Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-23
County Briefs


ing at the Wolcott school. The first
weeks attendance at the school MADE
it evident that another teacher would
be necessary and the school board
wired for Miss Ritter to come
JEFF Cole, now serving fourteen
months at the road camp, was due to
answer charge of bootlegging in the
superior court in Pima county Mon
day of this week. but he did not an
swer when his name was called be-
cause Cochise county saw him first,
and charges of bootlegging against
him we're made in the superior court
a. Tucson and were granted.
James Mars, proprietor of the
Pony billiard parlors at Tombstone, is
able to be about now after several
weeks confinement to his home from
a badly sprained left ankle. He fell
short distance when ladder broke
with him and it was necessary to
place his foot in a plaster cast in order
that it might heal. He will not be
able to walk for some time, however.
Managing Director T.. R. Brandt of
the old Tombstone Improvement COM
pany has sold the gas and water pipes
of that company to an outsider and
they will be taken up and shipped to
other fields. The removal will come
just in time to be done ahead of the
street work, which will soon COM
mence. Some of the machinery to be
used there is being headed" that
way.
F. n. WolcOtt of Tombstone was
called to his home over the telephone
yesterday borning from his store to
dispatch fox which had been prowl-
ing around his residence for several
days. Although Mr. Wolcott's grand
children were playing about the yard,
the fox had entered the Enclosure and
climbed a tree. Mr.. Wolcott secured
his shotgun and soon brought down
the raider.
Sam Campbell, clerk of the Glee-
son school board, was in Tombstone
Yesterday on business with County
School Superintendent Miss Elsie
Toles, in connection with the BUILDING
of the new school for Gleeson. Mr..
Campbell reports that the foundations
nave been started and that good pro-
gress is being made. He was accom-
panied by his family and Professor L.
A. Chiles of the Gleason schools, this
being the professors first visit there
The board of directors of the Doug
las chamber of commerce. at its meet
ing Thursday afternoon, accepted the
resignation of o. X. Coll, secretary of
| the organization, effective October Is.
The board also accepted the resigna-
ton of Ed c. Bradford, vice president.
1t is understood two applications for
the secretaryship have been received,
and a committee will be appointed TO
consider the applications at the next
meeting of the board, which will be
called at the discretion of the presi-
dent w. A. Morey of Douglas is said
10 be one of the applicants for the
position made vacant by Mr.. Coils
resignation.
A telegram received at Douglas on
Friday by W. B. Fonda says that Har-
y Archuleta. % years old, was cleo
trocuted by contact with a live wire
at Deming at 10 o'clock Thursday
night.
Archuleta was a resident of Doug
las several years ago and was a grad
uate of the Douglas high school. On
leaving there he went to Stafford and
vas employed in a store by ]. T. Ow-
ems. At Stafford he was married to
Miss Laura Fonda, daughter of w. B.
Fonda, now of Douglas. and sister
of Mrs. ]. NJ. Mittingsly of Douglas.
No details of how the accident oc-
Cured were received, and Mr.. Fonda
left for Deming to arrange for the fu-
neral and burial.
In the presence of relatives and a
few immediate friends, Robert Il.
Claiborne and Miss Clara Shrum, botn
of Douglas, were united in marriages
Thursday night at the home of Mr..
and Mrs John Peterson, 953 Ninth
street. They left Douglas on the
Golden State Limited at S:45 for the
coast to spend honeymoon of several
weeks. after which they will return
TO Douglas to make their home.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Z. w. Simonson. rector OF 81
Stephens Episcopal church. 1t was
scheduled for O'Clock. but had to be
delayed ten minutes while the groom
went for the marriage license. In his
excitement he had left it locked in
the safe of his store in the Gadsden
hotel, along with other valuables.
A meeting of the board of directors |
of the Wilcox creamery was held the /
other day and considerable business
was transacted. S. n. Kemp had pre-
viously rendered his resignation as
managing director. The following