Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-03-16
County Briefs

State Examiner r. W. Rountree and
Assistant T. s. Banford, and H. Craw-
I ford and Assistant Dean Woodward OF
the state road department arrived in
Tombstone yesterday morning and will
remain for several, days checking up
the various offices at the court house.
Rev. r. s. Withrow, pastor of the
Baptist church for the past five years.
will close his work in Naco March 81
and will leave for Lassen, Calf, TO
take charge of a church for the sum-
mer. Rev. Withrow has served that
community in a most creditable man
ner and his many friends regret the
departure of himself and his estimable
wife
Arizona has rut one more over on
Germany. Immense potassium deposits
are 20 be opened in Cochise county. the
I first of Importance in the state to be
discovered. Up TO the start of the war
/ Germany supplied the worlds require
ments for potassium, bu. now that the
government has received application
/ for leasing 1000 acres of potassium
land in Arizona there will be a plenti-
full supply right at home
Giving money as well as time and
energy for patriotic benefit has mark
I ed the past few weeks in Naco. The
ladies who solicited for the Red Cross
have received donations amounting 20
nearly fifty dollars. money that will
hal = in min ha II
Saturday eleven ladies we're present in
the Red Cross work room working up
on hospital garments. The ladies ex
pect soon to be furnished yarn and VIII
then take up the knitting of footwear
for the soldiers in France.
Mrs Irene Abortion and d. L. Moore
were taken to Tombstone yesterday
from Douglas by Under Sheriff Guy
Welch and Deputy Sheriff Charles
Cross Mrs. Abortion VIII serve a sen
tence of ninety days on a charge of
petty larceny, while Moore is being
taken to the county Jail for temporary
confinement pending an investigation
as TO his mental condition.
Mrs. S. A. O'BIien, formerly a nurse
| in DR.. A. w. Vanneman's office n
Douglas and until recently employed
in the Cananea company hospital, was
in Douglas yesterday for a few hours
visit before leaving for Durango, Cole.
where she will visit an invalid sister
Mrs. C'Brien may not return to Doug
las, as she is planning to go to Kansas
City to join the nurse contingent going
to France with the Kansas City unit
of the Red Cross very soon.
Frank Stolaroff, one OF the proprie-
tors of the California store in Douglas,
was convicted in federal court in Tue
son yesterday of violation of the pres
ident's embargo as provided by the 81
pionage act, according TO information
received here last night The alleged
offense was committed last October
30, when six Mexicans we're arrested
with $4,000 worth of goods by Harry
Overlook, customs officer. The Msxi-
cans were convicted last November
Stolaroff was charged with selling the
goods to the Mexicans for smuggling
into Mexico. He will be sentenced on
March p, the Tucson acvices said.
In the superior court Thursday a
number of civil matters were up for
hearing before jury. The first Was
that of C. L. Cummings VS.. Lyman II.
Hays, suit over a note. In the case
of the State VS.. Harrison Jacobs. for
running a disorderly house, was or
dered dismissed on motion of the coun-
ty attorney. BEGINNING today the hesr
ing Of civil cases will occupy the court
until about noon the 10th of the pres
ent month when the criminal calendar
will be started again. Yesterday morn
ing 40 more jurors were drawn to re-
port Pext Monday. while on the 23rd.
arrangements viii be heard and the
setting of the criminal calendar to be-
gin on the 2Sth will be had.
The. Parent Teachers Association az
Naco met yesterday afternoon at the
public school building. Program rem
dered as follows:
1. Business meeting.
2. Current events.
3. Roll call: Answer to St. Patrick
quotations.
4. Irish song-"Marie My Girl"
Aiken; Mrs. Abbie Cecil Behrns. &C
companist, Miss Vail
5. Piano solo. selected, Miss Beat
rice Downing.
4. Irish recrestion-"The Fight of
the Paso Del Mar" Mrs. Bryant.
s. Piano solo-"Barn, Dance, Saw
yer; Miss Rasie May Kuck.
3. Social MoIiitor-Mrs. Van Wye.
10. Piano solO-(a) In the Month of
May, Cp. 575, No. 2. (b) French Childs
Song, OPP. SIS No. /; Frans Behr; Miss
Annabelle Bryant.
IL Duet-Vaise Blene; Margis,
Miss Marie Brown, Miss Grace Vail.
II. Remarks-Loyalty to the home
town, Mrs. A. J. Brown. Social inter
course of our town. Mrs. John Newell
IL. Announce: Question Box" for
March %. Mrs. McCalmont. president