Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-19

Dave Adams was in Tombstone on
 Friday from DragOon. He states that they are now drilling for oil on his land in Texas and he feels confident
 that they will produce a gusher in the
 near future.
 MT, Buckley, owner of the Cochise
 Stronghold orchard, has ripe apri-
 cots now and states that his early peaches will be ripe this month, that the prospects of a heavy crop are very | good. MT. Buckley has a large or chard and wiu be very busy from now on as it is almost impossible to get enough experienced help to handle the peaches.
 According to news received here, Hampton s. Ford, well known pioneer of Tombstone, was last month award ed a pension of S20 per month by Con- gress. MT. Ford is an old Indian War veteran. having been a private in Troop F 5th Regiment of U. s. Caval- ". His pension will begin with March 4. 1917, under the act passed by congress on that date.
 The Huachuca Water company have had their men repairing their private telephone line to the Huachucas. They are gradually changing from wooden pcles to three-inch iron poles, as they find that method of construction more economical in the long run. Their line is all iron poles from Tombstone to the Fort Huachuca branch of the E. .P. & s. w. railway and from there on the substitution is being made as re- quired.
 Assistant District Attorney Eruce Stephenson stepped at Wilcox the other day coming from Dos Cabezas, where he had been conducting pre- liminary hearing before Justice Daw- son. It appears that Frank Peterson, had filed a complaint against A. J. Welty and c. D. McElroy charging them with grand larceny. The de fendants waived hearing and were held to answer in the superior court in bonds to the amount of $500 each which was furnished.
 A mass meeting was held at Mor- gan's Hill Wednesday evening in Will COX for the purpose of organizing a 100 percent American Club. Dr. J. C. Wilson was chosen as permanent chairman and s. s. Hardenrock as secretary. Application blanks for membership were signed up by those present and voted in as mem0ers. All who desire to join the club can secure applications for membership from the secretary. The next meeting will be at Morgan's Hall Wednesday. May 22. 1t is hoped it will be well attended.
 The state highway from Turner through Fairbank and into Tombstone is the best it has been at any time excepting from the three mile post where the turn is made to Benson, called the forks of the road" From there to Tombstone il has several rough spots caused most ly by exposed rocks, but these will be taken care of pretty soon as that sec tion of the road has too much travel to be neglected because of g little clean l.p that is needed, and no doubt the county engineer will have this at tended to the first time he is com pelled to be "jostled about as he rides over it.
 Three Arizona boys were graduated from the third officers training camp at Camp Lewis. Washington. head quarters of the 91st division. One of the three was William E. Cunningham of 1046 Tenth street, Douglas. The other two were Ira L. Quiat of Moren- ci and Bert WinslOw of Phoenix. These new officers will be commis- stoned as second lieutenants and will be carried on the eligible list flor as signment until vacancies occur. Gun ningham will be placed in the infan- try branch of the service, while the other two graduates will be assigned to the artillery.
 The Douglas chamber of commerce | and mines is making arrangements to | give a "send-off" to the selects who l will assemble in Douglas Sunday, | May 26, for entrainment the next | for Camp Cody, Deming, N. | M. There will be approximately 15O men in the contingent, the last of I those in this county who are listed in class one. The exact nature of what | will be done for the Cochise boys has not yet been decided upon, but it is | very probable that it will consist of a . at the train on Monday | May 27. with a band on hand 1 to enliven the occasion.
 
 The new road to Fort Huachuca, ! Overton, Buena and Ramsey Canyon | was finished Friday by Foreman Sha- ! yer when he tied up the-new road to | the military road at the edge of the , reservation at OvertOn. The 1 road from Tombstone 10 Charleston . is good and part of the way to Buena . but it will take good rain and two drags to put the road in first class . shape. This road is destined to cut | both time and distance for people . from Douglas and Bisbee desiring to ! go to Ramsey Canyon. Fsrt Huachu- ! ,, .,. p,fvta f, tb.t I.r.1ffv