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Show KINGMAN MOURNS " EDITOR'S DEATH W. G. Damon, editor of the Mo-Arizona, Mo-Arizona, and cne cf the best known r.e.vsrarer men in tie southwest, died in the Good Santar.tzn hos- from a ccr.-plicaticn cf disease; that had beccme manifest in the The iollowtng was clipped from a recent issue cf the Mtner: "Bom in York. Neb., forty-two years age. Warren G. Dsrr.cn was taken by his parents to the northwest. north-west. At an early age he was selling sell-ing newspapers on the streets of Seattle. Tacom3 and Portland. From this beginning grew his profound pro-found knowledge of the newspaper newspa-per business that finally led to executiveship and ownership. "Ke came to Kingman at the ; close cf the world war and was instrumental in the consolidation i of the Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth. Out cf the effort grew an association with ! Anson H. Smith, who as one of the outstanding mining writers of ' the west, cast their lots together, i "He was an arduous worker, seldom sel-dom granting respite to himself, and his none too robust body gave ; way to the strain that it was forced to undergo to keep pace ; with the active mind tnat guinea it. Illness resulted. The spirit and will spurred him on and on until two months ago he was advised by his doctor that, a complete res' was necessar-y. Confined to his home it. was impossible to afford : him the quiet and respite from ; business worries that was deemed necessary. He went to the coast. ! "Upon the advice cf California's j most eminent specialists he en- I tered the Good Samaritan hospit-I al in Los Angeles for treatment, j where he succumbed." |