Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-01
State and County NelUs Briefs

was the building of the Navajo rail- way from HOlbrook. a road on which
 40 miles of steel had already been laid. past Snowflake. The corpora tiOns have made application for per mission to resume. stating that the Santa Fe system has contracted with them for the delivery of 100000 ties per annum for 20 years.
 Prescott; George G. Lemons has been called from Prescott to London. England, by English financiers who are interested in the Anglo-Saxon Min ing < Reduction company. Just be- fore the war started the company was organized to build a shelter at Pres colt but the British government for bade its subjects to send any capital out of the empire while the war was on and that put a temporary quietus on the proposition.
 AJO: An announcement made yes terday by Superintendent Curley will be pleasing news to the children of
 the camp. There will be a community
 Christmas tree in the plaza this year.
 It will be large tree lighted by cleo tricity and filled with presents for ev- cry child. The tree has already been ordered-it will come from northern Arizona. high among the pines. as last year. The 1917 Christmas tree was
 the wonder and delight of the children and was admired no less, perhaps.
 though in a different way. by the old CT folks, who never tired of gazing at it and of watching the children enjoy it, and the scene of last year is to be duplicated this year. thanks to Super intendent Curley and assisted by dona- tiOns from New Cornelia and the good people of the camp.
 Phoenix: Talk of a permanent high way system for Maricopa county, as outlined in proposed $2.0O0. 900 bond issue last spring. is being revived since the signing of the armistice terms. There is strong probability that the matter will be gwen additional consideration within next few months, il was officially announced today. When the project was first intro duced last spring. plans had been practically completed for raising the necessity funds, through a bond is- sue, tor the construction of a com plete and permanent highway system in this county. when the government applied the lid to work of this char acter Consequently it was decided to lay the matter over until the con cluslOn Of the war.
 Jerome; Five hundred burrOs are wanted at once by Street Commission CT Jim Hubbard to consume the garb- age so plentifully scattered around the town. IT he cannot get the neces- sary number of burros he will take goats but he prefers the meek. gen tie and appetiferous ass of the scrip lures. As the garbage contractors are failing wholly to keep the town clean, the city must take some steps Co handle the refuse question:" Hub bard explained this morning The News has suggested COWS as a sOIu- ton of the problem but mt eNperi- ence has been that when a COW gets into garbage can or trash pile she does not clean it thoroughly. She passes over tin cans. dishrags and nu- merous other things which she does not regard as tasty morsels. A burro. on the other hand. will eat anything Stick his head into can and he will shut his eyes and chew till there is nothing left to masticate. Luscious kitchen slop. broken dishes and old broom handles are an the same tO Jim A goat is almost as sOod as lurro but not quite