Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-21


 Week Indicted Several County Off
 eias Who Are Charged With Elm
 bezzlement of Public Funds.
 hon. Geo. W. P Hunt, of Globe, Gila county was a visitor in Douglas yesterday. He was accompanied by Assistant Superintendent Moore, of the Old Dominion Mining company at Globe, and they spent most of the day at the Copper Queen smelter. MT. Hunt is one of the prominent men of Gha county; he is president of the Old Dominion Commercial company and president of the bank bearing the same name He has four times repre- sented his county in the legislature of the territory, twice in the house and twice in the council, being honored with the presidency of the last coun- cil
 Mir Hunt arrived in Globe many years ago as a very poor boy and his employment was first as waiter in restaurant Securing a position in the store of Alonzo BalIey he become valuable man in the business. When MT. Bailey organized the Old Domin- ion Commercial company to take over his store MT. Hunt became a stock holder and director in the company and was soon made manager of the business He is now the president and general manager of the company.
 Mir. hnut said that Globe was never in a more prosperous condition and the same may be said of the county of Gila. Globe has had a good trade dur ing ,-4e past year from the Tonto basin dam and when work is under full head way, now promised for the near fu- rhl la hot frNvz rrrf1 be greatly augmented. Great incon- yenience was encountered during the long rainy season this year by washouts on the railroad, but that is now all over and the Gila Wiley & Globe road is being pracucally rebuilt at all places where it suffered from high water and the grade being nov ed on higher ground and where it Wal not be subject to damage in the fu- ture.
 New Court House.
 In the last legislature MT. Hunt se- cured the passage of a bill authorizing the county of Gila to issue s40,00O in bonds for the purpose of erecting a new court house in IIIobe, which has been badly needed for several years. The supervisors oi the county are now getting ready to begin this building and with MT. Hunt visited Nogales this week to look at the court house there as they had heard it highly spoken of as a very convenient and handsome building for the housing and accommodation of the courts and coun- ty government.
 Much Mining Activity. 'I never saw so much activity in the mining industry of the Globe dis trict before" said MT. Hunt, 'and cer- tainly our city was never so prosper ous or had a brighter outlook for the future Globe has had many years of up and down experience. Under the old management the Old Dominion mine was an aggrevating uncertainty, and held the business enterprises of Globe up in the air most of the time When the mine was in opera tion no one knew when it would be shut down and when it was idle no one ever knew when it would resume op- erations. This is now all changed ow- ing to the acquisition of the o. D. by the Phelps-Dodge interests. Many new processes for the treatment of one have been added by this com pany Converters have been added and concentrating mill also. To mix with the Globe ore continual ship sments Of Bisbee ore is arriving daily at Globe and much ore is shipped to Douglas from Globe to mix with the Bisbee ores. A general feeling of confidence now exists among our peO- ple'
 Officials Indicted.
 Mir Hunt told of some vigorous work of the Gila county grand jury which was in session last week, of which he was the foreman. Ex-Treas- urer Hitchcock, whose term expired with the beginning of tnIs year, was indicted for misappropriating county funds This shortage has been made good by MT. Hitchcock, but the grand jury was not willing to overlook the, offense which was believed to have been deliberate.
 P c. Robertson, probate judge Of Gila county, was also indicted, short age of S1 900 having been discovered in his accounts. Also an indictment was returned against an expert account ant who was employed by the county to expert the public accounts and rec Ords. He is charged with collision with defaulting officials and with mak- ing a false report.
 Speaking of the approaching state hood convention at Phoenix Mir. Hunt regarded it as a very important meet ing and one which should be attended by good delegations from each coun- ty.