Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-05-05
eiseEE TELLS DOUGLAS
DUBs A FEW FACTS

Squad. being responsible for the eli
minat.on OF bootleggers on county
road work. the Bisbee Review. which
has always maintained that the Doug
las Purity Squad were wrong. this
morning answered one Of Douglas
pretended "roas;s", with the follow
ing cold facts:
The Douglas Dispatch. in an edt
torial in its issue OF Friday morning.
April 2sth. attempts to criticize the
Review. because it has taken excep-
ton to the stopping OF the working of
bOotleggers on the county roads by the
Douglas Welfare League or the Purity
Squad. az it has been named by the
balance OF the county as well as by
a number OF the citizens of the Smelter
City. The editorial is headed. "A Lit
tie Unity in Cochise, Please" II then
goes on and states that the Review
has leaned away from the facts in re
citing in items OF news that have ap
/ pearad fl ON time to time in regard
TO the bootleggers being worked on
the road. and then reprints an article
/ from the Review of last Wednesday in
which the Review stated that on ac-
count OF the greed Of Douglas that the
work on the paved road between there
and here was liable 10 be held up ny
Others on account OF the actions of the
Douglas Purity Squads stand. 1t then
proceeded TO roast the Review staff
and urges that they read up. and that
the s5ov.000 had TO be spent on the
various roads OF the comfy. If the
editor o! the Dispatch had not been
asleep for the past few months he
would have read long article in the
Review OF its issue OF April 7th. i'll
which the terms of the bond issue and
the worA that was called for by the
bend sale We're gone into thoroughly
and in detail The article was printed
at that time because Douglas paper
had stated in its editorial columns that
there was $500. 900 now available fol
use OF the paved road between Dog
las and Bisbee and that the balance
OF the county roads would be fixed
later" The same article had state
ment iron. the members of the County
Highway Commission stating that the
$500. 900 available was to be distrib
uted throughout the county on IL.
roads as bldgeted by the commission
in the call for the bond issue. Tn,
!! language used by them was to tht
point so as 10 recall the impression
that had been made By the Dougla.
paper that all the money was to b.
spent on that one road
The D.spatch editorial then says
. "Douglas and the Werren Distric
practically compose four-iifths OF th'
county. Their interests are identical.
when ii, the history OF Douglas ma!
that community offered in one ms
lance TO help the Warren District? In
: stead they have always tried to hant
; it to the Warren District When tn
Borderlsnd rocte was first opened, tn
douglas chamber Of commerce went Oh
record against B.sbee being on tn
route and advised all tourists goini
through &c turn off below Lowell ant
! go via Hereford and in fact, had
number Of signs printed and had then
placed along the rou;e giving the d
rections and not even mentioning Bis
= bee. When the county seat matte
: caIhe up. Douglas sent 6. W. Mecca
and Jack SPARKS to Phoenix to lobb
, for the bill and mad IT passed. so tina
no town in the Warren District, oU
side OF Bisbee, which was incorporated
could get in on the location OF tn
county seat. and then they had tn
= nerve 10 ask the WaTrtn District Con
ne-cial Club to pay half of the e,
penses, but il was not done. Dougla
then threw in with the Wilcox citizen
and advised them to start a count
division TI oposition, so that the count
! would be divided. ana promised TO SUI
port that measure IL they would SUI
!. port Do~gias in getting the count
!. seat when they knew that the Ware
District had no chance to get in On tn
: deaf. They fell down on this also.
A few Gays ago the Warren Distrit
Commercial Cluo asked the Dough-
welfare League to withdraw their ol
Elections to the bootleggers bein
worked on the road. they absolutel
s. refused.
Now that The rest of the county Ia
taken all interest in the matter an
b sees that through the action Of th
l. Douglas Welfare League, road matter
r are being held up. they have taken th
/, stand that Douglas will have to figi
for what she gets. OF course Bisbe
and the Warren District suffers, b
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