Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-20
SESSION
 AT TOMBSTONE
District Court Works to Clear Civil Calendar Before Days of
 Statehood
STATEHOOD MARCH

TOMBSTONE, Jan. lS.-The Htten- tion of the district court was taken up the larger portion Of the time in the trial of the case of Charles Bow man vs. P. R.. Tarnekros, and in- ! wolves the question of a commission of slO.000
 ! The complaint. which was filed on October Q 1909. alleges that on or about the l4th of october. 1907, the 1 defendant 10 dispose of if possible. ! 10000 sfg4Ies of the Great Western ! Copper company. and that he wanted ! Sl00.00O for the same. That defend ! ant was to pay plaintiff. in case he made the sale. a reasonable commis- sion lt further states thlt on or about the Stk day of April, 1908. that ] the pla ntiff did sell the above stock i th enc C. II. Young for the sum of 1 Sl00.000, and that since that time the | defendant any commission whatever and which the plaintiff claims to be 1 worth s10000. that being the usual commission allowed in the sale of min ng property or stock
 ' Since the case has been filed. there 1 have been number of motions. de 1 murr5rs. etc. filed which have all 1 been argued and disposed of, and the case went to trial today on it's merits The cause of the plaintif is being looked after by Colonel Pick ett. while the interests of the de 1 fendant are being attended t5 by Mrs. Sorin, of Tucson.
 number of prominent citizens of the county have been called as wit nesses, among whom are the follow ing: John Gleason of Gleason. Si Bry ant, W. J. Young and C. Fl. Young of the Great Western Copper Company, w. C. Mcbride and Douglas Gray. The case w3s still in progress when the hour of adjournment arrived.
 Divorce Actions
 Since the first of the year tNere have been filed in the district court eight actions for divorce entitled as follows:
 Emma Arborn ys Thomas F. Ar born, both of Bisbee.
 Jim NJ. Rice ys. Nettie E. Rice, from Wilcox
 Vera c. Patrick vs Dennis F. Pat rick, of Bisbee.
 lizzie Greer Ballard vs. Thomas Ballard, from Benson
 AsO-Ae DAOH II NS- AAlGl Ato Ns pA AON III from Douglas.
 ! Barney H. Hort vs. Mora B. Hart, from Douglas
 Wilson L. Staggner ys. Carmen C.. Staggner. from Bisbee.
 Judgment Rendered
 In the case of the Norton Morgan Commercial company ys the NJ chi zona development company, which was tried yesterday in the district court a judgme nj Nis rendered giv- ing to the defenuant company the stock in question, but awarding 10 the plaintiff the q vidends that had been declared on the stock by the Leadville Mining company, aud which dividends were ordered to be !, turned over to the plaintiff. The plaintiff also received the costs of suit.
 Foreclosure Ordered In the case of J Mccarthy vs the Peopiss' Wlater company. of Benson.
 which was tried in the district court
 this morning, the default of the de
 fendant was entered, and upon hear
 ing the evidence in the case. judg-
 ment was ordered entered for the
 plaintiff, and a decree of foreclosure ordered and the property of the de
 fenCant in Benson ordered sU]d by
 the sheriff The suit was brought
 to foreclose a mortgage given to the
 plaintiff by the defendant for the sum of $500, and interest thereon from
 the first of March, 1911, at the rate of one per cent. month.
 Statehood March 1
 A well known republican, who
 stands close to the administration in
 Phoenix, who arrived here last even
 ing from there, in conversation wit1
 a number of Tombstone citizens, is authority for the statement that that there will not be anything do Il ing in the statehood proposition be !, fore the first of March at the earliest U He quotes Secretory Young as say r ing that the canvass ng board will . not complete their work before the ]. first of February. so that there vii , ' be no chance of the president beina z notified before the first week O. T middle of February. He further state. :. that it is the general impression
 around Phoenix that 1t VIII be tne ', first of March or even later before z the statehood proclamation will De , lS5ueO DN HTeSiueuL ldli. {. Should such prove to be the case n it will be disappointment to the of " ficers elected in Cochise county, who e have been expecting to take hold Q of the.r offices on the first of Feb f. ruary, and will leave them but ter
 months of term of office, until they n will have to either be reelected ol n turn over the office to successor Q courtisnd improving n W. J. Young, accompanied by hi; .s brother, c. H. Young, Superintendent a- Mcbride and others connected witt
 the Great Western Mining company E. of Courtland, were in the cSy today k on short visit. MT Young states | that Courtiand Is improving, that F. his company has been adding a nun
 Der of men to the list of employees :. and that increased shipments of ore 2. will be made to the smelters al if Douglas. The train service from l. Douglas has been increased to three n times a week now. instead of twice
 as was the custom for the past year t Besides the work being done on the q Great Western property, he states that others are lqgain doing develop