Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-04
GRAND JURY WILL
 PROBE CONTRACT LABOR
Next Month Case Agianst Du- uueSne Mining Co, Will
 Likely Be Considered.
Special to Review.)


 TOMBSTONE, Jan. 3.-There is a strong probability that when the United States grand jury reconvenes on the 3rd of February that it will take up the case of the government against the members or officials of the Duquense Mining Company, oper- ating in the vicinity of Patagonia for a number of years. During the month of October several of the managing officials of the company were placed under arrest and taken to Nogales under a charge of having violated the United States labor contract laws.
 The men are charged with having, with agents, gone into Sonora in the republic ot Mexico, and imported a gang of twenty-nine Mexicans, on whom they paid the head tax at No gales and then took them to the min ing property of the company near Patagonia and kept them there at work for several months. The Unit ed States officials learned of the fact and the men were placed under arrest as a consequence. The Mexicans, with the exception of six, were taken in charge of the government officials and deported to Mexico at Nogales. The others have been held to be used as witnesses against tH, ,dining com pany officials, five of .-.eln being held in the county jail at Tucson, and the other released on bond guaranteeing his appearance before the grand jury when wanted.
 The United States laws regarding the importation of contract labor is very strong and should the indict' ment be returned the defendants are subject to a heavy fine and also i'm prisonment, it being within the .discre. ton of the court.
 A similar case arose in Graham county a few years ago when a num- Der Of officials of the Arizona Cop per Company at Morenci were arrest. ed for bringing over several clerks from Scotland and putting them at work for the company there. A mum. Der of the officials were fined as a consequence.
 The work of making up the back tax roll by Clerk of the Board of Super visors H. B. Berner shows that the amount of property listed on those books is less than 61a per cent of the total amount and amounts in round figures to about $26,00Q, which is the lowest ever noted in the history of the county since the new tax law went into effect, and even when the old delinquent tax law was in opera tioE. This speaks well for the prop erty owners of Cochise county and shows that notwithstanding the pres ent financial stringency they have been able to pay up their taxes. In r,4x 40 4l,k, effect that nearly 50 pea cent of the property listed ia that county was al lowed to go delinquent. There is hardly county in the territory that will have as low a per cent on the back tax books as will Cochise county.
 The board of supervisors has ad- journed until Monday at which time it will be in session For several days. At the coming meeting the contracts for furnishing of the various sup plies for the ensuing year will be let, as will the contract for the caring of tae county hospital and the indigenI sick The bids for the printing of the election supplies for the county election to be held this fall will also be let
 The district court is standing at re- cess and will not be in session again until Monday, whenthe court win de vote that week to the trial oE civil cases adjourning on Saturday until February 3. at which time the United States grand jury will reconvene and take up a number of cases that Unit ed States Attorney Aiexaiader was unable to present at the last session Judge Doan will leave on Ssssssiay, tne 18th instant for Phoenix, where ke goes to attend the January session oi l the supreme court which will sit the 1 greater part of the present month There are large number of cases on ! appeal from Cochise county
 An examination of the records for { the past year shows that there were issoed during the year 1907 in Cochise ] county 42s marriage licenses. which Is the largest number that has been is sued during any year in the history l of the county and puts Cochlse ahead Of an Arizona counties
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