Arizona republican., 1919-09-16
DEPUTY TREASURER REsleNs-

Mrs. Luck Oldham has resigned her position as deputy in the office of Sam F. Webb, county treasurer. and will after the first of October be off of the county's payroll on which she has been carried since statehood. Mrs. Oldham formerly was clerk in the office of the clerk of the court.
 SUED FOR SIGN WORK PAY Henry Myers was given judgment for s115.25 against M. J. Morley of the Morley Country club for sign boards and other services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant. The suit was heard in the justice court and brought before Judge Stanford of the superior court on appeal.
 FINES DRUNKEN DRIVER-Pete Lares, who pleaded guilty before Jus tice De Souza to the charge of driving a car while drunk, was fined $25. His brother, Carlos, who accompanied him on the wild ride which resulted in in 1 jury to Mrs. Pete Lares and her son when the car turned turtle, was fined | $20.
 GRANTS WIFE DIVORcE-Claim- ing that her husband deserted her in Prescott year ago last June, Mrs. Ada M. Bird yesterday asked that she be legally separated from James H. Bird who she says is now living in the mile high city. The Birds were mar ried in Phoenix in January, 1916, ac- cording to the testimony offered before Judge Lyman who signed the decree.
 TEX BOND FOUND GUILTY - A | jury in Judge Stanfords court yester- day returned verdict of guilty with | the recommendation of suspended sentence in the case of Tex Bond charged with embezzlement. Bond was charged with the embezzlement of 30 head of cattle, the chief witness for the state being John E. Lively of Glen dale. Court will pass sentence at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday. Bond was repre- scented by Weldon J. Bailey and L. J. Holzworth while L. M. Laney, county attorney, prosecuted for the state
 OLD SUIT BOBS UP-The dissolu- tion case of L. A. Brown versus c. E. Page, which has been up in the super for court in one phase or another for more than year and heard by a va riety of judges, made it's appearance again yesterday before Judge Crosby of Navajo county. sitting in division one of the superior court. Brown and Page were one time partners in farm in the Buckeye district and the judg- ment in the case is at present occupy ing the attention of the court and counsel.
 ANSWERS STANDARD OIL SUIT In answer to the suit for injunction I brought by the Standard Oil company against the tax commission was filed yesterday in the federal court by As sistant Attorney General Alexander Baker. The Standard Oil company asked for an injunction against the commissions collecting taxes on the sale of crude oil in Arizona handled through California offices. The com pany claims it is business originating in California and should be taxed there. The commission maintains :, is Arizona business and insis. on col lecting the tax. The amount involved is around a half million dollars. ROAD WOULD RAISE RATES The application of :ne Arizona South ern Railroad company for permission to increase rates was heard yesterda, . by the corporation commission. Tn, , Arizona Southern is road 22 mile long running between Red Rock ant Silver Bell. The business of the roa( is largely in hauling copper ore. Tn, company officials state that the drol in the price of copper since the signing of the armistice has made it's pro duction unprofitable and that the, re ceipts of the road have fallen off t such an extent that they will not pa! the operating expenses.