Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-03
County Briefs

Ora L. Ashurst. a brother of Sen atOr Henry AshRlst mas been appoint ed postmaster at Cniricahua this ooj1 | ey nee Eva L. Lwitch resigned Mir Ashurst has a merchandise sore al hat place.
 A pension has been granted to An na A. Porter O. Dos Cabszas a. S2i per month and to John Widsom Oi wickenbarg at S2O a month
 Foreman l.. NJ. Brown, who is work ' ing the tombstone Gleeson road, has .nis gang busy dragging that portion | of the road which has been wOrKed ! over and was soft. This will put this sec-icn of the highway in fIne shape and when completed into Gleeson will make 1t one or the best stretches o. country load in the county.
 Harry Bradt. for some time chic: ! cneInee- of the Bunker Hill Fl les omT any, but now of Cananea, is in
 tombstone, ha ring mctoled from hls town. He s sates that COchise county
 cads ale all to the good, but while tlere is a good road from Canalea to Naco, yet he had one hard time mak- -ng tLe tlip up as tho snow was a ICSt deep nearly to Naco.
 Accused of widnaping and assault ing . tweive-year-Cld Mexican girl of
 acAeai. Rafael Antonio Moreno. 50, | is in the ely jail. It is a leged thS Acreno stole the little girl away from ner grandparents in McNeal and fled
 -i,h heT to the SwiSshelm mountains where he was arrested in cabin with her yesterday afternoon by Nc Neal officers. George H. Kelly, dep. uty sheriff of McNeal, brought the man to Douglas and placed him i1 the jail where he is now. and turned over the little girl to her guardians.
 J. A. Moreno.~ former employ oi she J. c. Penney company. who was drafted last September, is visiting .mong his many friends in Douglas. Fir. Moreno is stationed at Camp Kearney. San Diego, and has been
 rented a months furlough- He is 0n his way to visit relatives in E. Paso. George H. Vanguard, another former employe of the same company no joined the colors las Oc obsr lsd is now stationed at Camp Fun stcn with the I64th Iepot Brigade.
 ase Len promoted from mess ser
 cant to sergeant major.
 J. O. Magaw. of Magsw & Wark, sales agents for the Central. Blu. Q Mining company. located near Pearce. has returned from Fl Paso. While there ke purchased fer the Centra, Butte a 50 horse powers compressor. This engine will serve the double purpose, that of hoisting and in the
 peration of two air drills. With the
 installation of the new machin cry wcrk will be rushed sinking the shaft and taking out the ore in the cross cut at the 70 foot level for shipment The company is now shipping ore to Douglas fer treatment. Central Butte has many stockholders n Douglas who will be pleased to learn that pro =ess is being made in developing this property. The developing of this mine will he a contributing factor to the prosperity of Douglas
 J. \. Gaines of Tombstone yaster day received notification from ROber, Rae. fcod administrator for Cochisa county, of his appointment O. food administrator for Tombstone to co operate with Mir. Rae. This is an other job added to the list of Mir. Gaines in the prosecution of the war. He is already county. chairman or he Liberty Lean bond sales and ,ourty chairman of the Thrift Stamp ard WSr Saving Certificate campaign, which keep him hustling. Nctwith- standing. Mir Gaines will accept his appointment as local food admins ra:o-. he stated today. although his ,ther positions already have taken his time from private business affairs He will work through the county chairman.
 R. J. Huxtabls, of Conquest, Sask-. Canada. Q prominent farmer and Itockman cultivating 3200 acres in he heart of the famous wheat lands os Western Canada. is a guest of his brother, E. J. Huxtable. of the Owl  Drug Co. of Douglas. He is accom- panied by his wife This is the frs. time the brothers have had an oppor- unity of meeting for 15 years which makes the reunion especially enjoy ahle. Mir. HuNtable has been resi- oent of Canada for 23 years, and has prOSpered. Last year his acreage produced 5000 bushels of wheat, much of which he has sold for as high as SPAS a bushel Tn addition to grain crops and the raising of cattle. he Is breeder or high grade horses He reports business conditions through out his section as good. Canadians, he says. by thousands have joined the ooloTs and are fighting somewhere m rance and the people beyond the draft age of 45 are busy doing their cit to cheer them on-
 ROAD IMPROVEMENT.