Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-04-26
County Briefs

Albert Conwell, formerly of Douglas,
who has been in Peru for the past
three years, has been made super.n-
tendent of the Electric plant at Pacha-
chaca. His mother. Mrs. S. A. Con-
well, is a resident OF Douglas.
Mrs. S.. f. Hilburn. aged "A. mother
of ]. r. Hulburn and Mrs. Eva Dur
ham of Douglas, arrived yesterday
morning from Valentine, Texas, 10
spend the summer. She was anxious
to come at this time because Mr.. Hill
burns son Fred, has been drafted
into the army and she wanted to see
him before he left.
James 'Brizzell, a prominent mem
Der of the Cooks and Walters union
of Douglas, leaves for San Francisco
tonight. Mr.. Brazzell is a volunteer
and goes to answer a call to the col
ors. Mr.. BraZZell has many friends
in Douglas who will regret his depart
ure, though he states that he is glad
for the opportunity of going overseas
to fight the cause of freedom.
H. Valdez, for a number Of months
an assistant in the office of Mexican
Consul Leleyier at Douglas. has been
appointed consul to succeed him. Mr..
Lelevier will leave in two weeks for
Hermosillo to make arrangements To-
the establishment of an information
bureau for the state of Sonora, the
object of which will be to dissemir-
ate information about the resources
o fthe state calculated to bring cap
ital there for investment.
Much interest is manifested in the
celebration in behalf o. Liberty bonds
at McNeal Saturday night, April q.
]. NJ Sparks, the supervisor, is in
charge of this. The First cavalry
orchestra will furnish the music for
the big dance 10 be held for the Sui
phur Springs valley people on that oc-
casion. Auto conveyanoes will be on
hand at the Gadsden hotel during the
evening. The big motorcade is sched-
uled to leave here for McNeal at $3.50
o'clock in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Simmons of FL
Psso passed through Osborne Tuesday
night on their way to California.
where their son. Ed, is finishing school
this spring. They will remain there
for a time, after which they will re-
turn to FL Paso to make that city their
home. Mr. Simmons will then take
an active part in the management of
the FL Paso Times, of which he is
a part owner. He was formerly gen
eral manager of the Fl Paso & South
western railroad.
Chaplain f. c. RideOut .l1th field
artillery at Camp Jones, left Monday
night for San Francisco via Phoenix,
where he has been asked to make a
patriotic address at a meeting to be
held in that city soon. Chaplain Ride
out has been very well liked and
much admired during his stay in the
city. He has made a number of ad-
dresses in public since his arrival
several months ago, and was popular
among the soldiers and young people
of the city. He will not return to
Douglas, but will rejoin his regiment
at some other point.
Pleased over the results obtained
at the meeting of the Bankhead Ma
tional Highway association which has
just closed at Little Rock, John \.
Doyle, secretary of the Douglas cham
Der of commerce and a delegate to
the convention. returned home Tues
day night. The convention decided
on two possible routes to I'll Paso. but
from I'll Paso on this way the Border
land route. which passes through
Douglas. was almost unanimously de
cided on as being the best available.
II was decided to try to obtain fed
eral cooperation and federal aid in the
of the highway on. the
ground that it is a military necessity.
One route to III Paso which vas pro
posed would go through Oklahoma,