Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-28
GENERAL SHAKE-UP OF
 PRECINCT OFFICERS
 IN JOHNSON DISTRICT
Justice of the Peace is Remov- ed and the Pay of the Con- stable and Jailor Stopped.
 Recorder Asks for Opinion.

For some time past reports have been reaching here that the conduct Of the precinct officers at Johnson was not what it should be. These reports ] reached the sheriff's office and also , the Road of Supervisors office. Yes terday Chairman Sparks, Supervisor John Rock and Clerk of the Board A. c. Karger. rnexpectedly drove into that camp from their tour to the north ern part of the county and made a quiet investigation and they found things much worse than had been re ported and in fact were able to judge with their own eyes how the condi- tions were. As a result of what they | found a special session of the Board was held last evening and 1t resulted in the acceptance of the resignation of A. B. Marchman. as justice of the peace of that precinct and the pass ing of a resolution cutting off the sal ary allowed J. A Jenkins as jailer of sS0 per month. JenS!ns was consta- ble of that precinct and was allowed calary of S20 per month and in order to make the wages fair he was ap-
  This the Board cut off. He was also notified that it would be necessary for him to file a new bond as constable as one of the parties that had been on his bond had withdrawn and that the office of constable at Johnson would he declared vacant until such bond was filed.
 Jenkins was formerly constable at Cochise and while serving there re- call was started against him but was finally dropped. He has been acting as constable at Johnson for the past few months having been appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
 No action was taken by the Board 10 fill the vacancies and none will be taken until the regular meeting of the poard to be held on the first Monday Of next month.
 The me~ bers of the party visited most of the voting precincts in the -crthern and central portions of the county They report the county in that section as being prosperous. There will be several thousand head of cattle shipped from the Wilcox country and that in the vicinity of Bowie there is considerable mining e~citement San Simon is improving, there is considerable ore being hauled in there from the Chiricahua noun tn'nv and the Paradise country and -hinred to the Fl Paso smelters. The new bridge material 10 be built by the county over the wash east of there has been received and the work will he started within a short time. At Johnson and Dragoon the party found that there are over 1900 men at work in that district and more ore being eN'nped than ever from that locality
 Only One License
 r"''n rnnuests for marriage licenses that have been coming at the rate of nearly three per day fell down today and there was just one license fee of two dollars received. This came from William Rhodes of Lowell who asks for license that will entitle him to wed the girl of his choice, Miss Emily Dram of Warren.
 Prisoners In Jail
 There are thirty six prisoners held in the county jail at the present time. Of this number twenty-six are held to await the action of the Superior Court on felony charges. The other ten are prisoners who are serving time for petty offenses. During the past week the number has been greatly reduced by a number of parties who were be- ing held on bootlegging charges fur nisbing bail and some five or six be- ing released on account of their hay ing served their time.
 Auto Stolen
 The sheriff's office has been advised that the Ford machine belonging to Jack O'Brien. an employee of the Phelps Dodge Company at Tyrone, New Mexico. was stolen on Thursday at Silver City. It was stolen by a man named Glenn who is reported to be an escaped prisoner according to the telegram. The telegram states that Glenn passed through Lordsburg on Friday morning headed west. The machine is described as being a Ford with aluminium radiator and carries a New Mexican license number 537S ord the engine number is 11OS915. The sheriff's office has notified the officers throughout the county to be on the lookout for the machine
 Asked For Opinion
 County Recorder Owen E. Murphy has written to Attorney Wiley E. Jones for an opinion on the Non-Par- tisan registration question. A number of those who have already degistered have written in to have their registra- lions changed so as to now insert party where they refused or neglect ed 10 name thei rparty utilization at the time they registered.
 The general impression here Is that there can be no change made in the blanks as they have subscribed and sworn 10 before a notary public. If the changes were allowed there would he opened a chance to defeat the very purpose of the new law that requires g voter to express his party qualifica- tion at the time he registers. Every one would have a right to change his party utilization as often as he chang ed his mind and the books would be one mess of changes. Mir Murphy has also asked for an opinion on the same question from County Attorney JOhn r Ross