Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-04
State and County NelUs Briefs

Having received a reappointment
from national headquarters as depart
ment commander of the United States
Spanish. War Veterans, Col. James IL.
McCIintock will soon tour the state
to visit all the camps. News OF the re-
appointment of the colonel was an
nounced at a meeting of the PHOENIX
camp. At this meeting Capt. j. L. Z.
Alexander was reelected post COM
mander. G.. w. Stokes and James w.
Parks were elected vice commanders.
Following the meeting social hour
was spent under the auspices Of the
Mary Brodie auxiliary.
One of the oldest mining engineers
of the southwest passed away, when
Otto Mechke, II years old, died at his
home, PSI Meyer street, Sunday after
noon, in Tucson, following a long III
ness. Mr.. Metchke was a graduate OF
Heidelberg university, Germany, and
I'D to the beginning of the war receiv-
ed remittances from his family. a dis
tinguished one, in Germany. During
his long years of work in connection
with some of the best-known mines in
the southwest, he accumulated a large
fortune, which was lost by subsequent
bad investments. I0r forty-four years
he made his home in Tuscon. He was
unmarried aud had no relatives in the
southwest.
The men of the First Arizona make
good wherever they go. This is ;ndi-
Gated by the fact that First Lieuten-
ant Sidney f. Mashbir, of the Pond L.
S. infantry has just published a text
book on bayonet fighting. Lieutenant
Mashbir was formerly captain Of k
company of the First Arizona. His
new text is called Ten Lessons in
Bayonet Fighting" The text deals
with the new army regulations cover
ing the employment of this class CT
arms. It is also announced that Lieu
tenant NJ. a. S. Mingalson, formerly
OF *" company of the Arizona rezl-
ment, has been promoted since receiN-
ing his commission in the r7su'ar
army, He is now first lieutenant ID
the field artillery.
When County Attorney Hardy OF
Santa Cruz county, branded a remark
made by Miles Burlew of Elgin, as
Internationally" the latter. wLo was
being Intercepted on the witness
stand i'm the justice court at Nogales,
attacked the county prosecutor with
his fists. County Attorney Hardy
stood bis ground anu called on Court
Bailiff Lopez to arrest Burlew.
Justice of the Peace Wilkey fined
I Burlew $50 for contempt of cotrt.
which was Immediately paid. The at
tack on the county prosecutor nap
pened when Burlew. who was charged
by Mrs. Emmalou Irving of Elgin with
aggravated assault. was being ar
taigned in the justice court. Accord
ing to the complaint made by Mrs.
Irving. the defendant Burlew made an
attempt to strike her with a club.
A variety of eats and dogs" legal
slang for stocks and securities of little
II any value. was shown by the inven-
/ tory of the estate of the late Eugene
S. Ives. filed Monday. which gives to-
{ tai value of $36,S75 TO the estate OF
MIR. Ives. all OF which is left to Mrs
Ives. OF the total value Yuma prop
erty is valued at $1,000: Tucson prop
erty. $500: Los Angeles real estate
( $4,000; Adams hotel company stock
$4,000 shares. worth $500; insurance
$4,000: law library $1,000; furniture
house and office. sll00; automobile
$3.50; King OF Arizona Mining com
pany, l53.399 shares, possibly $500;
/ Copper Securities Investment com
pany, 1000 shares. $3.50; cOntrac, for
legal services, $500. In addition. a
half interest in twelve mining claims
and a mill site, possibly worth $1,000.