Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-12
County Briefs

Quite a number of public spirited men of Miramonte turned out last ! Tuesday and put up a good fence around the L. D. s. hall, put up new, at tractive gates and in general improvei the surroundings of the building. Francisco Martinez was bound over by Justice of the Peace Fowler In { Tombstone Saturday to the superior court on a charge of grand larceny. Martinez is charged with having stolen calf from D. A. Adams, cattleman Of Dragon.
 C. H. Allen of the Day and Night garage, drove w G. Gilmore to Pen son yesterday in fifty minutes and returned in fifty-five minutes and that is sufficient proof of the excellent condition of the Benson route.-TomO- stone Prospector.
 MT and Mrs. Douglas Gray and Nil. and Mrs. Wm. Lutely motored over to Bisbee Saturday in their cars to take over the large amount of Red Cross supplies made by the Tombstone auxiI- liary. There was such a large amouIi made during the past three weeks tha, one auto could not carry the load. A list of the supplies which went over will be published later.-Prospector.
 Candy purchased with the fund raised by the Douglas Chamber of American soldiers in France who for merly were stationed there reached it's destination in time for the holidays, according to word received in Douglas yesterday. Frank Whaley wrote H. B. Rice that the candy was greatly ap- preciated and asked Mir. Rice to ca press the appreciation of all the boy for the remembrance.
 A new enterprise. started in small way at Benson, is the gristmill for grinding cornmeal and other grains ;I operation for the present at the Can nery building Mir. c. E. Gillett is in charge of operations and is turning ou5 a good grade of cornmeal from valley grown corn. Milo maize and feterita flour can also be ground and when a supply of these grains can be secured in sufficient quantity the mill will turn
  to HoOverize wheat flour.
 Brigadier General Cabell, John :. Boyle, secretary of the Douglas Cham Der of Commerce. C. A. Ovelock, presl- dent, and NJ F. Dious, plumber, look ed over the site yesterday on which will be built the new cantonment, to get ideas of the cost of laying a sewe; from the city limits to the camp. The matter will be taken up with county commissioners. The buildings of tao new cantonment will be erected on the land lying between the road east oi the army Y. NJ. C. A. to the street al the end of the street car line. and oe- tween Tenth street and the promuiga- ton of Seventh street.
 Another chapter ir the battle TOT the custody of small child will open in Phoenix next Monday, when Earl Mckinney of Douglas, through AttOr 1 ney R. N. French, will resist adoption proceedings instituted by tue granG- parents, MT. and Mrs. Griner, former 1 y of Douglas, for possession of the I little tot. The case grows out Of q 1 maze Mitigation which began short ly after the death of Mrs. Mckinney. Mckinney, according to his counsel, allowed the parents of his deceased wife to take the yOungster for while. Then when he undertook to take the child opposition arose. He made ap- plicstion for exemption from the drai | on the grounds of having the depenGen; child, but Attorney French says the grandparents sought to have him dral,- ed into the army On appeal of the case to the district board he was granted exemption, and then adoptio., proceedings were instituted by the grandparents. Hearing cn the lates, turn in affairs will begin in the su; erior court at Phoenix tomorrow.