Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-11-04
THURSDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
 HAS INTERESTING MEETING

monthly meetings of the Thursday Afternoon Club was manifested yes terday afternoon by the large attend ance at the November meeting.
 1 A report of the Northern Arizona District Federation of Women's Clubs Convention recently held at Flagstaff
 was presented by Mrs. w. P. De Wolf. In refutation of a statement publish
 ed in Flagstaff newspaper that the
 District Federation passed resolutions
 endorsing the Southern California Edison Company's plan for the Bould- CT Canyon project, Mrs. De Wolf read
 the following resolution taken from
 the records of the Federation:
 "Whereas the N. A. D. F. w. c.
 realized the great advantage to be ob-
 tained by conserving the water power
 latent in the Colorado River, be it re-
 solved that the N. A. D. F. w. c. en-
 dorses any plan that the Federal
 Board may make to further this pur-
 pose and that a copy of this resolu- ton be sent to the Chamber of Conl-
 merce in each town represented in this Federation"
 MT. M. B. Dudley, President of the Mohave County Chamber of Mines and Commerce, by request, addressed the Club, giving facts and figures rel ative to the> Boulder Canyon project, illustrating his remarks with photo graphs of the Canyons and environs. He referred to Anson H. Smith in
 complimentary terms as the father of z the project and stated that its con- ar sumation would be due to his early |, efforts.
 Mrs. T. J. Hudspeth, member of . the State Board of Child Welfare, : talked to her fellow-clubmembers on . Child Welfare, expressing the belief . that Kingman would be an ideal spot . to build a Childrens' Home, when '' there arose a demand for another y such institution.
 '' Garbage" being live issue in
 Kingman, the Civics Committee of the
 Club made the following report,
 through its chairman Daisy M. Dud-
 ley:
 "The garbage question in Kingman 1 just now is a menace. The Civics N committee was asked to look into the y matter. We called on Dr. Tafel, of
 the Board of Health, and were inform ed that the present unsatisfactory condition grew out of the Flu cpl 1. demic. During an epidemic or ir F case of emergency, the Board ot Health has power to pass any law they deem necessary to protect public health. At the time of the Flu 1T Kingman they ordered the town to bt cleaned and the garbage hauled away By some oversight, after the epi demic had passed, the garbage O Kingman continued to be removed a the expense of the county. Thi went on until just lately, when Chlo ride and Oatman both asked that thei garbage be hauled away by the Coun ty, and the Supervisors discovere that there was no County fund t cover the disposal of garbage, so the had to discontinue that service flo he Kingman. be Dr. Tafel said there were two reme - dies. One was for each household t m ,:S bear it's own expense and suggeste .n M that Citizens Mass Meeting be cal 10 ed to discuss ways and means. Tn
 present rate charged by the Kingma
 Transfer Company is $1.O0 mont
 with one collection each week.
 The Committee asked what actio m would be taken by the Board ( Mn Health should any person refuse have their garbage removed and dun at same in public streets and alleys. D ,p. Tafel said no action could be take ,as except upon complaint in writing, we which case it would be investigate dr, and treated as public nuisance.
 The other remedy can only con ion through legislation. The Moha' he County Board of Health is now outlil
 ing a plan to submit to other uni
 corporated towns in the State of A, zona, and will ask their cooperatit