Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth, 1918-12-07

George Miller. Thursday this week C. R. Van Mar Marter - ter Marter filed a notice of contract of the petition of H. H. Watkins. Another petition had also been fil filed - ed filed late in November by Attorney Wal Wallace - lace Wallace of Oatman claiming to be a cred creditor - itor creditor and asking for general adminis administration. - tration. administration. He asks that H. E. Lang be appointed administrator. The hear hearing - ing hearing of this petition has been post postponed - poned postponed pending the determination 6f the validity of the lost will. The case has been set for December 23. Much interest is being shown in this case inasmuch as all who knew Mr. Mr.-Miller - Miller Mr.-Miller firmly" believe that it was his intention to leave his property to the schools of Mohave county, and are more than ever convinced that some somebody - body somebody is trying to get away with some something. - thing. something. 0

since leaving March Field, and i$ is probable that this will be used here hereafter - after hereafter for future trips across country. He also stated that owing to the char character - acter character of his planes he was unable to go farther east than Peach Spring the climbing abilities of the .machines being limited. Later (other planes will come in from the east over the mountain and map that end of the route. The aviators took the air yesterday morning a few minutes after' six o'clock and expect to reach the air airdrome - drome airdrome before noon. The mapping of the air lanes across this country indicates that Kingman and the other towns along the Santa Fe will soon have a mail 4 route. At only one point will a height above 6000 feet have to be reached, while on the other hand there will be found hundreds of good landing places where repairs, oils, gas and aid may be had.

with Asa Harris and Ross -"Blakely" when Mr. Miller had said that he was afraid of Mrs. Wilson and that he wanted to get rid of her. Lloyd Milwain who was at the san sanitarium - itarium sanitarium at the same time as Mr. Mil Miller, - ler, Miller, testified that Mr. Worster was not in the tent occupied by Mr. Miller on the afternoon that Worster had stat-, ed that Mr. Miller had called him in to help him write the will in question. At five o'clock Saturday afternoon, Judge Thorne pronounced the will a forged instrument. After court adjourned, (H. H. Wat Wat-kins - kins Wat-kins filed a petition for the probate of the lost will which was made by Miller about July 20, 1917. In this petition he claimed that this will had never been revoked. It had been testified previously that .Mr. Miller had stated the dav before

-he died that he believed Mrs. Wilson had taken this will away. At one o'clock of thesame day and before the court had given a decision in the case another petitions had been filed by C. R. Van Marter in behalf of Mrs. Minnie Wilson for the probate of a new will in the nature of a lettfer dated the same date as the holograp holographic - hic holographic will. It reads as follows: Colfax, Cal., Nov. 20, 1917. , Dear Miss Wilson I leave you all my Money and Mining Property not to by fine close or foolishness but to fix up .your satarin to help poor people who caint pay you. Know how we was .going to fix it up if I got well so .if I die you fix it just that way with the stat I give you and you keep Loyd until he get well dont charge him nothing give him My watch bury me at Colfax Keep My grave nice all the time.

pany came here with a plan for the decortating of the leaves of the yuc- . a, with a process that was tried out and found to be a success. It is here to stay, as thelprofits from fiber are high and the possibilities of the bi bi-products - products bi-products are great. Kingman people realize the impor importance - tance importance of this plant, and the fact that it is now giving employment to many people at a good wage. It is our infant industry, but we ex expect - pect expect it to grow to large proportions, as there is enough of the fiber mat material - erial material within a radius of 20 miles of Kingman to keep the present plant in operation for many years. The com company - pany company expects to add largely to the plant within the next six months. nnH

man. Two or three other cases are in a serious condition and the others seem to be getting along nicely. Thursday night three nurses were sent from Kingman, Miss Deming, L. W. Johnson and Charles Whitfield. Doctors White and Todt are making the territory as often as necessary and with the assistance of the nurses mentioned from Kingman the situa situation - tion situation is being pretty well taken care of. The Sandy has also suffered the past week, there being about 17 cases down there now. The Banegas baby died Thursday morning. The rest of the cases there are getting along in good shape. Oatman has had no new cases the past week and Chloride has not yet been hit, though a case was brought in from the Emerald Isle this week.

nesses were again called in for more evidence. C. J. Walters was again put on the stand and he testified that the name Minnie Wilson appearing on the will .produced by her attorneys, was in the -same handwriting as certain docu documents - ments documents which had been pronounced as written by Mrs. Wilson. C. W. Lynch testifed that he was .with Mr. Miller when he returned from California and that he had made arrangements for him to be taken care of at the county hospital. He testi testified - fied testified that Mr. Miller had told him that he wanted to get rid of Mrs. Wjl6on,' and that he was afraid of her. Joe Gideon testified that he had teen present on different occasions

wiped out m Kingman the ban will not be lifted for a couple of weeks at least. This was deemed advisable by the Board of Health after a consulta consultation - tion consultation yesterday morning. At first it was thought there would he a gradual lifting of the ban bu,t after consideration it was thought "best to refrain from this until the sit situation - uation situation in the county is cleared up. It has been definitely decided that the schools will not be opened until after January 1st. .Yucca is suffering the most at the present time, there being about 39 cases down there out of probably 58 people. There were two deaths at Yucca this week. Isaac Piper and Bert Hill-