Mohave County miner. [volume], August 03, 1918, Page FOUR, Image 4

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ANSON II. SMITH Editor
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Postoffice at Kingman, Arizona, Under Act
of Congress, October 3, 1917.
KINGMAN, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 1918
ANNOUNCEMENT
In line with request of the government that all un
necersaiy publications and non-essentials be dropped
during the period of the war and believing it for
the best interests of not only the public but also the
people at the head of affairs, the Mohave County
Miner and the Our Mineral Wealth are to be consoli
dated under the title of the Mohave Countjf Miner,
and will carry the Mineral Wealth heading in combi
nation. Hereafter the paper will be issued from the
office of the Miner and the Mineral Wealth plant will
be closed. The proprietors of the two papers believe
that the people can best be served with one newspaper
and in line with all forms of conservation practiced by
the government we are cutting out the duplication of
news, duplication of subscriptions and duplication of
advertising.
W. G. Damon, who has been editor and manager of
Our Mineral Wealth, will be editor and manager of
the Miner, and Anson H. Smith, who has been editor
of tho paper the past 34 years, will be mining editor.
The policy of the paper will not bchanged in any re
spect. It will always be found at the forefront in the
upbuilding of the county and working for the bene
fit of the whole people. In politics the paper will be
independent, at least during the pendency of the
war. It will give every man who is a candidate for
office1 and every officer the mede of fair play that
he is entitled to.
The job department of the combined paper is one
of the best in the state, in fact there is not one in
the -vhcle state of Arizona that can equal it, and we
ask that business men give vis their trial orders that
we may demonstrate to them our ability to deliver
the goods.
Mohave county needs one good newspaper, it needs
one good printing plant, and it needs men at the head
of affairs who know the county and its needs, and all
these are combined in the Mohave County Miner and
Mineral Wealth consolidation.
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NEW MILEAGE BOOKS
xlie government is soon to issue mileage books,
Sno,l owr all roads. The rate of fare will be. three
cen's rer mile, or approximately the present rate,
and will apply to eastern as well as western roads.
In the east, where two roads reach the same places it
is understood that the shorter road will sell tickets
based cn mileage. The idea of the mileage book sys
tem to be made applicable to all railroads is one that
has been under consideration by the railroad manage
ments for several years, but they had failed to put
it into effect The system will remain in force after
the war, even if the railroads go back to private ownership-
STIRRING UP THE ANIMALS
The Miner surely stirred up the animals, when, in
2. recent issue of this great religious paper, we told
the truth, about political conditions as relating to
business affairs, and incidentally said a few kind
words about one Tom Schultz, he with the German
patronymic and harsh temper. Tom runs a little
squegee weekly down in a place called Peoria, wher
ever that may be. He got wrapped up in bailed
hay and cotton until he can see nothing else but prod
ucts of the garden, and therefore what he says about
the big copper mines and the "copper newspapers"
must be taken from the point of view of the man
with dust in his eyes. After devoting about a half
page of diatribe to the Miner editor he proceeds to
state as the truth just what the Miner stated to be
the truth and then tries to make it appear as a lie.
Poor old Tom; how you can warp the truth without
half trying. We will take up the matter of the loss
of the Salt River valley farmers and farms in 1890:
We admit that they were hard hit, but that was 28
years ago, and if they failed to recuperate their chil
dren should see that they go out of the business.
In 1890 copper was worth about 9 cents a pound, sil
ver was a drug in the market, and lead and zinc
were below 4 cents. And this condition continued for
years, and yet today, when the metals are bringing
a high price is there any reason why the mine opera
tors should be taxed out of existence to allow the
farmers with $50,000 farms to be taxed at 1000. But
why go into the matter when we know that even the
Peoria Enterprise would not pass up any of the yel
low gold of the "copper menace," if it came its way.
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THE SOLDIER VOTE
Among the measures passed by the late legislature
was one making it possible for the soldiers in can
tonments to vote for officers at the forthcoming elec
tions. The idea was all right, but as we look at it
there will be a complete failure in the carrying of
it into effect. , Practically every man who was en
titled to vote and who enlisted or was drafted into
the army is either now on the other side of the pond
or will be when the elections are held. It was a use
less waste of the time of the legislators and of ths
officers whose duty it is to ascertain the whereabouts
of the men and furnish them with ballots.
REPUBLICANS MEET HERE MONDAY NIGHT
Next Monday evening Albert M, Sames, the new
head of the Republican party in Arizona, and Allyn
D. Jaynes, National committeeman, will be in King
man to meet with the local Republicans for the pur
pose of lining up the party for the coming campaign
The meeting will be held in the court room of the
courthouse.
The Kansas City SU.r looks ahead and sees great
things to follow the sending of three or four million
American soldiers and Red Crosq and "Y" workers
and engineers and builders to Europe to stay for a
year or more. In its vision it beholds the following:
Europe never has become acquainted with Ameri
ca. Our ways to the European have been the ways
of strangers and our customs have been outside h:3
mental horizon.
The millions of Americans who are going to live
abroad for the next year or two are going to change
all this. The European will receive a liberal educa
tion in all things American.
The time is coming when rubles and francs and
lire and shillings and crowns all will be computed in
terms of Yankee finance. The tourist of the future
need never fear that the Neapolitan cabby will mis
understand an offer of "two-bits" to haul his Amer
ican fare from one of the grand hotels on the water
front to the Gallery Nazionale. Nor need some of
the younger American be surprised to get really
truly United States ice cream cones when they ask
for them in Paris', instead of the present more formal
business edible,, creme glace. Then will no Sunday
afternoon in the Bois de Boulogne be complete with
out its baseball game, and one might well expect to
see a goodly turnout of earls and dukes and such
when the New York Giants cross bats with the Lon
don Lions for the first game of a real world's series
on Wimbledon Common or somewhere around Put
ney Green. Indeed, it would occasion no great sur
prise if his majesty the king pitched the first ball,
to inaugurate the event, with the lord mayor of Lon
don on the "receiving line" behind the home plate.
It is only a step farther to fancy one's self find
ing a good copy of "Custer's Last Fight" in the Na
tional Gallery and an excellent likeness of John J.
Ingalls in plaster at the British museum, while no
doubt at the Winter Palace in Petrograd one will ob
serve a handsome portrait of the man who will have
established the Moscow-Shanghai Aerial Express;
and in the Capitoline museum in Rome will be kept
running a miniature model of the first Liberty motor
that carried United States aircraft over the Tyro
lean Alps, to say nothing of several of the latest de
signs of Henry Ford's new tractors.
In short, the day is coming when American men,
American methods and American goods will be
known throughout the world, just as now American
ideals rapidly are becoming known. With the United
States leading in merchant marine, the time is not
far distant when wares stamped "Made in America,"
logically will have supplanted those with that more
odious phrase which was boastfully and too plainly
becoming evident in every quarter of the globe on
whatever article one touched, be it a china clock or
a birthday gift keyring.
Americanizing the world need be no great task,
when vastly more than half the world already is will
ing to be Americanized. Fortunately, the United
States has no designs on other countries, nor wants
none of their territory; yet the United States de
sires no copyright on American methods, American
spirit and American happiness and freedom-
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE VISITS
MOHAVE COUNTY
Fred T. Colter, candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for governor, has been a visitor in Mohave
countv the past several days. Mr. Colter is a resi
dent of northern Arizona, being the first candidate
in many years from the north with the courage to
make the race. He was bred and born in the state,
starting out as a poor boy on the old farm in Apache
county, and by his own efforts developed into one of
the large landowners of that county and also amass
ed wealth in cattle. It was through his efforts and
that of his associates that large reservoirs were built
and thousands of acres of land brought under culti
vation. He believes in the encouragement of capital
and is doing everything to bring it into the state for
mining, agriculture and every other essential pur-
PHe served his county as supervisor and has served
two terms as senator in the state legislature, being
the representative of the county at the present time.
H was a member of the constitutional convention, and
is national committeeman for the state, having had
charge of the last campaign of President Wilson i in
Arizona. In conversation with the Miner editor Mr
Colter stated that he "believed that officials should
on account of the war, have courage of his convic
tions and fight to the last to enforcj justice to all
alike, and to bring extremes together to work for the
common benefit of all in the winning of the war. 1
believe people should awaken to more interest in pol
itics for the men who are elected to office are the
men who must be depended upon to carry out . the will
of the people, and they should be of such caliber that
they may be depended upon for loyalty and ability to
enforce governmental obligations.
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OILLESS DAY TOMORROW
Tomorrow all garages in the country are to be
closed by order of the Transportation Department,
and rigid orders have been sent out for its enforce
ment. Not only are garages to be closed, but there
must be no sales of oil, gas, tools, fixtures or wares
on that day or on any Sunday. This order will hit
garages hard, as Sundays have been the best business
day of the week for them. Failure to observe the
order will be harshly dealt with.
IMPORTANT RED CROSS NOTICE
Will the working members of the Red Cross chap
ter who have bed shirts and other sewing in their
homes, please try and complete the work and tum it
in? All work must be on hand not later than Friday,
August 9. This is important. If it will not be pos
sible for any individual to complete all work on hand
by August 9, please report at once to Mrs. J. H.
Hutchison and arrangement will be made if possible
for completion of same.
According to recent instruction from headquarters
we have been asked to ship all garments and miscel
laneous articles at once as nothing except the new
allotment will be accepted if shipped after August
12. The work room will be open Monday, August
5, and Friday, August 9, from 1 to 5 p. m.
WE MAKE OIL FLOTATION TESTS
Special attention itiren to the auajr of complex lulphide ores and concentratet.
ana to bsuj and identification of ail the rare metals.
MOHAVE ASSAY ANO ENGINEERING OFFICE
BOX 692, KINGMAN
DIAMONDS
$115.00 Per Carat
WUERKER'S
JEWELRY MANUFACTURING and REPAIRING
626 Broadway 229 So. Spring, Los Angeles
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MONTE WILLIS GUY A. MENSCH L. D. SANDEFUR II. R. GREEN !
STANDARD AUTO CO-
OFFICE: BEALE HOTEL LOBBY, PHONE BLUE 147
ONDED CARS COMPETENT DRIVERS
Daily Stages to Oatman and Chloride
ACT ON GOLD MINES
A commission has just been ap
pointed by the English government to
provide some adequate measure of re
lief for gold mining in the English
possession and to act in conjunction
with a similar commission from the
United States. It has become so ap
parent that some measure of relief
is necessary for the preservation of
gold mininir in the world that tlio
United States and England are to de
vise ways and means to increase its
production and protect all companies
and persons entraired in the devplon-
ment and Droduetion of tha mti
! This commission will come to the Unit
! ed States soon to look over the condi
j tions here and discuss the relief
i measures with men who have made a
! study of the conditions.
! COLDEST SPOT ON EARTH
The coldest spot on the earth's sur
face is near Werkhoansk, Siberia.
; There, it is said, "the culminating
point of excessive climate in all the
w-orld is reached." In other words,
it is the pole of the greatest known
cold. The lowest reading of the ther
mometer, taken by Sir George Nares,
was noted there, 81 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit.
i For a long time it was supposed
that Kakutsk, 400 miles from Werk
hojansk, was the coldest place in the
world; recent observations, however,
have exploded that notion. The soil
at both of the places above mentioned
is frozen to a depth of nearly 400 feet
It is believed to have been deposited
in a frozen state during the glacial
epoch, as no amount of cold could pen
etrate the earth to such an enormous
depth. The Irish World.
WILL C ONTINUE CONSERVATION
A message has been received from
Herbert W. Hoover, who is in Eng
land, asking that there be no let
down of food stufs and sugar. While
he believes there would be plenty
wheat to supply all demands for the
year, yet there may be new calls upon
us that will take every pound that can
be spared. Our country is going into
this war en an enormous basis and
,and our every ally must be kept up
to standard by the use of good food
. and it is up to us to furnish that food.
'We believe ihat many of the neutral
nations will soon bq on the verge of
starvation and as a humane people
we cannot see them die. And again,
we will have to feed our Oriental allies
i nthe invasion of Siberia and help arm
and feed a great Russian army for
the beating down of German domin-
lance in the east. We are in the war
to v in and we are going to win. And
it is upto everyone to help conserve
whf-at and .sugar until we nr told that
the war is won.
SPLENDID RAIN LAST NIGHT
One of the best rains of the past two
months fell in and around ingman last
evening. It was thKe first rain in
nearly a month and was badly needed
to lay the dust. Thursday a heavy
rain fell in the country north and east
of town and the big valley was like a
lake for a number of hours. Rains are
needed to supply the ranges with fall
feed and it is to be hoped that we will
have a number of good showers during
the month.
WILL VISIT GOLDEN GATE
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Bowes depart
ed last Wednesday evening to the
coast, where they will visit with rel
atives in San Francisco and other
places. They expect to be gone a
month or more.
WILL BRING TO THE OFFICE OF
GOVERNOR EXPERIENCE, BAL
ANCE, ECONOMY, ENERGY -: :-
j, A NATIVE SON COMMITTED TO
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