Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-02
About tue State

Ajo: Ajo has been made. port of entry of the customs service. with h. spectCr Sam Culp in charge, assisted | by three line riders. Heretofore the supports of the main port of Nogales have been Douglas. Naco and Yuma. Phoenix: The state highway de pertinent has secured deferred classi- ! ficatiOn for five members of the force, engineers and foremen, who are re- garded as necessary in their present positions. The men are engaged in war work construction of highways.
 Phoenix: The entire interior of the state house, lobby, corridors and offices, are being recalcimined and tinted, the first time in many years and which was considered especially necessary at this time on account of the prevalence Of Spanish influenza and an effort tO make the state house as sanitary as possible.
 Phoenix: J. & Barlow. division engineer, has reported to B. Nj. At wood. state engineer, that the work [ line between MaricOpa and Yuma counties has been completed. Owing to the extreme heat during the sum- mer. the engineering force worked at night in establishing points for the erection of stones marking the ! boundary.
 Tucson. That the Southern Ari- zona fair will not be held this year was announced yesterday by Manager Herbert Drachman The reason for the cancellation of the fair dates was that the state fair had been called off and as a result the Southern Ari- zona fair would be deprived of a representative agricultural exhibit. which has been shown at both fairs heretofore. A further reason was that the fair might result in incidental in- reference with war activities.
 Phoenix: George J. Stoneman. well known Phoenix lawyer and director of the Arizona Four Minute Men, has resigned that position to enter army service. He has made application for a commission in the corps of the judge advocate general. w. Curtis NichOl- son, associate director of the Four Minute Men at Washington. in ac- cepting StOneman's resignation with regret. has appointed Judge John H. Campbell as his successor as state director of the bureau of Four Minute Men. Nicholson recommends Stone man very highly for his loyal and faithful service to the organization and to the government and for his courteous, patient and whole-hearted cooperation with the national bureau of Four Minute Men.
 Clifton: Pursuant to an order issued by pr. l.. A. w. Burtch, county health officer, a quarantine was es- tablished Wednesday night against Morenci and Metcalf, and until further orders there will be no intercourse between the above named towns and the remainder of the county All travel between these places and Cliff ton has been stopped and the order will be continued until the influenza epidemic has ahated Dr. Burtch stated this morning that the indica- tions were that the influenza cases were diminishing in the county. but that there were probably at this time between 100 and 150 cases in the county. On Wednesday ten new cases were reported from Morenci. two cases from Metcalf and 15 cases from Cliff ton. making a total of 27 new cases from the three towns for th day
 Phoenix: Acting on the recon meudtiaon Of Dr. O. H. Brown. state health officer. the Arizona state fair has been called off for this year The commissioners recently decided to postpone the fair on account of the