Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-01
State and County NelUs Briefs

of a Christmas dinner of wild turkey which was caught in a backyard of Williams. HOlub went to Williams a few days before Christmas. getting there just before the big snowstOrm which left ten inches of snow on the ground. It was this storm that brought the wild turkeys in a flock to Will Hams. driving them before it until they were obliged to seek shelter in sheds and barns
 Chandler: William J. Clemens. worth S1,20O,000. an uncle of Mark Twain, is dead at the age of S9. con sequent upon after effects of an attack of influenza. Clemens came here sey- eral years ago and purchased large land holdings northeast of the city. He also owned lands about Florence and elsewhere in the state. He was born in Arkansas, from where he went at the age of If to the northwest. ac- cumulating the bulk of his fortune in Idaho. Five children survive.
 Phoenix; The annual conference of tax assessors of the II counties in the
 
 tax commission will be held in the Ho- tel Adams on January 6 and 2. This will be a particularly important coz ference as six of the II assessors will be new, having just taken over their offices on January 1. The object of the conference is to discuss tax mat | ters and exchange views on tax sub jects From this conference it is ex- pected that suggestions for legislation will develop and these suggestions will be put in form and presented to the coming session of the legislature. Following this conference the Ari- zona Tax Assessors association will meet and elect officers for the com ing year and transact what other Ousi- ness is before it.
 Phoenix: One death and 20 new cases of influenza were recorded m ! Phoenix Saturday the. most unsatis- 1 factory report in more than a month. ! Eighteen of the 20 new cases were in | Phoenix proper, the remaining two be- ' ing in hospitals. There was a net in- ! crease of l2 in the number Of exist | ing cases in the city for the 24-hOur period ending at o'clock Saturday afternoon. During the same period. ! there were eight relapses, four oi | which were from homes and the re- maining four from hospitals. Guy ' Boone succumbed to the disease at l the Sisters hospital Saturday morn ing. His was the only death of the ! day There are now ll5 cases in the city. divided S7 in private dwellings and 2S in hospitals.
 Phoenix: ArizOna's part played in ! the epoch-making period Of the world war is to be recorded for the archives cf the war department Col. James H. ! McCIintock has received the appoint ment of historian for Arizona. and he will work in cooperation with the state council of defense in compiling a history Of Arizona s activities in the war. Few men know more about Arr zona than does Colonel McClintock. who came here 40 ycaVs ago and has seen the state grow from the days Of Indians and mining camps to it's pres ent place m the world Colonel Me ! Clintock was one of ArizOna's 's Rough Riders in the Spanish-AmeTican war. returning to Phoenix % years ago with the rank of captain. Colonel ! McCHntOck Is familiar with conditions in every part of the state and is well qualified for the important work for i which he has just been chosen He has at all times willingly given his services wherever they could be Of benefit to the state and his choice as historian of war activities Is a hap py one tor Arizona.