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MOHAVE COUNTY ilNER
AND
OUR MINERAL WEALTH
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOHAVE COUNTY
voi.xxxvn.
Kingman, Arizona, Saturday August 9, 1919.
No. 41.
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TO
BATS WITH OATMAN
HERE TOMORROW
Tomorrow Oatman and Kingman
cross bats again on the local diamond.
Kingman has won two straight from
Oatman now and want to pile up a
third. Even at that it will be "fifty
lifty as previously Kingman took the
count three times at the hands of Oat
man. The games between Oatman and
Kingman have proven to be the most
interesting of the year as it has been
nip and tuck as to which team was
.going to get the game.
Oatman wants the local team to
play them in Oatman on labor day,
when they are planning a big cele
bration, and the Kingman team is
planning to go.
Kingman is short their catcher, Jack
Angell, but Bill Bonelli is expected in,
so this will even it up a little. Oat
man is coming over strong.
The public is invited to come out
tomorrow and see a good game. The
game will be called at 3 p. m.
An effort was made to bring the
Flagstaff team to Kingman and it
was' thought this, could be done.
Later advices from the Flagstaff
team, though, make this almost im
possible and they made a mistake of
$85 in figuring up what they would
come here for, the last figure being
over $200 for one game, and they
cannot stay for two games.
ARE NOW PROPOSED
Senator Townsend, chairman of the
Senate committee on Postoffices and
Post Roads, has introduced a bill hav
ing for its object the building of trunk
line highways in the states that will
connect with trunk line highways from
other states, thus liinking up the
roads and highways of the country.
The bill provides that these lines shall
comprise not less thantwo per cent
nor more than five per .cent of the
highways of each state and that in
their building the aid of the federal
government shall be given. On the
roads that will have the heaviest
travel the states shall be relieved en
f tirely of construction and mainten
ance, which will allow the state to
build connecting roads, as well as the
other necessary and convenient roads
of the state as a whole. Take Ari
zona as an example. Two east and
west routes have been contemplated,
one along the southern border and the
other the National Old Trails Road.
These two roads would be built by the
general government without expense
to the state and free of upkeep. All
other roads would be built and main
tained by the state and county gov
ernments. This would be an immense
relief to both, as it would allow of
, the building of connecting roads on
broader lines than has been planned.
Mohave county would be relieved of
the upkeep of either the road through
Oatman or that by way of Yucca to
Topock and east to Nelson, and all
efforts would be consolidated on the
building and upkeep of the roads rad
iating out into our mining camps and
farming sections. Even the north
and south road from Utah to the con
nection with the Border Highway
would be built by the government.
What greater or more lasting mon
ument to our soldier boys could this
government build than three or four
magnificent highways from the At
lantic to the Pacific and what could
be done with millions of dollars that
would bring greater results to the
whole country. Millions of men,
among them hundreds of thousands of
soldier boys, could be employed in the
building of these great roadways.
The building of these great conciete
orchard surfaced highways would do
mo're toward the development of the
vast undeveloped country in the west
and southwest in one year than the
present method of roadbuilding wjuld
bring in the next "century. Let us
have the roads, even if we have to be
blind to the cost.
GEt. FRANKLIN
HERE ON BUSINESS
G. R. Franklin spent several days
here this week attending to the final
details of the transfer of the Arizona
Engineering Company and other af-
affairs.
Mr. Franklin is now running an
automobile concern at Anaheim, Cal
ifornia and doing well. He is associ-y-
ated with G. M. Simpson of that place.
WHO WANTS TO
KILL ELK; STATE
TO ISSUE LICENSE
Who wants to hunt Elk between
October 17 and 31st. Whoever
does will have to speak quickly
as but one hundred licenses will be
granted.
The fee for Arizona residents is
$1(L and for non-residents is $20.
State Game Warden Joe Pho
chaska is receiving applications
now. If more than one hundred
applications are received, a draw
ing will take place at the office of
the"State Game Warden, Friday
September 12.
The reason for all of this is tr.at
there seems to be 100 or more elk
in the State of Arizona than thee
ar accomodations for.
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Miners at Oatman Given
50c Raise by Operators
The past week has been a tense one
at Oatman and at one time it was
thought that there would be a walk
out of the miners employed in the
large mines. A demand of an in
crease of fifty cents per day was made
by the Western Federation of Miners
on account of the increasing high
costs of living and this increase was
granted by the mine owners. At a
meeting of the union last night it
was decided that there would be no
strike. Among the Miners Union of
Oatman there are many cool heads
who believe in doing things in the
right way. The miner is essential to
the operator and the operator is es
sential to the miner. Neither one can
live without the other. The greater
number of miners have families in the
camp and a strike would be a calamity
to them.
In this time of great industrial dis
turbance in the United States every
man should do a little thinking for
E
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
The entertainment to be given by
D. C. Mclver the Y. M. C. A. man,
will be held at the Elks Hall Monday
night, August 11.
Mclver was nine months overseas
as an entertainer and will give such
an entertainment as he gave the boys
over there. Also he will give an ac
count of his experiences in France and
Germany.
Mclver is said to be a good hum
orist. There is no admission charge.
TRANSFER OF THE ARIZONA
ENGINEERING CO. COMPLHED
The transfer of the Arizona En
gineering Company to Brooks Dudley
and Stewart Thompson was completed
this week.
A new corporation is being formed
under the name Thompson-Dutiley
Company and the assets of the Ari
zona Engineering Company will he
transferred to this new corporation.
Before the company changed hands
all of the old bills owed by the Ari
zona Engineering Company were paid
up, dollar for dollar, by G. R. Frank
lin. Thompson and Dudley report that
business is good and that already they
have taken orders for better than S2.'i -000
worth of mining machinery.
RANGES ARE BEST IN
YEARS
An enormmous amount of rain has
fallen over this county during the
past month, the east end oi the county
getting as much as &ewn inches.
While that amount has not reached
Kingman, there has been an unusual
rainfall. Cattlemen repoit that the
feed on the ranges is the best, they
have ever known, the griss every
where being deep and rank. As this
feed will mature before cold weather
sets in the ranges are sure of plenty
of feed until the next crop of feed
comes in. All the big: rejarvoirs have
been filled, although unfortunately
many of them have gone out under
the great water pressure.
BASE BALL DANCE
TONIGHT AT THE
ODDFELLOWS HALL
The Kingman baseball dance last
Saturday night was a success, finan
cially and otherwise. The team netted
better than $50 after all expenses
were paid, including the ice cream
which was furnished free to the
guests. The public response was
commendable.
Tonight the boys are planning to
give another dance, without an ad
vance sale of tickets however.
Dancing will start at the Odd Fel
lows Hall at about 9:30 and the ad
mission is one dollar, the proceeds go-1
ing to the baseball club. Come out'
and have a good time. Lots of goqd
music.
himself to the end that he would not
only better himself, but would also im
prove the condition of the employer.
Employers are harassed as much if
not more by high living costs and
costs of supplies than is the ordinary
workman, but he has to meet all dras
tic demands to keep going until con
ditions right themselves. On the oth
er hand the workman should receive
something above his ordinary day's
expense, that in the years of employ
ment he may lay by enough to keep
him above want in his old age.
Tonight, we understand the I. W. W.
of the camp is to vote on a strike
proposition, but it is not believed that
anything vj'l come of it. Oatman is
an ideal camp and it is too bad that
wage or other differences can stop
the big campaign of development that
is going on. The few agitators there
should be ditched and the workers get
together for the common good of the
camp as well as themselves.
NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT
MORENO IS 01 OF THE
BESTJNJHIS STATE
Plans have been completed and
work is about to start on the new
high school at Morenci, a plant which
will give that community one of the
most complete high schols in the
Southwest.
Particular attention is to be paid to
vocational training, not alone because
of the national popularity of the sub
ject at this time, but for thereason
that the large Mexican population of
Morenci requires that type of train
ing, in order to encourage the Mexican
lad to remain in school after the law
of the state permits him to go free.
Comparatively few Mexicans get a
high school training, as they do not
desire a classical education, but if
something can be offered in the trades
it is believed that a much larger num
ber will continue in school, to train
themselves for better and more pro
ductive citizens.
A distinct novelty of the New Mor
enci school is the automobile shop, this
being connected and worked in con
junction with the mach;ne shop, forge
shop, foundry, wood shop and paint
shop. Ample provision is made for
the girls for the teaching of home
economics, housekeeping, interior dec
orating, etc., in the plan which provid
es for actual practice, rather than
teaching by sharts and diagrams.
The new building has many inno
vations. Inclines are used instead of
stairways, thus reducing fatigue, sav
ing time in the transfer of classes,
eliminating accidents due to stair
ways, and quick emptying of the
building in case of fire. The building
is to be air cooled as well as air
heated; built-in wardrobes replace the
old type, space-consuming dressing
rooms.
On the top floor of the building is
an auditorium with inclined seats, and
a stage that is to be used also as a
gymnasium, thus permitting of the
satisfactory staging of athletic ex
hibitions and games. The plans call
also for a circular sheet steel fire
escape from the roof down, this be
ing in spiral form around the chim
ney of the heating plant.
EX-SOLDIERS EXEMPT
FROM TAXES FOR SIX
MONTHS AFTER WAR
County Assessor Ruggles gives out
the information that no ex-soldier )f
the world war, having less than $3,
000 worth of property, will be taxed
for six months after the termination
of the war. This includes the road
and poll tax as well as others.
Any ex-soldier who may have paid
a tax of this kind may receive a re
fund by applying to the county as
sessor.
A BABY GIRL
A baby daughter was born to Mr
and Mrs. Ralph N. Payne in King
man Last Saturday.
Marks Still Unconscious
as Result of Altercation
J. R. Marks lies unconscious at
Oatman and W. L. Bates is confined in
the county jail as the result of an ar
gument at Oatman last Thursday.
Marks is the secretary of the Cooks
and Waiters Union at Oatman and
Bates is a cook, who worked for the
Mint Cafe a short time ago, having
gotten into a fight with one of the
waiters here at that time.
The way we have the story is that
Marks approached Bates and asked
HOPI INDIAN SNAKE DANCE
TO BE HELD AUGUST 19 to 25
The world famous snake dance of
the I 'Hopi Indians will be .held this
year between August 19 and August
25, and its advent is ot perennial in
terest, not only to people of the south
west, but to people from all over the
tountry, who come each year to the
Jittle villages on the Mopui reserva
tion located 80 miles north of the San-
Xa Fe railroad.
The Blue and Drab Flute ceremon
ies may be witnessed this year in the
Villages of Orabi, Shumopovi and
Shipaulovi, and the Snake-Antelope
ceremonies in Mishongnovi and Wapi.
In each of the five villages of the
Hopi there are two Flute organiza
tions, one known as the Cakwalenyal
tr Blue Flute and theother as the
Macilenya or Drab Flute. Their rites
are very similar, and a description of
None will suffice for both.
The secret rites are not held m ki-
Ivas, but in the chamber of a house
V)f some leading member. Here the
altar is erected, prayers are onered,
and the sacred traditional songs are
sung. On the ninth day there is a
public performanc at a spring near the
foot cf the mesa, and early in the
ceremony the six directions' altar,
with its accompanying charm liquid,
is erected. At sunrise of the) 'ninth
day a spectacular foot race from the
plains to the village is held, and the
winner places the prize on his field to
insure special success for hisficrops.
These ceremonies are elaborate pray-
-ers for rain, and the whole idea of the
ritual.
A description of the performance at
Mishongnovi, where part of the Snake
Antelope ceremonies are being held
-this year, is sufficient to give an idea
of the whole ceremony.
Four days after the close of the
Niman celebration in the neighboring
village of Shipaulovi, the chief priests
of theAntelopef and Snake clans as
semble in Michongnovi in a room at
the home of the town's chief crier,
where they manufacture bahos or
prayer offerings and smoke together.
The' next day at sunrise the crier an
nounces the time for, the ceremonies
from the housetop.
Nine days after the ceremony the
fii jt day of the ritual begins. At about
10 o'clock in the morning of the sec
ond dav three or more priests, naked
except for the lion cloth, each bearing
a small packet ot tood on his Pack, a
small snake whip, a crude digging
stick and a bag ofl meal, start from
the villatre in a northward direction.
kScattering, they begin the hunt for
rattlesnakes.
As soon as a snake is found, either
sleeping beneath a sage brush or
crawling along in the sand, the priest
'halts, casts a pinch of sacred meal up
on the reptile, and addresses a short
prayer to it. Stooping over he waves
his whin slowly in front of the snake's
face, whereupon the snake begins
slowly to uncoil. The Hopi priest
.then swoones down upon it and drops
Nthe snake in a buckskin bag. The
ags containing the snakes are de
posited in the Iciva in the village at the
fend of the day's hunt. The three fol
lowing days are devoted to the hunt
to the three remaining points of the
'compass, and a general up until the
f-ninth day occupies the various mem
OATMAN TO GIVE
BIG CELEBRATION
ON LABOR DAY
Oatman is planning on a big
celebration Labor Day. The pro
gram has not been entirely com
pleted but here are some of the
things planned.
In the morning .there will be
sports, including! tug of war be
tween the employees of the United
Eastern and Tom Reed with a cash
prize of $150.
Besides this there will be a pole
fighting contest, a shoe lacing con
test for the ladies, a relay race be
tween Kingman, Oatman and Need
les with a $60 cash prize, and races
for the boys and girls.
Later in the afternoon the box
ing bouts will be put on.
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him to join the Union. Bates said
he had only $2.50 in 'his pocket but
would give him the balance later.
Marks went to the place where Bates
was working and received a check for
the balance. Then the argument was
started and ended wjth Marks -being
knocked unconscious, from which state
he has not rallied.
Bates' hearing will be had after the
extent of Marks' injuries are known.
It is thought Marks will recover.
bers of the clan after the preliminary
search.
Early on the sixth day, as the
morning star appears, the Snake
priest, accompanied by a young man
enters the khiva, where the priests
Pare assembling. The Antelope priest
likewise brings in a young maiden, one
of the prettiest of the tribe. These
two are led to the altar, where an
earthen vessel containing growing
-corn and melon vines is put in the
hands of the Antelope girl. The young
man of the Snake clan is given one
lof the tiponis in one hand and a snake
in the other. Songs of great antiquity
are sung, holy watefl is sprinkled on
the sand, invocations are sung to the
yellow clouds of the north, the green
clouds of the west, the red clouds of
the south and the white clouds of the
east. At the termination of tho eiehth
Nsong the young couple are relieved.
This ceremony is repeated on the
Seventh and eighth days, with the
'glorious antelope race occuring on the
latter day.
At "noon of the ninth day a mys
terious silence hangs over the village,
'apparently a silence of reverence and
We. A large bowl is broueht into
jthe Snake khiva and in it holy water
is prepared. Sand is spread over the
(floor, and the priests take their places
facing the wall and surrounding the
sanded area.
Another priest, costumed as the war
god, stands in the centre, with a
bowl of holy water in front of him.
Two or three of the priests proceed
to a corner of the khiva, where the
snakes are kept, and picking up the
snake jars, put them in canvas sacks
and take them to the Snake priests.
The most solemn moment of the cer
emony is at hand. Beginning a low
chant, the priest reaches his hand into
the sacks and draws out as many
Jmakes as he can hold. He repeats
this, until the sanded area is a wrig
feling mass of reptiles. He then picks
jfup the bowl of holy water, leaves the
khiva, and deposits a part of it at the
four trails leading out of the village.
In the meantime the snakes are
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MONTANA TRIP
A. A. Dutton wha has just returned
from a trip to Montana, with his
nephew, Fred Wheeler, is now in
Flagstaff.
They left here in June and made the
trip overland to Montana, where Mr
Dutton visited his sister. -'They re
turned by way of Yellowstone and
stopped at Denver, where they visited
with Mr. Dutton's brother, Sam Dut
ton, of the Albany Hotel.
They expect to arrive in Kingman
the early part of next week.
VISITING HERE
Mrs. P. L. Woodward, nee Frances
Lovin, of Nashville, Tennessee, is vis
iting with relatives here, having ar
rived the first of this week. Sho will
remain for some time before return
ing to her home in the south.
F. FULLER, ENGINEER,
FIERALJT GLENDALE
Fred Fuller, the engineer on the ill
fated freight train that went off the
tracks the other side of Hackberry
last week, was found dead, buried un
der the engine, Sunday morning.
His body was not badly mangled
as at first might be thought. Death
came probably as a result of a blow
received on his head as he jumped.
The body was brought to Kingman
to prepare) it for burial and was later
taken to Glendale, California, where '
the funeral was held under the aus
pices of the Masons.
The deceased was a member of the
Masonic Order, the B. P. O. E. and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers and Firemen.
When the body was brought to
Kingman Exalted Ruler J. H. Knight
and Secretary "J. S. Withers of the. R.
P. O. E. took charce f the remains
and a committee consisting of the fol
lowing men took the body to Glendale
where the funeral was held- Win S
Wulsdn, father-in-law, E. B. Gilber,
of the Masons at Needles, E. R. Hag
gard, W. A. Hull, and G. A. Albrecht,
of the Brotherhood of Firemen and
Engineers.
In addition there was a large dele
gation from Kingman and Needles
who attended the funeral.
The deceased is survived by a wife,
a small son and a father.
shaftmahT
back with bride
Shatter Adams has resigned his
commission as first lieutenant in the
U. S. Army, and is back in Kingman,
bringing with him a bride, formerly
Gladys Nelson of" Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams will make their
home here. Mr. Adams returning to
the Santa Fe.
Shatter Adams went up from the
ranks gaining a commission of sec
ond lieutenant and first lieutenant,
and has an enviable reputation among
the boys who were with him "over
there." Kingman boys were with him
claim he was one of the most respect
ed and best liked officers they came
in contact with.
LAUNDRY INTERESTS
Charlie Dutton has purchased an in
terest in the Mohave Steam Laundry
and will be actively engaged in that
work from now on.
J, H. Knight still holds a half in
terest in the concern.
Duton will have charge of the out
side work and Knght will take care of
things on the inside. In this y"ifT
they hope to give even better service
than heretofore.
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RUMOR THAI EASTERN IS
TO TAKEJMR CATHERINE
A report is current in Kingman that
the United Eastern has been making
an examination of the Catherine mine
with a view to taking it over. The
Catherine has been showing up won
derfully under development after pick
ing up the vem on the 100 and 200
levels and mining men believa it will
be the next big thing in the county.
JUDGE BOLLINGER
GONE TO PRESGOTT
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Judge E. Elmo Bollinger returned
Monday from Nogales where he was
called to hear some water cases and
left again Wednesday for Prescott
where he will hear some cases lasting
over Monday.
The Judge will be back in King
man about Wednesday of next week.
McKESSON RETURNS
John F. McKesson returned to
Kingman early this week from a years
service with the U. S. Army. Mc
Kesson was a mechanic in the avia
tion department and was held at Rock
well Field.
He returned to his old position: at
the Desert Power and Water Com
pany's plant. j