Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-18
REQUEST FROM WASHINGTON
 MYSTERIOUS
Land Department Wants Rec
 ords of Early sos in Pat { ented Claims in Tombstone
 and Warren Districts.
Board of Eualizatoin Formally Places on Assessment Rolls Unpatented Mining Claims That Have Value.

 TOMBSTONE, July 17.--Ths Board of Supervisors will go down to Ben son in tho morning to inspect the rlyer in that locality in regard to the pro posed plan te erect a bridge across the river so as to afford the residents of Johnson and the Dragons a chance 10 cross the river at a point when 1t is up. There are large number Of people in that vicinity that have 0usi- ness in Benson and there is no doubt but what it would be of great ben eft. The Chamber of Commerce Of Benson will look after the entertain ment of the Board.
 Clerk of the Court Wilcox as re ceiyed a request from Washington from the land department to look over the records of the district court in a number of cases way back in :Ea early eighties in regard to the question of titles to a number of patented nin.I g claims in this district as well IS in the Warren district For what pur- pose this information is to Ee rsed remains to be seen as the letter a. ling for the information faiis to give the slightest clue.
 Up to this morning there has been received at the county recorders of. fee 145S names to be placed on the great register, which is but the be- ginning of the names that will come in. It has been estimated that the registration this year will reach over the 1000 mark with but little trouble Last year the total registration was 526l. This year nearly every voting precinct in the county with perhaps the exception Of Naco. will show g very decided increase. This will be particularly so in Bisbee, Douglas Tombstone and Benson, while the smaller precincts will show up very we'll
 The vote in Cochise county this year will probably show the county to be at the head of the list of all of the counties of the territory. as Maricops had but few more last election anC the increase in population has beer greater in this county than in Mari ccpa.
 There will be short session of tht district court tomorrow, at which tim, It is expected that a number of deci sions will be handed down by th, court. A ruling on the demurrer in tht Cadena de Cobre case will in all probability be made. It also expect ed that the partes to the tax case O J. N. Gaines vs. Norton-Stewart in re gard to the Wilcox lot assessment will be ready to take up the matter b, agreement. The parties were here ol yesterday, not knowing that court hal adjournd until Wednesday.
 The Board of Equalization afte some discussion over the question o the placing of non-patented minini claims spreading over the past tw, weeks decided this afternoon to talk some action in the matter and the fol lowing motion was spread upon tn minute book Of the Board:
 Motion by Riggs, seconded by Tay Ter, all members voting aye. It i ordered that the clerk of this Boar be instructed to place upon the ass essment roll of 1906, productive, UT patented mining claims that have value"
 The Board also proposes to mak som ematerial changes in the valuatio on lots in certain blocks in Douglas a returned by Assessor O'Reilly. | some of these blocks the price ha been raised and in others reduced.
 The assessed valuation of the stoc of merchandise carried by Norton 1 Morgan, Soto Bros. and John Gleaso in Wilcox were all reduced 5000.
 The land of NJ. J. Donahue in th vicinity of Douglas was raised froI s200 to s1600.
 The land of the Three Bar Cattl company was raised from s125 pc acre to s2.
 Tombstone Locals.
 The Tombstone baseball team wi go out to Pearce on Sunday to play return game with that nine. The being in here few weeks since an We redefeated by the Tombstone min in a ragged game. Since that time tn Pearce team has improved and recen ly jlayed a game with the soldier that resulted in a score of 9 to c.
 Arthur Weeks and Ella Wise Pearce were married in the chamber of Probate Judge Goodbody last eve ing by that official. The couple wi make their future hom ein TombstoI where the groom is in the employ the Consolidated company.
 A Chinese Puzzle.