Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
BISBEE. Fighting New Law.


 Together with committees of pre- cinct officers throughout the state. a committee of Cochise county precinct offcehoIders. headed by Constable C. N. Thomas, have started a fight against the recently passed law which provides that ail precinct of- fees shall become vacant on Janu- ary 1.
 IL is claimed that the recently yers have been engaged and they have stated that the law cannot be put into effect. In order to obtain concerted action in fighting the law, the committees will have attorneys to bring restraining suits against the several county boards from declaring any precinct offices vacant.
 To this end funds are being rais- ed to pay for the counsel. In a cir cular letter sent out by the local committee it is stated that. should each precinct donate 8 l-3 per cent of one months salary. fund amply sufficient to hire attorneys to fight the law will thus be raised. The campaign to raise funds will be wig orously pushed as suit must be brought before December l5 Should the fund raised amount to more than is required the balance will be re- turned pro rata to all subscribers.
 Need More Sign Boards.
 What Arizona needs, and needs badly. is more sign boards and plenty of them and better roads," said C. F. Ruprecht of New York city, who with a party of four arrived in Phoe- nix this week in big Packard "Six" on his way to California for the win ter.
 While I did not get lost. it's a wonder" said Mir Ruprecht to Ga zettc reporter. "for the sign boards throughout New Mexico and Arizona are SO scarce that it is next to im- possible to know which road to take when you come to turn. From Chicago to Kansas City and all through the state of Kansas there are sign boards at every turn. and in consequence the traveller is never delayed a minute by not knowing what road to take. At every street there is sign with the name of the street printed plainly upon it and all through the country the roads are marked. Kansas has the best sign system in the country. The telegraph poles are put to use, color ed bands being used to designate the roads and directions They arc be- ginning to erect sign boards also throughout Colorado"
 The lack of sign boards in com ing through New Mexico and Ari- zona, MT. Ruprccht thinks, is the only drawback to the tourists coming west. In most of the states he found good roads, the worst however, were found this side of Albuquerque, N M.
 But Few Replies.
 Postmaster M k. Cassidy has re- ceived about ten replies from a total of eighty-nine requests, sent out by him, asking merchants and business men to what extent they estimated the new parcels post would be used
 Soon after the parcels post law was passed the post office depart. ment at Washington asked all post masters to make an estimate of the extent to which the parcels post would be used. so that the depart ment could make preparation for the prompt and efficient handling of the parcels To get an idea of the cx- tent to which the parcels post would be used in the Bisbec section Post master Cassidy communicated with the business men. The replies re- ceived SO far do not give very good idea as to the extent to which the post will be utilized in this sec ton as many of those who have answered have been unable to state definitely what will be the average