Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-14
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tain States Telephone company. was
in Bisbee yesterday on company bust
ness.
ARE WORKING HERE
c. NJ. lander. chairman. and Chas.
R. Howe AMI Rudolph Kuchler. men,
bers OF state tax commission. are in
the county and will be here for ten
of twelve days inspecting the mining
properties in this county preparatory
to their being placed on the assess
ment rolls. They will visit all Of the
mining camps in the county.
NOW ON THE JOB.
Scott White is now full fedged re-
ceiver Of the United States land Of
fee. his bond having been approved
by the secretary. and all persons who
have made entries of any kind and
had them suspended on account OF
the vacancy in the receivers office
may make their payments. The Phoe-
nix land Office has on deposit over
So, 900 on account Of suspended ap-
plications. which shows something of
the volume of work In this Office
From $4,000 10 $4,000 is received
by this Office each month.
INSPECTING PAVING.
The members 70 the county high
way commission and Engineer Ryan
are al present in Southern California
where they are making an examin-
alton and inspection of the various
pavements that have been put down
in that section with a view OF get
ting ideas, costs and figures and TO
decide as to what sort Of pavement
they will advertise for in asking for
bids for the paving of the road that
is to be built from Bisbee to Douglas
or that portion Of it that will be built
out of the funds that have been re-
allied from the sale OF half OF the
bonds The commission will spend
a week or ten days there in collect.
ing the necessary data.
ANOTHER STRETCH.
OF ROAD OPENED.
Parties coming in this morning
over the Bisbee- Tombstone highway
repotr another stretch of the highway
opened to traffic This is the stretch
which has been completed for some
time but was held closed until prop
erly packed. II is about 1.43 miles
long and now opens the road to the
crossing. or as far as the camp is
now located Work, however, Is
about one-half miles this side Of the
camp toward Tombstone The new
stretch is still rather dusty, but Is
good travelling.
REPORTS BENSON
sMEtrER TO START
S. B. Moss, well known Benson
automobile dealer. was a visitor in
Tombstone today, having come up
this morning on business matters.
Mr. Moss reports that there is con
siderable interest in Benson and ad
joining mining districts over the re
port that the old Benson smelter is
20 be opened up soon 70 handle Gus
tom ores. He states that men are
now at work cleaning up around the
workings. preparatory. ii is believed
to reopen. No Official statements
however. have been given out and the
small mining men Of that end Of the
county are anyiously awaiting de
velopments. 1t is said the property
is in new hands.
MANY AUTO LICENSES.
Although three months of 1915
have already become history, the In
dex of automobile license numbers
ISSUED has not ben completed at the
sheriE's ONCE. More than 20,0O(
will have to be recorded and there
- every indication that the numbers
win reach 10000 before the end Of
the year. If they do not 90 beyond
that figure. The stenographer IN the
once has been putting in severa,
hours a day on the work and Il h
not expected that the work Of index
ing them win be completed untn the
FIRST Of May. Every sheriff ONCE d
the state is having the work do,ss
and none q them have as yet com
pleeed the task. II b quite Q tssl
| 10 iiSs the number, name Of owneI
make Of machine and rating. Thir