The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-09-18
CONTRACTOR COTEY
SUES GREENLEE
COUNTY

Concerning Contract of MetcaIf Road
Extension o. j. Cotey Sues County
for Sum of $5,7o8. .48-Divorce Suits
and Matters Regarding Citizenship
Predominate in Clerks Records.
o. J. Cotey, to whom was awarded
the contract for the building of the
Metcalf extension highway, this week
entered suit against Greenlee county
for the sum of $5,708 AS, his com
plant, filed by his attorneys, Stratton
& Lynch, reciting that the county fail
to pay him sums which were specified
in the contract made.
While not reciting the fact in the
complaint, his grievance is that the
county demanded that he, .Cotey, en-
dure the loss occasioned to the newly
completed road by a severe rainstorm
which in many places completely
washed away the roadbed ,
The position taken by the county su-
pervisors is that Cotey should with
stand the loss, as at the time of the
rainstorm the road had not been re-
ceived as complete by the county On
the other hand, Cotey holds that the
work throughout was done under the
personal direction and inspection of
IAO Guilty 0nSlu6cT, WuO T0CGlf0Q HIS
instructions from the supervisors, and
that the fact of completion, according
to specifications embraced in the con-
tract, between the supervisors and
Cotey, frees Cotey of responsibility
Here the case hinges, the county
claiming the road to be Cotey's proper
ty until accepted in full by the county,
while Cotey claims that the road was
the county's7 property as soon as COM
pleted in each section. 2g r0ilaf5ttgsu'
Divorce. Suits Filed. 'fdd
This week Tennie Thelma Rice en-
ters suit for divorce against Ethan A.
Rice the plaintiff in her complaint, re-
citing that because of extreme cruelty
on the part of her husband she should
be granted a decree of divorce and taht
her life is in danger while living with
him. She prays that the court will
order that the husband shall pay to
her alimony to the extent of $50 90 per
month. The couple married in the
state of New Mexico in 1908. No
children were born to the union. 80
: Another divorce suit filed is that of
Madeline E.. Smith against Jas. Al
bert Smith, the plaintiff declaring that
the two were married at Spokane,
Washington, in 1908. and that because
of desertion and non-support on the,
part of the husband she is entitled to
a decree of separation. No children
were born to the union, and no prop
erty is involved nss5hl sdf a
Daniel Garcia this week entered suit
against Jose M. Fuentes and Jose M !.
Gonzales, the action being to recover
bond to the amount of $500 which the
plaintiff states was placed by the
defendants on July 1, 1914, to secure
their promise to pay to the plaintiff
the sum Of $4,000 per month for the
rental of pool hall with fixtures at
Metcalf, Arizona. The plaintiff re-
cites that payments were duly made
at the end of each month until Sep
tember L, 1914, when they ceased
Z, Another Mexican suft. is that Of Re-
fugioi Mingura against Tomas Ponce
and Petronus A. r. ,Rellanos; this ac-
tion being to quiet title to- "a acres OF
land in the Eagle Creek section. A
quiet title and $500; damages is asked,
the damages being to cover a, long
period of occupation Of the premises
by the defendants. against the approval
of thez plaintiff = sg'sss5,,: -.
A total of eighty-six, persesn, mostly
Mexicans,s have declared before ( the
Clerk of the Superior court their inten-
ton to become citizens of the United
States. That section of the state law
which states that before a person can
become employed upon public work he
mus have declared his intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States,
in case he is not citizen, Is held re-
sponsible for the great activity in this
department of the work OF the Clerk,
who to meet the unusual demand some
time since sent for one hundred citi-
zenship application blanks, of which
only fourteen are now remaining.
Full Pledged Citizens.
The following persons have lately
been granted final certificates of citi-
zenship: VIM. J.. Williams, Z of Met
calf, a native of England: BENJAMIN
Vivian, of Metcalf, a native Of Eng
land; Julius WE'LL, of Clifton, native
of Germany; Jno. M. Pollock of Cliff
ton, native of Scotland; j. r. Zap
pia, of Clifton, native of Italy; Sam
Forbes, of Clifton, Robt, Forbes, of
Clifton, natives of Ireland; Chas. Gas
loli, of Clifton, from Italy; Thos.
Wood Scott, of Metcalf, and a native
of Scotland. To grant the papers of
naturalization officer
Fred K. Jones, of Los Angeles, visit
ed at Clifton Wednesday, returning the
next day to his home. ~ \
Elks Reunion Date
The Elks reunion committee, in
their meeting in Tucson Sunday, de-,
cided that the next state reunion of
B., P. o. Elks shall be held in that
city at the same time as is the south
l.