Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-25

OOoC DONoANC sOAC lnO - -
ami and was fined $50.
Parker is offering a prize of $40 IN
gold for a name for its new hotel.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has installed the first electric
sign in Ajo.
Ajo claims the best climate in the
United States. Guess the claim is all
D. X. Ajo is in Arizona.
Dog prisoners are at work in Wins
.ow, and the Mail rightfully alludes to
snem as miserable skunks."
Safe politicians are still anxiously
waiting the supreme court decision
IN the governorship contest.
The good work of the food admins
ration in Arizona is noticeable in the
increased demand for corn meal.
Yuma is getting ready for a Red
Cross minstrel show. In these days
If extraordinary effort in raising
money to carry on various features OF
war work local historionic talent has
ample opportunity for action.
R. o. Naylor, a character who has
lived in Tucson for number Of years
held in FL Paso on a charge of kill
ng Dr. d. d. Way Mayor served
A term" in the Arizona asylum for the
insane and after his discharge was ar
ested in Tucson on bootlegging
barge
Sheriff Mcbride, of Graham county
las notified "all concerned" that he
proposes to enforce the law prohibiting
he. sale of tobacco 10 minors. This
.aw was passed by the last legislature
rhe law puts the crime both on the
iuyer as well as the seller.
Mrs. A H. Noon, wife of DR.. A. II
Noon and a pioneer woman of this
part of the state, died at her home NJ
Nogales, recen .ly. She came TO this
county AZ years ago from England
settling first near Tubac, and latei
moving to Nogales. She was 70 years
Did.
The first bale of long staple cotton
ginned by the new Win serhaven gin
n Yuma, was grown by ]. T. Bagwell
If Bard. This bale was purchased by
:. F. Shanguinetti for eighty cents pei
pound which is three cents above the
market This Is the highest price ev'
,r paid in Yuma county for bale OF
lotion.
The Gobe-Miami district is showing
splendid record in the matter of re
fruits for the United States army. Fit
cen men have volunteered their ser
ices in this district since the arrival
lere of Corporal Fred A. Murphy, U.
). army recruiting officer, a week ago.
lie said that this is a record Tor towns
If this size, says the Globe Record.
At Clifton work was started last
week On the new bank building to be
occupied by The Peoples State Bank
nd the contractor. J. S Black, has
promised to have everything in readi-
less for the opening on January l,
l91S. Mr.. ]. J. Kelly, formerly as
.istant cashier of the First National
Bank, has been offered the position
If cashier of the new institution. o.
:. Cotel is president of the new bank
md Sheriff A. H. Slaughter and Am
Jlose Spezia, vice president.
Within the next few weeks. s.,
Engineer Thomas Maddox expects to
rave the maximum number of prison
.rs at florence available for road
York employed on road construction
IN the state OF the 400 or more men
;onfined at the prison after deducting
hose employed in its maintenance
rom forty TO fifty per cent can with
success be employed on road work or
lbout $50 to IT'S men. 1t is not the
policy of the prison authorities 10 send
lfetimers who have been confined only
/ few months or other untried men out
> prison camps. They must first
ierve probation period in the prison.
Before the war. prison labor, with the
transportation. guards and other ex-
oenses peculiar to it cost almost as
much as free labor and more in some
instances where the camps were far
rom the prison but with the increase
n the wages of free labor, it can now
De employed with economy.
A gratifying condition is noted in tine
Arizona livestock industry, notwith-
standing the demands of the war. In
he past year range cattle, on the tax
rolls, have increased 1S6.l74, sheep So
1874, horses 1900, and mules 1882. 1t
lad been expected that the prevailing
nigh prices would have served TO de-
plete ranges, but this does not appear
10 have been the result These fig
ures do not include the receipts of