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MOHAVE COUNTY MINER
AND
OUR MINERAL WEALTH
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOHAVE COUNTY
Vol. xxxvra.
Kingman, Arizona, Saturday, January 17, 1920.
No. 12. .
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REPORT OF ACREAGE
OF SANTA FE SCRIPT
APPEARSEXAGGERATED
At a meeting of 'the Mohave Coun
ty Cattle Growers Association held at
the Courthouse last Saturday after
noon, it was decided to postpone any
action concerning the reported plac
ing of more than a million acres of
Santa Fe Scrip on the lands- of Mo
have, Coconino and Yavapai counties,
until more details could be learned.
After a short discussion it was de
cided to adjourn the meeting until
Monday night, January 12 in order to
get more facts. In the meeting they
also expected to have some word from
Howel Jones, from the standpoint of
the Santa Fe and any other facts that
might have any bearing on the sub
ject. This paper wired Howel Jones, T.
E. Pollock, and.B. F. Sweetwood, sec
retary of the Northern Arizona Pro
tective Association, three men whom
we thought could give us information
from the different angles, asking
them for statements. From the infor
mation at hand, it would seem a mis
take has been made some place in re
gard to the reported' action of the
Santa Fe.
It appearred that there is 223,000
instead of more than a million acres
as first reported and that all of the
land is within the borders of Coco
nino County instead of extending into
Mohave County.
B. F. Sweetwood, secretary of the
Northern Arizona Protective Associa
tion was wired Wednesday and asked
for a statement in the Miner. We
have pot heard from Mr. Sweetwood
so conclude he was either out of town
or had nothing to say.
t
T. E. Pollock, when asked for a
statement concerning the transaction,
,sent the following to this paper:
"Replying to your recent inquiryi
I wish to say at the very outset that
-the propoganda which has been car
ried on by the few men in this section
rtt the country who have conducted
the activities under the name of the
Northern Arizona Protective Associa
tion should not tie taken as facts bv
the people in your community until
the other side of the question could
be heard.
(Continued on Page 8)
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
On Saturday January 24, the High
School Basketball team will go to Val
entine where a match game will be
played with the Indian School at that
O place. A return game will be played
in Kingman later. t
The girls basket ball team is fast'
rounding into shape. It is hoped that
a game may be scheduled in the near
future.
The Senior Class play "A Suitor to
Suit Her" will be presented to the
people of Oatman on Saturday even
ing, January 17 at the Oasis Theater.
Last week by unanimous vote of the
student body of the high school it was
decided to join the Arizona High
School Debating League. The depart
ment of Debating and Public Speak
ing will bo worked up by a series of
local debates, after which competitive
debates will be had with the other
High Schools qf the League.
This week the Kingman schools
reached the highest enrollment in
their history, the total enrollment
showing 353 students.
R. W. Sevier, Manual Training in
structor has been confined to his
room this' week on account of illness.
Capt. W. S. Ingalls, Adj. General
of the state of Arizona spent Friday
with the Military Department of the
High School. In co-operation witn
the Cadet Commission of the State it
is planned to construct a range, where
the cadet corps will be instructed in
marksmanship and general range
work. The real army rifle will be
used by the boys. Both rifles and
ammunition 'will be furnished by the
commission.
The first semester ended Friday,
January 16. Examinations were held
Thursday and Friday.
Thrift Day will be observed
throughout the Kingman Schools on
Monday January 20. In each room
a period will be devoted to a study
of the Thrift Proverbs of Benjamin
Franklin. All this week the subject
has been kept constantly before the
minds of the students.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Morning Service 11 A. M.
Evening Service 7:30 P. M.
Bible Study Wednesday evening.
Overland Car Sold To
Keyes of Oatman
The Overland car, confiscated some
time ago by the sheriff's office, was
sold Thursday afternoon to Harry
Keyes of Oatman for $350, at public
auction at the Mohave County Court
house.
This car was taken some time ago
with a cargo of booze aboard and was
sold by order, of the Court under the
statute covering the case, which says
that any vehicle bringing liquor into
the state shall be confiscated and
sold to the highest bidder.
CHAUTAUQUA MAY
COME TO KINGMAN
It is hicfcly probable that Kincrman
will have a chautauqua this spring-c,
xive uuys ui euteriuinmeni, unaer a
canvas.
Marjorie Cowan, representing the
Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau ar
rived in Kingman the latter part of
this week in '.the interests of the bur
eau she represents and Friday after
noon placed the matter before the
Citizens Committee. She gave an in
teresting talk upon what the chau
tauqua meant to" a community in .the
form of the' best class of entertain
ment, how it permitted people to hear
the best talent of its kind here at
home, lectures by the men of the day
upon topics in which we are interest
ed, trios, quartetts and instrumental
numbers.
The ten programs, afternoon and
evening of each day, are selected by
experts who know what will interest
and entertain their audiences.
The Citizens Committee went on
record as favoring the chautauqua if
it could be properly financed and
Miss Cowan suggested thg financing
could be determined at this time by
the actual sale of tickets. A commit
tee of three was appointed from the
Citizens Committee to work in con
junction with the ladies of the Thurs
day Afternoon Club to help handle
the necessary ticket sale at this time.
The money will be deposited in a
Kingman bank to be paid the Ellison
White Bureau at the time of the chau
tauqua. The price of the tickets will be $3.00
for the five days plus war tax or
about 30 cents an entertainment. It
will be necessary to dispose of 266
season tickets to insure the chautau
qua coming here. This will be all
the season tickets sold and nothing
but general admission tickets will be
obtainable thereafter. The general
admission price will probably be 75
cents to a dollar, making the entire
ten entertainments without a season
ticket come to eight or ten dollars.
High School students will be sold sea
son tickets for $2.00 and grammer
school childrens' tickets will be ?1.50.
A receipt signed by some local man
or woman will be given each ticket
purchaser and this receipt will later
be turned in for the tickets paid for.
You may be called upon in the next
few days if you are not and you want
a season ticket this especially ap
plies to out of town people who wish
to attend the chautauqua you may
secure same by calling up C. A. War
ren, Rev. Thos. E. Dodd or Dr. Wil
liam Todt or some member of the
Thursday Afternoon Club.
ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL
AT TJEJHAW HOME
A wire was received in Kingman
Tuesday morning, from Ed Shaw, that
the stork had brought a little visitor
to the Shaw home in Hollywood a
little girl, weight' eight pounds. We
knew there was something besides the
United American on Ed's mind and
now the secret is out. There was
much speculation in the Beale Hotel'
lobby as to what the young lady
would be named. One suggestion was
Unita Americana Shaw, but since no
one was aware of any Spanish an
cestry .in the Shaw family, it was
thought hardly likely.
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T. E. POLLOCK ill,
BUTJS IMPROVING
Friends of T. E. Pollock will be glad
to learn that his condition is improv
ed over that of last .week according
to a report from Flagstaff yesterday.
Mr. Pollock came down with pneu
monia last week upon return from a
trip to Cooley.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH
Sunday Jan. 8.
Mass will be said at 7:30 A. M.
Benediction after Mass.
Father Hootsmans.
COLORADO RIVER POWER PROJECT
BILL NOW UP
To control the flood waters of the
Colorado River and to conserve the
stored water for irrigation and the
manufacture of power will be the ob
ject of a bill introduced, in the House.
A similar measure also will be intro
duced in the Senate, probably as an
amendment to the water-power bill
now pending before that body.
If it is too late to secure the con
sideration of the amendment as such,
it probably will be introduced as a
separate measure. In the House this
measure will be referred to the Com
mittee on Irrigated Lands and will in
all probability be reported on as a
substitute to the Kettner bill intro
duced at the instance of Mark Rose
and his associates.
Inasmuch as this bill aims to pro
tect the entire country traversed by
the Colorado from flood danger, it
will receive consideration from army
engineers and the Department of the
Interior. The last draft of the Kett
ner bill, which is now before the State
Department and the Interior Depa.t
ment, is not regarded as satisfactory
and will, it is understood, receive ad
verse reports from both departments,
although the amount of land to be
taken by any one soldier is limited to
160 acres, and the provision is made
for the .sale of water to owners of land
in Mexico now served by the present
canal. x
Harnessing the Colorado River, not
only to control its disastrous floods,'
but to transform its mighty power in
to units of electrical energy, and at
the same time provide water for irri
gating land in the Imperial Valley and
contiguous country is the project pro
pose to be carried out by the bill,
which has the indorsement of the As
sociated General Contractors of
America.
Power development, flood control,
irrigation reclamation, and the con
servation of fuel oil are embraced in
the purposes of the bill, and the most
distinctive feature of the bill is that
although this is to be undertaken as
a government enterprise, the entire
Droiect is to be carried out without'
bne cent of cost to the government.
The bill proposes to have construct
ed within the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado, in Arizona, a series df per
haps eight dams, creating reservoirs
in which the water now going to
LEAP YEAR DANCE AT
ODD FELLOWS HALL
At the dance to-night given at the
Odd Fellows hall by Thomas and
Cross, ladies choice will prevail in
keeping with the spirit of -920. In
addition to this, hard times costumes
will be worn. Prizes axe being offered
for the best costumesand this it is
thought will bring out some rare good
ones.
Tha mnnntrompnt announces tiVO
five dollar orders on the Arizona
Stores as the prize. Une for hte iaay
and one for the gentleman.
A new feature is being added also.
Hot coffee will be served free to the
crowd, and those who wish may bring
the fundamentals of a midnight lunch
to go with their coffee.
STOP HERE ON
WAY THROUGH
E. S. Clark, candidate, for the U .S.
Senate, and George Shea stopped off
in Kingman Thursday night on their
way to Prescott from San, Francisco
where they had gone to attend a con
ference of republicans delegated
from -the Western States. They said
"Arizona had the .largest number of
delegates at this conference which
was presided over by Chairman .Hayes,
and was a big success. F. S. Breen
of Flagstaff attended from Coconino
County.
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ARIZONA LUMBERMEN TO
ATTEND IDAHO MEETING
Between 500 and 600 retail lumber
men from ten western states are ex
pected in Boise, Idaho on February
19, 20 and 21, when the 16th annual
conference of the Wtestdrn Retail
Lumbermen's association will be held
there. Delegates are coming from
Washington, Montana, California,
Utah, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Wy
oming, Arizona and Idaho. F. E.
Conner of Sacramento, Calif., is pre
sident of the association. Last years
convention, which was to have been
held in Boise, was cancelled because
of the influenza' epidemic.
:
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carrow returned
this week from a short trip spent in
Los Angeles.
BEFORE CONGRESS
waste is to be stored and from which
will be derived the power to carry
electrical energy to the railways, min
es and other industries within a zone
of many miles in extent.
Under the terms of the bill the pro
ject is to be entirely under the juris
diction of the Secretary of the In
terior who is to direct not only the
work of construction of the dams, res
ervoirs, power plants and irrigation
canals, but also the maintenance and
operation of the same after they have
been completed,. It is to be, in short,
a government enterprise, constructed
and maintained at private cost.
METHOD OF FINANCING.
The method of providing funds to
construct, maintain and operate this
great project is unique in enterprises
of this kind. It is this:
Private corporations or other inter
ests sign agreements with the Secre
tary of the Interior to contract for use
of certain amount of the electrical
power after the project is in opera
tion. They accompany these agree
ments with the furnishing of collater
al on the value of which the Secretary
of the Interior issues bonds to raise
the amount needed for construction
purposes. Thereupon the contracts
for construction are let by the Secre
tary of the Interior, and when the
plants are in operation the electrical
power is sold.
Contracting parties are to agree to
a. rate sufficient to pay the interest on
the bonds, defray the cost of mainten
ance, and operation, and eventually to
retire the bonds themselves. Thus
the project would be self-sustaining,
and it is conservatively estimated that
it would pay for itself within thirty
years. .
Similar arrangements would be
made with irrigation districts for the
construction of canals to carry the
water to the great valleys of Arizona
and California, now only partially de
veloped, because of the great 'heed of
Vvater. The distressing problems now
confronting the Imperial and Coa
chella valleys in California would thus
be met an dsolved. Water would be
carried to those valleys without the
attendant dangers of flood, the break
ing of levees and the filling up of the
canals and laterals with heavy de
posits of silt.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
At the Tuesday night session of
Western Lodge No. 12, 'Knights of
Pythias, the following Kingman men
were given the first degree of Py-
thiasism: W. T. Clack, Thomas J.
Pu'tman; Sheldon A. Wilber, J. C.
Brandenburg, J. Eugene (Jimmie)
James, Orvil White, Joe Steed, R,
Maxwell, George R. Kayser, J. C.
Hulet, George Grantham, Austin B.
Kelley and John F. McKesson. They
will take the1 second degree Tuesday
night, January 27.
"A SUITOR TO SUIT
HER" AT OATMAN
The play given by the Senior Class
entitled "A Suitor to Suit Her" which
was given here a short time ago at
the High School auditorium proved a
success. The class planned to take
the play to Oatman a couple of weeks
ago, but was postponed on account of
the illness of Ruth Long who takes
an important part. The play will go
over to Oatman tonight and it is ex
pected it wilL prove a success. Some
taking part left this morning, and the
rest will follow this evening.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
THOR. AFTERNOON CLUB
All members of the Thursday After
noon Club are requested to meet in
the directors' room of the Citizens
Bank tonight at 8 o'clock. Matters of
importance will be taken up at this
special meeting.
. Mrs. Greely Clack, Pres.
A BABY GIRL
The tenth of this month a baby
girl was born at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carson Ide. The mother and
child were getting along in good
shape according to last reports.
Mr. and Mrs. Ide, formerly of King
man, are now living in Pasadena,
where Mr. Ide is connected with an
insurance company. Mrs. Ide is a
daughter of Mrs. Leonard Hoffman,
of Kingman.
Car is Captured Owner
Makes Escapes
Early Thursday morning, Sheriff
Mahoney accompanied by Deputy
Bly intercepted a car with a consign-'
ment of whiskey aboard, on the road,
below Yucca.
The driver slowed when command
ed to stop and as the car came to a
stop jumped and ran for the hills.
A couple of shots were fired after but
not at him as an officer cannot shoot,
a man with only a misdemeanor hang
ing over his head- The driver whose
identity is unknown, made good his
escape, as the officers had to gwe
up the chase after scouting the nil's
for more than an hour.
The car is an Oakland Six roadster.
A
We "read this in a recent issue of a
Los Angeles paper:
"Three young semi-professional
players have been signed by Eddie
Herr, scout for the Detroit Ameri
cans. Herr does not claim the lads
are world beaters at present, but he
believes with a year's experience in
a minor league circuity the lads will
show considerable improvement. Les
ter Jarvis, an outfielder with the
Utah agricultural college, s.was the
first man signed by Herr since join
ing Frank Navin's scouting force.
Howard Smith, a left-handed pitcher,
and George Grantham, a third-baseman,
both of whom are from 'King-
man, Ariz., also have been lined upj
I TT II . A '
Dy nerr.
Smith and Grantham will' work' ouV
with the Portland team this year and
if they make good will then take
a short cut to the big league.' '
Grantham is a natural born ball
player and if he applies hiniself to
the game will undoubtedly make
good. George is starting in the game
early enough to make a brilliant ca
reer for himself in the next .few yean.
The- same largely applies to Howard
Smith. Howard has a unusual natur
al ability as a pitcher. With the
right kind of a man to train him this
ability can be developed and added
to with the headwork, that comes with
experience with the big boys, and
control.
We believe that both of these, boys
will make the best of their oppor
tunity and that they will "bring home
the bacon."
FINDS PEARL IN
OYSTER
Joe Amundsen, in charge of the S.
T. Elliott grocery department, is fig
uring on raising the price of his oy
sters, and we believe he has a perfect
right to. For last week Leona Wag
ner captured a pearl in one of said
oysters that i worth several simol
eons. It was about the size of a pea
and an exceptionally good one accord
ing to C. B. Johnson, the jeweler.
Miss Leona is going to have the
pearl mounted in a ring. She feels
very grateful toward that particular
oyster.
FRANK VAN.MARTERWILL RUN
UP-TO-DAJEJARBER SHOP
Frank Van Marter was in Kingman
for a few days this week on business
and later returning to the coast.
Frank purchased the two barber
shops formerly owned by Trainer,
while here, and will be back in a few
days to take them over. It is his in
tention to consolidate the two shops,
into the Fourth Street shop and in
addition to this add new equipment to
make a thoroughly up-to-date shop.
It is also understood he will engage
some first class barbers while on the
coast.
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ANSON H. SMITH IS
ILL WtTH PNEUMONIA
Anson H. Smith is sick at his home
in Kingman with pneumonia. He
came in on No. 10 Friday and was
immediately put under the doctor's,
care.
His condition this morning is ,not
improved and Dr. Tilton, who is hand
ling the case, is arranging for nurses'
in order Jo give him the best of care.
Absolute quiet win be necessary. .
ON BUYiNG TRIP
Harry Smith, manager of the furni
ture department of the Central Com
mercial Co., is now in Chicago buying
for the company. Mr. Smith ex
pects to be back early next week.
CROSS ASKED TO
COLLECT SALVAGE
The Bureau of Salvage and Shop
in the Pacific Division of the Ameri
can Red Gross has called upon the
local Chapter to conduct an active
campaign to collect salvage during
National Thrift Week, January 17-25.
Word has come from Miss Kathleen
Booth, Associate Director of the Di
vision Bureau at Headquarters in
San Francisco, that Salvage and Shop
committees throughout the Division
will celebrate Thrift Week.
Complete organization, for system
atic saving in Chapters in California,
Nevada and Arizona which put one
and one half million dollarsinto Bed
Cross treasuries during the war per
iod and up to the present time, is an
achievement known throughout the
United States. Arthur H. Chamber
lain, Educational Director in the so
ciety of Thrift and Chairman of the
Committee on Thrift Education in the
National Education Association, call
ed Upon the Pacific Division for its
co-operation in the National Thrift
Wfeek through these local committees.
Thrift Week includes Thrift Sun
day January 18, when service will be
delivered in all American pulpits on
the 'relation of economy life to relig
ious well-being, and on the need for
saving. The week is designed to em
phasize human and social sides of
national thrift as well as the finan
cial, phase of investment and saving
and national conservation.
r, The American Bankers Association,
and the American Institute of Bank
ers have all pledged co-operation in
the1 'National Thrift Week program.
Pledges of co-operation also include
the voluntary offer of business hous
es to give a share of their advertising
space to spread the propoganda of
conservation, and the Red Cross idea
to emphasize its salvage work. Na
tional Thrift Week is largely a plan
of the Savings Division, Treasury De
partment, Washington, D. C.
BODYlioiED ..
MAN NOT RECOVERED
The body of Lea E. Burhans, re-,
cently drowned in the Colorado River,
has not yet been recovered though
the river has been searched for days.
Undoubtedly the heavy sediment in
the river has become lodged in the
man's clothes and kept the body from
rising to the surface. The river has
been dragged in the vicinity of the
accident but without results.
The Sam Swaskegame Post of the 1
AmencanLiegion passed the following
resolution in memory of Burhans, ex
service man and a member of the
Legion:
"WHEREAS the Commander of the
Universe has seen fit to call to his
side, our brother in arms, Lea E. Bur
hans, and,
WHEREAS the death of our com
rade is. a sad blow to the members
of this Post of the American Legion,
and
WHEREAS we the undersigned
members of the Executive Committee
have been ordered in regular meeting.
by the members of the Post, to draw
a resolution of condolence to the fam
ily and Jriends of our departed Com
rade, now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
that we the officers and members of
the Sam Swaskegame Post No. 14,
Department of Arizona, view with sad
regret the absence of our Comrade,
Lea E. Burhans, at our councils, and
we offer our sincere sympathy to the
family and friends of our Comrade,
in their bereavement, and it is further
RESOLVED, that a copy of this
resolution be spread upon the minutes
of the meeting of this Post, and that
a copy be sent to the nearest knowa
relative of our departed comrade.
Signed this fifth day of January1,!
the year of our Lord 1920.
J. W. CORNELIUS,
Post Commander.
WALTER P. JONES,
Post Adjutant
J. MAX ANDERSON,
Post Finance Officer.
LADIES AID
The Ladies Aid Society will meel
next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 il
the Social Hall of the Church.
Everyone cordiallyUnvited.