Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-28
County Briefs

OVStsCCS HtE tOsC
 President A. G. Smith of the Cochise County State bank of Benson, was In
 orbstone Thursday.
 Fave Adams and party left Wilcox
 for Texas Wednesday where they will
 commerce drilling for oil in earnest
 cn the property of MT. Adams. They
 expect to bring in flowing wells with
 in a short time.
 Mrs. Ed Nevin, and daughter, Mrs.
 F. K. Springer, have gone to Doug las. from Tombstone where they will make their future home MT. Springer having secure Unemployment there, for the present. Their many friends in Tombstone regret to see them leave.
 Mrs A. Y. Whistler has purchased the w. r. Nichols lumber yard at Will cox and is now sole owner and pro- prietor thereof. This is the oldest lumber yard in Wilcox; in fact the only one until about eight years ago.. It was established in 1881.
 c. A. Overlook of Douglas has been notified that his sons, Alton and Low ell. are in Europe, the former in Lon den and the latter somewhere in France. Alton Overlook is an evi- ation mechanic and Lowell is with the infantry. Both boys are well known in this city.
 According to word received in Tombstone by Judge w. A. Fowler nd brother Frank Fowler their moth or. who resides in San Jacinto. Calif., which was visited by earthquake on Sunday, lost her home and almost all her belongings in the tremor. |. udee Wm. MonmOner of Pearce was in Tombstone yesterday having busi- ness before the superior court. Judge Mcnmonier is one of Cochise county's pioneers. and has many old time friends in Tombstons He reports that Pearce and the valley will over ! subscribe theil quotas, and that in their honor flag.
 Vinton Hays of Wilcox is now on i the Pittsburg, a second class cruiser. and stationed somewhere on the 1 South American coast. The steamer which carried him from Norfolk to | lis destination was the transport i C, -lOps which is now reported lost. ] He writes that there are two other | Arizona boys on the Pittsburg, one i rem Phoenix and the other from Bis Ebee.
 | Mrs. John Rock of Tombstone last ] -- eninz entertained a number of l friends at 8 dinner party at her coZy rome on Fourth street in honor of J. i ~. Dugeaut. one of Tombstone's boys, ! who departs soon for the aviation ,orps of the army. Those present were Miss Belle Candy, Miss Emrna Candy. J. c. Dugeaut and Jas. Gia- coua Mir. Dugeaut left today for ! Washington, having received orders | yesterday to depart at once.
 A construction crew of the Noun | tain States Telephone & Telegraph companv are at Wilcox and will re- main fer about six weeks. They will make number of new installations in this section as well as number of i i.r movements at Wilcox.
 Jess NcComb, who has been sta- toned at Camp Funston during the winter. passed through Wilcox Sun 1 day going west. No one seemed to ! know his destination. He has for the last four months been attending the officers Training school
 The state road department, with Col. Cv Perkins in command, is running line of tanks between the narrows and Tombstone They have taken trench after trench and their outposts are nearly 10 the San Diego shelter site, thus leaving No Mans Land, that strfp of country between the San Diego wash and Alex McCargo's resi- dencc. The tanks that Cy runs are not the English battle kind but are tanks for the hauling of Huachuaca water for use in concrete culyerts on the new state highway and for the guenching the thirst of man and beast Hurrah for the FOurIn or Jul! It may be a little early to start cheering, out we have heard that there Is tol be a grand and glorious celebration in Cochise Stronghold this year on the Fourth, given under the auspices of the Red Cross and Cochise county rarm bureau. All of the net proceeCS gre to go to the Red Cross. There will be a barbecue and sports of all kinds. with a good time assured to all The Stronghold is beautiful ana historic place and it will be pleas ure to all to spend day among the oaks and sycamores.
 Albert Conwell well known Doug las boy. for some time an engineer al the C. O. shelter power plant nere' under former Master Mechanic A h' Atkinson, has been made superln- tendent Of the Pachaca electric power plant of the Cerro de Pascoe Mining company, Oroya, Peru. $. A. HIS mother. Mrs s. A. Conweil ot 'lo Eighth street, is a resident of Doug las and has lately returned from seV, eral months stay in Los Angeles ana