Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-10
NEWS NOTES OF
 MORALES, ARIz.

MORALES, Ariz., Dec. 9.-Papago hose company of Nogales gave a smoker in honor of Papago engine company Saturday night and large attendance was present. The main feature of the speeches of the evening was the great enthusiasm indulged in concerning the organization of a Bo- cial and athletic club. Numerous plans were offered for putting the movement on a footing and from all indications the outlook is encourag- ing.
 Owing to the recent shutdown of the mines in and around Cananea the amount of importations through the customs house has fallen of consid- erably this month. This Is also true of the exports to some extent, and the months business will not be up to the standard. But after this month the business will increase to its nat ural order.
 Joseph W. Parker, inspector in the bureau of animal industry with head quarters at Fl Paso, has been here for several days inspecting cattle and animals imported from Mexico through this port.
 During the past week many loads of wood have been coming in and the residents have been laying in their supply for the winter.
 The Episcopal church Is making ar engagements for some added improve meuts to their property and soon will also have new cement sidewalk laid all around their lot Now that they have a minister for part of the month they have begun to consider the ques- tion of a parsonage, and hope to have one built before many months.
 George W. Webb, immigration in- spector for Arizona and New Mexico, has been here on an official visit, and incidentally to present his new chief to his employees.
 Frank w Berkshire, supervising in speCJUr Tn CIIaT 65 UT lS5T stations stations 0a tthEe Mexican border, has been visiting Nogales in the interests of his department He finds the busi- ness at this port inIgood shape and much activity on the part of the in- spectors in charge of immigration matters here.
 Notwithstanding reports to the con trary there are certainly many men coming up from Mexico where they have been working on different exten- sions of the Cananea and Yalui River railroad. True, all have not been laid off. and work is not at standstill, but so little work is being done that there is no need of the large forces that were originally employed and hence many not able to find work there have returned to the states.
 new customs brokerage firm has been established in Nogales, Mexico, under the name of Joffroy and Ald- ridge. Mir. Joffroy has been engaged in the same. business at Naco for over two years and now comes to Nogales in hopes of securing larger business. Mir. Aldridge was formerly bill clerk in the Southern Pacific oflce here for some time.
 Oscar J. Turner. 6 recently appoint ed mounted inspector in the customs service, stationed at Naco, Arizona, met with very painful accident last week While standing in the door of his house he was struck in the foot by bullet fired by some unknown person. He has only been in the ser vice for a few days and hence has had no chance to make enemies nor cause anyone to become angry at him, consequently the accident was proba- bly, an unavoidable one. He will be laid up for some time.
 Charles H. Cook, immigration in- spector at this port, has been of on hunting expedition for some time and returned much benefited with his outing
 Word has come to some employees of the government here from politi- cal friends in Washington, D. C., that, soon after the holiday recess, an ef- fort Is going to be made to have con gross increase the salaries of the clerks in the governmental service. This is not due to any official influ- ence but because of the cost of liv- ing. and as many of the senators fav- or the increase 1t will no doubt be done While prices have steadily ad- vanced, salaries have not Tn fact some have been lowered, and 1t is a h rdchfn f.- uDt.f<Is tho 1a~ro -~r.~ r.f