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THE MOHAVE COUNTY MINER AND OUR MINERAL WEALTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918. PAGE FIV I r- ic:lli ilia I Personal Items J II d' iP ie Ufa I The Thursday Afternoon Club will open fir the winter at a meeting to be held this afternoon, October 5, at 3 o'clock p. iv. at "the Methodist Church Parlors. County food Administrator S. D. Stewart will address the gathering on the food question. Wm. Wiesenhahn departed for Los Angeles last Monday, where he has accep cd a position in that city. He has b en with the Central Commercial Company for the greater part of the past year as groceryman and in that capacity has made numbers of friends who will regret to see him leave. Charles P. Blanton, who has large minirg interests in the Oatman dis trict of this county, arrived on No. 1 yesterday from a protracted business visit to the eastern part of the United States. The Catholic Ladies Altar Society will meet at the residence of Mrs. J. A. Carrow Monday evening at 7:30. All niemberr are requested to be pres et. :. .: ... Henry Lovin is in town from his cat tle ranch at Skunk Canyon in the Francis Creek section of the Big Sandy - Sam Hamilton came over from Chloride yesterday and remained over night returning home today. George Conlin of Searchlight, Neva da, is one of the late arrivals here. L. F. (Roy) Robinson is here on a furlough, visiting with his many friends in this city. Roy is assigned to duty on the U. S. S. Ohio and his addiess is Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Fred Johnson, brother of our fel low townsman, C. B. Johnson, is one of the latest arrivals overseas. He enlisted about a year ago in the coast artillery and is now overjoye'l i to have been allowed to go to Franc J. V. H. Cofer is spending a few days. jixv. .Limn ilia itiiii,ji uji liic uiti, .Jelling . S. C. Rogers, one of the Big Sandy fanners, is a visitor to cur city, com ing in some days ago to attend to bus iness a. fair at ths county seat. Mrs. J. A. Houtz and children and mother, Mrs. R. H. Morey, are again at home after having spent tho sum mer on their ranch in Californa. Charles Bly was a Kingman visi tor Thursday from Yucca. Mrs. T. H. Wilson, who suffered a broken wrist from the kick of an auto some time back, now reports that LANG'S THEATRE-PROGRAM FOR WEEK Sat. Oct. 5th NORMA TALMADGE in "Her Only Way", also Pathe News. Regular prices. Sunday Oct 6th SESSUE HAYAKAWA in '"White Man's Law'", also Harold Loyd com edy. Regular prices. Monday Oct. 7th ELSIE FERGUSON in A Dolls House, also Mutt & Jeff. Regular prices. Tuesday Oct 8th 'AMERICAN BUDS' with the Fox Kids, also U. S. War Review. Reg ular prices. A young boarding school girl comes home to the grim realities of a lost fortune, a smashing of her dreams. Poverty or riches? Love or duty? under these trying circumstances is shown "Her Only Way". Also World views in Pathe News. All men who have not forgotten their dream adventures of boyhood, all women for whom the Orient has a seductive lure will glory in this wide ly exciting story with its mysterious note of surprise. Don't miss this one. Also a good comedy. -XI V. if Wednesday Oct 9th "MATING OF MARCELLA" with Dorothy Dalton, also 10th spasm of The Fighting Trail. Regular prices. There is something about Miss Fer guson's personality which makes you feel as if you yourself were playing the part. You live it with her, and so we say without fear of contradiction, "There is no greater artist on the screen today. Also Mutt & Jeff car toon. A final opportunity will be afforded tonight for seeing Jane and Katherine Lee, in "AMERICAN BUDS." This comedy-drama centering around the mystery of the children's parentage and involving the activities of a Ger man spy. Also your Uncle Sam's picture. New York's 400 has suffered no more bitter arraignment than this Paramount Picture, Imt for all of its scathing denunciation it contains a humorous note that will make you more than glad you came. Also Tenth Episode of The Fighting Trail. Thursday Oct. 10 Friday Oct 11. A dashing, sensational romance of the North. A man's man wins a WM FAPwrm ti, r t j woman s love, oee xne lerrmc Daiue WM. FARNUM in Rough & Ready, with the wolves Dance hall girl also 2 part Sunshine Comedy, "Son of gives her life for man who was polite Gun". Prices 17 & 39c ne of tne fastest movies you ever seen. Also a guaranteed two part comedy. gatesStires are one of the most remarkable economies of the age. .They meet the NATIONAL NEED the need for conservation of materials, labor, shipping, space and money. GATE5TIRE5 Cast 12 As Much Beale Street at Fifth One block East of Citizens Bank Kingman Arizona BEECHER GARAGE The big GARAGE on the HIGHWAY in the center of town. EXPERT MECHANICS ASSESSORIES GASOLINE OILS & GREASES Phone Green 19 Free air and water Kingman, Ariz member fast returning to its former usefulness. A. F. Harris and family are spend ing a short vacation in San Francisco California. They are expected home at an early date. P. Y. Jackson, the auto decorator, put the last coat on the Standard Auto Company's Willys-Knight car today. The car looks like new and shows well i the workmanlike effort spent in its I decoration. The fall rodeo of the stockmen of , the county started on its roand last ; Monday, the westerners starting irom I Thorn Spring in the Sacramento Val ley 'and the' easterners from Freeze I Wash in the Wallapai Valley. i The work will be in progress.; for several weeks, much time being nec essary for the branding of calves and the returning of strayed cattle to their own ranges. T. J. Putman ,the Sandy rancher, came up from that section Wednesday and secured supplies. Charles H. Wagner, who has large mining interests in this county, ar rived here from Pasadena, California last Sunday and is attending to his affairs here., A. T. Threlkeld is a Needlesite who visited here Sunday last. J. H. Smith and wife and Mrs. Fox, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, stopped in Kingman for the night last Monday enroute overland to the coast. Geo. C. Brissel, of Oatman, Ari zona, was an inhabitant of Kingman last Monday from the Gold Camp. J. P. Livingston spent .1 day l.ere from Walnut Creek this wjek. W. H. F. Jones' and wife, . f Prts- Lcott, Arizona, were visitors hire last Tuesday. H. Bacon spent several days here this week visiting from Hackbe.-vy. Trainmaster N. E. Scott was a King man visitor last Tuesday from Need les. Mr. Scott is one of the Santa Fe's oldest employees and all of his friends are always glad t; see him. V, F Mnllpn and vfp. visited Kinc- nnn from Seligman this week coming down from that city last Tuesday. V. .T Pliimmprfplt and familv. of Jerome Arizona were Kingman visi tors Wednesday last. Charles Duncar was one of Hack berry citzens who vsited here Wednes day. H. V. Vaiinatta and B. L. Schultz, of Camp Hamme in the Copperville section were guests of the Beale Ho tel here last Sunday. C. Ai Imus is visiting here from Hackberry. Henry Schaefer and wife and L. C. Jeffrey came down from Chloride last Mondav and SDent a nieht at the Beale. F. H. Bell is one of Chloride citi zens, who visited Kngman ths week. J. F. Miller came in from his camp near the Yucca Tungsten Monday last and is a visitor here. Bernard Vogt for many years agent for this section for Bliss Native Herbs is a Kingman visitor from Chlorde. Paul C. Thome returned home the first of the week from Holbrook Ari zona where he has been sitting in cases ( wherein Judge Sapp of that county was disqualified. John Barry and ifwe returned home this week from Northern California, where they had gone with the inten tion of settling, but were unable to find the right place. Edgar Sharp, Oatman attorney, came in from the Gold Camp last Tuesday and spent several days here attending to legal matters for his clients. J. F. Bruce spent a day or so here from Little Meadows this week. R. D. Clamants and wife were in Kingman from Globe, Arizona, last Sunday. Charles D. Wagner and J. H. Wil son here from Valentine for a day this week. J. E. Rudy and W. P. Eshom were in Kingman for Several days this week from the Yucca section attending to business affairs here. Telly Bland and son T. J. Bland came in from Signal Monday last and spent a couple of days at the county seat on business. W. R. Sullivan and wife were others of the Oatman crowd, who visited Kingman this week. E. Hedburg, one of the old -imc miners of the county, came In from Cerbat Tuesday and is here visiting with old friends. W. W. Lewis came down from the Rico Mine last Tuesday, where he has been for some weeks past supervising important work. J. M. Ray was in town from Cerbat for a few days this week. Hannah O. Lislerude, Justice of the Peace at Chloride, came down yester day from that place and was one of the big audience at the Liberty Loan Sperial. Around the County .- YUCCA NOTES By Mr. M. P. Chapman OATMAN C. A. Means, relief operator for Mgr. O. T. Stone of the Western Union left Oatman, Friday. Miss Robinson took his place, until Mr. Stone returns. Mrs. Mabel Lc Clair and Mrs. C. W. Cook returned Saturday from Utah, where they attended the funeral of their father, Mr. Smith, a well-known Los Angeles mining man. Mrs. J. Howard returned from San Francisco Monday, where she has been for the past three months. Among the Kingman visitors, Satur day were Miss Sylvia Poole and Miss K. Armour of the A. C. & N. Tele phone Co., there. Saturday was a big day in Oatman, being the opening of the Fourth Lib erty Loan. There was much noise around six P. M., due to siren whistles and exploding powder. After the show Charles B. Ward rendered a very en thusiastic and thrilling speech. Mr. Ward proved to his audience that he had oratorical talent, and made us all feel that we should help our country by buying Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. After the entertain ment, at the Theatre, a dance was held at the Star Theatre. A large crowd attended, all enjoying a pleasant even ing. CHLORIDE NOTES - PLANET NOTES Special Correspondence to the Mohave County Miner E. H. Farrell has gone back to Jer ome Junction. He was much pleased with the farms around Planet. R. G. Hamilton has sold his farm and gone to Stockton, California to live. The Planet school has not yet been opened on account of not being able to get a teacher. Jack Ferrell is cutting about fifteen tons of maize seed. The farms in Planet section are looking fine and the farmers are all busy. Cooler weather has set in at Planet. John McCuish, who is developing a property at Chloride, was in Kingman yesterday attending to business affairs. Special Correspondence to the Mohave County .Miner ; ? Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carper and family left Chloride last Tuesday for California where they intend to try farm life. Mr. Carper has been in the employe of the Arizona Ore Reduction Company since his arrival here and he will be missed by his many friends. W. F. Donahue was in Chloride for a few days from Los Angeles. H. Shafer and wife arrived here from Los Angeles this week. A. L. Carpenter who has been with the Chloride Store Co. for some time leaves here today for Kingman where he will go in the service of the Central Commercial Co. Mr. Carpenter will be missed by his many friends. Allen E. Ware and R. L. Anderson were in Chloride for a 'few hours last Monday. Chloride feels proud having gone over the top in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. Ten thousand, eight hundred dollars have been subscribed to the present time. A. McDuffee says that he likes company but that it makes him warm under the collar when company slips in while he is asleep. He said that he got up a little early'the other morn ing and found two cows eating break fast. They had opened the cupboard door and had made a clean sweep and for desert they had eaten up his Turk ish towel. MAKES WINE FROM RAISINS IN JEROME Officers searching houses in Jerome have discovered six places where wine is made from raisins by Austrians. The men who have been producing the wine have been arrested. The officers also have arrested many men for gam bling, the games being conducted in private homes. Jerome, being some distance from the New Mexico and California lines, has trouble in bring ing in booze and some of the men who have a craving for liquor or money conceived the plan of making wines from raisins and then supplying their gambling customers with the red stuff. Special Correspondence to the Mohave County Miner Mr. W. P. Eshom was a recent Yucca visitor. He reports things go ing fine with the rodeo work, and range conditions very satisfactory. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mullins and Mas ter Minor Mullen were shopping in Yucca last Monday. Telly Bland from the Sandy accom panied by his son Jeff, recently passed through Yucca enroute to Kingman. They report stock and crops both in very excellent shape in and around the Signal country. Our school opened with an excellent attendance and the Teacher, Miss Croy is giving perfect satisfaction. It looks like rain and we're hoping it really fulfills its promises. The fall rodeo work is in progress but the late calf crop is very light. Range conditions are very good, and stock looks well. VALENTINE i I Special Correspondence to the Mohave County Miner I . Mr. Clark temporary farmer at the Indian school for sometime has left l.ere and gone to Prescott. The pos ition here has been filled by a man ap pointed from Washington. Percy Webb has left for California, After having been employed at ths school for soir.-j time. Miss O'Keefe hss arrived here from Columbus, Ohio, to take charge of the Kindergarten at the Indian School. Several much needed improvements pre being made at the Indian School, an extension to the commissary, a large large new chicken yard and model chicken house on the farm an.' a change in the sewage system have been completed under the personal upervision of the nev Superintendent Chas. Wagner. Mrs. Packard and Mrs. H-re from Hackberry called on friends hrrc on Mrs. Hillis .. spending 'i two weeks vacation with friends at Chloride. Dr. Conners from Selitrf'ir! spei few days in this locality last week calling on friends and locking after Ms mining interests here. The public school has opened with Mrs. Martin of Kingman as teacher. The enrollment is larger than at anv time since the opening of school here. H ffi fl 111 ALL'S NEWEST STYLES NEWEST That is tjie word befitting pur at tractive display of Autumn Apparel for women and misses. There are the newest models, the newest ma- ' 3 -, terials and the newest shades as well as smart origin ality in our selections of clever frocks, suits and coats and such a variety of fabrics and styles. Handsome new Fall Coats fashioned in materials of broadcloth and velours, both belted and plain models that must be seen to be appreciated. A wonderful selection of new Suits in tailleur and semi-tailleur styles at a variety of prices that will be bound to please your pocket book, even in these times of rapidly mounting prices. Irresistable values in frocks of serges, silks and satins in all the' wanted shades. There's a great variety of fabrics and styles there's cleverness in every line of every frock for every occasion and you'll want one the minute you see them. Illlillllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Millinery is this Season Plain But Elegant WE have not been asked to save on vel vet or feathers, but millinery has set its pace with other commodities, and hats this season have excellent lines but they are not elaborate. WE are showing splendid values every day now in our Millinery Department on the main floor, and more are on the road, so we feel satisfied of our ability to please you. I!llllllllllll!llll!lll!llll!l!lllllllllllllllllllll If Everybody in This Country Said: "I'd like to buy more Lib erty Bonds but-' r Who would win this war? Central Commercial Co, WHERE QUALITY MEETS PRICE