Gould, M. Conway. R. c. Jacobson was retained as manager of the company and R. L. Cornell as superintendent.
 A. J. Brawley, W. c. Gould and J. H. Conway departed to Los Angeles last Thursday, whence the two first named gentlemen will return home, MT. Conway remaining for short vis- it with Mrs. Conway.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
NEW SMALLPOX
 CASES REPORTED

Three new cases of smallpox among the Mexican section people was report ed to the health authorities last Thurs day evening, two men and one woman being attacked by the disease. While guards have been placed to prevent contamination, yet the men are allow ed to mingle with the other section hands, going to and from their work daily and being punched at night in the section houses in which the small pox cases are quarantined. This ap- pears to us to be the best mode pos ,sible to spread the disease, and it is to be hoped that more stringent meas ures will be observed. While small pox among white people has taken on a mild form, yet there is a possibility of this disease becoming virulent, as so far it has taken three Mexican chil- dren since its appearance here.
 Something should be done at once to segregate the people who have been exposed and closely quarantine the others. An ounce of prevention may be worth far more than the proverbial pound of cure.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
WILL JOIN NAVY

George Morgan, for the past year in the employ of the Arizbna Engi- neering company, departed last even ing to Prescott, where he will join the navy. MT. Morgan has tried several of the army departments but failed to get through, but expects this time to make the goal. He is one of the most popular and patriotic of the boys and his efforts to get into the service of Uncle Sam are to be commended. He has brother in the service.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19

into money as fast as possible. The drift from the 800 level will be car ried into Schuylkill ground as rapid ly as possible and the vein below the 6OO-fOOt level on that property cross cut.
 The Schuylllill and Tennessee should have been merged many years ago, as the ore body of the Tennessee has been followed to the north line, where it entered the ground of the former company. As the Tennessee has a shaft 1900 feet in depth and the Schuyllill is about 100 feet higher great backs of ore could be opened by continuing the drifts to the north. Chloride will benefit immeasurably by the new arrangement and we hope it will hearten the other mine operators and cause greater effort to develop the big ore bodies known to exist in the other veins of the camp. It is not mills the camp wants, but develop ed ore bodies. With the development of the ore the mines will readily take care of themselves.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
UNITED EASTERN
 SHIPS BULLION

This week the United Eastern Min ing company shipped to the San Fran cisco mint several bars of bullion, es- timated to have value in excess of $50,O0O. As no messenger is sent with bullion below S50,000 in value, we feel safe in giving it above that amount. The company makes cleanup every ten days, and as the output of the mill is now in excess of $1SO,0O0 per month the necessity for a messenger to look after it on the train is apparent. To the United Eastern mill is due the fact that Mohave county is now the largest producer of gold in the state.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19

added attraction to that locality. The management of the Gold Ore has opened enough ore to keep big mill ing plant running for a year, and the new development will greatly re- inforce the mine output.
 Hi is also understood that the Gold Road company will bring into com mission the balance of the big mill and the two mines will be able to make a record output. As the Tom Reed and United Eastern are driving record output for 1918 two more gold mines outputting in the county will give us the distinction of being far and away ahead of all the other coun- ties of the state in the production of gold.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
WAR TAX ND EXCUSE
 FOR HIGH PRICES

It is only the occasional unscrupu- Ions dealer who is using the new war tax as an excuse to put unnecessarlly high prices on his goods. This, at least, is the claim made by several or the better class tobacco and contec- tionery stores called on yesterday by representatives of this newspaper.
 This question came up as the result of an Associated Press dispatch from Washington a few days ago in which it was stated that complaints were pouring into the Internal Revenue bu- reau regarding retailers who are using the war taxes on cigarettes, candy and other taxed articles as an excuse for price advances far in IYcess of the taxes. It was further te that the law department of the bN-eau was en- deavoring to find legal means of stop ping this practice.
 The local dealers called on were re- sentful of this accusation, stating that 3L believed such price raising unpa- ic A leading tobacco dealer stat
 Nsnly an interruptions and
 d dealer would try to make
 "Cigarette smokers are
 aid, "to be fooled very
 ealer who tries this
 ke trade by it in the
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
VISITS RED GROSS
 HEADQUARTERS

Mrs. R. B. Walker, who has been visiting with friends in Stockton and San Francisco, California, the past month, returned to Kingman Sunday morning last. While in San Francis co she visited the Red Cross head quarters and was much interested in the work that is being carried on. Some of the large department stores have set aside handsome rooms for the workers, where surgical dressings can be made in absolute safety. The vast amount of dressings and supplies for the camps that is going out from headquarters daily is really amazing.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
RICH SILVER
 IN THE WALLAPAIS

Charles Brazee, who has been pros pecting in the Wallapai mountains the past several monthsI arrived in King man a few days ago bringing with him 40 sacks of ore that is said to run $500 in silver. The vein has been opened to a considerable extent and two feet of exceptionally rich ore has been cut. The shipment was taken from this part of the property. The new find is situated in the country near the old Hibernia and is somewhat similar in character to the ord taken from that old property in the early days of mining in this county.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19
SCHOOL
 TEACHER WINS POETIC LAURELS

Miss Mary Henrietta Lehr, the teacher at Golconda, some of whose verse appears in The Poets of the Flu ture: An Anthology (Stratford Co.,, just off the press, is the only one of the younger western poets to win notice in the Boston Transcripts review, which says of Miss Lehr's poetry, in part, as follows:
 The Survival of the Unfit,
 treated at length in free verse, is
 stingingly ironic. More
 tender is her Princess and Peas
 ant, which charms with a sim plicity that lies at the heart of
 all life's deeper emotions. The touch of didacticism that informs the poem is justified by the pres ence of an inquisitive child who wishes to know the difference be- tween princess and peasant. Her mother tells her a tale of each, in which both diS for the sake of their children. The child sees the point:
 Then, mother, they are just the
 same;
 There's just a difference in the
 name
 Miss Lehr, who is a University of Southern California woman and a of the Southern California Woman's Press club, an exclusive pro fessional writers organization, has made many friends in Kingman since coming to Mohavc county.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-19

b Judge George Crosby, who has been holding court in this county the past week, departed to Flagstaff last Mon day. He expects to return to Mohave county early next week to hear mat ter connected with the suit of J. F. Miller against M. A. Sawyer, which comes up on application for injunc- tion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
FOOD VALUE OF CocoANUTS
Both the Meat and the Milk Are Used
In Countries Where They Are
Grown.

Among the foods which are lately
beginning to be appreciated is the
cocoanut; as It has a remarkably high
food value combined with delicious
flavor, 1t lends itself admirably to a
variety Of uses for the home table.
The fresh cocoanut Is valued not
only for the meat, but also for the
milk which fills the center Of the nut.
This milk is used-more particularly
In the countries where the cOcoanut Is
grown-to great advantage in soups
and sauces. The scream" Of the fresh
cocOanut, which may be extracted by
grating the cOcoanut meat and wash
Ing In water can be used as q substl.
tute for butter, or even olive oil In
tropical countries this oil serves many
household purposes. The refined fat
has recently been receiving attention
and promises to become a generally
used cooking fat.
Unfortunately, however, the cocoa
nut has, in common with other nuts,
been looked upon as being more or
less indlgestlble. A good authority
says that this Is not due to the cocoa
nut itself. but to the unwise use Of 1t.
In other words, It should not be looked
upon as an adjunct to meal, but as
a part Of the meal itself. It Is the ex-
cess Of food which may cause dlges-
tive disturbances, and, II It is eaten
raw, cocoanut should BIO thoroughly
asticated.-Rocheste Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
When ls a Man Tlred2

In an article about tired business
men In American Magazine, q writer
says:
when a man says he is tired he
means that he Is the victim Of fatigue
and that the requirements Of the days
work have exhausted his mental and
physical resources. Is this true2 IF It
were, the victim of this terrific day
would go home and fall into bed to re-
cuperate from what he has suffered
But he does not. He does one OF two
things: Either he spends the evening
at home romplng with the kids or
reading or amusing himself with some
fad or game; or he goes out and puts
In anywhere from four to eight hours
seeing show, going to a roof garden,
taking an automobile ride, dancing a
good many miles or playing cards.
at turns out that he Is not as tired
as he thought he was. In fact, to all
intents and purposes, he is not tired
at all. If he were he could not show
up laughing and with the CLEAN OF
hearty enjoyment In his eye at the end
Of dance or an automobile ride, or
whatever 1t Is that he has selected as
means Of killing time before he
chooses to go to bed. The man who
Is really fatigued has no desire to
dance, does not want to be bounced
around In an automobile, does not care
to sit through a play, feels an aver
sion to a game Of cards. If he Is really
fatigued there is only one thing he
does want, and that is rest--rest and
Sleep"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
AUSTRALIANS BIG SALT LAKE
It Dries Up Entirely In Summer and
10 an Extremely Valuable Piece
Of Property.

On York peninsula, in South Aus
tralia, Is wonderful lake of pure
salt, says the Wide World. It Is
huge depression in the earth which
fills up in the winter months. In the
hot summer sun the water quickly
evaporates, leaving a thick deposit Of
almost pure salt. Seen from n dis
lance, the surface Of the lake has all
the appearance Of being covered with
sheet of Ice. The salt crust is so
thick and strong that men and even
carts and plows can traverse II with
perfect safety. Yet below the crust
there is a considerable body Of slug
glsh water.
After the rays Of the summer sun
have played their part, the salt Is
gathered. II IL just raked into heaps.
and these pyramids Of salt are strik-
ing feature Of the landscape. The salt
is now shoveled into carts and con-
veyed to various works on the sen
board to undergo the process Of re-
filming.
Gathering the salt is trying work on
account Of the great heat and tho daz-
zling reflection. Often II Is necessary
for the men TO wear colOred glasses to
protect the eyes. After the loose salt
has been collected from the surface
special kind Of pillow Is run over 1t.
when another harvest Of the valuable
material can be reaped.
The yield Of salt from this strange
lake amounts to several thousand tons
a year, and It is among the finest OBJ
tainable. The lake is several square
miles in area and Is naturally a very
valuable property.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
VINEYARDS for Lanan2

% Tourists In japan who see grape
vines on the hillsldes often ask what
the prospects are for wlne-productlon
In the empire. An Australian, writing
to the New East, published In Toxic,
expresses an Interest In the possibility
Of developing japanese vineyards.
Japan" he writes, SHOULD lend It.
self to this lucrative industry. With
cheap labor wine growing should be
highly profitable. AS to markets, is
It realized that China alone imports
millions Of gallons from California,
not to speak OF Its imports from Aus
tralla and elsewhere7 All wlne-grow-
Ing countries are In sound cOndi-
ton. / should say that Japan would
be an ideal place for wine growing"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09

to look under that sunbonnet, and then
he pretended It was by accident when
he was transferring some groceries
from his wagon to her arms.
He told them down at the store
which was the same ms telling the
whole camp-that she had the black
est eyes and the biggest dlmples, and
that she must be about fifteen-if he
was any Judge Of women's ages.
SAY, SIS" he said one day about
six months later, when he was trying
to keep head Of cabbage from roll
ing Off bar Of soap and some as
sorted canned goods he was plllng in
her blue calico arms, you want to
get your old man to do his assessment
work in that hole back Of your bunga-
low. or, first thing you know, some
bOdy1l he jumping your claim"
ooh, but dWi says there's nothing
in IT," argued Genevieve; besides, he's
working hard every day and has no
time"
Don't make any difference" insist
ed Johnny. "Y' tell him what said.
Maybe, If your mine gets jumped, your
conservatory goes wit 1t. Get mel"
"Oh" said Genevieve.
Dad only smiled when she told him
what Johnny said, and assured her
there was no danger Of anyone taking
her glass house from her; that their
end OF Chuggins was pretty well
panned out, and everything was NOV
ing up crub-Bucket-IIill way; and
that, even that very day, some Of the
men had been laid off at the Kangaroo.
No telling when his turn would come
and he sighed through the roller
towel he was drying his face on, and,
buttonlng up the collar Of his soft
shirt, sat down to his evening meal.
but, dad"-Geneyleve' hand moved
over and covered her fathers on the
table; she knew he was In trouble
"suppose-suDpose you get laid Off"
Then wen have to 90 with the
rest"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
Jerusalem and Music.

Once someone tried to sneer at Dis
raell, the great English statesman. be
cause he was Jew.
"Yes, I am jew" he replied, land
my ancestors were making exquisite
music, four thousand strong, In tho
Temple Of Solomon, two thousand
years before Christ, while your an
cestors were running wild, naked say
ages in the forest"
Which was perfectly true. In that
temple at Jerusalem, which was the Joy
Of the whole world, was made some
Of the most wonderful music ever
heard on this earth.
In the Old Testament we read Of the
instruments they played. Of how thu
young children we're trained TO sing
and Of the wonderful ceremoniea AZ
wonderful and artistic as the carvings
and traceries which adorned the
temple itself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
Spud Higgins
Claim
IN
BY MULLoY FINNEoAN
Copyright. The Frank A. Munsey Cos

Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Coz
Genevieve lived in the bottle house.
1t was called the bottle house be-
cause it was made of bottles. Beer
bottles mostly-with the beer left out.
There were several hundred of them
yes, several thousand-and plenty
more to be had lying around loose
In case ones rising social position de-
mnnded additional house room.
In the young desert mining camps,
where building material is scarce,
they come In handy; for, no matter
what else may be there, and railroad
or no railroad to carry them in, there
are plenty of bottles. Tin cans come
next. .
This particular domiclle was built
by one Spud Higgins, an old pros
pectOr, who took Genevieve's father
In as bunkie when said father came
to Chuggins to work In the Kanga-
roo-X mine.
The two miners became very much
attached to each other, the older one
never firing of telling about the claim
back Of the house from which he ex-
pected great things some day; the
other never firing Of telling about q
little daughter away at school from
whom he expected equally great
things.
Then, one day when the thermome-
ter was one hundred and twenty-three
In the shade, If you could find any
shade. the old prospector laid down
his pick and shovel for keeps, and
Genevieve came to keep house for her
father.
A load of lumber came in about the
time she did. and little porch was
added to the house, and then tiny
kitchen was annexed, and pretty soon
rufiled muslin curtains began to fut-
ter at the square windows when there
was wind enough to flutter them. And
Genevieve herself could be seen, In
red sunbonnet and acknowledging blue
apron buttoned down the back, stoop-
ng over some slckly plants she was
trying to coax to grow or hanging out
ner fathers shirts on the line.
Johnny, the grocer boy, was the
onlv one who ever had nerve enough