The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-01-10
NEW SUPERVISORS TRANSACT BUSINESS
 WITH DISPATCH

Contracts for Printing and Feeding
 Prisoners Awarded Monday Last-I
 Additional Appropriation Made for
 Springerville Road-B. Vandercook
 Appointed County Engineer.
 The newly elected Board of Super visors l.eld their first regular meeting at the Court house on Monday, Janu- ary 6, 1919, and if this initial meet ing is to establish precedent in handling the affairs of the county with dispatch and in a businesslike manner, Greenlee county may con- graduate itself on having selected such business men as Pickens An derson. w. H. Moon and Duncan Nc Neil, as members of the board.
 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Pickens Anderson at 10 o'clock, with all members and the clerk of the board, A. L. Terry, pres ent. After taking up the general routine business, such as allowing de mands, ordering the issuance of war. rants for indigents, etc., the bids for the county printing, stationery, no- tices, etc.,, were opened and the fol- 1 lowing named concerns were found to be the lowest and best bidders:
 All bound and loose leaf books, led gers, etc., stationery and stock form 1 legal blanks to be furnished by the Manufacturing Stationers' Co.,, of Phoenix, Arizona.
 The minutes and proceedings of the Beard, envelopes and legal blanks, where 800 or more are ordered, to be furnished by the Era Publishing Company, Clifton, Arizona.
 The contract for the official county notices was awarded to the Mining Journal. No bid was rendered for any of the printing by the Duncan News.
 The contract for feeding the prison CTS at the county jail at Clifton was awarded to the Reardon Hotel, their bid being 2S cents per meal, outbtd- ding the Clifton Hotel by margin of two cents, the latter having bid 30 cents per meal.
 The contract for fuel and operating the county hospital will be let at the end of the fiscal year, June 30th.
 The Board next took up the matter of the construction of ~the Clifton Springervine road, and after due dis cussion, re-affirmed the agreement heretofore entered into by the mem- bers of the old Board. A resolution was also passed appropriating the sum of $25,00O.00 for each of the years 1919 and 1920, which together with the bond issue, will total a sum of $27S,00 GO available for the con- struction of the proposed highway for the next two years. The time for commencing actual construction on this highway is not definitely known at this time, owing to the fact that the plans and specifications in course of preparation by the Forest Depart
 ment have not been completed, but as soon as these are secured, and the bids for letting contracts advertised
 no time will be lost in commencing : actual construction.
 The appointment of County Engi neer was next taken up, there being . three applications for this position
 viz: S. c. Redd, J. s. Barlow and !, B. Vandercook. Upon motion of Su rervisor McNeil and seconded by MT
 Mosn. MT. Anderson giving unanimous : consent. B. Undercook was given the appC intment.
 Thereuror the Board adjourned un : til Tuesday r'orning at which time ] they selected approximately 1ONC
 names from the e'nction register tc ho tho of 4L , for Court for a jury list fer the year F 1919
 The case of l.. LaPoint, IF vs. l A. Fl. Slaughter, Sheriff was triel ir
 the Superior Court this week and : iudement rendered in favor of th'
 plaintiff for possession of the auto mobile seized by Deputy Sheriff w. , R. CCsDer at Duncan a few months 900 under the new law passed by the
 last legislature, for the confiscation o
 the means of transporting intoXicat ing li1ucr into the. State of Arizona This law has been declared unconsti
 trtional in several other counties ot
 he State for the reason that legisla tion of this nature was not included l in the call of the Governor for the
 meeting of the special session of the
 last Legislature.
 The case of George Mccoy vs. Olive May Mccoy an action for divorce was l set fer trial on Monday the 18th day
 of January, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m.
 l.. Kearney represents the plainti: and c. Hooker for the defendant. 5 !. C. Bartlett plaintiff, vs. Hom; Copper Company, Morenci Consolidat
 ed Mines Ccmrany, Morenci .nspira tion Corper Mining Comnanv and Del 5 NJ. Potter mad w. w Dutton. is th. title of a case filed this week: plain
 tiff alleging nine causes of actioI