Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-02
County Briefs

Information was received here yes terday to the effect that Roy Hearne, who last Tuesday shot and killed s. Ii Arrowood near the Gobble ranch. in the northern part of Cochise county, had been bound over to await the ac- tion of the superior court. He gave cash bond for his appearance, as he had done when arrested soon after the staying. The verdict of the coroners jury was that the deceased came to his death from a gunshot wound in flicted by Roy Hearne."
 The new signs the county is erecting for forks of the roads are the inde- structable kind and use no paint They have the letters drilled in them and carry no mileage. This makes the sign adaptable wherever roads are changed and wherever new work makes it necessary to relocate the signs, and the absence of mileage does not destroy the usefulness of the sign. The entire sign is iron and the iron standard is weighted into the ground with right sized cement block, the en- tire sign, standard and cement block being built in one piece.
 A construction gang of ten persons is at work for the Mountain States Tel ephone and Telegraph company on a new pole line. A crew of ten persons of the construction department of the Mountain States Telephone and Tele- graph company arrived at Wilcox on Monday They will build a new pole line from Pearce to COurtland; a new circuit from Cochise to Courtland; a new toll line from Wilcox to Cochise. and two new local circuits from Will COX to Cochise. Other improvements are expected to be made at Wilcox, also at Dragoon, Johnson and othcf places. A new exchange also win be installed at Wilcox.
 This morning a carload of hay ar rived consigned to Cochise co-lty and for use at the road camp in the Gov ernment Draw. Word was sent cut to the camp and all the teams and . good force of men at Cnce came to tha city and began unloading the car tO avoii holding it up and thus curtail its use fitness to the government during these times of stringent car shortage. As the wagons were loaded they were at once started for the camp, ard the sight of the teams headed toward Bis bee recalled to the old timers the good old days when Slime GaHen used to push his train over the Divide
 Two alleged boOtleggers yesterday were bound over to the federal court by United States Commissioner II. C. Beumier One of them was Frank Cob bee. who is alleged to have left a fliv- yer lead Of booze all alone in the cruel world and beat it to some place where he did not think the officers would come. The other was A. R. ROdman. who is charged with infringing upon the patent of the British war tank by rolling in from ROdeO with a tank tull of firewater fastened to the back of an automobile seat Each was held in Sl0C0 bail
 Two California land buyers were in Bowie the first of the week in the DOT son of Mir. J. P. HutchisOn and <. ?. GannawRy of Fresno county Calf and
 were shown the valley from Bowie to San simon by'J. II. Jaque of the Jaque Company. These men spent three days covering the entire valley. taking soil samples and viewing conditions of pumping plants. crops and fruit. and made land selections for purchase. and before leaving made a trip out nOTth. covering the Bowie Oil basin. and were enthusiastic over the showing and the