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MOHAVE COUNTY MINER
AND
OUR MINERAL WEALTH
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOHAVE COUNTY
Vol. XXXVI.
Kingman, Arizona, Saturday, October 5, 1918.
No- 49.
COST AND RETAIL PRICE
B. 51. Baruch chairman of the War
Industries Board, has authorized a
statement regarding the matter of
price regulation which clears up errors
regarding the attitude of that boafd
toward the establishment of prices in
retail buying and selling. One of the
things that he wishes to have cleared
up is that the board has made no or
der requiring the marking of goods
with cost prices and also the selling
price. But on thet other hand the
board has done everything possible to
equalize prices between the manufact
urer and the producer of raw mater
ials and to adjust a fair scale of retail
prices, based upon cost. The board
feels that the public should be safe
guarded against profiteering, but that
it should require every article to be
marked plainly with its cost price is
going too far, as this would but in
crease the cost of handling goods and
the public would be in no wise benefited.
HOLDS UP TRAIN TO
BOY LIBERTY BONDS
The Fourth Liberty Loan Special
touring Arizona, was held up in the
stillness of the mountains on the
Clarkdale road Thursday morning by
a woman standing on the track and
wildly waving the American Flag.
The train came to a standstill. To
thetgreat surprise of those on board
the woman produced two purses and
a tin box from which she started to
extract pennies, nickels, dimes and
dollars. She told them she wanted a
Liberty Bond and that she had saved
"this money for many months. Though
the Fourth Liberty Loan Special does
not sell Liberty Bonds, one was found
for this old Irish lady living far from
the beaten paths of civilization and
she started to count out her money.
This is what the tin box and the purses
contained 65 pennies, 56 nickels, 40
dimes, 26 quarters, 24 half dollars, 18
silver dollars, a ten dollar" gold piece,
45 in currency and a ten dollar check
all dedicated to the cause of liberty
REGULAR ANNUAL RED
CRtjSS MEETING OCT. 23
The regular annual meeting of Red
Cross will be held at the Court House
at 7:30 Oct. 23 for the purpose of
electing Board of Directors for the
following year. All Red Crosd mem
bers are urged to attend.
MERT WAGNER BRINGS
INAji POINT BUCK
M. G .Wagner and Frank Russell
have to their credit two bucks, the
first of the season, having killed them
some distance south of Seligman, in
the Mount Hope country. Mr. Russell
brought back with him a, small buck
and Wagner had a five pointed buck
that weighed 172 pounds. The -men
went from here Sunday to be on the
ground when the season opened. The
two deer were the first brought to
sitjaX jCubui u; ubuiSuj
S. D. STEWART WILL
CONTINUE TO ACT AS
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
County Food Administrator Stewart
Tecently sent in his resignation as
iood administrator on account of hav
ing been again deprived of a clerk by
George W. Kent leaving preparatory
to his being called to service for Un
cle Sam. State Food Administrator
Reordon however urged him to stay
on the job and he has decided to do
so having secured H. J. Dubin to take
Kent's place. Dubin recently came
here to take the position of assistant
rostmaster and has been with the post
office until this week when he made
the change.
LINEN SHOWER FOR
FRANCE POSTPONED
The "Linen Shower for France" has
been postponed for the immediate
present, but 'has not been abandoned.
So have your contribution ready when
the call comes in a little later on. The
Gieatest Mother nieds it.
MOHAVE COUNTY
4TH LIBERTY LOAN
First in the State, to. Make
Quota Mohave County
Subscribes Over $200,000
By Voluntary Subscrip
tion. Mohave County is already over the
top on its Liberty Loan quota and still
piling up subscriptions. Yesterday
a telegram from State Chairman Mc-
Clung informed Local Chairman Ros
enberg that Mohave County's honor
flag is on the way and that this coun
ty was the first in the state to make
its quota.
The fine part of the record made
this time is thaf the present total of
over $200,000 was subscribed through
voluntary subscriptions, thus proving
that Mohave county people are fully
awake to their responsibilities in car
rying their share of the load. This is
true patriotism to be sure.
In many cases where citizens havo
been out of town and for other reasons
have not yet subscribed, subscriptions
are yet to come, and to-day the ladies
of the Women's Liberty Loan Com
mittee started solicitation to gather
these in.
Some of the districts have subscrip
tions which have not yet been turned
in so there are still some subscriptions
to be heard from, from this source.
The totals to date are:
Quota f Subscribed
Oatman 93,000 103,450
Kingman 54,500 67,150
Chloride 9,900 11,400
Goldroad 1,000 2,150
Hackberry 5,400 5,500
Sandy 2,500 600
Frisco 1,000
Yucca 9,900 4,150
Emerald Isle 2,500 2,200
Santa Fe Employees 7,500
Total 178,700 205,100
The amounts listed above as sub
scribed are approximate as a complete
count had not been made in all cases
when this paper went to press.
HIGHFIELD FOUND GUILTY
GETS 30 TO 50 YEARS
Dick Highfield, who was discharged
at Oatman in the boom days etoinnn
from the army some months ago on
account of physical disabilities, and
who was a booster of mining schemes
at Oatman during the boom days, was
sentenced to from 30 to 50 years in
the state penitentiary by Judge Mc
Alister at Tombstone last week Sat
urday. Highfield had been found
gailty of statutory rape. After he
had been discharged from the army he
advertised for a young girl for ad
option and a woman living near Los
Angeles turned over to him her daugh
ter aged 12 years. The girl arrived
at Bowie and was met by Highfeild
who took her to Globe and other
places where he lived openly with her.
The girl was with him when he was
arrested and it was on her testimony
that he was. convicted.
BELGIAN RELIEF COLLECTION
FOR MONTH TOTALS $55.75
The milk bottles for Belgian relief
in Kingman collected a total of $27,75
for the month of September. Besides
this there was a donation of 50 cents
from Mrs Clack, $ T.50 worth of service
buttons sold and 20 of the money
earned from the dance given by the
Committee on Belgian Relief .va sent
in to headquarters to take the place
of the six milk bottles stolen by some
child or degenerate. This made the
total turn in for the month" $55.75.
IN THE JUSTICE
COURT AT CHLORIDE
Last Monday A. M. Alliston appear
ed before Chloride Justice of the Peace
Mrs. H. 0. Lislerude on a charge of
grand larceny and was bound over to
the Superior Court on $1000 bond.
R. G. Davidson was fined twenty
dollars for speeding. Davidson was
driving the Chloride fire truck and
was returning from a fire when he
ran over Paul Bode inflicting serious
injuries.
Enlist as our Soldiers Do.
Bonds, and Keep, Them.
Buy
ARMY PIGEONS
Carrier pigeons are a valuable factor In the operation of all the allies,
never falling to carry a message safely and quickly from the front unless ac
tually killed by shell fire.
They are used at the most critical stages of battles, when all wire com
munication has been stopped and the barrage is too thick for runners.
Here is shown a motor-transport formerly a London bus, loading up with
carriers to go to the British front. The casualties among the birds average
2 per cent. They are wounded by enemy shells, attacked by hawks, and suf
fer from gas.
They live in gas-proof baskets and when gassed are treated at a hospital.
There is also a prison cote for captured enemy birds.
A very tiny share of your Fourth Liberty Loan subscription will go to the
pigeon service, but none will be more efficiently spent.
GREAT INTEREST SHOWN
IN THE LIBERTY LOAN
SPECIAL TROPHY TRAIN
One of the largest crowds in the
history of this county responded to the
call yesterday that the Liberty Loan
Special Train would exhibit here.
Nearly all of the population of the
nearby camps and towns motored to
Kingman to be present and take in the
big show. Oatman, Chloride, Hark-
berry, Big Sandy and "iucca were
heavily represented and these to
gether with the home people made a
crowd that filled all of Front street
between Third and Fourth and over
flowing onto the tracks around the
five cars of the Special.
Shortly after the arrival of the train
at 1:30 p. m it was placed on the
house track north of the Harvey
House and adjoining Front street and
immediately the crowd lined up and
was allowed to go through and view
exhibits in the three trophy cars. The
cars contained Austrian field pieces,
French 75's, floating mines, German
trench mortars, Lewis machine guns,
34 inch ammunition, gas masks, helm
ets and many other small trophies of
war taken from the "Unspeakable
Hun."
Following the inspection of trophies
the program of committe in charge of
the train was rendered. This con
sisted of the introduction of the four
returned Allied heroes, two American
boys, one from British Columbia and
one Anzac from Australia; a patriotic
solo by Sailor Jacobson of the Mare
Tsland Naval Quartette followed. A
short explanation of the war at the
front by Sergeant J. L. Laird, of the
Anzacs came next and was followed
by a solo by Sailor Price. Rev. Peter
A. Simkin of Salt Lake, "The Fighting
Parson," was the main speaker of the
day and he "did a good job" as we
would say as he enthused the crowd
more than they have been for many
a long day. His theme was to? f oget
our cry for peace and enter a prayer
for victory and let the other fellow
cry for peace and let it be at our
terms. And such it should and will
be, thanks to the good work of such
men as those in charge of the Liberty
Loan Special, coupled with the sac
rifice of those valiant fellows, who
make up the component part of our
defenders, both on the battlefields of
our allies as well as on the bosom of
the high seas, which separate us. The
Mare Island Marine Band supplied the
music and it was such as Kingman
seldoms has the pleasure of enjoy
ing. The very pleasant feature of the
reception of the party here was the
fact that Mohave County had gone ov
er the top and the patriotic and en
thusiastic state of mind of the resi
dents here was such that the many
many speakers could not refrain from
congratulating us. In recognition
we will say that it is an agreeable
truth to say that with a very few ex
ceptions we live among as patriotic
a, people as live within the confies of
"Our United States."
GOING TO FRONT
IS"
COLTER AND CAMPBELL
ENDORSED BY PARTIES
County Committees Organ
ized and Making Plans for
Campaigns.
Complete returns from the primary
election show that Colter received 14,
539; Sutter 10,108, and Osborne 8,390.
Campbell received 4,796. Greenlee
county probably polled the smallest
republican vote of any county in the
state,, the highest vote of any candi
,date on that ticket being 41, while the
democrats polled about 2,300.
Republicans
The recently elected republican
county committeemen met at the of
fice of the Desert Power and Water
company on the 24th of Sept., and or
ganized by the election of C. A. Pat
terson as chairman and Charles H.
Granger as secretary and treasurer.
The resignation of S. T. Long was ac
cepted, being disqualified under the
ogter of railroad administration. J.
N. Cohenour was elected state com
mitteeman. The committee issued a
call for a meeting of the republicans
of Mohave County at the courthouse
tonight (Saturday) for the purpose of
discussing the political situation.
There was a harmonious session of
the Republican committee at Phoenix
Campbell was endorsed for governor
and Maddock for congress. i
Democrats
The democrats of Mohave county
met at the courthouse in Kingman on
the 24th of September and organized
by the election of J. W. Morgan, as
chairman and George A. Fleming as
secretary and treasurer. The commit
tee elected Jack Murphy, Thomas
Hogan and John Drake, of Oatman;
John Greele of Hackberry; Hon. Ad.
Cornwall, of Sandy, and C. B. Cravens,
of Chloride, were elected to represent
the( county on the state committee,
Larry Quinlan went to Phoenix bear
ing the proxies of the committeemen,
but arrived too late to take part in the
deliberations of the state committee.
The committee is called together in
special session at the courthouse Mon
day evening, October 7, at 7:30 for the
purpose of transacting important bus
iness.
The democrat state committee met
at Phoenix on the 30th of September
and organized by the election of
George Babbitt of Flagstaff as chair
man, Tom Drennan, of Phoenix, as sec
retary, and R. N. Fredericks of Pres-
cott, as treasurer. S. W. White of
Douglas and W. E. Lutz of Clifton
weere elected vice chairmen. Fred
Colter was endorsed by the committee
for governor, that gentleman stating
that he had received assurances from
competent legal authority that he was
eligible for the position. George Bab
bitt is well known in Mohave county
and is a conservative, as iwFredericks,
Drennan being a radical.
Attorney General Wiley E. Jones
was asked for an opinion covering
Colter's standing, and he said that in
his opinion Colter could run. Colter
was endorsed by the State Central
Committee.
OF
PLANT IS
Building 40x140 Being Con
structed at the End of the
"Y" Machinery to be
Shipped as Soon as New
Structure is up.
F. F. Mead, representing the Indus
trial Finance Company of New York,
arrived in Kingman Saturday evening
last and has commenced the construc
tion of a building at the end of the
"Y" to house the machinery for a dec
ortation plant for the purpose of fab
ricating the leaves of the Spanish bay
onet and yucca for cordage. E. C.
Stegall of Los Angeles is in charge of
the work of erection. ,
The building is to be 40x140 feet
and will have cement floors and foun
dation walls. The work is now under
way and within a few days the floors
will be poured and the walls put up.
It is the intention of the company to
have the plant in commission by the
first of November. The machinery
has been purchased and will be ship
ed in as soon as the building is far
enough along to house it. The plant
will handle many tons of cactus daily
and it expected to employ about 300
men. The greater part of the em
ployees will be in the field gathering
the fibre material, and hauling it to the
factory. It will be a great addition
to the industrial life of the town and
will be the first plant of the kind in
Arizona.
Thousand of acres of Mohave Coun
ty are covered with the cactus plants
from which the fibre is obtained, the
largest field being contiguous to King
man. Mr. Mead and associates have
looked the field over and have assur
ed themselves of a sufficient supply
of the plants for several years' run of
the big plant.
The MINER will later devote some
attention to the method employed by
the company in the fabrication of cord
age and description of the machinery
used.
DISTRICT FEDERATION
OF CLUBS AT FLAGSTAFF
The Northern Arizona District Fed
eration of Clubs met in Flagstaff
Wednesday and Thursday of this
w.e. it rescuti,, vtuiu-lub, cingsuui,
and Kingman being represented.
Mrs. Thomas Devine, Mrs. S. T.
Elliott, Mary Eleanor Cohenour, Mrs.
C.'L, Lewis and Miss Blanche Parsons
were delegates from Kingman, Mrs.
Lewis stopping off at Flagstaff on her
way home from Minnesota.
WILL ENDEAVOR TO GET
SOME OF WAR MINERALS
APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY
Geo. A. Shea, who is secretary of
the committee on mining of the citi
zens' committee, has called a meeting
cf the mining men of Mohave county
to assemble at the rooms of the Ari
zona Central bank, at Kingman, on
Monday, the 7th day of October, for
the purpose of discussing the matter
of developing war minerals industry of
the county. Congress has appropri
ated $50,000,000 for the purpose of
furthering Ihe production of war min
erals, and as Mohave county is known
to have nearly every form of mineral
in its mountain ranges, and by get
ting together it is possible to get
enough o"f the big appropriation to ex
pedite production at the various camps
and to call attenton of tho; war board
to the subject. Those wjio are inter
ested in the mining welfare of the
county should be on hand at the meet
ing. PEACE CHIEF AT
POINT OF DEATH
Chief Leve Leve, the old time peace
chief of the Wallapai tribe, is lying at
the point of death at his camp in the
southern part of town, where his pass
ing is momentarily expected.
The old man has been very feeble
for a number of years but recently
has taken a turn for the worse and for
a week or more past, has been un
able to take any nourishment, with
the positive result of a constantly dim
inuating strength.
Buy Bonds Today. Save and Pay.
T REGISTER BEFORE
OCTOBER 15 TO VOTE
L ELECTION NOV 5
The last day on which voters may
register for the general election Nov.
5 will be on the 15th of this month.
Those who have not registered shoulc1
at once place themselves in position
to cast their votes at the election,
thereby boosting the best men into
office. Men who do not vote at the
election have no kick coming when the
men elected to office are incapal
Good citzens are those whqf take part
in every election and do their best to
elect men who are fit without regard
to whether they are good fellows or
not.
THE PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS
OCT. 12ATLIBERTY DAY'
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Every day the great principles for
which we are fighting take fresh hold
upon our thought and purpose and
make it clearer what the end must be
and what we must do to achieve it.
We now know more certainly that we
ever knew before why free men
brought the great nation and govern
ment we love into existence, because
it grows clearer and clearer what sup
reme service it is to be America's pri
vilege to render to the world. The
anniversary of the discovery of Amer
ica must .therefore have for'us in this
fateful year a peculiar and thrilling
significence. We should make it a
day of ardent rededication to the ideals
upon which our government is founded
and by which our present heroic tasks
are inspired.
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of Am
erica, do appoint Saturday, the 12th
day of October, 1918, as Liberty Day.
On that day I request the citizens of
every community of the United States
city, town and countryside, to cele
brate the discovery of our country in
order to stimulate a generous response
to the fourth Liberty Loan. Commem
orative addresses, pageants, harvest
home festivals', or other demonstra
tions should be arranged for in every
neighborhood under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
immediate direction of the Liberty
Loan committee in cooperation wth
the United States Bureau of Educa
tion and the public-school authorities.
Let the people's response to the
fourth Liberty Loan express the meas
ure of their devotion to the ideals
which have guided the country from
its discovery until now, and to their
determined purpose to defend them
and guarantee their triumph. ,
For the purpose of participating in
Liberty Day celebrations all employ
ees of the Federal Government
throughout the country whose services
can be spared may be excused on Sat
urday, the 12th dayof October, for the
entire! day.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed. '
Done in the District of Columbia
this 19th day of September in the year
of our Lord 1918, and of the independ
ence of the United States of) America
the 143d.
(Seal) WOODROW WILSON
By the President:
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State.
ENGAGEMENT
(From L. A. Times)
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Walker of
No. 2663 Menio avenue announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Ruth Rankin Walker, to Mr. John
Allen Ware, son of Mr. and Mrs Allen
E. Ware of Los Angeles and Kingman.
Ariz.
Miss Walker is a graduate of Wash
ington Seminary of Atlanta, Ga., and
this winter plans' to take a course at
the University of Southern California.
Mr. Ware, who is a graduate of
Throop College ano of the college of
law at the University of Southern Cab
fornia, has just completed his ground
work at the aviation school at Berk
eley and after a ten-day furlough hen
has gone to Camp Dix, Dallas, Tex.,
where in a few weeks he is to recelv
his orders to go to a flying schooL
The wedding of the couple will not
take place until after the war.
JUDGE THORNE ILL
Judge Jaul C. Thorne returned on
Wednesday evening from Holb'rook,
where he had been holding a session
of court and was taken quite ill wit
grippe. He -is getting along nicely,
but is confined to his home.
