Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-23
County Briefs

VI d-lcE 4llc1s WlO lr III tAC A.. tiOnsl army at Camp Funston, ~ss married few days ago in Kansas 70 a Phoenix girl Mir. Finley Is well known in Douglas. having been In the employ of the Phelps-DOdse Mercan- tile company and the Chamber O. Commerce tor several years He wa g in the first draft that left this city w. F. Parker left Tombstone Thurs day for Yuma where he has aecepte1 a position Ms. Parker and child will visit in COoh.se with kar parents MT. and Mrs. F. ". Hamilton for jew days before joining her huseano The change is made hoping lt VII benefit the health O. Mrs Parkel Their many friends in Tombstone are sorry to lose them.
 In hcnor of her brother. Jerry Hol- and. who is home on a through iroi Camp Funston. Miss Abb,e Holiand gave a farewell surprise party at the hcme Of her mother in Tombstone Wednesday evening, to whieh large number of invited guests were pre sent. The evening was spent m games, and refreshments were served Jerry left this morning for Camp Funston to report for duty.
 About S75,O0O Is to be spent by the Southern Pacific in improvements sz Boure. The depot is 10 be entirely remcdeled al a cost of S25,ooO. The Arizona Eastern division Is comple . ing a club house and two other build -nrs and the main line is to have an independent electric power plant The yards are to be enlarged to ca pacity for 500 cars.
 Doane Merrill. well known Benson citizen was visitor in Tombstone Thursday. having cone from BUena, were with his brother Horace p- Merrill. own the B-ena Supply store NIT. Merrill was chairman Of the Csm- mission, of Siate Institutions during the Campbell administration. and has been a Cochise- county resident To- many years.
 Secretary John A Boyle of the nouslas Chamber of Commerce and Mines is writing the Arizona deiesi ton in congress asking 1t to take up with the state department the assisn- ment Of a consular representative at the port of Douglas. It IS uTsed thsi the immense volume of business paS- sing through this port justiiies the ap- pOintment of a vice consul here 70 look after the interests of shippers The directors of the chamber adOpt-i a resolution last Monday night asE- ing that the matter be brought to the attention of the Arizona senators and representatives
 J. A. Jastro of the Bocuillas Cattle company was in TCmbstoas for short visit Thursday. He left that afternoon for his properties in NeN Mexico before returning to his home in Bakersfield, Cal h speakins 0t the war Mr. Jastro said: America fas made no sacrifices as yet. Loan ing money to the best government on earth is no sacrifice The sroe VIII pinch when our stomachs begin to cry for more food. Then we wi'i know what it is to make sacrlnceS and we must prepare to meet sncn conditions, for no mater one 4ea- or five years. we must whip the kas- ser and make the worid as Is tne United S-ates-the home of pure democracy and we must pinch. say. lean and sacrifice to accomplish IL
 The last of the last NcNeal rabbi drives will be held next Sunday besis- rins at 10 o'clock. This was the an ncuncement os E. P. Grindeii, mayor emeritus of NcNeal. who was m Do'- cias yesterday. The residents of the NcNeal country, aided and aoet,aT bv many Douglas people, have nad great deal of sport at the expense of the rabbits this winter and tAo9S that survive doubtless will be siee when the closed season again roiis around. A few hundred man-hunsefS along the west side or the Chlricahra mountains have signified their inten tions of participating in the driVe' a. cording to reports reaching DousiSs- They are said to have voiced the'i u,ination ito sheOt somethinS before they disband and go home