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State Librery , - MOHAVE COUNTY MINER AND OUR MINERAL WEALTH OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOHAVE CCUN1Y 10c Per Copy $3.00 a Year Vol xxxvm. KINGMAN WILDCATS" PLAY LOOSE BALL AND LOftFLAGSTAFF GAME Wallapai Braves and Oatman Play One of the Best Games of Season Here. Kingman Meets Needles Tomorrow and Oatman Monday on Local Grounds. The game at Flagstaff last Sunday between Kingman and the Battery team was interesting to the specta tors in spite of the fact that it broke the record for errors. At first it looked as though there would not be -a ball game when,the heavy clouds began to drop their wetness over the field and the ball players. This was during the practice. Twice both teams had to leave the field and go in to the grandstand to keep from get ting soaked. The game finally got started, how over, but the field was just wet enough to make it sticky. This fact made it. bad for both teams. The game started off with a steep le chase around the bases by the King man team, six men bringing in scor es. They were certainly hitting How ard, the Indian, who we understand was pitching his first game with the Battery. Previously he had been playing with the Flagstaff town team. They got to him again in the second for three runs and then he was jerked and Mays went in. Mays pitched a good game. Then the bat tery team started creeping up and in the 5th tied the score. In the 7th they made 2 and 3 more in the 8th. Kingman played the game all the way until the last dog was hung and in the ninth came near coming back. There were two men on bases when Armstrong got a single, bringing in one man. Bale however was put out while trying tdAsteal third and that L L HART PASSES T07HE BEYOND Mrs. Lucy Bulkely has just return ed from Colton, California, where she attended the last sad rites over her grandson, E. L. Hart, who died atjthat place on the 19th of last month. The young fellow left here early this year in very poor health and resided with his mother until his death. The fun eral took place under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias of Colton on the 21st of June. E. L. Hart was born in Tehachapi, California, but was brought to Mo have county by his parents when but a babe and spent practically all his life here. He leaves a wife and child, father and mother, brother and grand mother to mourn his loss. He was a splendid young fellow and his loss will beg reai. felt in the couiinunity. THE WILLARD SERVICE STATION INJEW QUARTERS Jean Pocock has purchased the Wil lard Service Station from M. G. Wag ner and moved same to new location on N. Front St., next door to Thompson-Dudley Mach. Co., and new con cern will be known as Kingman Bat tery & Ignition Co. This will be Service Station for iWil lard Storage Batteries, Bosch & Eise mann Magnetos; Delco, 'Remy and North East Generators. Will be open for first class service in a few days. The best equipped Service Station in Northern Arizona. The up-to-date equipment and 12 years experience of Mr. Pocock will place this Service Station in a place to meet the needs of all Mohave Coun ty in this line. CALIFORNIA MAN DIES . AT CHLORIDE W. S. Maben, age 59 years, died Wednesday morningvat the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Tracy, of Chloride. Mr. Maben had been in ill health for1, some time before coming to Chloride about a month ago. Two daughters of the deceased, Mrs. Payle Adams, and Mrs. Osmend Olsen and a son Walter Maben, Jr., were wired to come from their home in Los Angeles when the end was near. They, with Mr. and Mrs. Tracy accompanied the remains to Los Angeles where burial will take place. ended the argument with a score of 14 to 10. There were eleven or twelve er rors during the game' on Kingman's part which is plain evidence to us who have been watching the playing of the team this season that the boys were not right. Kingman was credited with 15 hits to Flagstaff's 11. The Kingman team is offering no excuses but they believe, and their belief is well founded, that they can beat the Battery team when they meet them here on the 18th. The errors in Sun day's game speak for themselves. The large crowd of Kingman fans who attended the slaughter had a fine time. They were beaten and they were still having a good time. About that banner the last we saw of it was when it was given a place of prominence on the Coconino coun ty courthouse, with a little crepe hung on it. They also trotted out the fire department with friend banner fly ing on it, "Nine Straight-This is the Tenth". However for 8 innings, nobody chal lenged it authenticity, even after the game was on ice for Flagstaff, so it served its purpose and afforded a lot of fun. Going and coming back the King man crowd had a good time, especial ly on the return trip when the crowd was given a coach to themselves. The evening wag mostly given over o dominos. And Kingman can sure boast of some great domino players. We've got two or three champion OFF ON THE GOOD SHIP MATRIMONY The Miner's "hunch" about Louie Knorr dipping into matrimony last Saturday was found to be correct. When the Kingman fans arrived in Flagstaff last Sunday morning they found thati the Justice of the Peace had united the couple the night be fore. The bride's name was Viola M. Johnson and her home is Chicago. As for the young lady herself we figure Louie's judgment was just as good as wnen he is iigunng which kind oi a curve to feed the unsuccessful batters who have opposed him this season. The groom is something of an old timer himself in Mohave County hav ing come here in '99. Besides twirl ing the little sphere ever since he wore knee pants, he is no slouch when it comes to using good judgment on mining properties and other business ventures. The young people have rented one of the Burke houses and are now com fortably situated. Last night several of Louie's friend headed by Mr. and Mrs. Pat terson arranged a shower in the In dian room of the Beale Hotel. The shower included everything from a nut cracker to a finger bowl and lots of good advice. We wish them a happy and success ful voyage. CANDIDATE FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE Frank Van Marter is announcing himself in this week's issue of the Miner as a Democratic candidate for the office of Justice of the Peace, Kinsman Precinct. Frank is well known to the voters! of the Kingman precinct having lived hete practically all his life. He has served as clerk of the Board of Sup ervisors, and for a short time acted as clerk of the Superior Court, until the Court decided in favor of the present clerk, J. T. Morgan. ALLAN GARRET MAR RIES RUBY MILLER Allan Monroe Garret and Ruby Dean Miller were married by Justice of the Peace Smith the first of the week. Thot young couple are well known residents of Seligman, to which place they have gone to take up their residence. Kingman, Arizona, Saturday, I July 3, 1920. SHERIFFS OFFICE GRABS TWO, BURGLARS Two young men Albert Masheter, age 20 and Joe Holaca, age 21 were picked up Thursday morning by offi cer Miller after they had been put off the train at Berry Wednesday night and emptied their six-shoters at the conductor. It was found that they had com mitted two burglaries one at Belin, New Mexico and one at Gallup, get ting away with about $400 worth of loot. They had the stuff with them in the refrigerator car, where they were stealing a ride, but were unable to take it off with them. The train crew reported the matter to the Sheriff's office as soon as they got to Kingman but the loot was not noticed until the train got to Need les. Before that time however the boys had confessed to Undersheriff Curtin. The Gallup authorities have been notified and they will send a man here to take the boys back there to answer to the charges against them. Masheter is from Manchester, Eng land and Holace from Milwaukee. As is generally the case the Mohave County Sheriff's office had not been notified of the robberies and would have had no chance to apprehend the offenders had the boys not lost their heads and let go their six-shooters at the conductor at Berry. JUDGE JONES DENIES NEW TRIAL IN THE MILLER WILL CASE Last Wednesday in the superior court of this county another chapter was written in the matter of Minnie Wilson's assault on the estate of the late George Miller. Judge J.. E. Jon es, of the superior court of Coconino county, was assigned to the hearing of this case by Judge Bollinger, who disqualified himself because of the in terest of the county and the people in the matter, and Judge Jones has tak en up the threads of the cause and carried them into a fabric that will surely wear for all time. Mrs. Wil son, it will be remembered, offered a will for probate, in 1918, and the court at that time declared the will a forgery. Later a will in the form of a letter was offered for probate, and at the jury session of the court this will was also declared a .forgery by a jury. Following the latter trial C. L. Lewis and E. E. Armour ap peared for Mrs. Wilson and moved for a new trial. This was the matter be fore the court Tuesday and Wednes day of this week. Judge Lewis ap peared for Mrs. Wilson and Carl G. Krook and Robert E. Morrison for the executor. After hearing the mo tion pro and con the court denied the motion, and as no notice of appeal was given it is thought that nothing further will be done to carry the case the supreme court. On the other hand it may be that Mrs. Wilson will try to play her trump card by setting up her heirship as the daughter of George Miller and contesting the lost will under which the estate is now be ing probated. How far this will get her cannot be predecated, but there appears to be no likelihood of her reaching the treasury1, through that door. On the other hand, we take it, that an effort may be made to bring the matter into the federal court, but how is not apparent. The probating of estates, no matter whether the parties to contests live in other juris dictions or not cannot be taken from the probate divisions of the local courts, no matter how important the estate may be. 1384, REGISTRATIONS IN THE COUNTY SO EAR To date Registration Officer Kuen cer reports 1384 registrations in Mo have County which he says is about the same as two years ago at this time. There are a greater number of Kingman people who have not reg istered yet however. The registration books will be open until the 28th of August when they will close for 16 days opening again on the 13th day of September. MCADOO THE CONVENTION .The democratic national convention has been in session six days and to day is winding up the voting for the presidential candidate. The platform is what is termed "moist", although Billy Bryan used every effort within his power to have a dry plank insert ed. The real wet plank was turned down by a two-to-one vote, and the Bryan plank was defeated by a vote of 928 to 135. The last vote for the various can didates shows McAdoo leading by a vote of 357 to 254 for Palmer, the next highest contender. The next highest candidate is Gov. Smith, of New York, with 99. Cox, who polled nearly 200 on the first ballot has dropped to 18 on the fifth. All political writers see McAdoo is the choice of the convention, and if he is nominated it is probable that Gov. Cox of Ohio will be his running mate. The convention expressed sympathy for Ireland, but refused to recognize the new government. The League of Nations was made the dominant feature of the convention, carrying out the wishes of Pres. Wil son. It is probable that the conven tion will conclude its labors sometime today, although a deadlock may result that will carry it over Sunday. WELL known mining ENGINEER JOINS THE M. B. Dudley can be congratulated upon the recent addition to his organ ization of F. H. Lerchen who will act as general superintendent of the Dud' ley interests. Mr. Lerchen is an en gineer with a national reputation and for the past five years has been act ing for H. L. Hollis of Chicago in Ari zona and old Mexico, last year acting for Mr. Hollis as general superintend ent of Cubbo Mining and Milling Co., at Guanajuato, Mexico. Just prior to his coming to Kingman he completed a three month's examination for Mr. Dudley of a large copper property in the Clifton-Morenci district. In 1905 Mr. Lerchen was in Mohave County for a few months acting for M. D. Draper putting the mill on the Minnesota-Connor in shape. W. W. Widdowson will continue to act as consulting engineer for the Dudley properties. Mr. Dudley has built up an organi zation that can be depended upon to get the values out of the ground where they exist. This means much for Mohave County as there is no doubt of the existence of wealth be neath theH,surface of our hills. dugaldwalkerT PIONEER, IS DEAD Dugald Walker died in Kingman last night after a protracted illness, death being due to a complication of disorders. He was aged about 76 years. Dugald Walker came to Arizona with his family from the state of Oregon in 1872 and settled in Yava pai county, where he followed his trade as a blacksmith. About fifteen years ago he came to Mohave county, where he and family have since resid ed. He leaves a wife, three daugh ters, Mrs. Louis Jane, Mrs. James Farrell, and Inez Walker, besides one son, Ed. Walker. Funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of C. M. Van Marter; interment in Mountain View cemetery. f, SPECIAL EDITION OF THE LEADER The Leader at Flagstaff has just is sued a special edition covering the four northern counties of Arizona. It has a great many pictures and the articles are well written. Seeing is believing and all we who live in this great state have to do is" to show the rest of the world what we have in the way of resources and scenic advantages. An edition of this kind is one way of doing it. HERE IS WHAT IS DOING THE FOURTH FIFTH OF Despite the fact that Kingman is not competing with some of the big celebrations in the northern part of the state this year, the ."Mohave County Spirit" would not stay put and those at home are going to have a pretty good time. Earl Casteel and Melvin George got their heads to-gether and arranged a program which though not elaborate will furnish considerable amusement for the crowd. The Kingman busi ness men "anted" $5 per. Here is the program: At nine o'clock Sunday morning the Kingman Gun Club will have a shoot and at eleven an automobile race will start from Berry. The cars will finish at the Highway Garage in Kingman. The frist prize for this event is $50.00. The entrance fee is $2.00 and those who wish to enter the race should see Jean Pocock. Then there will follow various events for the boys, bicycle race, foot race and pie eating contest. In the afternoon at the ball game $5 will be given to the man who knocks the first home run and a $5 prize for base run ning. The Knights of Pythias Band will play at the ball park. Monday there will be another shoot of the Gun Club in the morning and a ball game in the afternon at 2 o'clock. Besides starting at ten o'clock there will be a ladies' race, girls' race, In dian boy race, horse race, Indian horse race and watermelon eating contest. To-night F. E. Boyd has arranged a "Saturday Night Holiday Dance" at The Park. Music will be provided by McCormick, Hayes and Armstrong and the admission is $1.00 for men, ladies free. A good time is assured FLAGSTAFF CELE BRATION NOW ON The big celebration at Flagstaff is now under way and will extend through Monday night. The purses are as good as ever offered in the state and a large number of cowboysJ whi law; iuil. lungman win De rep resented by a team consisting of Lee Robinson, Frank Stevens and Charlie Fancher, who have a carload of hors es at Flagstaff and expect to grab some of the prizes. Each day of the first four days is parade of all contestants. The events will consist of Steer Breakaway con tests, broncho riding contests, relay. races, pony express races, ladies' rac es, cow pony race, bull riding, bull dogging steer contest, bulldogging steer from automobile, wild horse race, bullroping and calf roping. Besides there are a large, , number of Indian features under the super vision of the celebrated cartoonist, Jimmie Swinnerton, who by the way is a Flagstaff resident. Flagstaff should be complimented on the extent and quality of their cel ebration. CHARLES MADDUX NOW ASSISTANT POSTMASTER Ancel E. Taylor, former assistant postmaster of Kingman, left early this week for Avalon where he will take a similar position in the post office there. Charles Maddux succeeds Taylor in the Kingman postoffice and the girls in the office move up corres pondingly. May Snyder was added to I the postoffice force this week. OLD TIMER DIES AT CODY, WYOMING Jake Miller, one of the oldest resi dents of the state,- died suddenly at Cody, Wyoming, on the, 30th day of last month. He and a son were on their way to the Yellowstone Park when he was suddenly stricken. Mr. Miller was about 80 years of age and had been a resident of Arizona since late sixties, coming here from Mon tana, where he had been in the cattle business. He engaged in the same business on a ranch north of Phoenix, and also had some big teams on the road. He was wealthy and was on the point of retiring from active par ticipation in business when death cut short his earthly labors. AND "No. 36. JULY IN those who attend. The dance given by the K. of P. band at The Park, Monday night will draw a large crowd. Peppy music has been provided and during the evening the band will give a concert. The open air pavilion, which has been given over for the evening by Mr. Boyd, is an excellent place to dance and there are lots of seats outside for those who wish to hear the music and do not wish to dance. To-morrow at the ball park will be the first public appearance of the band. The public will not expect per fection at this stage of the game, but before many days Kingman can ex pect one of the best bands obtain' able. However a band cannot be made overnight. The Kingman Gun Club has ar ranged for special shoots Sunday and Monday each taking place at 9 o'clock. Sunday there will be two 25 bird Jack rabbit events, entrance fee $3.25, money cut four ways. Monday there will be a Jackrabbit handicap with 2 twenty-five bird events. It has been many years since King man indulged in a display of fire works and the people of the town will be more than pleased to learn that the boys at the Underwood Tire shop have purchased a big display and will make the night of Monday gay with the illuminations at the Park, where everybody is invited. Fireworks, like' a balloon ascension, attracts people from every angle, and we can assure the boys that their efforts will be greatly appreciated. GOOD FISHING IN Followers of the rod and reel, we have some great news for you. There is good fishing in Mohave County. Yes real good fishing, in Burro Creek. Last Sunday four Kingman men, Scotty Stewart, Ross Blakely, Pete Noli and Tom Hardwick left here early in the morning and before the day was far along all had the limit. Many of the fish were 8 and ten in ches long and one 14 inches. They say the fish bit as fast as they could throw the bait in. The fish are what is known as Graylings and salmon eggs were used. The fishermen went to Hardwick's place by auto and then rode horse back the rest of the way, a distance of about 8 miles. Hardwick's place is 60 miles from Kingman. WITH HIS BRIDE David Greenberg arrived from the east last Saturday afternoon with his bride. The young people were met at the train by a number of their friends who escorted them around town in a machine upon which was hung the placard "Just Married, Gee We're Happy". Not knowing the trick, the young people could not understand the great amount of interest taken in their machine by the onlookers. At present Mr. and Mrs. Greenberg are making their home at the McGraw place. TOM MIX STOPS HERE Tom Mix, the motion picture star, was a Kingman visitor this week, stopping here over night on his way to Prescott While here he called up on M. B. Dudley whom he knew through William Fox, who is a per sonal friend of Mr. Dudley's. Mix is one of the few men in pic tures who is a real red-blooded man. He rode the plains prior to his get ting into pictures and at one time worked around Seligman. O A. A. Leader and O. K, Lewis re turned Wednesday night from several days of fishing on the White river. They were camped at a point six mil es from Cooley and about 3-4 of a mile from the stream. The fishing was the best ever. While at Cooley they went through the mill, which is probably the best equipped of any in the country. KINGMAN