Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-19

vities. word to this effect having been received in Prescott by LeRoy Ander- son. Mir Baiiey's attorney. Bailey, who started to work for the government at dollar a year, was recently given a commission as captain and is now drawing the pay of such officer-some thing like S20O month.
 The Western Union into Ajo is to have practically new line. The old line was found to be too far from the railroad track. some of the poles beins two miles away. It was built "as the crow flies" but when the line got out of order necessarily there was more or less delay in locating the trouble ani making repairs. inconveniencing the railroad company and delaying outgo- ing and incoming messages.
 George E. Kenney. chief clerk at the International shelter at Miami. has been charged with assault with intent to commit murder upon a man whom he found in a room in a San Francisco hotel in company with Mrs. Kenney on the morning of January 1. The com
 
 Bartholomew, relative of the young man, according to a story in the San Francisco Bulletin. The San Francis co newspaper stated that the police of the coast metropolis believed KeE- ney was in Oklahoma or New York. Mir Kenney is now in Miami
 Judge Prosper P. Parker, one of the most prominent Masons in Arizona, an honored member of the J. W. Owen Post, G. A. R., and for about eight years a justice of the peace in the Phoenix precinct. died Saturday morn ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cy Bryne, on Central avenue. six miles south of town. Until about 10 days ago Judge Parker had been able to go about his usual duties. At that time he was stricken with an attack of in- digestion which quickly developed into the illness which brought about his death. In the death of Judge Parker Phoenix particularly. and Arizona ge1- erally loses one of the best of citizens, a man whose word was as good as his bond and who was universally loved.
 With the purchase of 100 head or dairy cattle from his father, W. T. Mil Ter, Geo. Eliot Miller, one Of the best known dairymen in the Salt River val ley. becomes the largest wholesale dai- " proprietor in Arizona. His herd to- tals l35 head of milk COWS, a large ma jority of which are high grade stock. An average of SIPS per head was paid by Miller for the 100 cows purchased from his father, a total of Sl2,5OO being involved in the transaction. This is undoubtedly one of the largest cattle deals of recent months and the price paid for the cattle is believed to have established new record for a herd of such proportions. All of the COWS are Holsteins and Durhams. The Miller dairy and farm is located at Avenue Fifteen and K. one mile east and one mile north of Alhambra.
 Arizona's greatest cotton year is in the making. A greater acreage and higher grade of stabilized cotton will combine to make the Isis cotton crop in the Salt River valley the largest and most valuable ever produced in the richest of all cottcn districts For the first time in the history of the cotton industry in Arizona, only one variety of stabilized seed will b. scwn this year. and this varicIy-the Pima long staple-is conceded to he she finest grade Of cotton produced any place iG the world. Seed for tho planting of 100000 acres of Ss', River valley land tO cotton has alrs.Wiy been sold and It is noteworthy that every pound par chased by growers is the preferred Pima cotton. Not another variety will be planted this ycs,. so far as can be learned from relicL.e sources