Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth, 1918-11-02

plete instructions, may be obtained at Red Cross Chapters or branches. Only one package for each soldier will be accepted. Each man in the expedi expeditionary - tionary expeditionary forces has received one label and has been directed to send it to one person from whom he wishes to re receive - ceive receive a Christmas parcel. Parcels thatjdo not carry this label will not be accepted and none can be sent after November 20th, 1918. HUNTING .Ed Laferriere, Fiank Mur and L. Friedel departed Wednesday morning for the Santa Maria Grant section on the extreme lower Big Sandy, where they w ill make a strenuous effort dur ing the last two days of the deer sea son, to secure their share of the bucks which are known to roam thru that end of the county. PLANT HAS ARRIVED This week the machinery for the Decortating plant of the fibre com company - pany company arrived and is being gotten in place. The floors are being cast and as soon as they have dried out the plant will be ready to go into commis commission. - sion. commission. This plant is the first of its kind in the state and is well situated for the securing of material on which to operate. It is estimated by the people in charge that within a radius of 20 miles of Kingman there is 100,000 tons of the fibre material which can be readily worked into cordage. The people m charge of the plant under understand - stand understand the matter of -extracting the fiber from the yucca and Spanish bayonet plants, and may also make use of the meaty parts of these plants. It will take at least 20 people to oper ate the ptont and several hundred to punier ute iiuer uuu nuui w, 11? luwu. AFTER THE ELUSIVE ' MUCH DESIRED DEER - Ray Robin&an, S. H. Beecher and Ora Gruninger returned Monday last from a few days spent in the eastern part of this county, where" they sought long and hard for the elusive deer and without which they returned notwith notwithstanding - standing notwithstanding their many reasons therefor. On the quiet, we learned, that the only reason was that there was but one deer in the section which they visited and that was killed by another person during a short spell of relaxation of their vigilance. LUD BACON PASSES AWAY AT VANCOUVER Lud Bacon, son of Henry Bacon, of Hackberry, who was inducted into the government service and sent to Van Vancouver - couver Vancouver about three weeks ago, died at that place last Saturday morning of influenza. Young Bacon was one of the finest fellows in the land and the last re' maining male member of the Bacon boys. His lather arrived at his bed' side before he passed away and return ed with the remains last night. The funeral is being held from the family home at Hackberry today. Uwing to the prevalence of influenza many Kingman people were deterred from attending the funeral, but a large number have gone from town by ma machine, - chine, machine, nevertheless'. Lud Bacon was a popular young man with 'everybody who knew him and his loss ..will be keenly felt by ev everybody - erybody everybody in this county, where the fam ily is well known. The Joss comes as a double affliction, as another boy was drowned near Hackberry about two months agc Thomas Grozier and family have gone to Camp Verde, Arizona, where IMr. Grozier has accepted a position with a large mercantile establishment of that place. This family has resid resided - ed resided in this section for the past several years and many friends wjll view their daparture with feelings of regret

18th inclusive, 1918, and WHEREAS, the Council of National Defense, composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior; Agriculture, Commeice ana to promote, the com- fort, and efficiency of our soldiers and) sailors and to maintain their morale, is emphatically in the national interest and that therefore the forthcoming campaign should command the full support of the American people, and WHEREAS, the Council of National Defense believes that in view of the inevitable continued increase in the Army and Navy, -a generous and full subscription to the said fund is high highly - ly highly desirable in the national" interest, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of National Defense in endorsing, as it does endorse, the purposes of the said -joint drive, di direct, - rect, direct, and it does hereby direct, the State Councils Section of the Council of National Defense to request'1 the State Councils of Defense throughout the nation to do everything in their power to assist in making the cam paign in question a complete success, placing their State, ana uommunity Council machinery at the disposal of the joint dnve organization." UTAH AND ARIZONA C. H. Bigelow, a representative of Gov. Bamberger, is in Phoenix for the purpose of ascertaining the views of the state administration on the matter of highway connection between Utah and Arizona. The route selected is through Mohave county to the Utah line, connecting with the Arrowhead trail at St. George. To get the con connection - nection connection a bridge would have to be con constructed - structed constructed over the Colorado river at some point where an accessable cross crossing - ing crossing might be had. He believes that there may be some coordination of the highways so that the states of Utah, Nevada aid Arizona would be greatly benefitted. To do the work will not only require the aid of the counties, but also that of the entire three states, and it is possible that this aid; can be secured. Not only do the states in question need highway connection, but we al also - so also need rail connection. With a rail railroad - road railroad coming in from the north smelter accomodations at Salt Lake City, we could also secure a better grade of coal, and the route would bring into access the oil and salt fields of north northern - ern northern Mohave county, eastern Clark county and Washington county, where -these minerals exist in large quantity. The great forests of northern Arizona would also be reached from this rail railroad - road railroad and wagon routes to the Grand Canyon and Little Zion canyon would make Southern Utah and our northern strip the pleasure ground of the south southwest. - west. southwest. Highway building is necessary to the upbuilding of our country and it is to be hoped that nothing will be put in the way of the building of new .line? into other states, or the early con construction - struction construction of roads throughout' the state of Arizona. Good toads will bring us the business and good roads will keep it when it cornea in. Roads to the mines and the farms makes lower haulage costs and equalizes the high rates of labor. . ;.: -..i;

town ana twenty-one in the hospital. Of the 21 patients at the hospital, 5 from Hackberry, 2 from Yucca and the balance from Kingman. Two were dischaiged yesterday, Ruby Cole and Andrew Anderson and others are rap rapidly - idly rapidly on the road to recovery. Theie are five or six who are very sick. Gus Rofinot is steadily improv improving. - ing. improving. Mrs. Walker who had been appoint appointed - ed appointed head nurse is now sick at her home from overwork and an attack of in influenza. - fluenza. influenza. The patients now at the hospital are Miss Ruth Russell, Caroline Wag Wagner, - ner, Wagner, Mrs'. Bartholomew and baby, Mrs. W. A. Davidson and, daughter, ,Mrs. Emma Brand, E. Douglas, G. Rofinot and baby, Everett Johnsdn, Geo. Moody, Donald Wagner, Jimmy .Mar .Martinez - tinez .Martinez John Aronsen, Hackberry; John Ryan, Yucca; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wade and baby, Hackberry; L. A. Hairison, Kingman. The hospital is still in need of women volunteers. The hours are not long but the women who have so gen generously - erously generously given their services have in some cases become overworked inas inasmuch - much inasmuch as they are not used to the work. W. L. Linville, manager of the hospi hospital - tal hospital urges any woman who can give any of her time to let him know at ' once. To the women who have been giving their time the past week, Cingman owes its gratitude. Someone has had to meet this emergency and in doing so they have not only helped the pa patients - tients patients to a more speedy recovery but so far they helped to keep the epidem epidemic - ic epidemic from spreading. The spraying has been moved from "Burkie's" place on Fourth and Front to Lang's Theater. This station is open from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. All peo people - ple people aie urged to make use of this sta station - tion station if they have no means of using an antiseptic at home. Spraying of the nose and throat is very necessary. Dr. W. C. Todt, who is here working under National Board of Health, has his office at Dr. White's office with hours from 11 to 12 A. M. and from 3 to 4 P. M. With both Dr. Whiteand Dr Bow es ill Mohave County was1 ex exceedingly - ceedingly exceedingly fortunate to have Dr. -Todt here. . Dr. Todt is from Oswego, New York where he has practiced for the ' ' ' past twenty yea"r. ' " . With all the surrounding country suffering from influenza Kingman" people are urged-to take all precau- tions to keep it down. Influenza at Oatman made consid considerable - erable considerable gain this week, there being a total of something over 50 cases there now. The Fisher building has been made into a hospital and is ac accomodating - comodating accomodating a large number of patients There have been no fatalities as yet. At Fort Mohave thereare 89 cases reported, mostly Indians. "Most of 'the teachers are down with influenza. At Hackerry there has been some improvement the past week with something like 20 cases there now. Chloride seems to have gotten off light and Yucca has several cases.

BOOTLEGGERS ESCAPE AND ARE RECAPTURED Harry Wells and James McCallv, chaige of bootlegging and sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, $250 and the confiscation of their automobile, succeeded in making their escape a few nights ago by sawing their way through the bais of one of the doors of. the lower apartment of the j'ail building, but were recaptured at Ash Fork 'by the local officer there upon telegraphic information furnished by Sheriff Cohenour. . There were returned to the j'ail here and will be'incareerated in the tank, which will more than likely insure that they will serve out their sentence. JOHN KEHPLE, PIONEER PASSES TO THE BEYOND John Kepiple, a native of West Vir Virginia, - ginia, Virginia, aged about 83 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ray Raymond - mond Raymond H. Carr, in Kingman, last Sat Saturday - urday Saturday afternoon. .Death was due to a complication of disorders, superinduc superinduced - ed superinduced by advanced age. The funeral took place from the late residence last Tuesday afternoon, interment being in Mountain View cemetery. John Kemple followed mining and prospecting the greater part of his life and at times was quite successful. Kemple camp, in Weayer district, this county, is named after him, he being She discoverer of the mines at that place, which were afterwards sold for a good sum of money to Salt Lake City people. In his death another pioneer has passed over the range. He leaves two daughters and two sons to mourn his loss. WILL COFER PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT A wire was received last evening conveying intelligence of the death of Will Coffer at that place. A. F. Har Harris - ris Harris and Clyde Coffer departed to that city to arrange for the funeral, i The young man was taken to Los Angeles about two weeks ago suffer suffering - ing suffering from some mental trouble and it was found that he was in such bad physical state that his death was only a question of time. He passed away quite suddenly, no one here knowing that his illness wa3 of such grave na nature. - ture. nature. The young man was born and brought up in this county and was well liked wherever he was known. He leaves a wife and two small children, as well as a father and mother, broth brother - er brother and one sister to mourn his loss. H. L. MARCHAND OF YUCCA PASSES AWAY H. L. Marchand passed away Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday at Yucca of pneumonia. Death came very suddenly, Marchand hardly realizing he was sick, laid down for a short rest and friends returning about thirty minutes later, found him dead. Lew, as he was familiarly known, numbered many friends throughout this section who will learn with deep regret of his death.

TUESDAY NOV. 5TH It is estimated that better than 1600 votes will be cast at the General Elec Election - tion Election next Tuesday. Though there has not been the same interest manifested as in the primary. There is still con considerable - siderable considerable interest. Though' nothing definite has yet been decided by the Arizona Califor California - nia California NeVadad Telephone'Cojnpany con concerning - cerning concerning reporting election returns, it is thought something will be done in this direction. They can not follow the plan adopted at the time of the primary of posting the returns in front of the office on account of the danger of the flu spreading in the crow d. NEW EXPLOSIVE TESTED OUT BY GOVERNMENT The government has tested out a new explosive that is said to have twice the rending power of T. N. T. It is called nitribyronel and is a bi bi-product - product bi-product .of the coke ovens. There is neither nitroglycerin nor tuloul used in the manufacture of this new explo explosive, - sive, explosive, which saves more than fifty mil millions - lions millions of pounds of glycerin per year. At the same time the new explosive is less dangerous to handle than either nitro powders. It is this new powder that is entering nto the new shells that are doing wonders on the western front and of which so much has been claimed. So terrible is the destruc destruc-ti6n - ti6n destruc-ti6n of the shells that the French has asked that it be not used during the big drive in France and Belgium. Later it will enter largely into mining explosives. ARIZONA DRAFT FIGURES HIGH The draft figures for Arizona, as compared with those of New Mexico, would indicate that Arizona has much the greater population. Arizona sent to the front a big quota compared with the census of the state, and in the recent registration 92,255 men an answered - swered answered to the call, while in. New Mex Mexico - ico Mexico only 78,962 were registered. The registration would indicate that Ari Arizona - zona Arizona has a orreater Domilation than New Mexico, although the reverse is the case. Arizona has a popuiauon oi which any state might feel proud. It is loyal to the core and in every way has shown to the wold that its men and women are ready to make any sacifice for the glorious old flag.

An interesting feature of the com coming - ing coming United War Work Campaign starting November 11, is the part the victory boys and girls will play. Each boy and girl who states he or she will endeavor to contribute to the United War Work Campaign fund not have it given them by their par parents - ents parents but to earn it will be enrolled. .In this wprk Prof. Linville is in charge of the hoys of the county and iMiss Margaret Lewis will -supervise the Victory Girls, The quota for Mohaye County is fif fifty - ty fifty Victory Boys earping; and donating $0 eacn ana io viciory vrios uumg mo same. TOTAL 97,000 IN U.S. In the statement given to the House of Commons on the 28th of this month the British had taken 327&416 enemy combatants, of which 264,242 were Germans, since the beginning of the war. It is also stated that there were in the United States 97,000 com combatant - batant combatant German prisoners. No one in the United States was advised of com combatant - batant combatant prisoners being shipped in here but apparently the returning vessels carry prisoners to the United States to lessen the carrying of food stuffs to the other side to feed them. It would also be a good idea to use these prisoners in the same way the Ger Germans - mans Germans are using their prisoners, in but buttressing - tressing buttressing up their lines with them. If their submarines want to sink passen passenger - ger passenger vessels let them sink the one on which the Germans are being taken to this country. BOLLINGER GIVES UP HIS OFFICE E. Elmo Bollinger, democratic can candidate, - didate, candidate, unapposed, for the office of Superior Judge, has given up his of offices - fices offices in the Citizen's Bank Building and will wind up his law practice in the next two months preparatory to taking his seat on the bench January 1. iMr. Bollinger is scheduled to give ten days of his time next month speaking in behalf of the United War Work Campaign.

The United War AVork Campaign will start November 11, in spite of tne influenza epidemic that pievails throughout the country. "The geneial committee have de de-decided - decided de-decided after careful consideiaticm and after wide consultation, to adhere to the original date and to conduct the campaign as planned. I visited Washington and took the matter up with the President and with the War Department and they all suppoit this decision. The disadvantages of put putting - ting putting off the campaign outweight any apparent advantages of such delay. Leaders must exercise their best judg judgment - ment judgment and ingenuity in adopting plans to meet the changed conditions." The United States will T4ise her1, quota for the United War Work Cam- paign in spite of the epidemic. The war has got to go on the right con conclusion, - clusion, conclusion, influep?a. or no influenza', and these socities who-help keep up the morale of our soldiers need financiall help now. Mohave County will do '.her share. I The National Council of Defense I emphatically endorses the United War Work Campaign with these resolu-j tions: ' WHEREAS, the W All-Department I has officially endorsed and the Presi dent of the Unitedjitatfis has likewise sanctioned the joint drive for $170, $170,-500,000 - 500,000 $170,-500,000 to be conducted' by the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association' the National Catholic War Gouncil, the Jewish Welfare B6ard, the Wai Camp Community,Servj6e, the Ameri-

DON'T RELAX YOUR EFFORTS . Keep up your efforts to stamp out the influenza epidemic. King Kingman - man Kingman has been unusually fortunate so far in 'regard to casualities re resulting - sulting resulting from the diseaseTbut'we" are not out of the woods yet. If peo people - ple people become careless about spraying their noses and throats and in oth other - er other ways we are apt to be sorry for it. This epidemic has collected a very high death toll in-surrounding towns and at no time should 'we forget the seriousness of it. LET'S CONTINUE TO BE CAREFUL. You are asked to spray your nose and throat twice daily, keep out of crowds and keep away from persons with colds. Dr. Todt also advises the use of the serum which is not a preven preventative - tative preventative but does prevent pneumonia.