Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-14
.COCHHSE COUNTY
DOUGLAS NEWS NOTES
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Al Brockman of the Chiricahua coun try came down from Bisbee last even ing for a visit in Douglas.
 H. E. Berner, clerk of the board of supervisors made hasty business trip to Douglas yesterday.
 Otto storm. who has been suffering | for some time with rheumatism, is now much better.
 Mrs. P. P. Hastings of Prescott, wife of the general freight and pas senfer agent for the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railway, who has been wis iting with Mrs H. A. Strodthof, left | for home yesterday afternoon.
 Fritz Kphlmeyer returned to the Moctezuma district yesterday after a ! snort visit in Douglas.
 c. B. Bell, superintendent of the 1 Los Angeles mine, near Nacozari, is | expected to arrive in Douglas today.
 Mrs. J. H. Slaughter left yesterday | for the ranch, having just returned from visit in Texas.
 J. R. lowell returned yesterday from the Hachita gold fields, bringing with him small bottle of the yellow metal.
 Charles Hanson has just returned from Lampasas, where he was examin- ing several mining properties.
 Two Mexicans were seen by watch men in the Copper Queen shelter wards carrying away wood Wednesday night He fired several shots in the air and they dropped the wood and took to their heels.
 Roy Mcdonald of Phoenix is in town this week to organize lodge here of quite a number of members of that or der in town who joined in other places. Frank Brown, general agent for the Finnegan Hide company, is in the city arranging for the construction work of
 lis new hide house.
 W. s. Morrow. the deputy organizer | of the Woodmen of the World, left yesterday for Estancia, N. NJ, for few days visit.
 Albert Stacy of the Bassett Lumber company returned yesterday from at ttending the lumbermens convention in i Fl Pase, which has been in session for several days
 ] J. c. Croft of Douglas left yester- !, day for his old home in Chambersburg, Pa, having received telegram an nouncing the Serious illness of his father.
 Sunday will probably see good sized crowd at the golf course of the Country club, as the regular monthly contest for the presidents bogie han dicap cup is or and there will be big list of players to try for it Mrs. L. Nj. Burns and daughter of Houston. Texas, arrived in Douglas yesterday to visit her son, Malcom Burns of Douglas, the local freight in tspector.
 J. o. Medberry of New York arrived in town today on his way to the Belen mine, near Cunpas, to blow in the fur nace Monday of the new 40-ton smelter of that company. NIT. Medberry's com ipany installed the shelter for the bel- en Mining company. It is the inten- ton, if the furnace works satisfactori- l ly, to install several more furnaces in the near future
 | The Belen Mining company is one of the few companies that have kept on working their property during the recent depression.
 Two cases of theft against Mexi- cans were tried in Judge Rice's court lyesterday. A Mexican was caught in ithe act of putting box of shoes under his arm and walking of with them in the Copper Queen store yesterday af- ternoon and Sadie Brewer, the pro iprietor of the Los Angeles rooming house, preferred charges against Mexican girl for stealing items of household furniture.
 l Arrangements are being made for a meeting of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce this even ing if possible, and if not, tomorrow !, evening. when the matter of securing . secretary will be the chief item of discussion.
 l The executive committee of the board have received letters from the chambers of commerce in Los Angeles and other cities to whom they have written for advice in the matter and these letters will come before the meeting of the board It is not ex- tpected thxt definite action in choosing a secretary will come this week, but the board will make some progress iR that line in considering the applica- tons already before it
 | The subcommlttses who have bssn canvassing for new subscribers and collecting the frat quarter dues will have report to make which will no doubt be most encouraging. The en- rollment which started at 1S0 has now just about reached the 200 mark and the committeeman say they had no trouble at all in collecting the money | subscribed
 A new addition to the city of Pirtle- vile win soon be surveyed and pat on the market. It is to be known as ltne Speed addition. it conlsJs of 55 acre tract which the E. R. Pirtls comzspy have recently purchased. It will De divided into one-acre tracts to lanswer the demand which is growing flor suburban residences which win al low of a good sized garden and other luxuries which come with having more room. The tract is now being survey led and as soon as the work is com lpleted the lots will be offered for sale | Report has it that a new strike has
 been made in Jim Taylor's property south of the Fl Tigre in the Orojano