Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-19
County NeWs

COUHLy IN0WS
 w. P Stuart, editor of the Dispatch,
 who has been i'll since last Saturday,
 was downtown for a few minutes yes
 terday but was unable to resume his
 duties. He hopes to get back to work Monday. During his absence Ely Mar
 tin has been handling the local news
 E for the Dispatch.
 Sc many men left Douglas a month
 or more ago for Nitro, West Virginia.
 to work on government contracts that
 on board the train they discussed a
 plan to form a Douglas club in Nitro.
 So many of them have now returned
 that the same men are planning to
 form a Nitro club in Douglas, the motto being Never Again"
 According to the Tucson morning paper, the home of Mrs. Ella Simpson, formerly of Tombstone, was damaged to the mount of 5000 by fire yes terday. The fire originated in a clothes closet. probably by a match, and about $500 worth of clothing de- stroyed
 Mir. and Mrs. Douglas Gray and son, Douglas, jr., of Tombstone, who have all ben i'll with the influenza the past week, are reported as much improved today. MT. Gray and son being able to be up today, while Mrs. Gray will ha al fr ho mn in farr q
 Charles Wiggins, registered drug gist. at the Douglas Drug company. came up yesterday to spend a week at Tombstone, relieving W. T. Boyd at the Boyd drug store, Mir. Boyd not hay ing sufficiently recuperated from a re- cent attack of the flu to be able to take care of his business.
 Lorenzo Wright, late republican can didate for sheriff. has joined the Doug las police force temporarily. With the size of the force reduced by the loss of two men. MT. Wright was asked to help out temporarily and consented to do SO. Chief Jones of course is glad to get the assistance of such an ex- perienced man.
 Beginning one week from last night all Douglas stores will close at o'clock on Saturday nights instead of at ' o'clock as had been the custom 1, for years past Merchants say that l this will be in conformity with a | movement all over the country to in- | crease efficiency and reduce the hours 1 of labor. They contend that compara- | lively few purchases are made after S | o'clock anyhow, and that these might | just as well be made before that hour. ]
 Mir and Mrs. w. T. Boyd have re- turned to their home in Tombstone, af. ter weeks stay in Douglas. Mir. Boyd | came down on election day and work ed so hard against county seat remov- al that the next day he developed the flu and for nearly a week was con- fined to his room at the Gadsden hotel. Some of his Douglas friends say it was judgment sent on him for working against his former home town. but the Tombstone dwellers say the result of the election proves that Bill was right all the time.-Dispatch.
 Police Officer J. D. Kirkpatrick and Ralph Higgins resigned from the Douglas police force yesterday morn ing as the result of disagreement with Chief of Police O. E. Jones They have employed attorneys and many ask the council to make an investiga- tion of the matter with view to rein The trouble arose because of reports which have been current on the streets for several days that two or three sacks of whisky disap- peared from the city jail while the chief was i'll. Chief Jones had left and Higgins in charge, so holds them responsible On going back to work the chief made an investiga- tion Of the matter. He found no evi- dence that would implicate the off cers. but thought it wisest to suspend them until he had time tO go to the bottom of the matter Kirkpatrick re- fused 10 be suspended. He demanded , to be either discharged or kept on the