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MOHAVE COUNTY MINER
A. TST
OUR MINERAL WEALTH
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOHAVE COUNTY"
Vol. XXXVII.
Kingman, Arizona, Saturday, January 18, 1919.
No. 12
T
MOHAVE COUNTY FED
U. S. AERIAL NAIL SERVICE
Among all the towns of the state,
Kingman has been the one to be
honored as the first terminal in the
aerial mail service between the two
oceans. At this point will converge
the mail lines from Los Angeles and
San Francisco, and the big planes
will land at the Wallapai Field to
discharge mails and to take on oils
and gas. Word has been received to
this effect and the maps of the aerial
service show Kingman to be the one
place in the state t o have this honor
thrust upon her. Orders came a few
days ago to prepare the field at once
for the big squadron of machines that
were soon to be Dut in service, and
already the greater part of the field
has been smoothed up and by Monday
it will be ready to land any number
of planes. The field will be 1000
Ty 1800 feet, but there will be enough
ground smoothed up to give it still
greater possibilities.
Kingman postoffice, it is under
stood, will become the distributing
center for a wide territory, possibly
covering the country from Winslow
on the east to Needles on the west,
as well as the immediate territory
within the county. It will be the
means of getting this section mail
from San Francisco within five hours
from the starting of the planes on
their way and less than four hours
from Los Angeles. Mails will prob
ably come through from New York
in two days. The service is expected
to be daily or more and each plane
will handle about 1200 pounds of
first class mail. While the amount
of mail to be delivered here will at
first be small it will grow in every
community until there will be a
squadron of these mail-carrying
planes through every state and parts
of states. While we feel quite jubi
lant over being the first delivery sta
tion in the state we recognize the
fact that within a short time there
BOOTLEGGING CASES
IN SUPERIOR COURT
Dave Morgan, Archie Bratton, and
Jim Greer, arrested last week with a
Chalmers loaded with booze all ap
peared before Judge Bollinger this
week.
Dave Morgan and Archie Bratton,
entered a plea of not guilty. Brat
ton, who is about 18 years Of age,
later changed his plea to guilty and
on account of his youth and the fact
that it appeared that he was in the
employ of Mogan, was given a six
month's suspended sentence and
placed under the supervision of Pro
"bation Officer Dubin, to whom he will
have to report each month. A job
was gotton for him on the Bill Eshom
ranch.
Dave Morgan did not change his
plea to guilty and his bond was fixed
at $1,000. He later tried to get the
bond reduced to $500 but was not
successful. Morgan, who is a cat
tleman of Apache County, will be
tried during the spring jury session.
Jim Greer pleaded guilty and was
given six month's in the County Jail
and a $300 fine with costs.
The booze captured is being held as
evidence to be used at Morgan's trial.
WILL DRILL FOR OIL IN
SOUTHERN UTAH NEAR
THE ARIZONA STATE LINE
George R. Lund, district attorney
of Washington county, Utah, was a
Kingman visitor several days this
week, having come here to look after
legal matters before the Superior
Court. From him we learn that a
company composed of St. George peo
ple have begun the drilling of a well
to prove up the big dome in the
"Purgatory Flat" country, about 15
miles east of St. George and just
over the ridge from Leeds. This well
will prove the big anticline that ex
tends from the Washington bench to
many miles into Mohave county. The
Arizona dome is luiown as the King
man dome and was located by King
man peoplo in 1907. Nothing was
done then or sinco to prove the field,
but the drilling operations that are
to be carried on by the new company
will surely bring results.
Gov. Meiklejohn of Wyoming, and
a well-known geologist named Bur
rit, have passed favorably on the
field. Gov. Meiklejohn pronouncing
it one of the most promising fields
he had ever seen. The fact that the
government withdrew it from entry
CHOSEN EOR
PLANS
will be one at every necessary point.
Big business towns will not be ne
glected by the government and as
soon as the delivery system is work
ed out and, found to be expedient, the
mail deliveries will be made by local
panes. The trunk mail lines will de
liver mails to the various towns that
are not to be reached through the'
trunk lines. V
The new f ield- te at. the crown of
the Wallapai ValleyTtwo and one
half miles north of town and is
reached over the National Old Trails
road and the Stockton Hill highway.
It is one of the best landing places
irt the country, so one of the airmen
told the writer. Air currents are
right for an easy landing and the
ground is hard and smooth. Land
ings were made on this field early in
December and the aviators were more
than pleased with the conditions.
twd years ago further confirms the
impression of the writer that the
field is one that wilUhave to be con
sidered in future. It is one of the
largest fields in the southwest and
has every possible indication of oil
bearing. While it is off the belt
opened by the Houlihan interests in
1907, it has greater potentialities,
every indication going to the possi
bility of spouters being struck. There
is no break in the anticline and no
seepages along its strike, while in
the other part of the field there is
considerable seepage.
Farther up on the Virgin a Salt
Lake company has a small refinery,
where the product of the four Houli
han wells is being turned into gaso
line. The wells are pumpers and pro
duce about 50 barrels per day. The
gasoline is used locally and enough is
made to fill all demands.
The St. George Company has a
finely equipped standard rig and has
hooked it up electrically, power being
obtained from the hydro-electric plant
near St. George. It is the intention
to drive this well to 1300 or 1400
feet as , fast as possible, that being
the depth at which the anticline will
be entered. A spouter would be a
wonderful thing for that country, as
it would give impetus to every branch
of industry in southern Utah and
northern Arizona. Other minerals
would be brought into use by the de
velopment of the oil industry, and
cause the building of railroads from
the main lines to the field and timber
lands of our northern strip. It would
give a outlet to our copper mines and
other sources of wealth. And we feel
absolutely sure that a spouter will
be brought in.
FINED $150 FOR USING
AN UNREGISTERED BRAND
John Sturzeneger, stockman from
north of the river, arrested and
brought here by a live-stock inspector
on a charge of having used a brand
that had not been registered, was
tried before Judge Bollinger this
week and fined $150.
Sturzeneger was arrested on a
felony charge but the case developed
into a misdemeanor, inasmuch as it
appeared from testimony taken by
County Attorney Stewart, on his re
cent trip to Littlefield, that Stur
zenger branded his own cow instead of
someone else's.
GIVEN JUDGMENT
Jules Bauche" was awarded judg
ment by default in his suit against
the Murdock Mining and Milling Com
pany, in the Superior Court Tuesday
of this week.
He was given judgment for $20,
001.55. MILLER WILL CASE IS
CONTINUED THIS WEEK
The Miller will case came up again
before Judge Jones of Flagstaff last
Wednesday when motions to set aside
the order of Judge Thome, relative to
the appointment of H. H. Watkins as
general administrator, were heard and
also the order striking from the files
Van Marter's contest against the pro
bate of the lost will. These motions
were taken under advisement.
Motion for change of venue was
then heard. After arguments for both
side were heard Judge Jones ad
journed court until 6 P. M.
When court convened at 6 P. M.
the attorneys for Minnie Wilson with
drew their motion, leaving the status
of the case the same as before.
Five days was then given the at
torneys for Minnie Wilson in which to
file a brief and five days for attorneys
Doe and Krook to file a brief in
answer.
BIRTH of THE GERMAN
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Following the overthrow of the Autocratic Government of Germany, headed by Emperor William, the present
republic was inaugurated by proclamation in Berlin. This, the first photograph to arrive in this country,
shows Phillip Scheidemann, moderate Socialist, reading the Pronunciam ento to a great crowd gathered in
front of the Reichstag building.
NEARLY 40 TIMES INCREASE
IN TRAVEL OVER NATIONAL
OLD TRAILS ROAD
The great increase in motor
travel into Southern California
since the sign-posting of the Na
tional Old Trails road by the Au
tomobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia is strikinly shown by the
census of westbound cars kept for
the past seven years by Becker's
Garage, Springerville, Arizona.
This count shows that in 1912
there were only 113 automobiles
driven through Springerville into
California over the N. O. T. In
1913 the number was 194. During
the next year the number of cars
increased to 419. This increase
was directly due to the sign-posting
work of the club and the at
tendant publicity given to this all
year trans-continental highway to
Southern California. In 1915 the
work of locating sign-posts as far
east as Kansas City was com
pleted and that year the number
of California-bound cars that
passed through Springerville
jumped to 1367.
In 1916 the number of machines
increased to 1774, and in 1917
cars to the total of 2607 had pass
ed through the Arizona gateway,
enroute to California. During the
year 1918 the-full fruits of the
club's sign-posting work on the N.
O. T. and the resulting publicity
to this highway is shown in the
tremendous use of the highway
by eastern motorists. Up to De
cember 24th of last year 4240 mo
tor parties were checked at
Springerville and this number is
probably 100 less than the total
number of trans-continetal west
bound machines, since a number
must have passed through at
night unnoticed.
The value in dollars and cents
of this motor travel into Southern
California runs into the millions,
and this is a benefit that has ac
crued to this territory through
the work and efforts of the club,
and which is an advantage of the
club's activities fentirely extra
neous to the obvious benefits that
result from the maintenance of a
live motoring organization.
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Jesse Dameron, Sr., passed away of
pneumonia at Kingman Monday of
this week.
Mr. Dameron was a resident of Yuc
ca and 66 years of age.
He was survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Neal residing at Prescott and a
son, Tom Dameron.
The funeral took place Wednesday
and interment was at Mountain View
Cemetery.
sunITogs
One of the most remarkable and
beautiful halos ever seen in this
country of magnificent sun effects
appeared to surround the rising sun
Tuesday morning last. It was what
is commonly known as a sun dog, but
the luminosity appeared from three
different points and was exceptionally
beautiful. The sun dog is believed to
be formed by the intersection of two
or more halos, the rays shooting out
as brilliantly as the northern lights,
but keeping a steady radiation of
luminosity. The appearance of the
sun dog is said to portend heavy
storms in the near future.
ARIZONA LEGISLATURE
BEGINS 41H SESSION
The fourth session of the Arizona
Stale legislature met in Phoenix last
Monday. A. A Johns, of Prescott,
was elected president of the senate
and A. C. Peterson, of Graham coun
ty, speaker of the house.
L. F. Sweeting, of Greenlee county,
was elected chief clerk of the senate;
Ed. O'Hagan, of Pinal, sergeant at
arms, and Rev. Bertram Cocks, of
Phoenix .Chaplain. Sam Bradner was
elected chief clerk of the house and
Eugene Trippell, of Tucson, as assis
tant clerk.
After the legislature became a reg
ularly organized body the following
clerkships were filled:
For Journal clerk, Mrs. Edna Cor
bitt, of Phoenix.
Enrolling and engrossing clerk,
Miss Flora Lacy of Pima.
Doorkeeper, G. T. Mclntyre of Gra
ham. Page, H. R. Stephens of Pinal.
Janitor, P. A. French of Gila and
Mohave.
Verbatim clerk, Miss Fannie Mc
lntyre of Santa Cruz.
Stenographers, Miss Agnes Borre
go, Miss Ruth Palmer of Mohave and
Miss Eleanor Dunne of Yuma.
Postmaster, P. Aepli of Maricopa.
Miss Gibson was appointed a sten
ographer. The legislature is largely democra
tic in both branches. During the
week there have been rumors that the
legislature intended to adjourn the
session to Tucson, on account of the
influenza at Phoenix, but this action
is improbable. The members intend
to make the session a limited one, only
necessary laws to be passed and sev
eral old ones to be repealed.
The following house committee ap
pointments have been favored: Repre
sentative Charles R. Waters, labor, of
which he is chairman; good roads.
Senator Charles W. Herndon has
been appointed to the following com
mittees: judiciary, of which he is
chairman; public lands, appropria
tions, banking and insurance, consti
tutional mandates, public health and
statistics, style, revision and compila
tion, roads. These committees are
among the most important of the sen
ate committees and we are pleased to
note that Mohave county lawmakers
have been well treated.
DAVIDSON AND NORD BUY
CHLORIDE MERCANTILE CO.
Andy Nord and R. G. Davidson have
purchased the Chloride Mercantile
Company. This store, carrying a line
of hardware and mining supplies,
was formerly owned by F. C. Smith.
Both Nord and Davidson are well
known in Mohave County and both
are young men.
Davidson was formerly connected
with the Chloride Mercantile Company
and has had about 15 years experi
ence in the hardware business. Nord
owns the moving picture house at
Chloride and wilj continue to run it
in addition to taking over his in
terest in the hardware store.
REPUBLIC
NO MORE PERSONAL
USE BOOZE
The Supreme Court of the
United States has just handed
down its decision in the famous
"personal use" case that has been
hanging fire since the Reed law
went into effect. Under the de
cision no person may bring into a
dry state any quantity of booze
for personal use. The person
bringing booze-in. from, an adjoin
ng state is suTSJeeObZa-Tederal
charge, as well- as" that of the
state. This decision will put the
bootlegger up against a felony
charge with penitentiary sentence
of from one to two years and high
cash fines, instead of getting a jail
sentence of a few months and from
$25 to $300 fine, with the laws of
the state, but when Uncle Sammy
gets after him he makes him hard
to catch.
PROBATION OFFICER FOR
JUEVNLES APPOINTED
BY JUDGE BOLLINGER
H. J. Dubin has been appointed pro
bation officer by Judge Bollinger to
work in conjunction with the Juve
nile Court. The officers of the Juv
enile Court are to handle the cases of
boys under 18 years of age.
The right kind of work by a proba
tion officer can straighten out many
a boy who has started wrong. In ad
dition to this the boys who have not
started on the wrong road can be
made better boys by the right kind of
interest.
The boys of Kingman have never
had much to do for one thing to keep
them out of mischief. Give a boy
something to occupy his mind and the
chances for his going wrong are
greatly lessened.
Mr. Dubin who has given a great
deal of attention to the study of the
"boy problem" outlined his views in
the following letter to this paper:
"Knowing your keen interest in
matters affecting the children of our
community, I am writing you, in con
nection with my recent appointment
by Judge Bolliger as probation offi
cer, of a few of my plans in this field.
The question of checking criminal
and wayward tendencies in our grow
ing children is an all important one.
It is agreed among criminoligists, that
a large proportion of even our most
vicious criminals, could have been
reared to upright and useful manhood
and womanhood, if they had had the
proper guidance and correction after
their first mis-step. From a mere mis
chievous voungster, has developed
many a hardened criminal and soc
iety is frequently to blame for it.
I believe you will agree that the
best way to win a child's heart, is to
sympathize with him, and take an in
terest in his activities. To deal suc
cessfully with children, it is absolu
tely necessary that their love and con
fidence be cultivated. I am not an
advocate of incalculating object fear
in a child, nor in continually holding
a big stick over him. It does not tend
to develop that character which goes
NATION WIDE DRY
LAW, EFFECTIVE IN
YEAR, RATIFIED
The United States has completed
the legislative process of voting itself
dry. When word was flashed over
the wires that that thirty-sixth State,
Nebraska, had ratified the prohibi
tion amendment, prohibition leaders
declared that the accomplishment
was the greatest piece of moral
legislation in the history of the world.
Later Missouri and Wyoming ratified
the measure.
The amendment to the Federal Con
stitution prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating beverages
becomes effective one year after the
date of its final ratification.
Meanwhile the Nation goes dry
July 1 next by Presidential procla
mation as a war measure unless the
president rescinds it before' that date.
The text of the Congressional reso
lution follows:
"Section 1 After one year from the
ratification of this article the manu
facture, sale or transportation of in
toxicating liquors within, the impor
tation thereof into, or the exporta
tion therof from the United States
and all territory subject to the juris
diction thereof for beverage purposes
is hereby prohibited.
"Sec. 2 The Congress and the sev
eral States shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by ap
propriate legislation.
"Sec. 3 This article shall be in
operative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Con
stitution by the legislatures of the
several states, as provided in the
Constitution, within seven years of
the date of the submission hereof to
the States by the Congress."
The states which have ratified the
amendment are as follows:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Idaho, Colorado, Delaware,
Florida Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa,
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisi
ana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mon
tana, Nebraska, North Dakota, North
Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Okla
homa, Oregon, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vir
gina Washington, West Virginia and
Wyoming.
WE ARE ASKED TO DO OUR
BESTIN HELPING TO SECURE
WORK FOR SOLDIERS
The United States Employment
Service has tackled a proposition in
the replacement of returning soldiers
that calls for the most energetic ef
fort. There is no sentiment in it,
unless the right of the man who has
offered his life to his country to
be given suitable civilian employment
may be deemed sentiment.
The success of the worker will de
pend entirely upon the degree with
which the representative agencies of
the service in every city and hamlet
obtain co-operation of the local or
ganizations. Job hunting is infinitely
harder than job-man-finding. The
jobs exist and will increase as peace
industries are resumed and extended,
but it will require the help of every
individual in a community to locate
them.
In this work the people of Mohave
County are, or should be, greatly in
terested. We have sent about 500
of our boys across the pond to fight
our battles and we have had many
more in the spruce woods and the
training camps of the country. These
boys will be coming home soon or
have already arrived, and they, one
and all, must have employment. J.
H. Rosenberg has been appointed by
the employment service and all re
turned soldiers will file applications
with him and all who know of em
ployment will please leave their ord
ers there. Every employer should
use every endeavor to place a soldier
boy in a lucrative position and show
that we one and all appreciate the
service of the men who were willing
to give his life for his country.
to build up the moral fabric of the
coming citizen. The wrong-doing
child is not reformed by a beating or
series of beatings.
I do not mean that punishment or
physical restraint should not be ap
plied where other methods prove inef
fective. But I do mean that in all
but extreme and incorrigible cases, it
is unnecessary and harmful.
The theory of the juvenile court is
to reform way ward children rather
punish them; to reclaim them to so
ciety by the counsel and direction of
its officers, rather than by welding
the strong arm of the law over them.
It works upon the hypothesis that the
wrong-doing child is not a criminal,
but the unfortunate victim of his en-
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